A Much Better Day!

We have been so thankful that Tirzah has been fever-free for 24 hours now! Praise the Lord! At this point, it doesn't look like I will have to take her in tomorrow...yay! She still had a rough night sleep-wise last night, but today she was more herself; playful, smiling, cooing...I loved it! It was so great to see her acting like she's feeling better! We haven't heard any results of her tests, so we're praying that no news is good news. I think the doctor will go over her ultrasound when we see him next week. We are so thankful for all of your prayers and encouragement! It has really helped!

To lighten the mood a bit...as I've said many times before, we're a bird family. We really enjoy watching them, "feeding" them and researching them. Yesterday evening there was a male and female cardinal (a family favorite!) at one of our feeders. Josiah pointed to the female and said, "Look, there's the daddy cardinal's wife!" Hee, hee!

Our day

After doing a urine culture, they did find bacteria (which means a bladder infection). They gave her another shot of antibiotics today and she got a prescription for some oral antibiotics. The Dr. sent us over to the hospital for an ultra-sound of the bladder and kidneys to check them out. We should have those results in a few days. In another week or two they will do a VCUG (they put some dye in her to check that the bladder and kidneys are functioning properly). Today they also checked her blood again. Her numbers are looking better after her shot of antibiotics, so that is a praise. We still don't have the results of the blood culture, though. If that comes back showing bacteria growing, she will need to be admitted to the hospital to get antibiotics through an IV for a couple of days. Please pray that her blood culture will come back normal! Also, if she is still running a fever by Wednesday, we are supposed to take her back in. She was still running a low-grade fever this afternoon, so that has me a little bit concerned.

I will do my best to keep you posted! Thanks so much for your prayers!!!

Update

Yesterday at Urgent Care they did a throat swab (negative), checked for a UTI (negative), did more blood work (some numbers were high) and a chest x-ray (which was a little cloudy). The Dr. said there's some infection brewing somewhere, and with the fever as high as it's been and for as long as she's had it, it looks like it is a bacterial infection. So possibly pneumonia...but she wasn't absolutely certain. Tirzah got a shot of antibiotics and is going to see her regular Dr. this morning. She woke up with a 102.1 fever, so I'm a little discouraged about that. I'll post another update after our Dr. visit today. Thank you so much for your continued prayers!!!

the fever that won't seem to go away!

For those of you who have been keeping up on our posts, you know that we've been fighting this fever since Tuesday. If I keep up steady doses of Tylenol and Motrin, it stays down. The problem with that is then she doesn't eat well. Yesterday evening I pushed off her dose of Tylenol hoping that she would eat a little better. When I checked her temp. it was going up...101, so I gave her some Tylenol. An hour later her fever shot up to 104.6. I tried to get her cooled down quickly and gave her another dose of Motrin, even though it wasn't quite time for one. I just about took her to the ER last night, but the Urgent Care is open this afternoon, so we are going to do that. Please pray for healing for Tirzah and that if there is something wrong, the doctors will find it so that we can get whatever this is taken care of!

Here is what our sweet little girl has been up to...

"I lift up my eyes to the hills, From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore."

-Psalm 121

Fever Update & A Lost Tooth!

I took Tirzah to the doctor today & he couldn't find anything wrong with her (ears, lungs, blood). It may just be an odd virus. He did say that if she is still running a fever Monday to bring her back & he will do further testing. When she woke up from her nap this evening, her temp. was 103.5. We would appreciate your prayers for her!

On to a completely different subject...

Just 8 days before his 6th birthday, Isaac lost his first tooth! He was a pretty happy camper!

Of course, it had to turn into a photo-shoot for the rest of the crew too!

Fevers and Funnies

Yesterday evening I realized that Tirzah felt warm. I took her temp. and it was 103. I'm a little puzzled because she doesn't have any other symptoms. After talking to two of my sisters who are nurses, I've decided to just watch her for another day or so as long as the Tylenol keeps the fever down. Please help us pray that God will heal her little body of whatever it is she has!

Several years ago I decided to start writing the funny/cute things our kids say in a notebook. So every now and then I'll include one in my blog. Here's one for today:

7/19/06
Today the kids were watching Clifford. At the end of the show Emily Elizabeth said that Clifford was the best. Keziah then said, "No, God is. She said that Clifford was the best, but God is...right mom?" I replied, "That's right, Keziah." Then Keziah said, "Something's not right!"

April showers...

...bring April flowers? Well, that's the way it happened here! We've had several rainy days, but the grass is finally turning green and flowers are beginning to bloom!
We have these small purple flowers all over & I'd love it if someone could tell me what they are!

The older kids are enjoying the sunny day!

We hope you're enjoying your day as well...rain or shine :)