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

Comments

D-Lo said…
It was certainly a pleasure to see you two and to meet the family members that were around the other night. Everyone's sure hard at work on the remodeling!

We're very sorry to hear about the pneumonia; it seems impressive that he's able to do well on CPAP as opposed to Bi-pap or something more invasive, even with all that atelectasis. We pray that it clears expeditiously!
2:54 PM
Anonymous said…
Hey it is good to see you all together doing the remodeling on the house.

WE hope that the infection clears up real quick and that Burke has no other problems.

Love to you all!
Michelle,Jeff and family
6:02 PM
Anonymous said…
Hello all! I am so excited to see the progress baby Burke has made and all the fight he has. God is so good! You are all in my prayers and thoughts daily. I cant wait until I can see that beautiful baby in person. I will continue to pray and know that Gods is answering prayers. Praise Him for all he has done.
Love you all, Sarah Morris
9:28 AM
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