Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Going Home!
Tabitha should be discharged this evening! We are very thankful for the excellent medical care, wonderful nurses, medical insurance, and a very spacious hospital room! Our prayer request is for Tabitha's long-term kidney health. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for and helping and encouraging us this past week. We appreciate it very much!
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Tabitha's Medical Situation
As many of you know, Tabitha is in the hospital with a kidney infection. Short version of the story: She was admitted on Tuesday (May 23), and will most likely be there until June 1st. She is feeling completely fine now, but she has to complete her antibiotic treatment which is only available via IV, and that's why she can't come home yet. Heath and I are taking turns staying with her.
I know some of you have asked how to help. If you can come visit her (us), that'd be awesome! The main problem right now is boredom! Visiting hours are 9-9, at a Baltimore hospital (email/message me for details), children are welcome, but no one who has cough/cold/flu/etc. If you can call or skype/facetime with her she'd enjoy that too. Use my number or Heath's.
We're doing OK on the homefront, especially now that it's a weekend and Heath isn't at work. Thank you to those of you who already helped us with our kids these past few days! Very appreciated!! Depending on Heath's work schedule next week we might need more help, but I'm not sure yet.
A couple of you asked about meals. While not at all a necessity, I do hate to cook even under normal life circumstances, so I wouldn't object if dinner magically appears! ha ha ha =)
Thank you to everyone who has already let us know that you're praying for her. We do appreciate that very much! Please continue to pray for her health, and also for her spiritual well-being. Most of us wrestle with the question of why God allows bad things to happen, but usually we don't have to face it until we're older. She's already asking, at her young age, why she has to go through all this--why God let her be born with all these problems. And she understandably feels quite upset about it. Pray for wisdom in discussing these things with her, and that God grants all of us peace and trust in Him.
If you don't already know her medical history, here is a bit of background and detail: She was born with complex birth anomalies, which affect many systems of her body. She has had many surgeries, has daily procedures (enemas and catheters) to keep her functioning (which give her high risk of UTI's), and she has stage 2 kidney disease. Since this past October she has had several infections. This is her third inpatient hospitalization in six months. The doctors have not found a specific reason that she is getting so many infections all of a sudden. Because of this history, she is resistant to many types of antibiotics, which is why she is on this very strong one that she has to stay at the hospital for.
We are very thankful for excellent insurance, and that we live so close to advanced medical care. Our worries/prayer requests are for her future. The doctors have given us some ideas that will hopefully reduce infections, but it doesn't seem like they actually know why--it's more of a "try and see." We do have more conversations with the doctors coming up--pray for some very solid answers. Looking down the road, it is a scary thought that she is resistant to so many antibiotics, especially when she is at such high risk for infection, has had life-threatening infections, and already has damaged kidneys.
Thank you for your prayer, encouragement, and support. We appreciate it very much!
I know some of you have asked how to help. If you can come visit her (us), that'd be awesome! The main problem right now is boredom! Visiting hours are 9-9, at a Baltimore hospital (email/message me for details), children are welcome, but no one who has cough/cold/flu/etc. If you can call or skype/facetime with her she'd enjoy that too. Use my number or Heath's.
We're doing OK on the homefront, especially now that it's a weekend and Heath isn't at work. Thank you to those of you who already helped us with our kids these past few days! Very appreciated!! Depending on Heath's work schedule next week we might need more help, but I'm not sure yet.
A couple of you asked about meals. While not at all a necessity, I do hate to cook even under normal life circumstances, so I wouldn't object if dinner magically appears! ha ha ha =)
Thank you to everyone who has already let us know that you're praying for her. We do appreciate that very much! Please continue to pray for her health, and also for her spiritual well-being. Most of us wrestle with the question of why God allows bad things to happen, but usually we don't have to face it until we're older. She's already asking, at her young age, why she has to go through all this--why God let her be born with all these problems. And she understandably feels quite upset about it. Pray for wisdom in discussing these things with her, and that God grants all of us peace and trust in Him.
If you don't already know her medical history, here is a bit of background and detail: She was born with complex birth anomalies, which affect many systems of her body. She has had many surgeries, has daily procedures (enemas and catheters) to keep her functioning (which give her high risk of UTI's), and she has stage 2 kidney disease. Since this past October she has had several infections. This is her third inpatient hospitalization in six months. The doctors have not found a specific reason that she is getting so many infections all of a sudden. Because of this history, she is resistant to many types of antibiotics, which is why she is on this very strong one that she has to stay at the hospital for.
We are very thankful for excellent insurance, and that we live so close to advanced medical care. Our worries/prayer requests are for her future. The doctors have given us some ideas that will hopefully reduce infections, but it doesn't seem like they actually know why--it's more of a "try and see." We do have more conversations with the doctors coming up--pray for some very solid answers. Looking down the road, it is a scary thought that she is resistant to so many antibiotics, especially when she is at such high risk for infection, has had life-threatening infections, and already has damaged kidneys.
Thank you for your prayer, encouragement, and support. We appreciate it very much!
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