Benjamin Update

On Feb. 20, our little Benjamin celebrated his first birthday. He is climbing the stairs lickity split and is acting very normal, is nearly walking, and his neurologist is pleased. We are praising God for these milestones in this young life.

His last MRI revealed there is still fluid in the stroke area. His neurologist is not concerned because he can see the child and knows he is acting very normal, except of course for his vision loss. However, the neurosurgeons (who have never seen the child) reviewed the scan and were alarmed and wanted him to have a shunt immediately due to the amount of the fluid present. They have an appointment with the neurosurgeons in Oakland on the 17th of March to put in the shunt. He will have a repeat CAT scan on the 5th of March and if the fluid level is decreased, his neurologist will cancel the appointment with the surgeons on the 17th. Our desire is that the fluid level will be decreased to spare him having a shunt put in. Pray for grace to handle whatever the Lord desires in this situation.

Also, Nannette had a severe contusion on her leg from the accident. The bruising has healed but she still has pain. He doctor was very alarmed about her having a blood clot and ordered a stat test to determine if there was a clot. We praise God that the test came back negative as she is pregnant and a clot would put her and the baby a great risk. He now testing is for a possible muscle tear.

Continue to pray also for Nannette and Dave as they have many appointments with their lawyer as he continues to deal with the insurance company.