The Jorg drama continues-one more Jorg boy to pray for

Matthew had his doctors appointment yesterday. His inflammation numbers have dropped in half again. At this rate he should have his numbers within or almost within normal range by our next blood test in a couple weeks. The reality of how long this process is going to take for Matthew to be off the Prednisone was realized yesterday at the doctor appt. I asked the Dr. what the process would be like once we start the weening. I knew we had to go down in the dose gradually. I didn't realize how slow that process would be though. He will probably go off the drug in about 6 different increments. Each increment would be about 2-3 weeks and we probably will not start the weening process until after the first of the year. That puts him not getting done with this until almost the end of the school year!! Alot longer than I had anticipated. However, I am so thankful that Matthew is able to function pretty normal now. So we take the good with the bad.

Matthew is dealing with soreness from jumping on a trampoline while my little sister was watching him. It was an emergency that I had her watch him and I didn't give instructions for her to limit those kind of activities. Oh well, the doctor said having fun is therapeutic for him too :).

So that emergency that I just talked about was that I had to take, Trevor, our oldest son to the Emergency Room on Tuesday. Monday evening at football practice Trevor went head to head with someone in a tackle and hurt his neck. Monday night and Tuesday he could not lift his head up straight and was in a lot of pain. I took him to our Chiropractor on Tuesday and they took x-rays. They sent us to the ER because his neck is curved the wrong way and they were concerned about a dislocation.

At the ER they did a CT scan and the test was good. There are no fractures, but they still found that the curve of his neck is wrong. We are suppose to get in and see an Orthopedic specialist. I have been trying to get an appointment for 2 days now with no luck. It is getting very frustrating so I know I am learning patience AGAIN.

At this point Trevor is not going to school, obviously. He is at home and icing his neck for a 1/2 hour every 2 hours. He has a soft neck brace that he wears when not icing. He is now able to hold his neck up straight, though, so we are excited about that. Please pray that we get him into the Orthopedic doctor soon.

In a way this is kind of humorous. I know the doctor that we saw in the ER because this is our third time we have been there in the past couple years. Granted we happened to get the same doctor each time. Anyway it made me kind of laugh when she walked in the room.

So thank you all again for your prayers. It is not what things happen to you in life that are important, but how we react to those things. My prayer is that whatever comes our way that we would respond in a Christ honoring way. How blessed we are even in the midst of hard times!!