update

This is the little guy we're all praying for. He was much better yesterday. I stayed with him all afternoon and evening, playing games, talking, laughing. Assuming all went well over the night, he's going to go home this morning. He has not had any pain medication since 4:00 PM on Thursday because he says he has no pain at all. We don't understand how that could be possible... We think he's probably in pain, but he doesn't want to admit it because he thinks he won't be able to go home today if he says he's hurting. We've assured him that's not the case, but he's still assuring us there's no pain. He's a tough kid. He was truly protected by God because he has no major broken bones (just some small fractures on his ribs), no internal injuries, no brain damage. Basically he only has scrapes. How in the world an 8-year-old getting hit full-speed by an SUV can only have scrapes, only God can answer that...

Lots of people from Cale came to visit yesterday, teachers, parents, and kids. One person brought a UVA football that he had just gotten all of the UVA football players to sign. Collin saw it and said, "You mean the whole UVA football team knows about me??? I'm practically famous!!!"

His mom is doing better too. They won't let her move because they're afraid her liver will start bleeding again (they just got it to stop), and she has a few broken bones, but no brain damage, no other major internal injuries, no spinal injuries... It's amazing! She's going to have to stay in the hospital for several more days, but she's really doing much better. Thank you so much for praying everybody. God is so good.