Tender Mercies

The surgery went well! The main concern about the procedure was the doctors not being able to stop his bleeding because his platelets were so low, but the doctors said he bled like any other patient. That was quite a relief. We were all very scared, so this news was amazing to hear. Now we're just waiting for his MRI results and for the tests to figure out why he is sleeping.

He is still unresponsive and sleeping, but I think that is a tender mercy from the Lord. I think Matthew has had it really hard, and now is his time to catch a break from the pain during all of this new stuff he is going through. It would be a lot harder to watch him go through this if he were awake and alert because spinal taps are extremely painful, and he has already had two. Who knows how many more he will have. He also has mouth sores. As long as there is nothing serious that is causing him too sleep so much, I think it is a blessing he gets to sleep through everything. I wonder if he dreams.