Remodeling, Baby's and Kitchens...

As you may have heard there are all kinds of repairs going on during this time of life. The doctors are repairing and remodeling some of baby Burke’s plumbing while Dad, Nate, Gary, and I are remodeling and fixing the plumbing in Chris’s kitchen. It is a lot like the Burke/Nelson family to have many things going on at once, but I think this takes the cake.
In spite of all the remodeling that is taking place, our family has had wonderful times of worship and prayer. Within the last two days we have been on our knees before the throne of grace as a family pleading with the Lord. We have been by Burke’s bed side laying hands on him and praying for him. We have stood in circles holding hands and praying together. But, my favorite was Saturday night when the Spirit of God prompted us to give thanks. It seems like we spend so much time asking God to help us, we rarely direct a whole prayer time to giving thanks for what he has done. As a family we have been so please and so blessed with how God has graciously preserved and strengthened the life of our Baby Burke. It is a miracle that we have made it this far and we know God will do things above and beyond what we could ever ask or imagine. (Do you know why? Because it’s all about His glory not ours!)

Yesterday the nurse showed us some x-rays of Burke’s lungs. One lung is much bigger then the other because of his pneumonia and we must pray that the infection clears out a.s.a.p. so he can be restored to full health. There are two things that happen when a lung collapses, first it puts and extreme amount of pressure on the good lung to provide the oxygen needed for the body. Second the over inflated lung pushes the heart out of place. In Burke’s case the lung is starting to clear, but we must pray that no other organs are over stressed because of this complication. Otherwise, his blood saturation levels have improved and he seems to be resting.

Thanks for all your support.

We love you!

Chris, Nate and Family