What An Awesome God We Serve!

Wow...God is so good! We have improved by leaps and bounds and so very quickly! Samuel is not free of his arterial and ventricular lines as well as his chest tube and catheter. We are down to the pacemaker and an IV in his foot for meds and such.   We are still praying that the Lord would allow Mr. Samuel to keep his heart rhythm on his own so that the pacemaker can be eliminated and we can get out of the ICU and be one step closer to home. 
We have had a few hiccups with the house which have added stress in unwanted places. We won't be able to move into the new house until next weekend and so will be at Scott's parents till we are able to close and get moved in.  Pray that I would rest in the Lord as this makes me toil and spin instead of running to my Abba.  I tend to try and solve the problem on my own instead of abiding in Christ.
Things are going really well though and all in all I have nothing but praises!
Pray for me as I am feeling a little disconnected from Mr. Samuel, that I as his mother am not able to sooth and care for him like a mother should.  It could me being over sensitive to the situation due to stresses. But whatever it is I feel it bringing me down and making me feel a little sad.  I tried holding Mr. Samuel for a little while and I don't know if it was just discomfort or him fighting sleep as usual but it wasn't easy to get him soothed and to sleep, which made me sad and feel like I'm not able to make him comfortable, especially when Scott had such an easy time this morning. Pray that I would just love on him and do my best to be the best mom I can be for him. God will supply all that I need, I just have to ask.
Well...we are here at the hospital for the night, loving on our boy.
Hope you all are having a wonderful evening!
Praise be to God for all the amazing things He is doing!!!

Abiding in Christ...
Lauren

This is Samuel before they took off his dressing and took out the chest tube...he looks less plugged in how