Prayer warriors, please keep praying. Carrie is getting close – real close to finding her way off the ventilator.

Today her ventilator is at 55% oxygen support, and her ventilator pressure support is currently at 10. If she continues to improve, they may test her again to come off the ventilator tomorrow or Thursday. What’s holding us back right now is still the amount of fluid she has built up from her kidney function. They did dialysis last night, and will continue again tonight. Meanwhile, her kidneys are still gaining back function, and that’s hopeful too. They will support her kidneys with dialysis to remove the extra fluid until her kidneys can kick in full time. Her blood kidney values are certainly improving though.

Jeremiah is due for another ultrasound tomorrow. Still no issues with him. Please continue to pray that he stays healthy and strong.

Today Carrie was more alert than she has been any other day that I’ve been there. She struggles to keep her eyes open, and stirs when she hears noise in her room. When I hold her hand and talk to her, I can see her trying hard to understand what I’m saying. Today she could see me through the window and was looking for me as I suited up in all the protective gear. She is such a fighter. I’m praying harder for her and Jeremiah now than I ever have.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:7-9

From all appearances, Carrie is healing from this disease. God is working miracles to get her back home to me. Please pray that even on my bad days, I can keep positive and trust that God is controlling this situation and that He has a plan. Some days are harder than others, and the last few days have been particularly difficult.

I miss Carrie so very bad today. I need her cuddles and her smile, I miss her hugs and even her simple presence. I miss the days when everything was okay. Even when little things happened that I’d get frustrated about, none of that matters now. I just want my wife to be healthy, and to see her and my beautiful son come home and be happy again. Nothing else matters now.

I still covet your intercessory prayers for Carrie and Jeremiah. It seems that we may be getting close to getting off the ventilator and dialysis, but the closer we get the harder it is to have patience. I know our God is powerful beyond any stretch of my imagination. But please God, give me peace through this process. I’m still struggling quite a bit.

Thank you friends and family. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for your love and concern for Carrie and Jeremiah. Join with me as I lift them up in prayer tonight and ask for God’s grace, mercy, and healing.