Elizabeth Grace - Monday Noon Update

Monday, August 3, 2009 12:32 PM, CDT

Day 313

Good morning. Elizabeth had alot of blood pressure/ heart rate problems last night. She is resting right now and we are doing an ECHO and ultrasound of her belly and all the organs. Her liver continues to improve. Praise God! We started this whole process with her liver problem and it seems to be the only thing getting better while other problems keep developing. She is retaining fluid so they put her on a drip of Lasix, instead of just giving it every 6 hours. She got 2 transfusions of platelets in the night and they are not going up, I'm not sure why. We should hear something back about the aspergillus antigen tomorrow. So far all her cultures are still negative but she continues to spike a fever that we are controlling with Tylenol. I'm so thankful this ICU doctor decided to give her Tylenol, she was so miserable with those high fevers.
To answer some of the numerous questions, YES I am eating, Thanks to Mardecia, I have eaten more this stay in ICU than I have eaten this whole journey. She brings lots of food daily. Homecooked meals, soups, donuts, brownies... she has been so kind. I have also gone to eat with the boys several times. YES, I do read, talk, play lots of music, hug, hold and love Elizabeth as much now as I have her whole life. I know she knows I am with her but she still has not woken up. I called her Sleeping Beauty all day yesterday and told her she had plenty enough beauty rest that it was time to wake up but she is still resting! And Yes, I am resting too, not nearly as much as Elizabeth but I am fine. I would be SO MUCH BETTER if she would wake up and smile at me and say momma! I am praying so hard for that to happen.
I promised the boys I would take them to register for school tomorrow. They start on Monday. If I think about what is going on in my life too much I am so overwhelmed so I try to just pray instead of think. I know this will all get better sooner or later, PLEASE PRAY FOR SOONER! We have been inpatient all summer with so much uncertainty. I actually got an email this morning that was titled:
 
The Remedy For Uncertainty.

But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:26. It said Sometimes, like Jesus' disciples we feel threatened by the storms of life. Sometimes we may feel distant from God, and sometimes we may question His power or His plans. During those moments, when our hopes begin to fade and our fears begin to multiply, we must remember that God is not simply near, He is here.  I thank God for getting this email this morning and I continue to TRUST in His healing for Elizabeth. Faith is not believing that God can but that He WILL.  I will update with these results.

Keep Praying Keep Believing In God's WILL and A MIRACLE. Love, Michelle

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