hi everyone on Team Lewis!

we are coming in hot with some prayer requests. :) lewis woke up with a runny nose today, which sent me into a spiral of anxiety. fortunately, lewis can still have surgery with a runny nose, as long as he doesn’t have covid! we are getting a covid test tmrw evening (hopefully we can sneak one in earlier) and hopefully it will be negative & we can have some peace of mind. & we hope it doesn’t develop into something worse.

it’s things like getting a runny nose a week before his brain surgery that send me to the depths of despair (along with his initial diagnosis at 10 months, his arm mishap….). and then luke and i were really not communicating earlier this week, plus some other smaller things with that just made me feel like that things were really not going our way. i was starting to believe that things haven’t gone our way since this journey really got going in the middle of july, and if there is a chance for things to go wrong, they will with us. i didn’t realize i believed that, until i almost said that out loud to our neurosurgeon today.

but then i came here to ask for everyone’s prayers for protection & support, and to update y’all with what’s happened since last time and i realized that there are so many good things that i am not paying enough attention to:

surgery got pre-authorized by insurance
we were super blessed with housing in a dream location, within walking distance to the hospital & a dream in-person support team
great meeting with lewis’ neurosurgeon today whose approach totally aligns with ours, we feel so confident in him & great about our procedure
arm is still healing, but looking better
our friend taught us how to use infant massage to relax lewis (for in the hospital)
we have met with people who experienced god’s healing & have prayed over lewis
we are so well supported in every possible way, it’s insane - by the people we are closest to & the people we would least it expect it, we are so thankful

so after looking at that list, i know that “if there’s a chance for things to go wrong, they will” is a lie that i believe. it is an easy lie to fall for & one that takes a lot of effort for me to fight off consistently. so, please pray that luke & i can fight it and hold onto the goodness of god. please pray for more protection over us from any more lies, protection over our health & that we can make it to surgery, through surgery, & out of surgery in good emotional/physical/all-sorts-of health. and prayers that lewis’ runny nose goes away, symptoms don’t get worse or develop, and that he is covid negative! we are so close to surgery, but i am also just one step away from losing my mind about anything going wrong lol. thank you all for praying for us.

in other news, lewis is developing SO quickly & learning so much so fast! on monday he started pulling himself up to stand. & yesterday, he started crawling on his knees & he learned how to sit down from standing. he has also started waving & is really into dancing with his arms. he also loves kissing the bunnies in the book we read every night & today he kissed the bears for the first time. our sweet little boy is learning so quickly. he is going to be 11 months this saturday! i can’t snuggle him enough.

thank you so much for thinking of us & all your prayers! it truly means the world to us. we love you so much!

from our goumi kids photoshoot - we LOVE the goumi team & they love lewis!