My Daniel Man
Last Friday I took Daniel in for a Physical. We know he is little, but didn't think much of it. I still thought nothing of it when the Dr. sent us off for bone scans & blood work. In fact, Bryan, Aubrey, Daniel & I all raced the hospital corridors laughing, joking and just having light hearted fun spending the time together. Daniel is and always had been a ball of energy. He gets up with the Seminary kids every morning to go shoot hoops at the church and stays after school to run track. He's a straight A student and is an all round delight to be around.
So, perhaps you can imagine the punch in the gut the news of this past Monday morning may have felt like. The doctor called to tell us that the first set of tests came back with several abnormal markers. Elevated platelets, anemia, bone scan shows a 2.5 year growth delay, amongst other things I don't understand...
This phone call was followed by our Bishop who is Chief over the Pediatric Health Clinic. He was in DC, had spoken with Daniel's doctor, he said that we needed to wait for the rest of the tests to come in. His admonition was to be patient and have faith.
More test results came in yesterday, more abnormalities in his blood work. Three calls back to back. Daniel's doc, a Peds Gastroligist specialist, our Bishop. I know we are in good hands and I am grateful for that. We are waiting for one more test to come back and are scheduled to meet with the doctors at 8am Monday morning.
I cannot recall a time in my life that I did not look forward to the weekend. I wish the the weekend were over... that Monday morning would come and they tell us it has all been a mistake and that there is in fact nothing wrong at all.
When I pray, I feel the spirit overwhelmingly strong... but my heart hurts and the tears are close to the surface. This is my little boy.. I am his mother and I would really like to make this all go away.
So, perhaps you can imagine the punch in the gut the news of this past Monday morning may have felt like. The doctor called to tell us that the first set of tests came back with several abnormal markers. Elevated platelets, anemia, bone scan shows a 2.5 year growth delay, amongst other things I don't understand...
This phone call was followed by our Bishop who is Chief over the Pediatric Health Clinic. He was in DC, had spoken with Daniel's doctor, he said that we needed to wait for the rest of the tests to come in. His admonition was to be patient and have faith.
More test results came in yesterday, more abnormalities in his blood work. Three calls back to back. Daniel's doc, a Peds Gastroligist specialist, our Bishop. I know we are in good hands and I am grateful for that. We are waiting for one more test to come back and are scheduled to meet with the doctors at 8am Monday morning.
I cannot recall a time in my life that I did not look forward to the weekend. I wish the the weekend were over... that Monday morning would come and they tell us it has all been a mistake and that there is in fact nothing wrong at all.
When I pray, I feel the spirit overwhelmingly strong... but my heart hurts and the tears are close to the surface. This is my little boy.. I am his mother and I would really like to make this all go away.
