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Johanna’s guppies had more babies today. Nathan will count them tomorrow.

I have stretched myself thin these last few weeks and it is taking its toll on me and my family. Everyone is so cranky and whinny. No one is on the same eat wake sleep cycle. Its 7pm and nathan is snoring on the floor, Quinn wants to nurse every two seconds, Joey wants attention, and I want to be left alone…I woke up at 5pm from a 3 hour nap with Quinn.
my grass still isn’t planted. We have to wait for nathan ’s dad to rent a rototiller. That was supposed to be this weekend but he has to fix a pipe so maybe next weekend. I’m supposed to be weaning Quinn this weekend. Nights are going ok but days are no better. My house looked pretty good the other night when I got home from the hospital, but ot is quickly heading back towards shitville. I am on an emotional spiral, trying to stay focused on God.

Johanna has periodically been upset by the prospect of getting old and dying. It is something that she has obviously feared to date. Tonight Nathan was reading her beditime stories; she had picked a book about dinosaurs in the Bible. When I came out of the bedroom she was crying about not wanting to get old and die. We talked about Heaven and Jesus loving us and how great heaven will be…not something to fear. I told her that when you love Jesus so so much and ask him into your heart then you get to go to heaven and have eternal life (not quite those words). Nathan talked about the soul and God giving us a new body. Answers to her many questions. Then she said “I really love Jesus” I told her that she can pray and ask him into her heart forever. “You do it”. “No, its something you get to do for yourself. Everybody has to do it on their own so Jesus knows they love him” “I love you Jesus and I want you in my heart.” AHHHH! It was so sweet and wonderful and exciting. So we all prayed and thanked God and then went back to reading. This time Nathan read a butterfly book. He paused to give Joey the metaphor of being a caterpillar now and then when we go to heaven we get an even more perfect body, the butterfly. Joey’s response: “Next time, when I have a new body, can I have brown skin? “cause even I really wanted brown skin.”

I love 4 year olds!

“Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.”

Thank You for your faith and prayers!

Joey got her cast off today. The bones are mostly healed; she has to be careful for two weeks. Her arm is peeling and still a bit smelly, but at least she can wash it now.

I guess when mommy leaves home the children decide to declare anarchy. From the time Quinn returned to my presence yesterday afternoon, he has been the whinniest, fussiest monster I have seen him. He thinks the milk bar is open constantly and when it doesn’t deliver he screams in his lovely seagull/pteradactyl voice as loud as he can. When he finally drives me crazy enough to give in he ends up biting me so hard I think I will bleed.
My house has been left in disarray for so long that the kids seem to think trash and food are supposed to go on the floor. Dishes have been piling in the sink for at least 4 days and the rank smell of rotten milk was so overwhelming I could hardly stand it. What makes me so incapable of cleaning my house? I really have no clue. I did finally do the dishes a bit ago out of sheer embarassment; the landlord came in to check for water damage. So I guess a very slight amount of sanity has found its way back, but the rest of my house is sooo overwhelming I just want to sleep.

Last night Aaron had a fever. Anne sat at his bedside for over an hour praying…fever is gone this morning!
Yesterday Natalie had no where to lay her head and set er belongings…last night she received a motorhome AND the hospital found a room at the hospital hotel Tiverton House and is letting them rent it for 3 weeks!
The docs tried to change aarons sedative…he woke up opened his eyes and shook his head no! Who’s the boss? They left his sedative alone (from what I understand)
They have Aaron on a ventilator to breath for him so his lungs can heal and his body can rest…he is trying to breath for himself (unfortunately the docs may have to sedate him even more, but hey he is behaving like the stubborn Aaron we know and love!)
Natalie is getting some sleep and looking forward to the kids spending the weekend with her in the motorhome. She is cheerful and full of Praise… 2:28!
Aaron obviously isn’t out of the woods, but he is stable and showing signs of improvement. Keep up those AWESOME prayers! God will be glorified in this! We believe in His promise and his ability to heal.

yesterday at 2:28 pm we (about 30 family and frineds) were gathered praying before aaron was about to have a procedure done. natalie prayed from the story in the bible where the family asked Jesus to heal their child. he tells them to go home and the “at this hour” the child would be healed. natalie prayed that from that point on there would be no more complications, only improvement…so remember 2:28 and declare this is the hour of healing!

the procedure they did was to implant two catheders, one in his wrist to measure his blood pressure more accurately; the other in his neck sending a tube into his heart. that one measure a bunch of stuff including fluid levels, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and other important things i don’t remember. he is on a ventilator to regulate his breathing in order to keep his oxygen levels up without making his body work so hard. they have him heavily sedated, so he is extremely comfortably and resting peacefully. he looks really bad, bloated face and swollen eyes, but Praise God! the procedures went smoothly and his vital signs are “very good”…his doctor is pleased with his stability. (remember 2:28 ) aaron had an uneventful night, thereby allowing natalie and anne to get some decent sleep…leave it to the nurses to ruin that though. at 2am a nurse bardged into the visitors lounge trying to kick us out. I have never seen natalie so strong in fighting for her rights, it was very cool. needless to say they are no longer allowed to sleep in the lounge…so Praise God! someone has loaned them an RV to sleep in 20 minute walk, 5 minute shuttle ride from the hospital. Now the kids can stay the night periodically, too.

Well thats the latest from my side, check out aaronboydston.com for other updates. Keep up those prayers and remember 2:28!