WE HAVE A MIRACLE HAPPENING HERE IN ROOM 2314!
I want to shout it from the rooftops!
My fingers can barely type,
I am shaking...
BRONSON IS AWAKE!
HE IS HERE!
HE IS LOOKING AT ME!
HE IS TRACKING THE TEDDY BEAR WITH HIS EYES!
HE SMILES AT ME WHEN I TICKLE AND PLAY WITH HIM!
HE SMILES AT ME WHEN I TICKLE AND PLAY WITH HIM!
HE REACHES FOR THINGS WITH REASON!
HE RESPONDS TO OUR COMMANDS!
WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS...
HE IS IN THERE AFTER ALL!
LIGHTS ON!
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE MY BOY!
JUST LIKE OUR BOY!
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Just a few minutes ago I came into his room.
I crashed hard-core last night.
Could NOT keep my eyes open any longer.
Slept too late this morning.
Can't remember the last time I slept that long.
I walked in his Room about 9:45 in the middle of an Occupational Therapy session.
They tried to get him to sit yesterday. It did not go well.
Today, they thought they'd try lowering the Precedex.
That darn Precedex...
About half an hour after they turned off the sedation,
he began tracking between the Occupational Therapist and his Nurse, Heidi.
They were shocked.
They tried to call me but there is no cell phone coverage in the parent sleep cells.
Then I slept through the overhead page.
Man, were they excited to show me when I walked in the room!
It was that Precedex.
I KNEW it!
It was the only thing I could think of as we'd poured over his chart looking for an explanantion.
Apparently even the uber-low dose they had him on was too much for his virgin blood.
(He's like his Mama... Just a couple tylenol will knock me out...)
The Nurse Practitioner showed me a text on his pager from our Nurse Heidi, that said
"Bronson is awake and surprisingly alert. Tracking. Sitting. There is no reason this kid needs to be intubated. You must come see! "
All the hospital staff and nurses who love him have been in to see already.
They are thrilled!
We called Daddy.
He wept.
He is driving as fast as he can to get here safely.
He told me of the prayers and scriptures he and our big boys had read together last night.
The tender prayers and the first fast of Bronson's sweet brothers have done this.
The faith of his Daddy has brought this to pass.
The prayers and faith of all of you, collectively petitioning Heaven on his behalf.
The will of God has been shown...
To use our tiny sweet strong and incredible boy
as an instrument in His hands.
To unite strangers and loved ones in faith.
To bear testimony of His love and His power.
We thank you for your prayers.
We thank you for the power of your fast.
We thank you for your faith and sustaining love and support from across the globe.
God IS a God of miracles.
Let us never never forget!
Let us never be afraid to share our testimonies boldly.
Let us never be afraid to share our testimonies boldly.
Unabashed.
I have a million things to share, but will keep this short, so I can go and be with my boy.
He is back!
Oh thank Heaven he is back!
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Just sitting here crying - I am SO happy for you guys! Thank goodness your little B is back! This totally made my day! YAY! :)
Words cannot even begin to express how much joy I got from reading this post! I seriously feel like I am on cloud nine right now! I am so happy for you, and we'll all still be praying for you and your sweet little boy! WONDERFUL!
I am so Happy for you. I love this post! Please keeping updating even when you are on your way home (hopefully sooner then later)!!! Yeah!!!!
Just another stranger that wanted to let you know How Happy I am for you and your family. I was given your blog by the Linfords. I have read your blog and it brings me to tears. I too have been praying for little Bronson and you and your family. Prayer is a powerful thing. I truly am so happy for you. We will keep praying.
Oh you guys!! Tears are streaming down my cheeks and dripping off my chin! What a miracle! What an incredible tender mercy from God who knows how much we all want this! I am crying tears of joy and so happy you got YOUR boy back!! Hallelujah!!
I am so happy for you! You do not know me, I too am a complete stranger to your family but someone on a baby blog that I am on shared your story and I have been praying for your family daily. I am so happy that Bronson is back. He truly is a loved little boy...loved by many as you can see.
Tears of joy here...tears of joy!
my day will be lighter with this news. i can't wait for you to take him home and hold him and and for that hospital smell to go away so you can smell his sweetness. i know what hospitals do to a sweet baby's yummy scent. can't wiat! i'm so happy!
Sara,
What wonderful news! I am so happy for your all. I can't imagine what you and Matt have gone through these past 10 days and am so happy you are finally getting a glimpse of your little boy back. Keep trusting those instincts - they are spot on!
Hello from North Carolina. I found out about your story through a friend of mine's blog who found out from one of her friends. We have been praying for your little boy as we have a son about a week older than Bronson. Praise the Lord for his tender mercy and strength. Thank you for sharing your testimony. We will continue to pray fervently!
With love,
Fran
Best news ever!!!! We're ecstatic over here!!! And I can't help but notice your blog visitor map too. It's loaded with stars! It's loaded with prayers and love for that sweet little boy.
I cried while reading this. I am so amazed. I bet it was so amazing to have your little boy back.
I am so happy for you
Love from Garland Ut.
I, like so many others, am a complete stranger to you. But I also have a son about Bronson's age and I couldn't imagin the heart ache. You are in our prayers and you have all of our support, and love.
The Hamilton Family
Herriman Utah
What great news! I am so excited for your family. We'll continue to pray for you guys!
I've never felt like crying over someone that I didn't even know! I don't even know your son, but I feel as happy as if he were my own child! I'm so happy for you and your family. This truly is a story that shows there is a God and he does answers our prayers! Thank you for keeping your blog updated because you and your family are always on my mind!
OH Sara!!! I am SO SO SO happy for you all! I have been checking and reading your blog multiple times a day (along with so many others)! You really have a talent with the way you write and the way your story has touched so many people from all over! We have been endlessly praying for Bronson and are so grateful for this wonderful miracle in your family! What a strong boy you have!! Love you tons! xoxo Jen
Truly God has worked through your child. I am praying as we speak for the joy (for lack of a better word) you must be feeling. What a celebration you must be waiting for with your family!!!
WOW! God is amazing!! I have been following your story and what a blessing you have been and what a blessing Bronson is!!
PRAISE THE LORD! I have been following from the beginning. Sharing your story with friends, and friends friends, my church, husband. I have checked your site a dozen times a day. I have felt like i have been there with you from the beginning. I started screaming when i saw the post! I am so happy for all of you. The Lord is amazing. WOW. I am so excited! This is going to be a great day!!!!!! Love to all of you!
Sarah
Phoenix, Arizona
Oh thank GOD! I am a total stranger but stumbled across your blog from another. My husband and I have been praying for your little boy every day! We have a little guy just a few months younger then Bronson and the thought of what you and your family have been through has truly been an eye opener for us! We are SO very happy to hear such WONDERFUL news! Sending out warm hugs to your little guy from Michigan! :o)
Thank you Jesus!!!
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy to here the great news! Indeed we do serve a God of miracles and I can only imagine the faith that this trial will build in your older three sons. They are seeing their prayers answered. God performing a miracle because they asked and they believed. A situation that began as a tragic accident has become an amazing testimony that will draw your entire family closer to the Lord! God really is an awesome God!
Yea! (And my boys want to know why I am crying..."that is a good thing right?") So happy for you and the boys! What a miracle, and so quickly!
As I fasted and sat in the temple praying for your family I felt so strong that Heavenly Father would bless these prayers with a YES! He is good and does delight to bless us.
What a miracle!
I am so happy and excited for you and your family!! I can help the tears rolling down my cheeks. What a tender mercy from the Lord. Prayers are still being offered.
Sha-Vernal, Ut
Sara, YAY!!!! I'm in tears, so relieved that your sweet little guy is doing OK. I Love you!!!
Love,
Your sis
i have4 been keeping an eye on your blog i am so happy that bronson is back this is the best news ever
REJOICE!!!!!!
I have been checking your blog multiple times a day just waiting for an update like this one.
Thank heavens!!! That is an awesome miracle boy you have, thank you for sharing your soul as you go through all this!
ummm best news EVER!!!!! please post a video of your sweet boy!!! i'd love to see him! i am so happy for you i dont remember the last time i cried tears of joy..actually yes i do! when i heard my son's first cry.
I honestly don't even know your name (its gotta be on this page somewhere) but i LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
i will follow your blog forever now!
HOORAY!!! God is real and answers prayers! You do not know our family, but we follow this so closely. We have shed so many tears with your family. Now we are shouting for joy! Our prayers will continue for your peace, and for Bonson's strong recovery!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I look at each day so differently now. I am more quick to hug my children and more slow to correct with anger. Bronson is a blessing to the world.
I know you have no idea who I am (friend of a friend...), but I bawled reading your Feb. 1 post, and here I am bawling for you today. Today's are happy tears, tears of joy and excitement for your family. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you for sharing your testimony in every word. Thank you for letting us see the painful moments and the joyful moments. My faith is being strengthened through you and your example. You, Matt, Bronson and the big boys are in my prayers and thoughts. This is FABULOUS news - keep it up Bronson!!!!
Great news!
YAY!!!!!! I can't wait to tell my kids about this when they get home from school! They'll see the power of prayers, even if they're for a stranger and his sweet family! ♥
Your family has touched our family in a way that will not be forgotten. We could not feel more joy for you at this moment. Thank you for having the strength to share this and help strengthen those who have come to know you.
Hooray! Words can't express how happy I am for you and your family. Good job, Bronson.
This is wonderful news! We have all been praying for you and your family. Miracles really do happy and for that we are grateful!
What a miracle and amazing blessing from our Lord. We could not be more joyous for you and your family!
Hey guys, for those of you that are wondering how to help this amazing family - Jane has compiled on her blog [HERE] ways you can help the family...this isn't something they are asking for (they only want your prayers) but her friends and family know the road they still have to travel financially from this...
I have been following your blog intently and prayerfully! I WEPT with you reading this post! Our God is a God of miracles, even today. My testimony has grown leaps and bounds, and your faith and strength has inspired me. I've appreciated my children 1000x more, and I am so grateful that you decided to share this experience.
We will continue our prayers! And prayers of gratitude!!
You don't know me either. I have been following your blog from a link on facebook. I have cried every time I have read a post.
I have been praying for you and your family every night. So excited to hear that things are turning around. Miracles do happen. What a great blessing.
I don't know you. I don't know anyone who knows you, but I've followed this story and prayed for your little boy and family.
Congrats on the big break-through today!!!!!
Your story and lives have inspired me.
Thank you.
(Connecticut)
WAY TO GO BRONSON!!! We love you guys keep it up!!! You've made your Uncle proud. Once again a testimony of the power of prayer and fasting and a lot of faith. :)
I am a complete stranger but have been praying for your little boy and family. What great news he must be a tough little boy:) Thoughts and Prayers keep the good news coming!!!!!!!!!!
Praise God! God is great and greatly to be praised! I, a total stranger in Ohio, am rejoicing with you! I shared Bronson's story with my husband yesterday. I can't wait for him to get home so I can tell him the good news and we can praise God together. It is indescribable, this brother and sisterhood you feel amongst total strangers, united in Christ. Praise the Lord! Go Bronson Go!
I have been praying, and fasted for him on Sunday. Such a miracle! And right after fast sunday too..coincidence? I don't think so! Congrats!
I am clapping wildly, screaming and bouncing up and down in my chair.
Oh sweet beautiful boy, we all love you so very much. YOU stand as a testimony of LOVE of God for his children and as the literal evidence that he HEARS AND ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS!
God heard us all. How could he not? The entire globe was shouting for your little man! Bless your family so very much, and thank you for sharing your journey.
no words.... prayers are answered~dreams do come ture and miracles still happen... the tears today are so beautiful!!! What a champ-that is one special little boy.
Strangers in Denver are praying for you- and they are being answered! God is a God of miracles!
Tears of Joy!
~The Kamp Family
Sara and family-
I am forever changed as a mom to many boys as well. I was awake in the middle of night praying for your baby boy. We have never met, but your family will always be in our prayers!!!!
I happened upon your blog and it brought me to tears. My heart goes out to you and your family. I have a relative that went though a similar situation and her little boy is still with her. You are and will stay in my prayers. Your strength is amazing and the Lord is with you constantly. Best of wishes!
Oh thank heavens for miracles, thank heavens for that strong little stinker, thank heavens for your faith and perservence. Still sending our prayers your way! GOD BLESS!
Oh Baby Bronson, if only you could talk. I'll bet you'd have some beautiful things to tell us about your adventures while you've been "away.". We're all SO grateful you're back! God is good. He IS a God of miracles. Thank you for allowing us all to share in yours. We all got a little glimpse of Zion.
I am one of many that does not know you but have been praying for Bronson and everyone in your family. As I prepared for Fast Meeting Sunday, I felt that if it was God's will that all that fasting would bring about the miracle. Enjoy your time with him. A sister in the gospel from Salem, Or.
I can't stop crying (good crying) when I read your update. Our whole family fasted for Bronson on Sunday, and he has never been forgotten in our prayers. You are truly celebrities to us!!!
May the blessings continue to come!!!
Words cannot express how happy I am for you and your family! Your son has been in my thoughts and prayers. Your blog has had quite an impact on me, it has helped my testimony grow. I hope you know how wonderful of a mother you are! Continue to stay strong for your son. I wish him a healthy recovery!
Megan (Dayton, OH)
Words cannot express how happy I am for you and your family! Your son has been in my thoughts and prayers. Your blog has had quite an impact on me, it has helped my testimony grow. I hope you know how wonderful of a mother you are! Continue to stay strong for your son. I wish him a healthy recovery!
Megan (Dayton, OH)
Back again and with my eyes filled with tears, it makes me so happy to see the update all of us were waiting for! It amazes me that so many people that have been praying for your baby right along with me are being blessed with this wonderful news! Multiple miracles! You are truly an amazing person! Thanks be to God that he chose today to give you an amazing gift, a smile from your baby boy! Will continue to pray for more amazing miracles and that brave Bronson and his exhausted mommy can go home soon! Won't his brothers and daddy just be so happy!!! :)
I am so glad! Yay for Bronson!
I have been keeping up with your little boy. I too am like so many, thrilled to hear your good news even if we don't know each other personally. I am thankful to be a witness to your faith and to God's miracle. I hope to meet you someday, my brother and sister in law are Mike and Carol Ann Lorscheider. With love and best wishes, Wendy Collmar
Praise the Lord! I am so incredibly happy for you. May the miracles keep on coming. Can't wait to hear more. God bless you guys!
Praise the Lord! I have been following since this last weekend and thought about your family often. I will continue to pray for your baby boy and you! God is great!
Yet again, another stranger who has been following your story. Yet again, a mommy who has a little boy the same age as Bronson. I have been checking this blog several times daily to see any updates - almost as if I am connected to your family in some way. My husband and I went to the Provo temple today in behalf of Bronson and the rest of your family. When I got home, the first thing I did was check your blog...and tears started immediately when I read "We have a miracle happening here". What a testimony builder to me. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and a real part of our lives. I have held a CONSTANT prayer in my heart for Bronson. I am so glad to hear of the positive news today. Bronson must be a tough little boy. Just amazing. Hang in there everyone! God is full of miracles.
Tears of joy from a friend you've never met. I am estatic for you!
You don't know me at all and I don't know you but your story was posted on a website called BabyCenter that I am a part of and I have a little boy who just turned 13 months. I cannot imagine what you and your family are going through but I am so happy to see that Bronson is awake! I have been thinking of your family every day since I read this. Here is hope to a full recovery and that Bronson keeps taking steps forward!
I've thought non stop about your sweet little boy since I first read your blog yesterday. What an incredible miracle. I can't imagine the relief you must feel. My prayers are with you and your sweet family, I can't wait to hear more!
A friend of mine linked your blog on her's, after finding out about you and your fam from her husband who I think works with friends of yours (or something). Anwyay, I started reading your blog today from the beginning of this ordeal, and just wept. I was heartbroken but just kept reading back (as if I were actually being updated daily) on what your family has gone through. I just have to say, I am soo glad I started today and got to hear of the amazing news that your little/amazingly strong little boy is back. Reading this, and also being a mother of 4 wonderful kids, has given me a new perspective to change my attitude and my priorities knowing that something like this can happen to anyone. My kids are too precious (even with all of the screaming and fighting and mess making they do) to take them for granted. I need to make more time for them and let little things wait. You have been through something that I would not wish upon anyone, but thank you for sharing this difficult time with us. I know my life will change from it. Miracles DO happen, you are amazing, hang in there. Our Heavenly Father is watching over you and your little guy.
OH Sara! I am SO SO SO happy for you all! We have been endlessly praying for sweet Bronson and I have been reading and checking your blog multiple times a day (along with so many others)! You have such a talent with the way you write and the way you have shared your story! It truly is an inspiration to us all! We are so grateful for the wonderful miracle that has happened in your family! What a strong little boy you have! Love you tons!!! xoxo Jen
(sorry if this message appears more than once...it keeps bringing up 2 messages, not sure why)
This is such FANTASTIC news!! Congratulations!! So so so so happy to read this!
I am also a complete stranger, and have been following your story. After talking about your situation with my husband last night, we knelt in prayer as a family and prayed for your sweet son. Isn't it amazing how our Heavenly Father hears those prayers!! What a wonderful thing to hear!! Congratulations on getting your amazing son back!
wow, sara. I found your blog through Natalie Norton about a week ago...I'm so sorry about all of this, but so relieved to hear this news! We're praying for you guys!
I am a complete stranger to your family, Alli Linford sent a message via facebook to prayer for little Bronson, so since then your family has been in my thoughts continually. I feel like I know you after reading your amazing blogs. It has been so touching, I have told all my family and friends and asked for their prayers also. I cry everyday after reading the blog and I am so thrilled to read the latest blog. I am so happy for you and your family! Amazing what prayers and faith can do. Best wishes Lori
Words cannot express my joy for you. My four year old said a sweet prayer for Bronson last night and I couldn't stop pleading with all I had for him and your family. I am so incredibly excited and happy for you. Thank you for letting us be a part of this miracle!
Matt and Sara,
We are so happy that Bronson is making such great progress. We haven't stopped praying and we are so grateful that all our prayers are being answered. Thank you for letting us all be a part of these miracles! We love you.
crying tears of joy for you and your sweet boy! Miracles do happen, he is living proof!
I cannot even tell you how happy I am for you and your family! God is GOOD!!! What a MIRACLE and BLESSING!!! I pray that the road is smooth from here on out.
Thank God for his healing power! I am soooo happy for you! I will keep praying for Bronson as he continues to recover!
What a day!!! What an answer to prayer! I am excited for you and your family!
I don't know your family, but have been following your amazing story and have been praying for you here in southern california. I am soo happy and have tears of joy for this sweet miracle. Sometimes even the most heart felt prayers can't change a tragedy, but it is obvious here that God's will was for your sweet boy to stay on this earth with you. Thank you for sharing this miracle.....
YAY!!!!! I am writing this in tears. I have been praying for your sweet little boy, and I am SO happy for you and your family. Heavenly Father loves us so much. He is amazing!
What a witness that God lives, and that miracles still happen. I am so happy, I'm bawling for you right now. That little Bronson must have a mighty mission to complete here on this earth, and he will be a living witness that miracles still occur.
I am thrilled beyond words!!!
Emily (Cales) Leger
Another stranger to your family here- we started following your family through your journey 8 days ago. As a mother of 5 boys (mine are about the same ages as your fellas) I have been drawn to your story. Our family has prayed for you and been strengthened through combining our faith with others in Bronson's behalf. We are soooo happy! Thanks for sharing. We will continue to follow Bronson's progress and keep praying for him to join you all again at home. This miracle has brought renewed faith to me in modern day miracles, and the Lord's hand in all things.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I have spent much time on my knees for this sweet boy, and I must remember to thank my heavenly father tonight for answering all our prayers! I laughed out loud through my tears when I read this, and I woke my own sleeping baby! LOL! I can't stop laughing! I am so happy for him and for you! Hug him! Hold him! Because I have a feeling he is going to be perfect!
Sara, this is SO exciting. I've been waiting for an update like this. :) Enjoy your day with you baby boy and your husband. You're still in my prayers.
Just found you 2 days ago and have no idea how. Praising God with you right now! What an amazing story and testimony. Thank you so much for sharing.
Your extended family of God is praying for you! We Praise the Lord that your baby boy is doing so well!!!!
oh this is great!!! Miracles happen.
That is the most wonderful news!!! Thank you for keeping us posted! Get better Bronson! We are praying for you!
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Give that boy a kiss from EVERY ONE OF US!!!! That is a lot of kisses!!!!
I found your Blog through another blog and have followed it daily. The first thing I do is check for updates in the morning and throughout the day. Praise God for this miracle that is happening before our very eyes. Praying for complete healing for little Bronson, he is so precious !!
I am also a total stranger, but I have followed your story and kept looking at your blog every day and hoping for good news!!
I am really truly happy for you!!
PRAISE THE LORD!!! HALLELUJAH!!
Found your story, read it from the beginning, wept like I haven't wept in quite some time. Hugged my kids tightly and have been praying for you and that sweet little boy. I am ecstatic that he is coming back to you. I pray that the rollercoaster ride is over and that Bronson gets stronger every day. Many prayers coming to you from Palatine, IL. (suburb of Chicago) God Bless!
I am another person you don't know who was told about your story. I have been in tears all week just thinking about your sweet boy, I have a little boy the same age and it was heartbreaking to read your story. I have been praying for you and your family, and I am SO thrilled to hear he is doing better.
I am so happy for yall!! Praise God he is doing so much better!! I have kept Bronson and your family in my prayers.
Thank God!!!! I am so happy for Bronson and your family. Mama's instinct never fails. I will continue praying for him so he can completely heal.- From Minnesota
I am SOOOOOOO happy for you. What an awesome experience for your boys to know their prayers were answered! I think you are amazing parents! I have learned so much from you!
My testimony is now 100 times stronger than it has ever been and it is because of you and your little family. Because of your unwavering faith. I fasted for sweet Bronson on Sunday, I feel so connected to this sweet miracle. Your family is amazing and I know that the Lord has great things in store for Bronson!
I am so happy for you. I love reading your posts and look forward to more good news to come. I love your faith and your testimony, they are the only things that keep us going through times like these.
No miracle is too big for God!
By Him we are created and to Him
we shall return.
He is the Most Merciful and
Oft Forgiving.
We thank Him for all our bounties, small and large.
An what a bounty it is to look
into the eyes of our children
and grandchildren and see the future there.
Nothing is more beloved to person
over his child other than his grandchild.
May He give you the patience, perseverance and eventual luxury
to see Branson kicking it with
you again!!
My family has been following your blog. We have prayed and cried with you. I found your story through Karen Peterson. I am so happy to read the good news.
isn't it amazing the support you can get from complete strangers on the blog? it is fantastic and really makes me know of the good in people.
i've been following you for a few days and have been heartbroken for you all. your photos hit home and were all too familiar to me. our family went through a similar experience 2 years ago when my 1year old nephew lived in PCMC picu and neuro trauma for 3 months. he lived and we are grateful everyday. he sustained a severe brain injury and i have been wanting to comment and say that even if bronson doesn't return to you the way he was a week ago, he will bring you so much joy and you will be grateful for whatever capacity he is left in after his injury... however hard that may be.
but i am so grateful that isn't the case. grateful for your post.. and that he is back. that you received a miracle, because they do exist. i am so happy for you. my heart is full.
i left something in an envelope for you yesterday at the nurses station. but by this update, you may no longer need it, so if you don't please pass it along to some other family in the picu who could use it.
we will continue to pray for you and your family... that B can continue to heal and hurry home soon.
We are so happy he is awake! We have been checking many times each day and finally got the news we wanted to hear. What an absolute miracle! We are so happy for you. Your story has inspired and touched us and we are grateful for the faith and love of your family. You've shown a true courageous example in how to get through something so difficult. Bronson is back and we couldn't be happier!
YAY!!! Miracles are so wonderful! Praise God for his many miracles! I am so happy Bronson is back! I will continue to pray for you, Bronson, your wonderful family.
Love to you and your family!!
Love,
Meghan from Southern California
Wonderful wonderful news!!! So grateful to Heavenly Father for this blessing. Just amazing and so thrilled for you. Give him a great big squeeze from VA!!!
My body and spirit leap for joy, pure JOY! We are SO SO SO happy for all of you! Can't wait to see more.
I am in tears.....I have been following your story and this is such great news.....God is so good!!!!
Hi there...I am a total stranger...I will admit...was just jumping from one friend's blog to another and landed on yours. I cannot tell you how much your blog touched me. I have a 10 month old and I have wept so hard reading your posts. I appreciate your honesty and the attention you have brought to that ever so important lesson....nothing is more important than family....you have definitely made me re-think whether those dishes "really" need to get done....my child has a better mother because of you and your blog. Blessings to your whole family...especially little Bronson
I am so happy!! Prayers ARE answered, and miracles DO come true!! Bless him, and your family
holy cow!! We have witnessed a miracle here! Bronson is the most prayed for child and with an outpouring amount of love and Faith and PRAYER, he is back!!
"Miracles DO happen"
I am SOOOOOO Freaking excited, and crying tears of Joy sara!!!! I can't wait to kiss that little boy!
I am so very happy to hear about Bronson!! We will continue to pray for him. I'm so glad that Heavenly Father has chosen to heal your little man. I hope tomorrow when we get on this page, we hear of more significant progress where he is moved out of the NICU. We can only hope this happens soon!!
This is a testimony to me that Heavenly Father listens and answers prayers!! Again, I'm so excited to hear of the great news!!
Sweet Sara,
Hooray for miracles and the power of faith and fasting! Drew was baptized on Saturday. As I was telling him about his new baptism book (yours), I told him about sweet Bronson. We talked about fasting on Sunday and how we need to fast with a purpose. He fasted with me FOR Bronson on Sunday, and his first fast was a wonderful experience. Love you so much and wish I was closer to help with your boys and to give you a hug!
~Ali
BEST thing I have read all day, my heart is rejoicing for you!!!!
You don't know me, but my wife has been following this and keeping me posted on the status of your boy. We're both Extremely happy for you and your family. Not an experience that anyone would ask for -- but what a wonderful ending/new-beginning.
We are so grateful and so happy! What a blessing to see the things that God can do! We love you so much and can't even express our joy for you! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!
What a sweet miracle, I'm so glad for you. I have been praying for you constantly since I first read your story. Every time I walk into my bathroom I remember and I think of you and pray for your sweet Bronson! And now he's back, I'm so thrilled for you. I'm crying. Thanks so much for updating all of us (complete strangers but friends in the gospel and in motherhood) on your experience. It feels so great to be reminded that God is a God of miracles. Truly. Thank you!
I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO happy right now...FOR YOU..and for Matt...and for Bronson and his brothers...what wonderful news!
And what a wonderful Father above we all have...xoxox
Sooo happy for your beautiful family! Bronson is a little fighter and God has a plan for him. Thank you so much for sharing your story and letting us all witness Gods hand in your miracle. Your strength and immense faith is a testimony for all. We will continue to pray for his full recovery.
I found your blog yesterday through facebook and read the whole blog and wept all the way through. I'm so so so glad that he is doing better and he's awake. That is fantastic news. :)
YAY, YAY, YAY!!!
I am crying tears from my 'mother's heart' to yours.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Enjoy every moment, it has been amazing being whitness to your miracle.
Keep fighting little guy!
YAY FOR YOUR FAMILY!!! YOUR FAITH, THE FAITH IN ALL OF YOU brought this to pass. What an amazing example you are to me and to everyone out there. YOu deserve this miracle! LOADS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT, the schrader family
So Happy for you!
Congratulations for your huge miracle. I am a Mommy of three little girls and cried and cried because of your families tragedy. I am so happy that you are receiving such blessings for you, your baby boy and your family. Keep posting. You have touched so many lives with your strength. I cannot wait to see more pictures of Bronson and his miracle.
Oh Sara and Matt we are so grateful and just trilled that he is doing so well! We will have a prayer to express our deepest gratitude and also for His continued blessings upon your sweet family.
I have been praying for your family. I don't know you, but I can only imagine what you have been going through. I am so excited for you right now. Heavenly Father does answer our prayers!
My daughter, Austyn, knows Trevon from soccer and school. We have been praying and waiting. We are breathing again. We knew God could provide a miracle. We are so happy that he did.
Fabulous news! Thank you so much for sharing this with so many. I have thought of Bronson and your family constantly since I came across your blog last Friday night. You have been in my prayers.
I can only describe my feelings as overwhelmed with joy!!
YEAH!! Let the tears of joy fall!
We are so happy for this miracle. Matt & Sara your unwavering faith and strength throughout this journey has been amaizing! Our prayers will continue....enjoy your sweet little Bronson.
Love,
Melissa Jones Cummings
I'm yet another stranger who stumbled over your blog. I cried when I first read your story and now I'm crying tears of joy for you. I'm so happy for you and your family.
Praise be to God!
One of the thousands gathered in the power of prayer for your Bronson...
-Missouri Ozarks
This is such wonderful news to hear. I will keep praying for more updates like this and then for the best one - the post when he is HOME with you, Daddy and his big brothers. Bronson is a fighter and it just goes to show what the power of prayer can do.
Praise. The. Lord.
"miracles are never an end in themselves, but always a means to point to something greater" - Francis Chan
Oh Praise GOD!! How awesome! Your story has been so heavy on my heart since I learned of Bronson on Cole's Foundation. It made me replay all of the close calls in my own mind of things with my kids. Trust me, there are far more than I would like to admit. How we need a perfect God to help us out! I am so, so happy for you and I will continue to pray for total healing for Bronson and Momma! Many blessings! Ann
So happy to hear and our prayers continue for you!
That is wonderful news. I will continue to think of and pray for your family.
I am also a complete stranger. I have been praying for sweet little Bronson and was so excited to read your post today! May God continue to bless you and your family.
Also a "stranger" who wants to thank you for sharing a personal story, and reminding us all of the power of faith and prayer. Not all stories have a "happy" ending but the peace of the gospel provides amazing results. Thank heaven we have a knowledge of Jesus Christ and the blessing of the Holy Ghost. We really ARE children of a God who walks beside us!
I am SO happy for you. I prayed so hard for you all today! Miracles do happen every day and Bronson is living prof! I will continue to remember you all in my prayers! What a happy happy day!
i am soooooo excited for you!! Congrats!!
i am soooooo excited for you!! Congrats!!
I am a mother of 4 and I live in Riverton, Utah, not too far from your family. I stumbled across your blog because friends were following it. I cried as I read your tender words. A couple days later, I read it to my husband, and we cried. I find myself stopping at the computer every time I pass it to check on your little guy. I am amazed at how strong your little family is. You are all such an inspiration and a great example to me. Thank you for sharing your experience with me as painful as it might be. You are an amazing woman!! I am so excited for little Bronson!! I know our Heavenly Father has heard mine & everyone else's prayers for Bronson. What a beautiful day!! I look forward to more positive updates and can't wait for the post that says he is going home with you!! Stay strong & positive and know there are literally hundreds and hundreds of people backing you up. You are truly blessed!!
Wonderful news! My son was also sedated with Precedex and it made him sleep with his eyes open!
I love your writing. I am Amanda Peterson's brother and after Payton's ordeal they had a book made with a number of his pictures and the story. This is a true testament to Gods Miracles and it will bless so many people that you haven't even met and may never meet for that matter. Thank you for opening your heart to the world with this. It helps to bring back my thoughts and actions to those things that truly matter in this life. I am so happy for your family and I wish little Bronson a quick recovery.
You dont know me but I found your blog through the many people praying for you. I was in tears when I read what happened. Please don't get down on yourself and blame yourself. I believe all mothers have done that one too many times. After hearing your story I will NEVER leave my boys in the tub alone. I have 3 little boys, which made it easy to put myself in your shoes. I have tears of joy knowing that your son is doing well. When I was almost 2 I was in Primary's Children's hospital for falling out of a window 14 ft high. They thought I would have brain damage. But I am well, married, and have 3 boys. I'm hoping your son will have another chance of life just like I got. Thank you for sharing your feelings during this hard time.
What completely wonderful news!!!! Enjoy that precious little boy of yours :) Thoughts and prayers are still headed your way.
I've never met you - but have been following your blog thanks to a friend. Our family in California has been praying for you. And now, I am crying! So happy for you and your miracle.
Tears of joy, thanks and praise. I can't pretend to understand why this happened to your family, but perhaps is was a lesson to all of us who have been lead to you. A lesson to just slow down. Thank you for that. I am taking it to heart in my own life.
That is absolutely amazing! I am so happy for you... my body is covered in goosebumps.
God is good!!!!
Praise Jesus :)
Bawling.
You don't know but I have been praying for your family. I am so excited! Tears of Joys! God is good all the time, all the time God is good.
I am so happy for your family. I have followed your story for the last few days and I have been grateful for the opportunity to. The faith of your family and friends have brought you to this point. I love to see the tender mercies of the Lord working. What a miracle your family has experienced.......
Julie (Meyer) Campbell......
I don't know you or your family, but I have been following your blog every day. My children have also been very concerned and have asked how your baby is doing every day. I have been praying for your sweet family and little boy. I am so so so happy to hear this great news!!!
This is the best news that I have heard in a very long time and the outcome that many have prayed and prayed for! Much love to you and your family!
So glad to hear your little man is awake and back! I am just a stranger but a friend sent me your blog. I am impressed at how strong you and your family are! Good luck over the next few days and weeks. Our prayers are with you and your family! <3
I am sure it is a little overwhelming to read all these comments. . .I got on to see the update and before I was done reading there were already 20 more comments. I AM SO OVERWHELMED with the feeling of the spirit I feel right now. Thank you for sharing so candidly. . .I am sure that by your willingness to share you will save some other mothers from going through the same heartache. I lost a baby in September and I have prayed with all my might that you would not have to as well. What an amazing little miracle boy!
All praises to Heaven! Thank you God for answering our prayer for total healing for Bronson. You are an awesome GOD!
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This morning I saw Angi outside and she told me to run in and check the blog. I couldn't get inside fast enough. All afternoon I have been shedding tears and feeling the spirit so strong. This is your family, and it's your experience, but I and others are being blessed because you are willing to share.
And so the healing begins and the prayers for our little giant, Bronson, continue.
Gratitude overflows. So grateful that today a beautiful mommy and daddy get to BE with their beautiful boy.
So so happy for you!!
Maybe you could post a video of him! I know hundreds of us would LOVE to see him!
I'm praising and rejoicing with your family!!!! :D
I have goosebumps! I am so happy for you that even though I don't know you, I am crying tears of joy for you right now. Thank goodness! Miracles do exist. I once heard that if all the miracles were recorded in our day and age that have come about through the power of the priesthood, there would be tons more than are even recorded in the New Testament! It's amazing to me how much our Heavenly Father loves each of us and is aware of our circumstances.
what a miracle! i cried all morning reading your blog! i am john orgill's little sister and i was so sad to hear about your boy. my little guy was in the PICU there for 3 weeks when he was a baby with a severe case of RSV, i thought we were going to lose him too, but he is here and healthy. my heart goes out to you and your family. The nurses in the PICU there are angels.
YAY!!!! I knew he would come threw. We r sooo happy that things are going sooooo good!!!!
Oh I am so happy. I am a stranger but my thoughts and prayers have been with your little boy and your entire family. Its miracles like this that make me believe that our Heavenly Father does look over us and answer prayers.
Your post this morning made me cry. I am so happy for you and your little family. Your other boys have learned such a great example of faith and prayers through this. I am so happy for you and your amazing family. I used to work at a childrens hospital. His story is truly a miracle. Keeping you guys in my prayers!!
Hurray! We have been praying for you and we fasted as a family for you this last Sunday. Even though we don't know you, you are in our hearts and thoughts all day, every day.
We have cried many tears with you as we have felt a small glimpse of what your pain must be like and what your joy must feel like as well.
Thank you for touching us. We will continue to pray.
May God continue to bless you and your family with his tender mercies.
HOORAY!!!!! I'll continue to keep you in my prayers and hope tomorrow is even BETTER!
--West Jordan
Thanks be to our God! The God of miracles!! No words can even explain what you must be feeling, I don't even know you and this beautiful child, yet I feel so connected! Spirit to spirit, heart to heart! You have helped so many through this. The blessing of miracles that will change us all! The heavens ARE open!! Thank you Heavenly Father!! Thanks so much for the second chance. This young man has a mission to perform!! Yeahooza!!
I am so grateful, our prayers have been answered. Yeah, as I lay in bed last night I was thinking about you and Bronson and was remembering when Aubrey was a baby...she was laying in her NICU bed and the doctors and nurses were telling me that she might have brain damage and that she wasn't responding like she should, etc. I remember thinking...I am the mom..they don't know that I have been praying since she was born that her thoughts and spirit would still feel like she is with Hevenly Father because I couldn't hold her and be her mommy. And she was fine!! Yeah our miricles!!! Thank you Hevenly Father...thank you Sara for letting us be a part in your babies life : ) love Alisa/Sabra's sis
YEAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm an absolute stranger but I've been following your blog since everything, and I just want to tell you how HAPPY I am! I don't think I've cried so many happy tears since my baby boy was born!!! Thank God! My family has been praying so hard for your beautiful baby boy and we're going to continue to do so! Here's to hoping he'll make even more improvment!!! I'm so excited for you!!!!!
Ditto on the video comment! Or pictures! Oh how exciting!
Ditto on the video comment! Or pictures! Oh how exciting!
Ditto on the video comment! Or pictures! Oh how exciting!
So happy for you! I have been following your blog and praying. You are strong. So faithful! What a cute family. I will keep you in our prayers. Sigh. ((hugs))
I am a total stranger (found your link on facebook) but I have to say I am so happy for you and your family. My tears of sadness have changed to tears of joy! What a testament to the power of prayer. What a loving God we have.
I am so happy.... Prayer is real. Rebecca called to tell me and I had to sit down in the middle of the airport to read it. We love you guys! My faith has grown through your experience. Thanks for sharing.
I don't even know you and I am crying tears of joy!! I am SO SO SO SO SO happy and excited and grateful that he is back!!! God really is good!
Can't wipe the smile off this strangers face :) Thank you for updating the amazing news!!
I've cried tears of sadness with you and now tears of joy!!!!!!!!! God is a God of miracles. Thank you for sharing your life with us, Sara. Can't wait to hear what milestone he reaches next!!!!!
I don't know you or anyone who knows you, I was directed to your blog on a board for moms and am OVER THE MOON EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!! YAY Bronson!!!! I feel like my own child has taken his first step and I can't imagine how emotional this must be for you. This is so exciting!!
Sara - I don't know you, and I don't know your family, but my heart is filled with joy right now over your glad news! Your experience has strengthened my faith in miracles. Blessings to you and your family!
Amazing!! Go Bronson :)
What an amazing family you have! Another stranger reading your blog that has been so touched by the spirit and the strength of you and your family! Our prayers will be with your family and I am so happy to hear today is a good day! May you have many many many more good days ahead of you!
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I am so happy for your family. What an example of how faith and prayers can heal. You are AMAZING. You have such way with words. I cry every time I read your posts. Heavenly Father has heard the prayers on Bronson's behalf throughout the world. I am praying that his progress continues and that he can be home where he belongs soon.
P.S. You should write a book :) I'd buy it!
Love,
Carly
Phoenix, AZ
God still does miracles! SO happy for you all. Still praying for a speedy recovery. God bless!
Tears of JOY!!!! Yay Bronson!
What a miracle! I am so happy for you and your family. Thanks you for sharing your heart and soul with us. It has reconfirmed my testimony of God's great plan for all of us. What an amazing testimony of faith, hope, and prayer!
WE are so grateful for prayers that have been answered for your little Bronson! You needed a miracle and you got one! Prayers around the world have been heard!
We are so excited for your family right now. My family have been praying for your little boy and we are so happy he is doing so well.
So so truly happy for you and your family!!
My boys and I all gathered around the computer to check on little Bronson and there was a huge whoop for joy here when we read this post!!!!!! We are so happy to hear this news!! Love and prayers
The Brad Christensen Family
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