He hears, I have no doubt!

Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,

Where Jesus answers prayer;

There humbly fall before His feet,

For none can perish there.
Thy promise is my only plea,

With this I venture nigh;

Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,

And such, O Lord, am I.
Be Thou my Shield and hiding Place,

That, sheltered by Thy side,

I may my fierce accuser face,

And tell him Thou hast died!
O wondrous love! to bleed and die,

To bear the cross and shame,

That guilty sinners, such as I,

Might plead Thy gracious Name.
-by John Newton (author of Amazing Grace)

Addi Update

Well, as has become the norm...no news. I went with Kim and Addi to see the neurologist this morning. She asked for the history from the beginning, examined Addi, and talked with us. She is also puzzled, pretty much. She did say we had ruled out some bad things, and that neurologically Addi looked fine- now we just have to find what is causing the headache. She said that once she had the kidney ultrasound on Monday and saw the nephrologist (I am not certain on that spelling- the kidney doc) and if he cleared her, she would start her on some medication for the headache. She asked her if she could make it until Monday, and I silently thought about how I hated for her to have hurt one more minute. So, I guess once they rule out any primary condition, they will finally treat the headache. Her blood pressure was back down, although still a high for her. She is really getting anxious about all these doctors, and I can hardly blame her. The pediatrician said stress and pain can cause BP to go up, but not as high as her's has been. She has been a good girl through it all. I guess most of you know that Kim and Paul have decided that in light of the fact that she has missed 5 weeks of school and it is hard to say what is ahead, they have decided to finish the year by homeschooling. Kim has been busy working on getting all of that together this past week and she is going today to get her withdrawn from school. Just keep on praying...we are thankful that some of the bad stuff has been ruled out, but we are still wanting an answer. The doctor said it could be that she would just wake up one morning and be well...we pray for that.

Just Need Your Prayers

As most of you know, we are facing unknown medical issues with our sweet Addi. This is day 36 of her headache, her blood pressure is up again, and she just has no spunk, for lack of a better word. She has an appointment with the neurologist on Thursday, and with the nephrologist on Monday. The medical field has yet to put their finger on the problem, but the neuro-opthamologist and the pediatrician all seem to be thinking that the pseudotumor cerebri is a misdiagnosis. We do know that her MRI was clean, so that is a relief...apparently though, the headache is symptomatic of some other issue not yet determined. They have taken her off of the medication for the pseudotumor, at the suggestion of the neurologist. The past few weeks have been a circle of doctors visits, and appointments that seem to be far too distant when it is your child. We covet your prayers. Do not take good health for granted...we had it one day and then this journey began the next. Kim and Paul need your prayers, as well. Granna, Gramps, Grammy, PaPa and all the aunts, uncles, and cousins need your prayers. We are confident in the ability of our good and wonderful God, but we also know that we are not immune from troubles and trials. We are thankful for the wonderful support that we have received, and we are praying that the coming days will bring relief and answers and hopefully an easy resolution. I love you all.

What a Start to the New Year

I guess I have all but forsaken my blog and moved on to Facebook. I do still check everyone's blogs and love to read the updates. As most of you know, we have had a pretty rough start to the new year- Addi and Katie have both been sick, and then today Levi fell and cut his chin (he is still in the ER as I type). My sister, Patsy, has also had surgery. She was a sick cookie, but is on the road to recovery after the removal of a massive ovarian tumor (all is good and benign, thank God). Katie, hopefully, will have some relief week after next when they go back in for the second time to get her big kidney stone. Addi, my sweet Addi, has truly been in terrible pain with what we have just found to be a pseudo tumor. She had a spinal tap yesterday, and today took her third dose of the medication. She looked up at me today and said, "Granna, I am in such pain." Now talk about want to cry for a child, I wanted to cry. I pray the medicine works in a hurry- apparently they can't really give her anything for pain- it must not work for the problem. She is going to go home today, once Levi leaves the ER.
Pray for us- we need it!