Pray it and get it

Because of this, I say to you, whatever you ask for when you
pray, have faith that you will receive it. Then you will get
it. Mark 11:24

This has been proven true, over and over.

Owen got hurt on Friday, June 4th. Our storm glass fell out of the screen door and cut his ankle/back of his leg. It bled a lot. At first, I called Jason. Then, I realized this injury was bad. I hung up and called 911 for the first time in my life. I held a cold, wet towel around his leg. I kept calm but was physically shaking on the inside...again, for the first time in my whole 30 years.

We left in the ambulance. Jason met us at the hospital. I knew he was going to need a good amount of stitches but I wasn't prepared for what they told us. They thought he may have cut some of his Achilles tendon. They called a surgeon who told them to loosely stitch it and splint it and we would see them on Monday. This was the longest weekend...of my life.

On Monday, we went to see the surgeon. Sure enough...surgery was in his future. Thursday, we would go in to have his tendon repaired. They didn't know how much damage there was, but knew there was damage.

Thursday we went to the hospital armed with my mom, Granny and my best friend. I was a wreck to say the least. I hated to see my baby hurt and scared. I hated the natural thoughts of "what if". What if something went wrong and I had to say goodbye to another child? (another post, some other time) While we were waiting, he drew this:

He played video games and had a great spirit the whole time.

Soon enough, it was Owen's turn to go back. We sat in the waiting room...nervous but all trying to stay strong in our own way. About an hour later, the doctor came down, they were casting his leg. The surgery was over. His tendon was cut through 100%

Now...we just hope for the best. Hope he can walk again. Hope he will heal. Prepare for anything.

A few appointments and 3 casts later

He is cast free and healing! No more cast. He starts therapy on Monday. 9 weeks of waiting and wondering and praying. We are still praying for a speedy recovery and positive physical therapy sessions but this is AMAZING, relieving news and we couldn't be happier!