Wednesday June 13 , 2007

Tonight I read to Julia one of her favourite Bible verses from Isaiah 40 and it couldn't be more appropriate for today:

28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;

31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

We are thankful to the Lord that today, verse 31 rings especially true. Last night during the night Julia's fever broke. She felt much better today, and the doctor visited her this morning and said that once she can get up and walk to the bathroom every 2-3 hours that she would remove Julia's catheter. Well that is all Julia needed to hear and she has been up and walking to the bathroom all day. By the time I got there, she was practically carrying her walker rather then pushing it. She looks so much better!

Tonight we had a chance to relax and chat and we even played a couple hands of King in the Corner together. What fun!

She is still considered in isolation. The sample they took from Julia didn't have enough mucus and was mostly saliva so they can't conclusively say she had pneumonia though there was one little spot in the X-ray. If she did have pneumonia, it wasn't very strong. If she can keep her temperature in the normal range for 48 hours (almost 24 down) then she will be out of isolation and then maybe Marika can come back in for a visit.

We continue to praise Him who gives strength to the weary.