Update on Rainer

For those of you who missed it, its been a long month or so for Rainer. You can catch up on what happened here.

Since then he has been laying low and focusing on getting better. We have had wonderful friends and family who have prayed for us, helped with Ann Edwards and brought food and we are so thankful. We went to the Cardiologist for his follow up visit this past Thursday and got a good report. His doctor listened to his heart and confirmed that it is healing, and is on the track to recovery! He did not run the tests to check his heart function, or do a heart scan as Rainer is still on the mend. He has an appointment in a month for those tests. Rainer's blood pressure has crept up some, (which shows that his body has adjusted to the medicine) So, they are doubling his blood pressure medicine. This is all good news and the doctor seemed encouraged at Rainer's progress, the goal is to get the meds at their maximum dosage to ease the load off his heart, so its a good sign that his body is ready for them to already increase the dosage. However, this medicine really takes a toll on Rainer's energy level and generally makes him very weak as it is, so we ask for your prayers that God will continue to restore him and give him endurance as the dosage increases.

Here is a sweet shot of my loves at the lake, doing what we've been doing a lot of these days...resting.



Rainer is so blessed to have so many people that love him and are praying for him! Especially this little one, who couldn't be happier that her daddy is healing so she can have many, many more moments like this with him!