Thursday, February 19, 2009

More Tests...More Prayers Needed

First of all, Taylor did make it to jammie day at preschool. She LOVED wearing her jammies and taking her beloved bear with her. The fever did pass - still don't know why she had it. All of the bloodwork has come back normal (that included a CBC, sed rate, immune function, etc.) and the special urine sample (checking for unusual fever syndromes) should be back any day.

Now onto new tests: Taylor is still having episodes of pain on her right side when we urinates. Technically, the only time renal reflux should be painful is if there is bacteria present. We have ruled out infection recently, so her Urologist would like to look further. There is a possibility that too much urine is backing up into that kidney and causing pressure - who knows. Therefore we are heading back to Cincy on Monday for another test. This test is another one that isn't so much fun (she will need a cath), so please pray for her as she endures more poking and prodding.

Bryce's turn: Our little man is still having numerous episodes of acid reflux again. He is on the highest dose of meds for his size, so he is going to have an endoscopy on Tuesday in Indy. This will be his first time under anesthesia, so please pray he will go under and come out just fine.

Another week of medical junk - another week of watching my kids go through tests. Pray, pray, pray and hand it over to the Lord. Please join us in praying for the strength to endure these trials. "My strength is made perfect in weakness." II Corinthians 12:9

"Our faith is stretched by exchanging our weakness for God's strength."

We'll finish with some fun pics:
Clown Taylor gets ready to head to school for "Under the Big Top" week.

Taylor "making tea" on Valentine's Day.
Beautiful tulips (my absolute favorite!) from Neal and the kids.
This is the only way Bryce will "smile" for a picture these days. Isn't so funny?!
Brother and sister snuggling together. They aren't always beating up on each other. :)

We will update next week after both of their tests. Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers.
More later...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's always something! So glad you gave us some pictures to enjoy with your news. I just gave Kathy heck this morning for not sending pics of her grand kids anymore.
Charlene