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Dec. 20, 2007
Children sick, Noah sicker
I only have a minute, so here is the short version. Sarah and David are still sick, but stable enough that the careful administration of drinks is rehydrating them adequately. Hannah got sick in the night and is still quite sick, but drinking enough to squeak by. Jeff is very sick.
Noah's new labs aren't so hot. His hemoglobin has tanked down to 7.7. He has some elevated infectious markers, but as of yesterday's labs they weren't terrible. We did a dressing change today and his broviac looks lousy. It has been bleeding and the tissue at the insertion site looks bad - discolored and it looks like the tissue is falling apart around the sutures. None of these issues were QUITE bad enough to warrant an trip to the ER, but they were all bad enough to be a problem . . . until Baby Noah decided to spike a temp of 101.2 right after we were told to run to the ER if it hit 101.
So, in the category of never raining but pouring, a dear friend is riding to the ER with Noah and I so she can return the van to our house, poor pitiful Jeff is going to somehow slink to the couch to somehow care for the poor pitiful children whose sickness is making them even more distraught over the fact that Mommy and Noah are leaving AGAIN. I needed to go for a biophysical profile and nonstress test tomorrow, but can't now, so even Baby Abigail is getting shortchanged here. So far I feel fine, and need your most earnest prayers that it stays that way. If I get sick, I'll get booted out of Noah's room - and with both Jeff and my mom sick, there isn't a family member to take my place.
All that I can say or think is that this is an AWESOME chance for our AWESOME God to show Himself mighty. We are definitely in over our heads here and know that only He can work all of this out for His glory. We are sure to have some stories to tell on the other side of this latest episode.
I'll update when I can. Thank you for your prayers for all of this.
Love,
Kate |
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Kelly
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