Journal Entry 11/27 From Kristi

To be honest, tears flowed the moment I left Zac’s room tonight. My boy. Broken.

But broken only in body. And only for now. I truly believe Eph. 3:20; God has a much bigger picture unfolding. Our job is to just hold on for the ride. And believe.

Zac was able to be transferred to a wheelchair today. There was no support for his neck on the chair, so we stuffed a teddy bear behind his neck. Funny photo. Then they told me I could take him out for a spin. We honestly felt like we had made a jail break. No tubes, no IVs, no doctors... they were trusting me with my son!! So I did what every mother would do... we went out for coffee!! (In the hospital cafe). He was in his chair for 3 hours... did awesome. I kept stuffing the teddy bears legs down his back to prop him up cause he kept sliding over, but all in all, it was great.

We are aggressively working to place Zac in the top spinal specialist rehab in the country... I feel like I’m assembling a portfolio for him to enter Harvard. But Zac is a fighter and programs want those who will succeed. So we are collecting references of every nurse and therapist he has worked with. Pray pray pray.

Hebrews 12 was our verse for today.

“Keeping our eyes on Jesus... that we will not grow weary and lose heart”. Constrained by his neck brace, Zac can only look forward. Praise God we can only look forward. God will not allow us to look anywhere but straight at Him. Any other direction and our hearts would fail us.

Thanks for joining our journey and keeping our focused straight ahead.