One more victory for Victory!

Well, Victory is John-Nathan's middle name--literally! It appears at this point (24-hours post-op) that he has come through with flying colors. The Psalm in our daily reading yesterday was the 98th, whose first verse says "O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory." This is also special to us because it was the psalm we shared at Celinda's grand-mother's (who was 98) funeral in June 2007, and it was on this same grand-mother's birthday in 2008 that we accepted John-Nathan Sheng. (April 23). Little things, perhaps, but things nonetheless that remind us of our God's attention to us in all areas of life.

J-N had a "'I'm-really-not-loving-life-right-now" kind of afternoon and evening yesterday. Sore back, sore front (for bathroom), and a nice IV poky on top of his left hand. He would start crying at the sight of any non family or friend. Poor guy! We had to say, that if we could make it home from China on that grueling 24 hour travel day and all the challenges it brought us, we could make it from Monday to Tuesday with our unhappy son. Sure enough, he settled down and was himself (and ourselves) able to rest some throughout the night. We were so encouraged to awake to a little boy that greatly resembled our own John-Nathan. He had gotten his smile back, enjoying some play time together in his bed. Life has improved markedly as the front tube has been removed. Today will be as much rest for him as he will allow. Tomorrow will be an MRI of the same area so that we (and the doctor) can have before and after pics--a "report card" as he called it. There's a chance that we can go home after that! Thanks for all the calls, thoughts, and prayers for us and our little guy! (PR)