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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Day 19

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Well, we've been slowly adjusting back to life with 6 kids instead of just 2, and eastern time instead of pacific time, and an eating child instead of a completely tube fed child. Catherine is still eating. She is sticking to her favorites of popcorn, veggie straws, and Annie's bunny grahams, with occasional tastes of yogurt.

Right now she gets 90mL of water with Miralax and Prevacid first thing in the morning, 30mL of BD (blenderized diet) with 160mL of water at 11:30 and 5:30, and 170mL of BD and 20 mL of water with a vitamin and Prevacid at bedtime. That's about 30% of her calorie requirements. Is she making up the remaining 70% orally? No, but it will take some time, and we're not really counting oral calories anyway. What's more important is that she doesn't lose weight, she's happy and has energy. She seems tired to me sometimes, but is in a good mood. I am hoping that she starts eating a little more volume. She has a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I hope that he doesn't get too concerned about the weight loss. This will be a process of perhaps going back up on tube feeds if she has lost weight, then decreasing as she maintains her weight. Karen says she has no doubts that Catherine will be an eater, she just isn't sure about the timeline for that. She said Catherine isn't eating the volume that she normally sees and that we should expect some more weight loss, and that's ok, we'll adjust accordingly.

Thank you for your continued prayers for us and for Catherine! I won't update everyday, but you can all assume that no news is good news!

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