results of the EUA

Dear all

Thank you very much for all your prayers, and for the many, many SMS’s, etc that we’ve received today.

The news is not good.

Cameron’s eyes are very small – too small for them to operate now. Dr Pauw says we will have to wait until Cam is at least 6 months old (October) before they operate. The cataracts are very dense – so much so that they couldn’t see the retinas at all so still don’t know the extent of the damage to the eyes. His right eye is smaller, weaker, the cataract is worse, etc – there seems to be an indication that it hasn’t developed properly. The pressure in his eyes is already a bit too high, an indication that glaucoma will almost certainly develop, if it hasn’t already started. This all means that Cam will have very serious visual impairment and a high possibility of blindness (i.e. he will not be able to see ‘the big E’… which means no driving, etc ).

Please pray for us. We are so utterly shattered, all over again… And we don’t really hold out much hope, even though we know in our heads that God can still do a miracle. We are trying to believe that He knew about this from before eternity past, from when we were little, that this is no mistake, that He put us together in marriage and that He created Cam and said that it was good, that He has a plan for Cam’s life, etc, etc, etc… We are also trying to have the attitude of Daniel’s three friends:
‘If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.’ Daniel 3:17-18
i.e. – we know God can heal Cameron, BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T… we’ll still worship Him.
And we want to claim this verse:
‘Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as the deer, able to tread upon the heights.’ Habakkuk 3:17-19

But we’re struggling.

Thanks.

Murray & Dee