The Lord's Mercy

Two years ago today John had a horrible accident. He fell out one of our second story windows and landed on our deck. By the grace of God his life was not lost. October 30th is now a very special day to our family. For the last two years we have celebrated his life. The Lord has a wonderful plan for that boys life!

Here is the story I wrote to John, telling him about that tragic night.

October 30, 2006

John, at 5:50pm you fell out of Mommy and Daddy’s bedroom window on the second floor. Isaac was the only one with you and he saw you fall. You were sitting on the window ledge (the windows were open because it was a beautiful fall day) and you leaned on the screen. It gave way and you fell. Isaac was very brave. He came downstairs and told us what had happened. We rushed out to you. When we got to you, you were unconscious. It was by far the scariest moment of my life. Daddy called 911. They came very quick and at that time you were crying and they told us that it was a very good sign.

They took you to the hospital right by us. Daddy went with you in the ambulance. I stayed home until your Auntie could get here. They immediately did an X-ray and MRI on you. They were checking for broken bones and for any swelling on your brain. You were there for a few hours and then they wanted you to go to an another hospital for observation. You were transported to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. At this time you still had not talked and they really wanted to make sure you were talking. Finally after many hours you did start to talk a little. They did a CT scan at about 2am to check for internal bleeding (you were complaining that your stomach hurt). They moved us to the pediatric unit shortly after that. You still couldn’t move you neck well, so they did another CT scan before we could go home. We got to leave at 5p Halloween night.

After two hospitals, two ambulance rides, countless X-rays, CT scans and MRIs you only had a concussion and a few scratches. So many people were praying for you! We truly believe it was the hand of God that caught you when you fell. We really feared that the Lord was going to take you home, but He blessed us with your life again. We are so thankful for you John.

Once home you were suppose to take it easy for a week, but after two days you were done with that! It was all we could do to keep you from wrestling your brothers.

Here are some pictures I took of him while he was in the hospital...