Prayers up.
Thank you all for your prayers and suggestions. I know that we have a Good God and a God that Loves us. But sometimes I need a reminder of that from fellow believers and the scriptures. Thank you for the uplifting of my spirits and prayers for my son. His name is Cody. Named after Wild Bill Cody. Sports a flowing mane of wavy hair and a beard like his namesake. He has spent the last 4 years as a leader in ministry with youth at a local church. He has a real love for the kids and engaging with them about what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.
The communication with him in the ER is difficult so we will need to figure that out so we can discuss directly to the doctor. My son when texting isn’t the clearest or most detailed.
“I’m ok. Doc says I need to spend a couple days. Love you too.”
Half hour later “Lungs have inflammation, they are giving me steroids.”
An hour later:
“Gonna be in the icu for a week”.
I texted him back to make sure he has a good long talk with the docs and with us if they want to put him on a ventilator. I told him about Regeneron (might be too late) HCQ and Ivermectin. Those were the things I could recall off the top of my head.
“Ok. Thanks Dad, I love you too.”
Lots of regrets that I didn’t push harder on the I-mask protocols ahead of time. Regrets that I didn’t go into his apartment earlier in the week and look at him, talk with him in detail about what was going on and could have caught it before he got so bad. And of course have second thoughts on that he should have gotten the vaccine. But all of us in our family came to the no vaccine decision on our own.
But - no time to think of regrets right now. I’m just trying to stay positive in the strength of our God, the strength in my son, and that God would guide the doctors in their care of him.
Again, thank you all for your prayers of healing and strength. Give me the strength to continue to pray the following:
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”