Double Emergency….

Neal’s temperature continued to go up and down all weekend. Early this morning it was 101.9 so Neal called the University of Chicago. They told him to go to our local emergency room to test for an infection and get on antibiotics right away. So far there is no infection but his white count is still really low and his hemoglobin is low. The U of C decided they wanted him transported there to give him a blood transfusion and do more tests. We had to wait for a room assignment at U of C before Lakeland would release Neal, which happened late this afternoon. Neal arrived about an hour after I got to U of C at 6pm. He’ll probably be there for a couple days until they get all the tests back. His temp was down when I left him tonight.

While we were at our local emergency room this morning I thought I recognized a voice. Sure enough Neal’s brother Karl came in by ambulance. After he was on his treadmill he blacked out, fell and hit his head. We couldn’t believe it when Karl’s wife came into our room! Come to find out we had the same nurse and doctor. The nurse was curious if the guys were related but of course she couldn’t ask so she was glad when Jamie came into Neal’s room to get her answer! Karl has been admitted to our hospital to run some tests to see what is going on with him.

Dale is doing better. His tests didn’t show any cause for his seizure so he doesn’t have to go on anti-seizure meds. He has a follow-up appointmet this week.

I’m sure our family was the talk of the emergency room! It sure feels like Satan is attacking us. The Holy Spirit is stonger in us than he who is the world.

On the journey,
Trish