HUGE PRAISE!!!

Dear Family and Friends,

HUGE PRAISE!!!

As Profoundly as we walked down into the valley.....we are as profoundly walking up to the mountain tops! Over the week end Cody began speaking, moving his limbs and digits. As dumbfounded as the doctors were at the loss of these things, they are as dumbfounded that they are returning....in a very joyful way. God is answering our prayers of miracles. Thank you for faithfully praying.

I can't begin tell you how excited we are with this turn of events. On Friday..he was trying to form words...they just weren't coming out quite yet. Sunday, when Nana and Poppi were visiting he was able to point to his eye, cross his arms and point at Poppi (Poppi's favorite way to say I love you to Cody) then he smiled a big smile. He spoke a few words. I then asked him if we should call daddy. He shook his head yes. Called Dave and told him someone wanted to talk to him. I held the phone to Cody's ear and he said "hi daddy" the sweetest words ever! (I was already savoring his first hello) They spoke for a bit.. Cody ended the conversation with "I love you daddy". Our next call was to grandma and grandpa Lienemann..they spoke for a bit. He was totally cognizant, just a little shaky.
There are other things Cody is able to do that he wasn't able to, however, he would be upset with me if I shared those, so I'll let your imagination put it together. He has continually improved a little each day since then. He started back with occupational and physical therapy today.

He had an angiogram on his brain. It was determined that some veins were clogged due to chemo and radiation treatment. Smaller veins developed and detoured around the larger clogged ones. Time will tell how much things will improve. Amazing how God engineered our bodies.

His "tummy" area has been hurting the last couple of days. A sonogram was done. It appears that his liver is enlarged, possibly caused by the TPN (IV nutrition). They expect this will take care of itself in a short amount of time. He is no longer on TPN and hasn't been for about a week. He is no longer on steroids and they have taken him off everything else except one last antibiotic which will end 7/24 and of course the feeding tube until he eats on his own again.

Please continue to pray for permanent healing and that the pain in his tummy will end soon...and praise for the miracles large and small.

Gratefully,

The Days