Cali at the Hospital

Thank you for your prayers for Cali. For those who haven't heard, Cali has been in the hopsital since Saturday. We learned on Thursday that she had pneumonia. She was given a shot of antibiotics and went home from the doctor's with an oral antibiotic. On Saturday (September 12th) when she looked like she was getting worse despite the antibiotics, we took her back to the doctor where she got another shot. Despite that, we still ended up at the emergency room. After taking x-rays, they admitted her due to the complications from the pneumonia. Her right lung was completely white-ed out on the x-ray.

We were told that we should expect to be here a week to 10 days. As medically advanced as we are, pneumonia is just not a disease that goes away quickly. Today was an improvement, Cali felt well enough to play with dishes and play dough. Now though, as the fever has come back she is sitting in her big hospital bed shivering. What I'm beginning to understand about pneumonia is that it is deceiving. One moment you're thinking "Hey, she's better" and the next you're wondering what happened!

I wanted to share a couple of pictures with you from late yesterday to today. When you see them, please pray for Cali and other children just like her in hospitals around the country!

Cali last night with a 104 fever.

Cali after her medicine and no fever.

Cali this afternoon after the medicine wears off and a fever.