Taking my breath away

Well the past couple days have been very stressful, but have only served to strenghthen my faith in God. Our Drew bear was having difficulty breathing on Monday during the day. He was wheezing and struggling to get his breath. I took him to the doctor and they said he was only recieving 83% oxygen. He should be getting close to 100%, so this was not good. The immediately gave him a breathing treatment of epinephran (sp), which helped a lot. However, they were still very worried about Drew at night, since this is a time when your oxygen levels drop normally. The doctor decided to admit him to the hospital right away. I took the boys up the elevator (the doctor's office is in a hospital, so that was convinient). I was going to get the boys some lunch after we went to the doctor, so poor Matt was very hungry. Drew at that moment, wasn't thinking much about food. My mom did come and bring some food for Matt, and helped out a lot while they got Drew settled. It took them 5 tries to finally get an IV in Drew. They tried 4 painful times unsuccessfully, and then decided he was dehydrated. We got him to drink a little bit, and then they were able to get the IV into his arm. The juice and more than that, a lot of prayer, helped them to get it in the first try this go around. He got breating treatments every 3 hours, and got steriods to help open his airways, and antibiotics for the ear infection he also had. He also had some x-rays and a lot of poking and prodding. He was quite the trooper. I think I cried more than he did. Jeff was a super daddy taking Matt home and taking care of him the next day so that I could stay with Drew. They warned me that he could do poorly during the night, but the many prayers said for my son were answered, and he did great. They released him the next day. There was a mix up on our home nebulizer and it didn't arrive until 6 hours after we got home, so we missed on treatment. Needless to say, I was upset, but Drew is fine, so I will get over it. That stuff about a Mama bear is so true. I am normally very non-confrontaional...however when my kid's health is at stake, I can be rather mean. I probably should have handled it in a more calm manner. Oh well. We are continuing to give Drew treatments every 4 hours, so I am pretty tired, but he is doing great. Please keep him in your prayers. Our God is wonderful and deserves all the credit for Drew's quick recovery. Even the doctor was amazed at how quickly he bounced back. I however wasn't surprised...we serve an awesome God!! Also please pray for my mother-in-law. She is in the hospital because her leg is swelling up. She had a stroke in Aug. of 2006, so she is more vuneralble to problems. Please pray for wisdom for the doctors and healing for her body. Thanks. Love from Frisco!! By the way we want to send some birthday shout outs to Aunt Tania and Aunt Cynthia!!! Have great days!

Ft. Worth Zoo

Well we had a great trip to the Fort Worth Zoo on Thursday. Matthew especially loved the animals and couldn't get enough. It was 3 digit temperatures, but we braved it and had the best time. I hope you enjoy some of the pictures. We are doing well, and pray you all are doing well too. I will update more when I have a chance.

Enjoy.