As many of you may already know from facebook, our son Josiah was in a terrible car accident last night around 11:45PM.  He has suffered a brain injury, and the following is where we are at as of Thursday at 8:15PM.

We are so grateful for the calls, texts, notes, tweets and facebook posts throughout the day today.  I know we have not been able to respond to all of you, and for that I apologize.  It has been a very hectic, emotional day for us as you can imagine.  I want to give everyone an update for where Josiah is at as of Thursday evening.  I am doing my best to remember everything, but today is a huge blur.

• First off, the next 12-18 hours are very important for him.  As the Dr. put it, we are really still taking this hour by hour.  After a few things tomorrow morning, we can start to talk 6 hours at a time, and so forth.
• He was upgraded from critical condition to serious condition this afternoon. This is an answer to prayer in itself.  It does not mean that he is out of the woods, as mentioned above.
• He has a bruise on his brain, a fractured skull and an orbital fracture (eye socket basically).  His Dr.s told us that as of now, there is no surgery needed.  Again, another huge answer to prayer!  Again, this could still change.  The important thing we are looking for is that the bruise does not get any better.
• If everything remains the same as they look at the new CT scan in the morning, then they will take out the breathing tube and check for ligament damage around his neck.  As long as he has none, they will then begin to wake him up and see how he does.  From there, we see what he will need as far as therapy is concerned. Still a very long road ahead for him.
• He has been responsive at times, including trying to beat up his nurse as she was changing bandages.  He squeezed her hand when asked, and then when she tried to take tape off of him, he hit her.  Then she tried again and he brought up his leg and kicked her. Believe it or not, that was a good sign!

There are a few of many positive signs that have been shared with us today.  We continue to believe that God has a great plan for Josiah, and that this is but a small part of what God has in store for him.

The love we have felt from our friends and family all over the world has been a huge lift to us today.  We hold to God’s Word in the book of Job regarding Josiah

Job 23:13-14 “But he alone is God, and who can oppose him? God does as he pleases, and he will do exactly what he intends with me (Josiah).”

PS – Give your kids a hug tonight.  NEVER take that for-granted.