Alan's update

We are so thankful that Alan was home to celebrate Thanksgiving! Such a huge praise and answered prayer that he only had to stay 6 days at the headache clinic in Chicago.  He missed his mom at the airport by a few hours as she was leaving after being with us for the week while he was away.  Alan attended the Diamond Headache Clinic and was immediately impressed and thankful for their knowledge and sensitivity to headache sufferers...they have special low lighting, low noise and very caring nurses. After his initial meeting with his doctor he checked into their in--house hospital.  He had lots of blood work, an MRI, met with the doctor daily, as well as attended several seminars on drug education, diet, wellness, and headaches.  He was only allowed outside the hospital once and that was with a nurse accompanying him on a walk around the building (it was really cold, so he was glad to get back inside, but he did miss his freedom.  Since Alan has returned he has had three migraines in the past 10 days and continues to have bad headaches everyday, but the doctor said it would take 2-6 weeks for his new preventative medicine to start working. We are a little discouraged, but not without hope that things might get better.  Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us. Please continue to do so as we fight this battle.  We are reminded as we enter into Advent that we can celebrate Immanuel..."God with us" everyday, not just at Christmas. God is with us during our physical and emotional pain and we are so thankful and humbled to get to experience God's presence in our lives.