What A Day

This will be somewhat brief due to the increasing tiredness I am feeling. Adrenaline will only get you so far. Micah is waking up a bit more. We have therapists coming in most of the day now, but thankfully Micah really enjoyed all of it. If you know him or have followed our blog for long, you know that Micah is a doer. He doesn't sit still; he doesn't rest; he loves to just do things especially with Mama and Dada. So having us all to himself and moving his stiff muscles got us at least two smiles today!! Matt's partner is letting us borrow his Wii and Micah loved watching Matt play today. He even got out a whole sentence "I want to play with you." He solved two math problems one of them being x squared =4 and the other was converting the mL of his feeding tube to ounces. Unbelievable! He has been the talk of the hospital because when we first got to the ER (when he was still talking well) he was converting all the IV mL to oz. and blowing everybody away. Everybody there knows Micah and loves him. He is such a special little boy. We were able to get Micah up out of the bed today. The speech therapist came to see if Micah had the ability to eat. She got the vanilla pudding within arms reach of Micah, and he grabbed it and put a big spoonful right in his mouth. He doesn't particularly care for pudding, but we could tell he was so glad to eat something. He hasn't eaten in 6 days now. When he found out she had graham crackers, he was even more eager and ate two of them. We seem to be on the right track, and we are so thankful. As our pediatrician said to me tonight "last night we were of little faith and tonight the Lord is showing us His faithfulness." Praise Him for glimmers of hope. We know that there is probably a long road ahead for Micah. He was doing these amazing things today, and we saw glimmers of our Micah whom we know and love. We know he is still in there, but most of the day he still stares into space and only tries to communicate. Normally, Micah has a lot to say, so I know it is so frustrating to not be able to get the words out. He says nothing hurts. We are thankful for that and continue to pray that he will not have any more pain. You all have been amazing. My inbox is flooded every time I check with words of encouragement, I have had helpers come and stroll/play with Margot, we have had every meal provided for us, and there are more offers than we can even accept to help. Thank you so much, you have no idea how much we appreciate you. Matt was able to have a nice time with two friends at the hospital tonight who were able to encourage him and to challenge him to make the choice to trust the Lord who is faithful instead of relying on the brokenness that his eyes see. He then called and encouraged me to do the same. May the Lord be glorified by Micah's life and may his story be a testimony to how great our God is. Continue to pray, friends. The Lord is answering, and His name is being proclaimed to hundreds for this little boy.