Trust in Jesus

 

The only thing I can think of right now is God has a plan. It is his plan and not my plan. Of course I question why my daughter must suffer. I would trade places with her in a heartbeat. 

Ellie is still having a reaction to either  her dressing, the adhesive or the line itself. We are trying to figure that out. Mike called nursing late last night because Ellie’s skin was getting worse.  Ellie reports “ The nurse actually came this morning to change the dressing again and it was a huge nightmare. this time, the dressing came off decently because we had done the pediatric one with a very small window, but the stat lock was melted into my skin and ripped off several layers. it is completely raw and appears as a burn. this time we did no biopatch and put gauze under the stat lock. it was 10/10 pain. we used iodine and alcohol swabs, no chg or chloroprep. my entire arm is throbbing so we also considered maybe i'm also allergic to the actual line. it's a huge nightmare!”

As I was watching Ellie scream, and there was nothing physically I could do to help her, I sat at the table, bowed my head, and prayed. Dear Jesus please take this pain away from her. I pray that you would heal her completely. I don’t know your plan for Ellie, but I trust it. Help me to trust more in you. 

I just pray that through all of this , Jesus name is what gets the glory. 

We continue to pray for a sooner surgery date, for the Lord to guide us through this new medical life, and for us to be able to use our story to help those around us.