Today, Julia was sitting up in bed, took a short walk with a walker and the PT, and even got wheeled to a take a shower, something she was very grateful for! Julia is remaining in the ICU for at least one tonight. They had only one private room open out on the normal floor, and they have enough space in the ICU for the time being. Beside, the nurses keep saying that they want to keep Julia around because we keep bring in Marika :)
Maria, Leanne, Marika and I got to spend a couple of hours today with her. We also worked on some birth announcements under Julia's close supervision :)
We continue to feel the blessings of your prayers and thank the Lord for the progress that has been made. I've had a number of people mention to me something along the lines of "I can't believe this happened to you guys, of all people". Julia and I discussed it last night and we both kind of felt that the reply would "well, why not us?". The effects of sin in our world is very non-discriminatory. Just because we are "good" people doesn't exempt us. However, we can praise the Lord that no matter the path, our Lord and Saviour has walked it before. He knows our pain and cries with us. We also have our eyes focused on the goal ahead, no matter how bumpy the road. Even though we both wonder a little bit why this happened, we don't say WHY did this happen (if that make any sense to anybody). If anything, it makes us more thankful for the wonderful 7 years we had before Marika, and extremely grateful that the Lord has granted us more.
Anyway, I thought I would close out the night with a few more pictures:
8 comments:
Dear happy family,
Wow, that made my day to see the "fam" together again! God's grace and mercy has sustained you and us all through the difficult journey. We continue to pray for complete health and strength Julia. See you soon!
Hugs,
Mom Kay, Dad CJ and Danny
We are so happy and relieved at these recent developments! Matt, we are smiling right along with you. Julia, it is such an amazing blessing to see you holding your child and talking with your loved ones! God's power is limitless and we are thanking Him for giving you back to us all!
Laurence, Mary Ann, Tegan, Nia & Phoebe
Dear Julia, Matt & Marika:
What a joy to see the pictures of Julia smiling and holding Marika. God is good to allow this to happen. You are so right to say "Why not us" instead of "Why us?" Anyone who has gone through a life threatening experience and who has experienced the grace of God, is humbled by it. May your healing and strengthening continue. See you soon.
Love, Dad Tom
Your pictures are making me cry again! :) But they are happy tears to see the three of you together. There's so much emotion in that one picture! I praise God for your attitudes. You are bringing him much glory in this. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! AMEN." Eph. 3:20-21
All our love and prayers,
Katie :)
Great news, Matt & Julia! Thanks for keeping us all updated like this - we're so thankful to hear such wonderful improvements and to see your pictures. We keep praying and we look forward to seeing you all soon!
Brent & Lisa & Ryan
Matt & Julia,
Firstly, congratulations on the arrival of your beautiful little blessing Marika. We have been following your day by day progress and praying for your recovery. May you continue to grow strong and bond together as a family.
You have reminded us that it is the simple things in life that really matter - like hugging loved ones! Everything else is icing on the cake.
We continue to think of you and pray for all of you.
Love the Van Soelens
Thank you for the updates over the last week. I am so thankful for Julia's speedy recovery. Know that people are praying for you even though we cannot be there in person to support you. And congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby girl!
Love,
Steph
Hi guys,
It is so incredible and wonderful to see your pictures! It makes your emotional sister cry! :) Thankfully, tears of joy! We praise God and are so grateful for His healing of Julia, and for your beautiful attitude of faith amidst all fo this. Since you've been a "regular" in all of our prayers recently, Allie now talks about "baby Gika" quite a bit now! :) We can't wait to meet her and see this beautiful baby in person! Love you,
Kim
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