Marsha, the young mom we have been praying for, is BETTER!! Yes, BETTER!!! She was not expected to make it through the night but she got four solid hours of sleep last night and when she awoke, she felt better. The doctors said her heart is better--and have started talking about what they will do 'tomorrow.' Marsha's children have been able to see her today.
Please keep praying!!
Please keep praying!!
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WARNING: Mama Bear Emotions ahead. Delete if you don't want to hear me doing a big fat 'waaaahhhhhh' for my boy.
We got a phone call from Ryan today. We hadn't heard from him for almost two weeks and were concerned. It turns out that he has pneumonia. Wah....my poor baby was sick and I was nowhere near. He was in the base hospital for two days (or sick bay??--not sure what they call it). Ryan has never been one to complain when he is sick so he didn't tell me much. Jeff was able to drag more details out of him. (I think he doesn't want his Mama to worry) Jeff asked him how he got from having a cold to ending up with pneumonia (as in, why did you wait so long to get to a doctor?). Ryan said that he did ask but the first day he asked they told him it was too late. The next day, he went early and they told him the sick bay wasn't open. Finally, his buddies told him he was going to have to insist, so he did. By then, he had a 104 fever and pneumonia.
He stayed 48 hours in sick bay and got out just in time to join his platoon on field operations--where they go out in the field and sleep in tents, crawl through mud, etc. I saw the pics on F*cebook. I'm thinking that wasn't a good way to recover from pneumonia.
Grrrrr.... I understand that boot camp is supposed to toughen the guys up, yada, yada. However, now he has to try to pass his physical fitness test to graduate. It includes a running portion. He is supposed to take it on Monday. Yeah...how is that possible when you're short of breath due to pneumonia?
Please...if you would pray for him, I would be so grateful. He will need God's help to pass that test. Maybe they will allow him to wait a week? Although with pneumonia, a week might not be enough.
I just want to get my arms around that kid.
WARNING: Mama Bear Emotions ahead. Delete if you don't want to hear me doing a big fat 'waaaahhhhhh' for my boy.
We got a phone call from Ryan today. We hadn't heard from him for almost two weeks and were concerned. It turns out that he has pneumonia. Wah....my poor baby was sick and I was nowhere near. He was in the base hospital for two days (or sick bay??--not sure what they call it). Ryan has never been one to complain when he is sick so he didn't tell me much. Jeff was able to drag more details out of him. (I think he doesn't want his Mama to worry) Jeff asked him how he got from having a cold to ending up with pneumonia (as in, why did you wait so long to get to a doctor?). Ryan said that he did ask but the first day he asked they told him it was too late. The next day, he went early and they told him the sick bay wasn't open. Finally, his buddies told him he was going to have to insist, so he did. By then, he had a 104 fever and pneumonia.
He stayed 48 hours in sick bay and got out just in time to join his platoon on field operations--where they go out in the field and sleep in tents, crawl through mud, etc. I saw the pics on F*cebook. I'm thinking that wasn't a good way to recover from pneumonia.
Grrrrr.... I understand that boot camp is supposed to toughen the guys up, yada, yada. However, now he has to try to pass his physical fitness test to graduate. It includes a running portion. He is supposed to take it on Monday. Yeah...how is that possible when you're short of breath due to pneumonia?
Please...if you would pray for him, I would be so grateful. He will need God's help to pass that test. Maybe they will allow him to wait a week? Although with pneumonia, a week might not be enough.
I just want to get my arms around that kid.
