Mid-afternoon on Thursday, May 7, Mom got a call from the hospital. They had found a rehabilitation hospital that would be willing to accept Dad in spite of him still being COVID positive. We were shocked and overwhelmed by God’s amazing provision. By now, Dad had progressed on the ventilator reduction as far as he was able to at the hospital. This skilled rehab hospital specialized in “ventilator weaning” and prolonged ICU stays—exactly what Dad needed!
The wonderful news was that when they transferred Dad out of the hospital into the transport to be taken to the new facility, Mom would be allowed to see him. Mom’s sweet friend was already planning to bring her supper; instead, she drove Mom to the hospital (God’s wonderful provision!). At 6:00 that night, Mom was able to see Dad for the first time in over five weeks! She wasn’t allowed to hug or kiss him, and they wore masks, but when Dad saw her both Mom and the transport driver thought he was trying to say “I love you.”
That afternoon and evening the verse going through my head was Isaiah 65:24a, “Before they call I will answer..." God completely surprised us and answered prayers I hadn't even begun to pray yet! We were so very, very grateful for this miracle!
The next day, Mom received a call from the rehab hospital telling her that she would get updates twice a day, but she would only get to talk to Dad a few times a week. This was very disappointing because while they were weaning him off the sedation, we were hoping that she could talk to him each day. But as I began to get frustrated about this, I felt God remind me, "I've got this, Christy." And then He gave me Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding."
How easily and quickly I had forgotten what God had done every time a new problem arose, and now I was once again leaning on my own strength to "fix it." Unfortunately, as a mom, I’d developed the bad habit of believing I could fix whatever was wrong for my children. But some things can’t be fixed, as God had dramatically shown me over the past 5+ weeks of Dad’s hospitalization. Sometimes all I can do—all I SHOULD do—is wait and pray and trust. I remembered how God orchestrated the phone calls at the hospital (especially the miracle one on Easter), and that He was more than capable of orchestrating phone calls here or even speaking to Dad Himself! "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." (Exodus 14:14)
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