Almost home

We made it home to America...but our not at our house yet.

We will update about our trip in the coming weeks. For now we post about the present.

Micah was sick with common ailments from an orphanage when we picked him up on Tues March 31. He worsened through the week and long story short, we had to take him directly to the ER from the airport in Columbus. It was a rough Saturday night here at the hospital as Micah was very lethargic and listless. Roscoe and I were slurring our speech as we were also exhausted from not sleeping in 48 hours. Our parents rescued us and held Micah all night as vitals/blood was taken frequently.

Sunday he perked up a bit but had to remain on bowel rest (meaning he could not eat food, just pedialyte - small amounts) - it was terrible to see my son wailing for food and to not be able to meet his most basic need. Although I knew it was for his health, it was still very hard. He was able to eat later that night and now has some anxiety when we take his bottle away. He is getting better about it though.

Today we learned he may have typhoid fever (which is a strain of salmonella bacteria) in his blood, and has E.Coli and Klebsiella bacteria in his urinary tract. There are more tests pending. He is responding well now to antibiotics and is so much more alert and active. We are so in love with him! He is such a trooper!

There were so many answered prayers and signs that God was working on our behalf on our trip and ride home.

Thank you for your continued prayers! We will keep you updated.