Sarah Henry - Caring Bridge Update

• Daily Update - December 29, 2012

  Written Dec 30, 2012 4:10am
  Dear friends & family of sweet Sarah,
  
  Sarah experienced another first today. Her occupational therapist and physical therapist visited and helped place Sarah in a seated position on the side of her bed with her feet dangling down. (Today's focus was on head and trunk control.) I know it must have felt so wonderful to her sweet body to get to change her position and feel a little breeze on her back! They will work with Sarah daily to help her regain movement and function.
  
  Sweet friends from Sarah's childhood drove in from Arkansas to love on her and spend time praying and talking together. Sarah has touched and continues to touch so many lives. One common truth that always surfaces in conversation is what a consistent and true friend Sarah is to so many through so many seasons of her life.
  
  Continue to pray for Sarah to remain stable (particularly her blood pressure) so that she can be moved out of ICU into a room on the floor. And as always, please keep her babies and all of her loved ones in your prayers.
  
  "Be completely humble and gentle;
  be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it." (Ephesians 4:2-7 NIV)

  Daily Update - December 30, 2012

  • Written Dec 31, 2012 1:21am
    Dear friends & family of sweet Sarah,
    
    Thank you for your prayers for Sarah and her family. The doctors all had positive feedback today. Because of strong test results, they hope to move Sarah out of ICU toward the end of this week. Keep praying!
    
    Sarah slept deeply a good portion of today. We continue to read and learn that there is a lot of power and healing in her getting good rest right now. Small interactions (even 5 minutes) can lead to long naps.
    
    Please pray for Sarah's younger brother, Joel, as he travels back to his family in Florida tomorrow. And please lift up his wife, Tamara, as doctors recently discovered a growth on her thyroid and they are doing biopsies to determine next steps. I know they would appreciate your prayers.
    
    Sarah's family is grateful for all of the visits, prayers and encouragement. As a reminder, please refrain from visiting Sarah's room directly without checking in with her family first. If no one is present at the time, please refrain from a direct visit. The family is asking that no one make a visit after 6pm. Rest and sleep are very important in this stage of Sarah's recovery. Please respect these bounds and encourage others to as well. Thank you so much for your understanding and love.
    
    "Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good." (Romans 8:26-28 MSG)
    
    Much love.
    Sent from CaringBridge iPhone app
    
    

  Daily Update - December 31, 2012

  Written 2 hours ago
   
  Dear friends & family of sweet Sarah,
  
  Two of Sarah's sweet three babies (Will & Ava) made a visit to see her today.  She smiled when she saw them and looked at them intently. As one could imagine, the moments were filled with sweetness and sorrow and such a mixture of feelings.
  
  Her neurologist returned from a week away and was encouraged to read and see Sarah's progress.  It is clear that she makes purposeful movements based on comprehension of instruction.  It will be a long journey of healing and recovery for Sarah, but she is fighting hard.
  
  As always, thank you for your prayers, love and support of Sarah and her family.  We all wish everyone a beautiful 2013!
  "Through"
  by Annie Johnson Flint
  

  When you pass through the waters

  Deep the waves may be and cold,

  But Jehovah is our refuge,

  And His promise is our hold;

  For the Lord Himself has said it,

  He, the faithful God and true:

  "When you come to the waters

  You will not go down, BUT THROUGH."

  
  

  Seas of sorrow, seas of trial,

  Bitter anguish, fiercest pain,

  Rolling surges of temptation

  Sweeping over heart and brain --

  They will never overflow us

  For we know His word is true;

  All His waves and all His billows

  He will lead us safely THROUGH.

  
  

  Threatening breakers of destruction,

  Doubt's insidious undertow,

  Will not sink us, will not drag us

  Out to ocean depths of woe;

  For His promise will sustain us,

  Praise the Lord, whose Word is true!

  We will not go down, or under,

  For He says, "You will pass THROUGH."