Fever- Finished - Doctor Appt.

Brooke has had "something" going on since Friday. High fever and a sore throat. The fever broke yesterday morning (thank goodness) and the throat seems to be a little less sore. Fever spiked again in the middle of the night, which is typical with Brooke. Once the tylenol kicked in at about 3:30 AM, she got silly. Very silly! She was making us sing to her and she giving us zurburts. Then she called granddad a bug and told him to "come over." We've had this conversation before. We talked about Heaven for a bit and I went through the list of people who are in Heaven with granddad, she smiled - thought for a minute and then said "come over" again. Hmmmmm. Glad that was the end of that one! She then proceeded to ask me to call Ma and Nanny to tell them she had fever. She likes sympathy from the family when she doesn't feel well. Who doesn't! I think it was 4:30 or 5:00 AM before we finally all dozed off. These nights where we're up with her are killers!!I'm praying the fever is gone for good and that we can ALL get a full night's sleep tonight!

Stimulus project - DONE. The application for round 2 was Sent Friday evening. YEA!!! There is no round 3, which is good because if there were...I might have to quit my job! Both rounds of the stimulus project have been the most exhausting projects I have ever worked on. You should see my desk. Ugh. I really should've gone out today to try to muddle through some of it before tomorrow but I just couldn't make myself go. I needed the time away. Now I have to face it in the morning. All of my daily work has been on hold for 2 weeks now, so you can only imagine what has piled up. GIVE ME STRENGTH! Possible jury duty Tuesday (last time...my 4 months will be up 3-31!!), gone Wednesday...going to be a crazy week.

Brooke has an appointment in Albq. on Wednesday with her Immunologist (UNM). He wants to evaluate her and run some additional blood tests. He hasn't seen these spots she has and since he is an allergist - who better to evaluate her? This appointment will start the process of Brooke being referred elsewhere for a second opinion. Looks like Baylor in Houston. There are no adult Immunologists in New Mexico, and the team at Baylor evaluates patients and gives treatment options to the treating physician. Surely can't hurt to have someone other than UNM look at her. I just hate the thought of putting her through a bunch of testing! But we need to know why the IgM is so high and what we can do about it. Surely there is SOMETHING that can be done to help fix the blood problems she's had since the Salmonella?

Please pray for guidance as usual for Mike and I. It's a guessing game a lot of the time. Pray for strength as we care for Brooke. Pray for healing for Brooke. An answer would be nice. Pray for compassion and knowledge in everyone we come in contact with. Bless you all!