Dear PGPG...the following request is from one of our charter members, Sue. Please pause to say a prayer for our group, then read on for we have a new mission. RGB
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rick - My nephews have been two sick little boys. This prayer group has done wonders for so many people. I ask once again for their help. Please pray to give this family the strength they need to get through this time and the upcoming tests. I ask not only to prayer for the two boys, but to see them happy and healthy and playing in their backyard. I thank all of you in advance for taking the time to pray for others. The email below is from my sister-in-law. Sue
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Short version (things are crazy at work today and I've wanted to email you but am JUST getting to my email). For those of you who don't know the beginning of the story, Mason has been sick off an on since July with ear infections and respiratory infections of one kind or the other. Two weeks ago he was hospitalized for 2 days with RSV. He was on oxygen, IV antibiotics and breathing treatements every 4 hours. We were released the day after the ice storm hit St. Louis. We had about 5 days of a "somewhat healthy baby" until he started to slide back down the hill and developed another infection. We had a visit from our Paramedic squad on Wednesday morning due to a "asthma like attack" and had him at the Pediatrician yesterday for his 9 month checkup. He is now back on oral steroids (the second time in a month), oral antibiotics and increased albuterol for his breathing treatments.
Tim and I have made the decision, with the recommendation of the Pediatrician to pull him from daycare on Monday and my Mom is coming in from South Carolina to live with us for 3-4 weeks (OMG!) to watch Mason during the day for us while we get him healthy. Once he is healthy, we will reevaluate as far as sending him back to daycare or finding other arrangements for him.
We are taking him next Friday to St. Louis Children's Hopsital for a CF (Cystic Fibrosis) sweat test - Yes, I am scared shitless. Dr. Graham is cautiously optimistic that it will come back negative but we're doing it to hopefully "rule it out". If the sweat test comes back positive, we do blood work and find specialists to deal with CF - if that's the case then we also test Jack to see if he has it (due to his respiratory issues). If the CF test come back negative then she said we're probably dealing with a pretty serious case of Childhood Asthma - I guess the lesser of the two evils but still scary.
Tim and I at this point are both comfortable with how the Pediatrician is handling things. We felt better last night when we left, moreso than we have in months.
Mason slept pretty well last night. I on the other hand didn't because of my brain spinning about everything but know that that will get better once we get the CF test behind us next week. So......please keep us in your prayers. He's a pretty sick little baby and we're doing everything we can to get him healthy.
Just wanted to let you all know what was going on. Please say a prayer for Mason. We just want him to be healthy and happy.
On a good note - he continues to grow and will be soon passing up his brother on the charts. At 9 months Mason weighs 19 lbs 4 oz and was 28 1/2 inches long. He and Jack are wearing the same size diapers!
Libby
Tim and I have made the decision, with the recommendation of the Pediatrician to pull him from daycare on Monday and my Mom is coming in from South Carolina to live with us for 3-4 weeks (OMG!) to watch Mason during the day for us while we get him healthy. Once he is healthy, we will reevaluate as far as sending him back to daycare or finding other arrangements for him.
We are taking him next Friday to St. Louis Children's Hopsital for a CF (Cystic Fibrosis) sweat test - Yes, I am scared shitless. Dr. Graham is cautiously optimistic that it will come back negative but we're doing it to hopefully "rule it out". If the sweat test comes back positive, we do blood work and find specialists to deal with CF - if that's the case then we also test Jack to see if he has it (due to his respiratory issues). If the CF test come back negative then she said we're probably dealing with a pretty serious case of Childhood Asthma - I guess the lesser of the two evils but still scary.
Tim and I at this point are both comfortable with how the Pediatrician is handling things. We felt better last night when we left, moreso than we have in months.
Mason slept pretty well last night. I on the other hand didn't because of my brain spinning about everything but know that that will get better once we get the CF test behind us next week. So......please keep us in your prayers. He's a pretty sick little baby and we're doing everything we can to get him healthy.
Just wanted to let you all know what was going on. Please say a prayer for Mason. We just want him to be healthy and happy.
On a good note - he continues to grow and will be soon passing up his brother on the charts. At 9 months Mason weighs 19 lbs 4 oz and was 28 1/2 inches long. He and Jack are wearing the same size diapers!
Libby
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From Deacon Tom Coffey:
Lord I am struck nearly dumb by the thought that these two little boys Jack and Mason could be so ill at such a young age. I know that there is nothing that happens in this world that you are unaware off, even to the death of a sparrow. This gives me the courage to humbly approach you and beg for you to reach out and touch them with your healing grace. I add to this a note from my own Roman Catholic tradition and ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to appeal to her son Jesus Christ to heal these boys. Mary you know what it is like to see your offspring suffer from outrageous pain. Help this family to overcome this trauma and reclaim good health for their sons.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
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