Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Prayers requested...

Hi all! We wanted to give you an update on the medical situations in our family. My tests went well, and we will find out results when I go back March 14. Adia had a specialist check-up at Riley hospital, and things are not going as well as we hoped. She has officially been labeled a "failure to thrive" toddler, and is underweight. Colb and I have been worried about this for a while, but to hear a doctor echo your concerns is a pretty scary thing. Anyway, she had numerous blood tests done (8 vials of blood worth), and we are supposed to give her anything that will up her calorie intake. The most major step at this point is that she can only drink Pediasure (which is horribly expensive, I might add!). The doctor recommended that we basically thirst her into drinking it, which is not medically recommended in most cases, so don't try it without the consent of a doctor... She hates anything milky, so this is going to be a very big, very exhausting fight for us, I'm afraid.

Colb's dad went to the hopital the other night with heart issues, and they transferred him to Methodist hospital yesterday to do a cardiac cath on him. He has 90% blockage in one artery, but seems to be doing ok. He has to rest for 7 days, which will be very difficult for him.

We are asking all your prayers for these things. We know that God is bigger than any problems we have, and he is not surprised about any of this news. Please pray for a peace for us as we face the upcoming days...

1 comment:

Emily Barlow said...

Hey Kimber, I've been praying about the Pediasure. . . Is it the battle you feared it would be?