Update on our dear Luka

Hello dear prayer warriors,

This is our first chance to update you ourselves. What an emotional roller coaster! It is all so surreal yet. How quickly life can change. One moment we feel we are doing well and feel good about how things are going, the next moment we are so scared for our baby. We go one SMALL step forward only to go back again. We just want Luka healthy and safe again!!!

We will fill you in as soon as we can about the whole ordeal but for now we want to share the latest and give you the urgent prayer requests.

Last night Luka went in for his second surgery because the his tube for dialysis was clogged. I was so upset and scared again. Luka has a fever now too so I asked the doctor if it was okay to do surgery. He said we have to, he needs to be on dialysis; the value far outweighs the risk. With great fear we had to submit to God's will not knowing what that is yet. Josh and I were literally down on our knees crying out to God.

Thankfully Luka came out of surgery ok. Thank you God! By morning (we only got 4 hours of sleep) we were again feeling much better about things. Dialysis was again working well. Then we got another clog. I almost paniced. But the nursed flushed it out and it is working well again.

There is so much I want to write but that will come. Please pray for Luka's fever to go down. Yesterday the fever started which means an infection. The doctor said with all the holes put in Luka it is almost to be expected. So they are giving him antibiotics. Pray also for dialysis to continue to work well and not clog again. Pray for improvement and for us to deal with it when there is little or no improvement. We are still about the same over all but the doctor says it will take time. The doctor said that the good news is that Luka is not any worse than he was when he arrived to ICU. We are looking at at least a week or two here (to stablize Luka) and could be a total of 6 to 8 weeks in the hospital for Luka. There is a chance of coming to the States somewhere along the line. Right now Luka is in critical condition (so hard to say) because he is dependant on the dialysis, but beginning to stablize (not in immediate danger because we are doing what he needs).

We are so thankful for the care we are getting! The doctors, nurses, and hospital have been wonderful. We have full confidence in them. So far Luka has been the only child in a four bed ICU which is really nice and quiet. Not to be selfish but it would be great to remain that way.

Pray too for Lydia and Grace. They have done amazingly well but it is getting harder as the days go on. We are SO thankful for all the missionaries taking care of them! And that Grandma Beute and Tim and Angie are on the way to Soroti.

THANK YOU for praying!!! We are without words. The love we have felt is overwhelming. It is a true blessing to see everyone pull together, do what they can, and get everyone praying. Wow.