remembing that week

Journal entry by DeLaney — Mar 26, 2017
Monday, January 16 2017 my brother Logan was in a bad accident. I was ay my job as a nanny and my mom called me about 3:30 and told me Logan was being brought to the hospital and didn’t say any more to not upset me cause I had to work a few more hours but I could feel something was not right. When I got home I went to BreAnna to see if she had any news but by the look in her eyes I knew something was really wrong. She took me into another room and told me that Logan was unconscious and that they were doing tests on him to see what was really wrong. A while later my youth pastor and his wife came to pray with us and make sure we were okay while my parents were at the hospital.
Tuesday morning we went to the hospital. We went to a family room and had a doctor come and explain what was going on with Logan. She told us that Logan’s injuries were very serious. He had spinal cord damage, broke his back, and severe brain damage from lack of oxygen. This news was so hard to hear. The tears just wouldn’t stop coming. After a little bit we went to see Logan. It was hard seeing him laying there and his whole face was twitching. He had facial twitching that the doctors thought could be mini seizures or his brain slowly dying.
Wednesday we were at the hospital all day. We had many family and friends come and visit and pray over Logan. The twitching mostly stopped and Logan’s face looked more peaceful and looked more like himself. Later that evening BreAnna and I went to youth group at our church. It was nice to see our friends and how much they all cared about us and Logan. We had a night of prayer. It was really encouraging!
Thursday we were at the hospital all day again. Four days in and no changes at all. Which was very difficult. Later that day they did another MRI to look at the brain. The results were worse than the first MRI they did on Monday. His brain was 75% damaged and very swollen. All of this bad news was very hard but we knew that there was still hope! Because through God anything is possible! If God wanted Logan to get up out of the bed and walk out of the hospital he would have but that just wasn’t His plan for Logan.
Friday. I just felt Gods peace all day. It was the coolest feeling like everything was going to be okay no matter what happened. Which was totally God. We had so much love and support through that week. Its unbelievable! Even though it was a tough time I grew so much closer to God and I felt His love and peace so much.
Saturday January 21 2017 at 7:11pm Logan Howard Rautio went to be home with his Heavenly Father. The last hour before Logan passed my parents, my sisters, and I stood around Logan’s bed praying and we put one of our favorite songs on called This is not goodbye by Sidewalk Prophets. I’m so glad that one day I will see Logan again!
DeLaney