Update on Luke

Well, our little Luke has been home for a week now. Its good to be at home, although we are definitely exhausted from all the work that comes from caring for a newborn, trying to entertain a toddler, healing mom's c-section war wound, and dad going back to work.

Luke did well for the first few days and even started gaining weight. However, we are having some challenges now with getting him fed and he is losing weight again. We were at the doctor's today, and it looks like Luke may be having some reflux issues. Isaiah has similiar feeding issues when he was a newborn. Luke hasn't been able to keep any food down, and keeps throwing everything up. After everything the poor little guy has been through, you can imagine how it breaks our hearts to see him in pain. The doctor is scheduling an upper GI exam for Luke at Valley Childrens so we can find out exactly what is going on.

Please continue to keep Luke in your prayers. We are praying that he will be able to keep food down and start gaining weight again. Feeding him well is pretty much our main focus in life right now. As a parent, you want your child to be strong and healthy and know how critical being well fed is. As I started worrying about this, God gave me the thought about how He must be the same way with us. God wants the best for us and wants us to be well fed; praying and being in the Word. It feels so good as parents when you have a baby who is happy and has a nice full belly. I think God must feel the same way when we get a nice full spiritual belly. We just need to keep looking to Him. That is where we are right now. Thanks again for all of your continued thoughts and prayers. We are confident that each person praying makes a big difference.