Dark Night and a Bright Morning
Thank you to everyone who prayed for our little one last night and this morning! For those of you who don't know (all three of you who read this blog that I didn't call last night)...our girl had a turn for the worse with her allergic reaction. She swelled up even worse then before ans looked like a boxer after a few rounds in the ring. She also actually turned purple all over her body. I didn't see the purple-ness initally because I kept her in her nightgown with the footed booties so she couldn't scratch easily. Poor thing had already scratched herself to bleeding when I changed her diaper. I even filed her nails with a smooth file to take off every last little edge of nail. Anyway, as we undressed her for her bath we saw the full extent of her symptoms and we were instructed to take her to the pediatrician's straight away. We live close by, so we pulled her out of the bath and took off. The doctor told us she was getting worse and it was a toss up as to whether the reaction was from the penicillin or a virus. At any rate, she needed to get better and not advance any farther, or else we would face admitting her to the hospital. So they gave her a dose of steroids right then and we went home with instructions to watch her breathing and other symptoms very carefully.
Well, it was a very long night for all of us. Little sleep. Little relaxation and a lot of getting up and slipping into her room to lay my hand on her back to check her breathing. Thank you to AW and LH who prayed with me over the phone last night. I was pretty worried about my girl, she is so little and her little body has been through an ordeal these last two weeks. I didn't realize how scared I was until I called each woman and I cried through the phone calls. There I was sitting in Fred Meyers, waiting for her prescription, trying to stave off tears so I could talk intelligently to the pharmacist. The staff was exceedingly kind to me last night, as I have been in 3 times in the last few days. When the pharmacist told me she saw me way too often I started crying again as I told her about my daughter's allergic reaction and how it was worsening. Frankly, I think it is her suffering that gets to me. I know God can heal her in an instant, or over time with medication. It was her suffering over the weeks, the hours and lately the minutes that has worn us down. She was itchy, feverish and just felt crummy. Every hour was crying and crawling into my lap, only to find that it didn't make her feel that much better. Then a few minutes later we would go through it all again.
Thankfully, our girl is much better this morning. Her fever is down and her awful purple hives have abated from the majority of her body. She is still blotchy, itchy and has some major hives on her, but she is better than she was last night! We're not out of the woods yet, as this might be a reaction to a virus she still has. Although God could have wiped that out too, as He is in the business of healing. He rarely does things half-way, you know. So the verdict this morning is that she is better overall, but we must watch her carefully.
Thank you everyone for your prayers. It worked!
Well, it was a very long night for all of us. Little sleep. Little relaxation and a lot of getting up and slipping into her room to lay my hand on her back to check her breathing. Thank you to AW and LH who prayed with me over the phone last night. I was pretty worried about my girl, she is so little and her little body has been through an ordeal these last two weeks. I didn't realize how scared I was until I called each woman and I cried through the phone calls. There I was sitting in Fred Meyers, waiting for her prescription, trying to stave off tears so I could talk intelligently to the pharmacist. The staff was exceedingly kind to me last night, as I have been in 3 times in the last few days. When the pharmacist told me she saw me way too often I started crying again as I told her about my daughter's allergic reaction and how it was worsening. Frankly, I think it is her suffering that gets to me. I know God can heal her in an instant, or over time with medication. It was her suffering over the weeks, the hours and lately the minutes that has worn us down. She was itchy, feverish and just felt crummy. Every hour was crying and crawling into my lap, only to find that it didn't make her feel that much better. Then a few minutes later we would go through it all again.
Thankfully, our girl is much better this morning. Her fever is down and her awful purple hives have abated from the majority of her body. She is still blotchy, itchy and has some major hives on her, but she is better than she was last night! We're not out of the woods yet, as this might be a reaction to a virus she still has. Although God could have wiped that out too, as He is in the business of healing. He rarely does things half-way, you know. So the verdict this morning is that she is better overall, but we must watch her carefully.
Thank you everyone for your prayers. It worked!
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