Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The ventilator is OUT!


More beads~mainly from his surgery.

Praises to our Lord and King! The breathing tube is OUT! Marv said he has been washed and looks so shiny and pink now! So far he is doing good without it!

Now little Gerad has a hood. It is like a square, see-through box over his head that gets oxygen and humid air pumped into it so Gerad can breath that to help with the healing of his throat. Several times he has wanted to cry, but just can’t yet, and mostly takes up to a few days after the ventilator is out before he can utter sound again.

Makes me just want to scoot over to Toronto to go see him with less tubes attached to him, but hopefully we will have many chances yet to see him that way! God is Good! Obviously coming off the ventilater is a huge step, but in the mean time it is also common for it to be re-inserted again. Let’s pray that won’t need to happen and he can continue to heal and recuperate, and the sooner Hannie and Marvin can SNUGGLE their dear, huggable, precious, gorgeous, cute, charming, adorable, beloved, all together sweet little bundle of delight!

Mwah. <---a kiss from us, dear Gerad!

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee;

he will be with thee, he will not fail thee,

neither forsake thee:

fear not, neither be dismayed.

Deuteronomy 31:8

3 comments:

Henrietta said...

Dear Marv and Hannie,
Hannie, congratulations with your birhtday and we hope you will have many more to come with Marv and your little son. We wish you the best in all things for the coming year. How nice to hear that Gerad is slowing making progress and that he is off the ventilator. We wish we could be there. Love Jer and Mare, Deanna, Kariana, and Gerald

Andy Neels said...

Awesome Marv and Hannie, hope Gerad continues to improve, we hope you soon will get to hug your beautiful little boy.
Andy, Christa, Nicole, Kendra, Jordan, Aaron.

Unknown said...

We love reading this kind of good news.... Keep it up Little Man!!!!

Love Uncle Pete, Aunt Kristy Geanne and Janneke