Archive for January, 2007
- Celebration!
On Friday our friends threw Josiah a party to welcome him home and to celebrate his healing. We hid in our room as friends decorated the living room. Josiah was in awe as he walked in to see balloons, streamers and colorful stars everywhere! What is a party without dancing!? (Though Josiah did get a [...]
- Josiah at home.
We’re slowly getting back to normal here – though not there yet. We still have unpacking to do, things to clean, a burn to care for and now a constantly runny nose often preceeded by frequent sneezes that resists wiping. Grandma Cindy left this morning, and as she was packing last night Josiah thought he’d [...]
- Welcome Home Josiah!
We are finally home! Thank God! Josiah was very happy to be back and got right to work playing with the toys he’s missed for the past ten days. Mama and Dadi are exhausted – even after a three hour nap. I think we will all need several days to recover. See recent photos in [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – Finally Some Good News!
Update for Monday, January 22. Very good news! Josiah was transferred out of ICU Saturday night and is currently on the pediatric floor and doing much better! He got up to walk for the first time in a week yesterday and although he was unsteady at first he led us out the front door and [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – IV
Yesterday was scary as we were told Josiah would need a platelet transfusion and a blood transfusion, which he had. We were also told that an ultrasound of his abdomen showed fluid and swelling, but it was not thought to be blood. Stool samples were negative for blood, thankfully. He did look better with less [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – III
When I returned to the hospital we were able to talk to a couple of doctors whom we had asked to see (apparently it’s routine to see them only in the morning) – we hadn’t heard any results from the tests that had been done 7 hours earlier. I’m so glad we asked for them, [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – II
Josiah was admitted with severe dehydration and infection (of unknown origin, but the burn is not infected) on Monday night. We spent two nights in the private hospital (which was nice and provided each of us with a bed); but he became very swollen overnight and needed to be transferred to the Children’s Hospital (a [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – I
Our family is going through a lot at the moment. Josiah was burned on Friday (second degree over most of his chest) and on Saturday he got gastroenteritis (not a good combination) both of these conditions have lead to his becoming severely dehydrated. Unfortunately tonight he had to be admitted to the hospital to be [...]
- New Year’s Eve in a small town.
This year our friend Natalia invited our community to stay at her family’s home in their small town about 100 km north of Seville. Samuel and Josiah went with Bailey’s by car, and I joined the rest of the group to arrive by bus. It was a beautiful – though winding – ride. I love [...]