Quite a Week

On Sunday, we returned from our anniversary trip. I was not rested as I had hoped because I had been sick with a cold the whole time, but it sure was nice not having to take care of anyone else while I wasn't feel well.

On Monday, Mike got off early so he could go with me to our level 2 ultrasound. We had this because in our first ultrasound, a spot of light was noticed on our (God's) baby's heart. We knew that there wasn't a problem with the heart because our friend from church had checked into that for us. Thank you, Dale. Anyway, that spot of light was one of six possible soft tissue markers for Down's Syndrome. At our level 2 ultrasound, that same spot was seen, but no others. The doctor took many measurements and found everything to be normal. The only sure way to know if our baby has Down's Syndrome would be to have an amniocentisis (which we won't be having--too much risk). So, we had the best possible news we could have from the level 2 ultrasound. Mike's mom watched our kids. Thank you, Mom.

On Thursday, Mike's mom again watched out kids (thank you, Mom) so I could go with Mike to his dr appt--just a regular appt, but Mike was able to tell his dr about some symptoms that he had been having--very dry mouth (dehydration), losing about 20 pounds without trying and a little bit of blurred vision. After completing Mike's physical, a prick of his finger was done. It turns out that Mike has diabetes. Only 40 years old! That was a shock for us. His blood sugar was at 568 and 60-120 is normal. At 600, you're put into the hospital! Since that time, Mike has taken his pills and eaten no sugar. His number was 226 this morning. Thank You, God for this improvement. We know we have a lot to learn and to change in the way we eat, but God is giving us His peace and strength--through the help of family and friends, too.

On Friday, while still reeling from the news of Mike's diagnosis, Jenelle had a fever and was acting lethargic. I thought she was over that when she woke up this morning, but as the day went on, it would seem that she has pink eye. (Clay got over his about 1 1/2 weeks ago). Here is a picture of her pitiful face.


Overall, it has been a rough week, but God is getting us through. We haven't given up hope, but we sure wouldn't like to repeat this week. Thank you to all who are praying for us. We need you.