What's up with Cori?

Hello Everyone!

If you are reading this, it is probably because you care deeply for Cori and I....thank you for that :)

I want to say first that Cori is at home, resting in her bed with our kids at the moment I am writing this. Our spirits are good and our faith is strong after what I would consider to be my least favorite Christmas Day experience.

As we were preparing our own family Christmas meal yesterday, Cori slipped down some stairs carrying some ice and drinks, resulting in some pretty serious injury to her back. After spending the evening and most of the overnight hours in the Gettysburg ER, we were informed that Cori managed to break her back. I know that sounds bad, right?

The good news is that it is not the typical broken back most of us think of that requires surgery or therapy. Thank God, her spine is intact and unhurt. The break she sustained was in three of the small tabs that grow out of the (L2, 3 and 4) vertebrae called, "transverse processes". These boney tabs are the place where our back muscles attach to the vertebrae so it results in a lot of pain, but there is no spine injury.

Typical Lumbar Vertebrae

Having said all of that, Cori still has a long recovery process ahead of her as she deals with what amounts to a typical orthopedic break (like a broken rib, etc.). The doctor has put her on complete bed rest for a week and we need everyone to help her keep the doctors orders so if you have appointments with her, you will want to check with her before you head out to meet her. This is nothing more than an attack from our enemy. We also believe that God will send a swift and fearful retaliation from Heaven as His saints pray and stand firm. As for Cori and I, we will not be moved and the Kingdom of Heaven will be advanced as a result of this sucker punch. Amen!

We appreciate your prayer for complete and speedy recovery and I appreciate any and all help you would like to provide for us over the next few weeks as we take care of Cori. As you can imagine, there will be lots of people asking questions on how to best help and if you would like to help, we ask that you contact Rhonda Ramos who is spearheading the care for our family (Thanks, Rhonda and the whole care team!) Her email is rhondita1432

@yahoo.com and she can help you find out what we need moving forward.

We wanted you all to know where things stand at the moment and I will be updating this blog (www.jeremiahherbert.blogspot.com) as often as I can, so please keep checking here if you want the latest info on her recovery. Much love to you all and thank you for loving us! We value your prayers, thoughts, cards or whatever you can do to reach out to us!

Blessings!
jeremiah