The Power of Prayer

Why ease into the new year when you get start it off with a bang! It's been a wild week for us... to say the least!

As Tawn mentioned below, we've had a very sick little boy. He's finally been admitted to Primary Children's where they can keep a close eye on him. The poor little guy has had diarrhea for the past 5 days. His stool culture finally grew and it was determined later this afternoon that he does have E-coli... the very bad one that has to run its course on its own. He's been in a lot of pain the last few days and it's been really hard to watch. Especially when you don't know what's wrong and there isn't a whole lot you can do to fix it. Dr. B sent us to UVRMC for an xray and ultrasound because the pain was progressively getting worse in his tummy. The ultrasound was extremely abnormal which is why we were sent home to pack our bags and head to Salt Lake. He's currently being monitored for any sign of kidney problems or anemia. Some of the lab work has come back abnormal so they are a little concerned but are hoping that it's just because he's passed so much blood.
They'll run some more tests again in the morning. It's been a hopping place around here with nurses, techs, residents, attendings, med students, etc. He's currently sleeping (thanks to pain meds) and I hope that he's finally able get a good nights rest (so I can too)!

We want to thank everyone who has been sending thoughts and prayers our way. We can feel them coming in our direction. We were truly blessed today when the culture finally decided to grow and showed E-coli. Even though there isn't much we can do right now, it's better than the other options we were given of Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis.

I told Lucas that his name is in 4 different temples and he now thinks he should be able to see them! I think we might just have to take him to one of the temple open houses when he's all better!