The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

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Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w
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Catherine Update

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Here is a rare picture of Catherine without her eye patch...isn't she pretty? She still wears her patch for most of each day without too much complaint. We have an appointment with the eye doctor later in the month and we will find out if and when her eye surgery will be and hopefully she won't have to wear that patch too much longer. Catherine had a plethora of appointments this week and they were all in one day. It was a long day but she did great.

She had a renal (kidney) ultrasound to monitor her vesicoureteral reflux. I don't have any results yet but I don't expect anything major. She should grow out of this condition. She then saw the neonatology team (nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physical therapist, and nutritionist). She weighs 14 # 5 oz. and is almost on the growth chart! So, they are allowing us one more breastfeeding during the day. Please pray for a greater milk supply so that we can continue to drop tube feedings and add breastfeedings. Developmentally Catherine is around 4 months old, so she continues to get physical, occupational, and speech therapies several times a month. The therapists are glad to see the progress she is making and she gets a workout everyday from us!

Lastly Catherine had a hearing test. It was a behavioral test to see her reaction to different sounds. The results were consistent with the previous behavioral test (moderate to severe mixed hearing loss in both ears). So she got fitted for hearing aids! I am actually excited about this because the sooner she gets hearing aids the better she will hear and the better her speech and language development will be. She is going next week to have a better hearing test done that will measure actual brain activity in response to sound. This will give them more information regarding her hearing. Catherine needs to stay asleep for this test, so hopefully she will cooperate. If not then she will have that test done later with sedation.

Thank you for all your continued prayers for our family! You all continue to remain in ours.

God Bless!

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Barbara said…
If you're in Columbus for a long while -- give me a holler.
9:24 AM
Nicole said…
Thanks Barbara! I'll remember that.
9:10 PM
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