Praise Report....

Elijah just finished his last dilatation a few minutes ago. Yes, I said LAST. L-A-S-T.... No more trips to Minnesota for a dilatation!!!! He is done.... Dr. Hess said he looks great. He went ahead and did another one, but said he didn't need it and will not need another one. What a praise report... God is soooo good!!! We know he is in full control and praise Him for his grace and mercy. We weren't expecting this, of course. We were thinking maybe one or two more, but Dr. Hess threw us a curve ball on this one... But we will gladly take it...

Eli will be released from the hospital this afternoon, and then they will begin to head home... It was snowing there, but we are hoping they can make it to Madison, WI tonight.... That should get them far enough south to stay out of the storm.

The next thing is the tubes in his ears next Monday, the 16th. Please pray all goes well with that... After that, we continue to plan for the potential surgery on his head. As of now, we see Dr. Fearon in Dallas on April 3rd. We are continuing, and ask all of you as well, to pray for God's clear direction in this matter. We are feeling that this is the best place for him, given all that we have read, but we are doing our best to surrender this decision to the Lord. We truly want the best in the world to do the operation, and from all indications he is one. One of the "pitfall's" of choosing Dallas, is that the hospital is out of network for our insurance. This means that we could reach our maximum out of pocket for the out of network bucket, which is $11,000. This on top of the $5600 we have already had in network. I don't mention this for a pity party or for money, but as a prayer request. If God wants us to go there, He will have to provide. And we know He will guide us and He WILL provide.

Please keep these things lifted up before the Lord. We truly appreciate it!!! And once again, PRAISE THE LORD!!!!