We are on our 4th week of struggling with miss ellie in her health. I am so very thankful for the love and prayers that have covered her though. She has really had a super hard time recovering from what started out as the croup. Bless her heart. She has been a fighter for sure...even though it completely breaks my heart to see have to have so many test done, being poked, cough continiously, get frustrated, and not want to eat- i stand amazed at the sweetness of our God. He has worked so much in our hearts, house, friends, and family over the last few weeks. Miss ellie gives us all a little hope and extra light in our hearts to know there is one amazing god out there! So, what started as croup turned into a chest infection, which this week turned into phenumonia. She has lost almost 2 lbs in two weeks now. This is a lot for her age and her weight. When ellie is congested she already struggles for swallow but when there is lots of extra congestion in her chest or throat it is even more of a battle for her. She throws up very quickly when she starts to cough...so the food that is in her tummy...quickly comes up and we are back to square zero of getting calories in her.
We have been in and out of our docs office 5 times this week. Bless her heart. She has had numerous chest xrays, breathing treatments, blood work, and tries oh so hard to be a big girl. I am so proud of her strength. We are hopefully able to get to rest more now. She has been in so much pain and coughed so much, nights have been very difficult for two weeks now. We started a new med yesterday and a home breathing treatment. So we are playing this will help with the weeze in her chest.
Thank you sweet friends and family for your cards, e-mails, text, words of love, and even a few yummy meals. I have been emotional this week after not sleeping much and seeing my baby girl hurt so much...it wears on you. But through this hardship, I feel the amazing prayers though of so many, and couldn't be more thankful. Thank you deeply. We are hoping that since it's summer now, we can keep these bugs far away from our house. Goodness, we hope so! Miss ellie has a much harder time knocking a bug than most. We couldn't be more thankful to be the parents of this little angel...even though it's tough at time her smile outshines the trial!
2 comments:
love you shell- so sorry to hear it has lasted so long for sweet ellie. will cont to pray for healing for her and rest for you all!
love you shell, mike, graham, and especially ellie. i am so sorry i can't be there for you right now, i had no idea she was still sick. hang in there and in three weeks time if you need some r and r - i might be able to come help out. love you all and am praying for you.
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