I am HAPPY and THANKFUL to let you know that on Sunday, after a week of refusing to eat, Elijah started drinking from the bottle again!! Both Todd and I had tears in our eyes when the little guy finally decided to eat again. It's been a long week for us, basically spending most of the days (and part of the nights) dripping milk into Elijah's mouth and waiting for him to swallow. Long also in terms of feeling anxious; I can't describe the feeling of concern I had when we watched him lose weight and get weak even with all we could do.
As you can tell, Elijah has spent a lot of the past month battling viruses and recurrent seizures, and has been hospitalized twice! What a trooper! We, as well as our doctors, are impressed with how resilient Elijah is.
We've decided that we need to take a break, for Elijah's sake. So off we go, this week, to the USA! We've been planning to go home in November, but a few days ago we changed our tickets. A week without eating was enough to convince us that we should have some help with a few things.
We don't know what the Lord has ahead for our family, but we've gone through this before! He's always been faithful to show us, just not always in our preferred timeframe.
Packing, unpacking, repacking, sorting, cleaning - all the things you do when you're preparing to uproot yourself from a place you've called home. We're in that mode, full-blast.
We're going to miss it here.
3 comments:
Todd, Julie and Elijah,
We are praying for you during this transition time again. Although we are excited to see you soon, we know that this was not a part of what you had in mind. As Pastor Dan recently said, things will not always work out as we plan or pray, they will work out the way the Lord wills and that is BETTER than what we plan and pray. That has been an encouragement to me in these last days. May it encourage you as well.
Loving you dearly and anxious to see you too,
Los Durán
We've been following your blog and committing you to the one who loves you all the most. Praying for strength, wisdom, rest, joy, peace, and so much more that will be there as promised. We'll continue to pray for you as you are surrounded by your loving family and friends. Take heart to know that you are not in this journey alone. Love, Melody for Arlan too
Julie, Todd, and Elijah,
May God watch over you all during your travel home to the U.S. May you enjoy your visit with family! Perhaps celebrate Thanksgiving early... for there is so much to be thankful for. For you... I'm thankful that Elijah is beginning to eat better and I will pray for that to continue.
Much Love to you all,
Beth Altenhofen
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