Monday, February 18th

Well, Caitlyn left Methodist Hospital today! Not quite what we were hoping for, though... She has been transferred to Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach. After a couple of days without chest x-rays or blood work, we were looking forward to going home, as Caitlyn seemed to be gaining strength and appetite back. Unfortunately, this morning's x-ray showed that the collapsed lung had not improved as expected. The collapsed lung has had the doctors scratching their heads and they felt that the time had come for her to get more specialized care that could not take place at Methodist.

David went with Caitlyn to Long Beach this evening and will, hopefully, be calling me with an update of what's going on. There is a good possibility that she will have a bronchoscopy tomorrow. If so, we'd really appreciate your prayers. She is very nervous about it. We will know, in a short time, what other options for treatment are available, also.

I'm sorry that my postings don't seem very specific or organized. I'm not sure I even understand what's going on. Different doctors and nurses have told me so many different things that I don't know what to believe. But I trust that God is working through all of this to do something great and I rest in that hope.

This has been a difficult two weeks, and we have been carried on the prayers of our family and friends. I almost feel like I can't ask for more help at this point, because people have helped out tremendously. However, we are in a time of need and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help out with Timmy and Kylie at some point during the next week. I start a new semester at PCC tomorrow (my class is from 8:30 - 12:00 on Tues/Thurs). If anyone could help watch them I would be so grateful. They have been needing some attention lately... (example: Timmy gave Kylie a haircut in the closet the other day. yikes!)

Please call me or David if you'd like to help out with this. Thanks so much!