Friday, December 12, 10:45 PM

Sitting here in the room with Jonathan and thinking of how precious this time is. During recent conversation Rachel and I both expressed how when we are in the room and by his bed we constantly want to touch him - to hold his hand, rub his arm, fix his robe, stroke his hair or face. We just want to be close. Right now, I am cherishing this time. This time that we have to be as close as we want. To hold his hand without him telling us to stop or to stroke his hair without him batting our hands away. It's sad to think that I've told him that I love him more times since he's been sedated than I may have told him in the past year. We take so many things for granted. Even this time with him now is something i cherish. He may not be able to talk back to us or show us much recognition that he hears and understands us, but still - he's here and we are ever so grateful and thankful and fully cherishing every moment. . .

As far as updates - there aren't many or at least nothing big to report. I mentioned in the other update today that they were pretty certain the infection was in the lungs, well, that's not the case any longer. They did a biopsy of the trach and they are going to be doing an ultrasound of his gallbladder. So, I believe we'll know more tomorrow. As far as his fever, currently it's down to about 99.3 which is a huge improvement from the 102 that it was earlier today. So, thank you all for your prayers and thank you Lord for answering them.

This weekend is more rest and more antibiotics, more assessments and more test to see if he can handle the feeding tube. In order for the surgery on the pelvis to proceed Monday or Tuesday - all of the infections and fever has to be under control. So, be praying that with rest this weekend comes healing of all of that.

Quickly, I'll share with you another testament to God's grace and mercy. . .

Charlie has been getting Jonathan's affairs in order and taking care of a lot of his accounts, and insurance related issues. He's been so wonderful with all of that. Well, he also called to get the police report. At first they couldn't find it under an accident report. They finally told Charlie that they found it, but that it was filed under fatalities. At first glance, on the scene, no one thought he was going to make it out alive. It's been 2 weeks and 2 days since the accident and not only is he alive, but he is improving. He's progressing, and God is most definitely healing. . . It's little things like that story that keep you grounded through all of this. It's hard to deal when you start to miss him. It comes in moments for all of us. We'll be fine and then it'll hit us, but then when you really think about all God's done already - you see that He really is taking care of him - that's when the peace that passes all out understanding comes in and in that moment it's ok again.