"Please bring a picture of Abbey"

Rachel had a decent night. The Dr's came in several times and questioned her. Things like what year is it, who's the President, etc... She wasn't very excited about any of that, she answered right and some not so right. She will have several test today. This morning she will have tube put in her throat attached to a camera to examine her chest region. The Dr's are really wanting to find where the infection originated. Rachel did have one request this morning..."Please bring a picture of Abbey." She remembers the important things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much, you all have been so kind.

Klint

Not A Tumor

I have neither the time nor the strength to explain to you what my wife and I went through last night. We almost lost her 3 times (one of those times she was in my arm). I will do my best to tell the story later. However, Rachel had emergency surgery this morning at 5:00, she was having seizures and had an incredible amount of swelling in her brain. The surgeon came out 2 1/2 hours later and told us it was not a tumor (originally he though it was a malignant tumor). It was a bad infection that grew into a mass in the posterior section of her brain. The Dr.'s are searching for clues on where it might have originated. Moreover, due to the swelling we are hoping there was not too much brain damage. I was able to see Rachel after surgery, she was awake and alert. PRAISE THE LORD! You will NEVER now how much it means to me that you took the time to care and pray. I never felt alone for one second throughout this journey. More later.

Klint

Thank You

I have just recently been able to read comments. You all are amazing, I don't have the words to express my appreciation to everybody that is writing and praying.

Klint

Rachel Update

Please Pray.

Rachel has had a terrible day. We wanted to take Abbey to the Dr. this morning and Rachel wanted to go. About half way to the Dr. she started feeling awful. She ended up sitting in the car during the Dr. visit. I ran back and forth from the Dr. office and the car checking on Rachel. She ended up vomiting twice and she has a splitting headache. We got her home, carried her upstairs to bed and she has been resting ever since. Please pray she gets some energy as we are scheduled to go down to Henry Ford tomorrow for some pre-operation procedures. Her surgery is scheduled for Thursday. Again, please pray, thank you.

Klint

Blessings

If you are looking you can find blessings in the midst of hardship. This has been the toughest 48 hours of my life. However, I have received some amazing blessings that otherwise I don't think I would have received. Here they are:

-My father-in-law and I spent some amazing time in prayer, I feel especially close to him right now.
-All of a sudden I have a clear picture of whats important.
-I had the opportunity (at 30 years of age) to weep as my own parents bookended me (I felt amazing blessing in this).
-The overwhelming amount of people who have called and e-mailed saying we our in their thoughts and prayers.
-Friends who have traveled (some a great distance) just to hug us and encourage us.
-The amazing energy my mother-in-law has as she helps with Abbey.
-The strength and support of my entire family.
-The experience we had this morning as the Lake Orion church "lifted the roof" in prayer (thanks for the great lesson Dad!).

There are blessings all around and it's amazing how bright they shine when in the middle of darkness.

Thanks you so much for your prayers!

Oh! My wife wants prayers as we are STRUGGLING to get Abbey to take formula. Rachel had to instantly stop breast feeding and it has been very difficult.

Thank You!

Abbey Bathing

Cute or what!!!!

Abbey

Updated picture of Abbey (almost 8 months).

Small Miracle ??

This is a huge step for me but I believe my wife and I received a small miracle from our God last night. We asked nothing from HIM except a deep, peaceful, night's sleep. We woke up in each others arms completely refreshed.

My wife is sick

The past 24 hours have been the most difficult hours so far in my short 30 years. My wife went in for an MRI and a "tumor" was spotted in her brain. We were told to go right to the hospital. After sitting in an emergency room bed for several hours a neuro-surgeon showed up and explained the details of the tumor and suggested it come out quick. We were allowed to go home and the next morning we "got busy." My in-laws happened to be in town visiting and Brad (my father-in-law), myself and the rest of the family started "beating the bushes" to get Rachel into the best doctors and best hospitals. We succeeded! We had a 2:30 appointment with the top neuro-surgeon at Henry Ford Medical Center. We met with the neuro-surgeon and an Oncologist.
Here is what we know:
-Tumor is in posterior section of her brain
-The tumor has effected her vision (we don't know if she will get this back)
-The size is somewhere between a ping-pong ball and golf ball
-The tumor is in a place that is operable
-There is some swelling in her brain
-The Doctors feel that it is only in her brain
-The Doctors feel that it has a good chance of being malignant
-We will have surgery to remove the tumor within 7-10 days

We believe that outside of God she is in the best care possible. I invoke your prayers and ask you would pray for 3 things.
1)I want my wife to know and FEEL how much she is loved by me
2)I want my wife to be filled with the peace of God and not fear
3)I want to be fully present with my wife every moment of every day

Obviously, there is nothing more I want than her to be restored to full health. God knows this. These are my prayers.

My wife and I are preparing to get on the path and walk the walk so many of people have walked. As my wife and I held each other and cried last night in bed we prayed that we would find the blessing together in this upcoming journey.

Klint