Jan 8, 2008
We want to thank everyone so much for the prayers and support that we have received since ChristLights. Our God is so good!
Ryan continues to struggle with a great deal of pain. After a very difficult two days he has been given some different medications to try. We are hoping that they will bring some relief quickly.
Ryan is on the waiting list at Mayo. We won't know for another couple of weeks when his appointment is but it is looking now like it will be Mid March to April.
Again,thank you so much for your prayers.
In Christ,
Rick, Kim, Ryan and Mandy
Mayo Clinic - March 2008
Mayo
Clinic is a phenomenal place. While we did not receive an actual
"name" of the cause of Ryan's pain, they were able to suggest a
treatment. We left feeling very blessed to have been able to have been
given such great care. The trip also proved how EXCELLENT our doctors
here in Grand Rapids were. Our experience right here in our own town
was highly complimented by the Mayo docotors.
July 2008 -
Wow...God is so good. We were very blessed to have been visited this
summer by a woman who shared her own experience with the very same
illness. It is so unusual, we were SHOCKED that someone else had
experienced the same thing, right here in Grand Rapids! The only way
this woman knew about Ryan was because of Christlights. That is
certainly no conicidence! She was able to share that she had an
equally painful experience herself - which helped us to validate what
Ryan had been through. She also shared that she has dealt with the
residual effects for 8 years! UNBELIEVABLE! Her visit with
us was such a blessing because it helped us change our perspective
about his illness. We've stopped looking for him to get better soon.
Instead, we have a much more long term outlook. He still hurts all the
time but a bad day is only a bad day, not a bad three weeks. It is
certainly manageable now. Praise God!
***M. B. - thank
you SO MUCH for sharing your story. I can't tell you how much that
helped us deal with everything. You were certainly God's messenger in
this circumstance! ~Kim