We've had better days

I should be sleeping right now, but I'm not. Instead I'm sitting here on a makeshift bed wearing dark green scrubs that the hospital was nice enough to lend me.

Eden is sick. Not just kind of sick... but really sick. She has a pretty good kidney infection. And by good I mean not good. At first I thought I was totally okay and with it, but now as I'm writing this I'm finding I'm really not. I'm not so much scared... just tired of her not feeling well.

Long story short, we brought her to the hospital they are running some tests on her blood. All the levels that should be normal are not. Her blood shows a rather high bacterail infection, most likely in her kidneys.

Speaking of kidneys, Abrie has informed me that she has four of them. The two that are inside her body and the other two that are located between her thighs and calfs... "because, get it Mom, they're KID-KNEES!". Watch out folks we've got a comedian on our hands.

We're doing good. My coping mechinism is changing subjects and making jokes (see above paragraph). So as you can tell I'm managing just fine. I've been staying at the hospital and family and friends have been helping out with the kids.

But Eden has seen better days. She keeps spiking a fever and is not able to keep meds down orally. She's also been throwing up liquids as well. She's decided that she is doesn't want to eat anymore... just a few ounces here and a few ounces there. We will be doing more tests tomorrow to make sure her body is fighting off the infection. We are also waiting to make sure that the infection has not spread into her blood. For now she's on IV fluids and antibiotics and they are watching her closely. So we will see what tomorrow brings.


And I know this sounds so very cliche, but perhaps, if you feel so inclined, shout out a little prayer for her... a reverant shout, that is.

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