{"id":1748,"date":"2012-04-07T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1748"},"modified":"2012-04-07T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T16:01:32","slug":"update-on-simeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1748","title":{"rendered":"Update on Simeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1749\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/04\/Simeon_with_Friends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1749\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1749\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/04\/Simeon_with_Friends-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/04\/Simeon_with_Friends-300x257.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/04\/Simeon_with_Friends.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simeon with Friends in Tena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We just want to say a big THANK-YOU for all of you who have been praying for Simeon and his slow growth. \u00a0We went to the Pediatrician this week and we got the report that his growth has improved quite a bit. \u00a0HE&#8217;S NOW ON THE GROWTH CURVE!!!! \u00a0Yeah, it may be the lowest 5% but at least he&#8217;s on the curve. \u00a0It helps us to feel a little bit better that he&#8217;s at least a little bit closer to normal in terms of his growth. \u00a0In reality, we haven&#8217;t been overly concerned because we know that there was nothing really wrong with him and all kids grow at different rates, but it&#8217;s just one of those things that you hope he can be a little bit closer to normal. \u00a0THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR SIMEON!!!!<\/p>\n<p>You can, of course, continue to pray for Simeon and his growth but maybe now you can focus your prayers a little bit more on Ruthie, Joel&#8217;s mom. \u00a0It&#8217;s getting close to being a year since she had her major surgery on the back of her neck and she still has not regained her swallowing 100%. \u00a0She still has to puree most all of her food. \u00a0We all just want her swallowing to recover 100% so that we she can enjoy eating again. \u00a0Thank you all so much for your prayers for Simeon and Ruthie!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1748&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just want to say a big THANK-YOU for all of you who have been praying for Simeon and his slow growth. \u00a0We went to the Pediatrician this week and we got the report that his growth has improved quite a bit. \u00a0HE&#8217;S NOW ON THE GROWTH CURVE!!!! 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