Bean's Follow-Up

Today we had Joshua's follow-up visit with Dr. Devenyi. The bloodwork revealed that Joshua doesn't have any known allergies, other than his milk tolerance was borderline. The highest it can be to be "normal" is .35 and it is exactly .35. So we'll see as he starts drinking regular milk if that was the problem or not. He also had questionable white blood cell counts, but nothing to alarm the doctor since he said children go through times of these normally. He still wants us to do the procedure where they look at Joshua's esophagus to determine the root of the problem - allergies or reflux that needs to be medicated. He also put Joshua on prilosec (sp?) since the prevacid wasn't doing the trick. He is alarmed that Joshua hasn't gained any weight since he was there last - our boy is still 21.9 lbs and holding steady while he's getting taller and taller. He also wants to see what the pediatrician has to say on Friday. Please pray for healing for our Bean! Yesterday in church we were asked to lift our hands up to God and declare His goodness over a situation - something that we haven't seen but have faith and hope for. I lifted up Joshua's overall health. Please agree with us in prayer!

Also pray for Shawn's Grandma Kennel. She had a heart attack and some internal bleeding and high blood pressure. She is currently at LGH on the 7th floor until she can have her heart surgery. We visited her yesterday before going to Grant's party - she looks great and is in good spirits. She got everyone's names mixed up as she talked about them, but that's fun-loving Grandma for you. Now we're praying for health for her, too.

Jamie is doing well and starting to eat more. Other than not being able to move on his own, I'd say he is thriving. Mom is hoping to go back to work part-time in the mornings and is looking for volunteers to take small shifts of watching him while she's gone.

I feel like I haven't posted in forever - Monday we went out to lunch with Julie & Jude, Kristen & Elliott, Kelly & Beth, John & his wife Sue (the ol' Masterpiece Marketing crew!). It was fun, and I learned about sticky plastic disposable placements - thanks Kristen! Monday night we got together with Grandma & Grandpa Ginder & Aunt Erica. The whole week flew by - Thursday I watched all of my nieces for Jen and the contractors came to bid on our projects that afternoon. Friday Julie & Jude stopped in with Joshua's birthday gift, Saturday Shawn didn't end up having to work and we saw Grandma & Grandpa Ginder. It was a nice weekend, and this week is busy, busy, busy with writing projects and school and doctors appointments for the Bean.