Jonathan Carl: Dec 15, 2023

Hospital Day #14 - 12/15/23

A Day of Praises & Prayer Requests

Brittney had a full day! Here are some of our praises & prayers!

Praises!

Brain bleed is still stable & there are no clots in her 4 stents (right carotid and vertebral arteries)
Our ICU & Neurosurgical staff are super awesome!!
Brittney’s improvement has therapy staff thinking maybe only 1 week of in patient therapy instead of 2 weeks…maybe even mentioned that she is working hard enough to be able to go straight home (which is our prayer!)
A God-glorifying physician from another state helped Brittney get her Cleveland Clinic appointment moved up from March 5 to January 5 to be evaluated for the rare condition she has (Fibromuscular Dysplasia = FMD)) with the Director of their Cerebrovascular Center; we are praying that this appointment helps us find answers and solutions
Brittney felt well enough for a midnight and 5am ice cream party last night. She had bursts of energy to make a video for her 1st graders, for her coworkers, and for you! She got to spend some time with her aunt, uncle, grandfather, parents, and 4 girlies!
She was able to quickly fall asleep in spite of the pain throughout the day - her poor brain gets EXHAUSTED so quickly now, she can’t take in much before she needs to sleep again

Prayer Requests:

To be safely home by Christmas! We will likely need to stay at U of L Hospital for another week for close observation (she has to be on blood thinner for the stents, but the blood thinner is super dangerous for her brain bleed)
To be able to stay in ICU or an individual room that is restful (her brain is super sensitive and easily over-stimulated now)
We really need God’s hand of miraculous protection from any more of her arteries tearing, bulging, blocking, or bursting - Brittney’s condition with FMD continues to be extremely serious
For Brittney’s comfort - she feels miserable, a lot :(
For Brittney’s endurance, rest, and strength - this is a frustrating and physically & emotionally draining experience for Brittney
For our girlies resilience, faithfulness, and understanding during a hard season of life
For me not to annoy Brittney any more than necessary with my version of humor (she’s spent two weeks stuck alone in a hospital room with me!)

James 5:16 “pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” (ESV)

Here is a place where I’ve archived the posts from our 14 days of hospital stays so far. www.jonathancarl.org