Molly here….I am home for a few minutes to grab things K needs and tuck in little C. My mom is with K for now. In spite of it all, his spirits are high. He said, “Mom, I’ll give you bonus points if you are back in less than an hour and a half. Bonus points means that for every minute you get back early, you can go that much longer the next time!” Sadly, with a trip to Walgreens, grabbing stuff here, tucking in little C and writing this update, I will be lucky to be back on time, let alone get bonus points!
It has been frustrating today…the communication was poor all day, and that has been stressful. One Dr. saying we could probably go home another saying we needed to stay…confusion about whether or not K could take Advil, as well.
In the end, his fever went to 102.9 and people finally got things straightened out and now he does have his advil and everyone agrees he should definitely stay in the hospital. Big brother J is not getting better with his throat/ear sickness, and may have to go to Dr. tomorrow. Little C was glad to see mommy and Big C is hanging in there!
We appreciate all the sentiments of ‘wish we could help’! Please know our church family is helping, bringing food and watching the other children so David can be at the hospital or at work for meetings…and my family is 20 min. away and my mom is available to help, too, so we have lots of help, and we are grateful for such wonderful support. We are expecting a visit from our pastor tomorrow, too, and other friends have visited tonight.
We are praying the Lord will use this for K’s sanctification–and mine! We are trusting the Lord will use these means to heal his sick body. We are praying that the Lord will reveal exactly what the infection is, as nothing has been determined for sure about that yet…hopefully the drain of the abscess tomorrow will reveal the cause, enabling them to better treat it. We pray for a break in the fever so that he can come home! And please pray for good spirits for him and relief from fear and pain. It was difficult today when his veins kept collapsing and they couldn’t get the IV in. Praise God, when they drew blood he said it didn’t really hurt at all (this was very traumatic a few days ago, so we are so thankful it was easy this time!)
David will post more soon. I am trying to be kind and show grace to the doctors and nurses during all of this, but please pray for my attitude, too. I want to advocate for my little boy, and make things all better for him! But I want to be Christlike, too. Thanks to all those who have reached out and expressed love and support. It means so much! Thanks for continued prayers. K has been touched as I have read email after email to him about people who are praying for him and loving on him from afar.
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