Speechless

Right now I am in such a state of thankfulness. In the last three days I have been taken from the brink of disaster to my knees. On Friday afternoon I took Elliana to the doctor due to a lingering cold. They checked her oxygen saturation, listened to her chest and ordered a chest x-ray. The results indicated the beginning stages of pneumonia. That was scary but the doctor gave us a strong antibiotic and sent us home. With instructions that if she got worse I should call and let them know. I left the doctors at around 12:30pm. We went home and gave Elliana her first dose of antibiotic and Tylenol for her fever and put her down for a nap.

When she woke up from her nap I expected her to be a bit better. She looked horrible. She was extremely lethargic and she vomited. I called the doctor and he said take her to the ER or bring her to my office. I opted for his office and we were there in about 10 minutes (she threw up again as we pulled into the parking lot). They checked her oxygen saturation several times. Each result was as devastating as the last. The doctor came in and said he was going to admit her to the hospital for oxygen. He feared that the pneumonia had gotten worse. At this point I was about to lose it. Then he tells me that because I would be at the hospital soon, he did not think we needed to take her via an ambulance. At this point I was long gone.

I rushed her to the van and sped to the hospital. I called Aaron to update him and to say the least I was in hysterics. He reminded me that Elliana needed me to get her to the hospital and that I would need to pull myself together. After speaking to him I called my sister to start our family prayer chain (it is such a blessing to have siblings and a mother that I know will pray for me and my family whenever I am in need). The message I left on my sisters machine was I am sure hard to understand and scary to hear. Once the phone calls were made I continued to pray that God would heal my little girl. I wanted her better immediately. In between my prayers I was yelling at vehicles to get out of my way, I am sure that God understood :)

We arrived at the hospital, registered and Elliana and I headed for pediatrics. They checked her oxygen saturation...it was normal. It stayed normal all night long. I am in such a state of thankfulness. We stayed the night to make sure she was ok. The next morning we were sent home and she is continuing to improve. I am in awe of God's presence. The thought that He cares so much for me and my little girl that He heard my prayers and the prayers of my family, just leaves me speechless. He chooses moments like these to show me that I am always dependent on Him.