Mid Afternoon Update

Thank you all for your diligent prayers and for waiting on pins and needles for an update. I, daddy, remained at home while the girls took off in an emergency to the hospital so I too have been waiting for an update.

Rebekah is receiving antibiotics and a transfusion of red blood cells as we speak (I type?). Her hemoglobin continued to drop and her ANC was at 100 (to quote an early explanation (normal is 1500-11,000)...anything below 500 requires caution and below 200 extreme caution. 100 is critical and she cannot be around any extra people because she just doesnt have the ability to fight off an infection. They are hoping that she will come home tonight but will have to go back in tomorrow for more tests and antibiotics. Frances said she does look better.

When I put Rebekah in the van to leave I was scared as she looked really bad. As I was trying to wrap up enough emergencies so that I can get to the hospital if necessary I heard a song on the radio that said "Sometimes He calms the storm, other times He calms the child." I was the child and needed calming and Rebekah the "storm". I am grateful that in this case, He calmed the storm. I don't know that I am calm but I am not so afraid. Thank you again for all of your support.

This is probably just as good as a time as any to say that a lot of people have commented on how difficult this BLOG can be to read at times with the ups and downs. We try and be pretty "open book" with our feelings and what we are going through and we are sorry if that is too bothersome for you sometimes. I do know, however, that there are others that are reading or will read this that are going through the same things and they need to know they are not alone. Notwithstanding all of the great support we have we do sometimes feel alone and if this helps someone else get by now or in the future that is what it is here for.