Heavy

As I sit hear eager to tell you all about the news of the evening and how uplifting it is, I feel like a heaviness was on me today. My mom had said the exact same words to me as well today. I know as I type these words why my day was so heavy and I know I needed to ask Jesus to take these heavy heavy burdens from me, but for some reason I was feeling too weak to just ask and honestly I didn’t want to even let them go. My heart aches for Whitney to be healed, it all feels so surreal still. We have gone through a lot of tough stuff in our family and losing Dad was extremely hard and I didn’t think that pain could be topped, but seeing your sister hooked up to machines and waiting on the Lord to heal her has been a bigger heart ache then we were ever prepared for. We remain optimistic and eager to see when and how God heals Whit.

Whitney has been riding the waves, not making any splashes good and not good in days…that should feel encouraging right? Whitney is still on the biggest, baddest ventilator and they are slowly lowering her off the paralyzing meds and sedation meds. She has made miles of improvement over the last two weeks, but in order for her to get anywhere she needs to get off this ventilator. Our prayers are still for her numbers to get to where they need to be so they can get her on a better and less invasive ventilator, one that works with her breathing more.

This is the uplifting news to report…one of Whit’s doctors has pushed and got Whit approved to take a new drug that is 70-90% effective for fighting this nasty illness. It isn’t FDA approved in liquid form, but it’s powder form is. Mom was very educated by the doctor and we are praying that this drug is what Whitney needs to have for a full recovery.

This drug is in transport right now, flying somewhere over the deep blue and should arrive by morning. Praying the meds work and her numbers start to come down to where they need to be and we turn a corner! Our hearts need a little pick-me up!

Thank you for your continued prayers and comforting words. We appreciate all the love that we have been given. Say some extra prayers for the achy hearts we have been feeling today! There has been an account set up at all Whatcom Educational Credit Unions for anyone wanting to contribute to the expenses during this time...it is under Whitney Whitehead Donation Account. Thank you again for all the support and prayers for our family.