praying for aaron...

for all my prayer warriors out there... please say an extra little prayer for my cousin aaron (pictured here with my nannie and mr mark a few years ago)...

Aaron is my mom's youngest brother kevin's son... Kevin was my mom's "first child"... he was 5 when my parents got married... to tell you the large age difference... she practically raised him... all that to say my mom is his rock... who he calls whenever he needs ANYTHING! And she certainly got that call at 2:30 am Sunday morning... kevin called in a panic to tell my mom he needed her... Aaron (his son... who is 18 years old... will be a senior this year) had been mugged, robbed, and stabbed and was on his way to uab hospital and his conditions were unknown at the time. One of those stories... bad things happen to good people... he had taken his older brother to a club in southside to drop him off to meet his friends and he was leaving to go home and on his way to his car 2 guys mugged and stabbed him. Thankfully he was close enough to his car to get in and lock him self in the car... he then pulled away going the wrong way on a one way street and praise JESUS a cop pulled right out in front of him... Aaron told him he had been mugged and stabbed... and the police called for help. He was transported to UAB and had surgery a few hours later... the stab womb is in his stomach/side... they had to do exploratory surgery to find exactly what was going on and he ended up with about a 3 inch stab womb and a 8 inch surgery scar... they did find out that it did knick his stomach and an artery... thankfully they were able to repair both and he is on the long road to recovery. We went to visit him tonight in the hospital... they are keeping him sedated due to the pain...so he was in and out and only said a few words... however he was able to get up and walk the hall for the first time today... and they are slowly removing tubes, reducing meds, and he will hopefully get some real food soon! He has a precious girlfriend who has not left his side and is taken such good care of him... along with his dad and other family and friends... young kids sure do come and support their friends... just when i was there I saw about 10 young kids coming to visit and check on him. I can tell you one thing... spend a few minutes in the halls or waiting room of UAB hospital and it will make you mighty thankful for your healthy children and family members... i am sure that the momma's and daddy's spending countless hours in the hospital hoping and praying for their son or daughter to be healthy again would give anything to have a smart mouth sassy 5 year old or a busy energetic 7 year old to "deal with".... hug those babies a little tighter and give them an extra kiss! :)

Our family appreciates your prayers!