Please God, not Africa!

Eleven it is!  Kylie's blood work today was bang-on!  We are so thankful for this.  This morning after she had the blood drawn, we got a call that the vile had gone to the lab unlabelled and weren't sure they could use it.  But then later we got another call that they found it.  Never a dull moment. Thank you so much for praying!!

Remember when I assumed that no news was good news with K's blood work?? I was wrong. The doc's office called this week to let us know that her numbers were even lower than before - so that's 3 bad blood work results in a row.  Which stinks. They've upped her dose of meds once more and we go for blood work again tomorrow morning. Pray for ELEVEN!

....that no news is good news.  Kylie did have blood work last Monday.  And I called on Monday afternoon for the results, and then on Tuesday I called, and then on Wednesday I called (leaving messages, of course).  And then on Thursday when I called, the answering machine message had changed at the office saying that they would re-open on September 10th. Bah. So I'm guessing that IF there had been a problem, we would've heard about it.  I'm happy with the "no news is good news" mentality so we're going with that. Kylie has blood work again next Tuesday, so we're praying that it comes back good, in fact, let's pray it comes back GREAT! Thanks so much for praying with us!

Today's "second chance" blood work was actually worse than yesterdays.  That wasn't very encouraging to hear.  Yet again there is a silver-ish lining.  They say the third time's a charm and we get to do it all again on Monday morning.  Thank you for your words of encouragement, hugs, emails, and prayers.  We are so grateful! And I'll let you know how it goes...

The blood test results weren't so great.  They weren't terrible but they weren't what we were hoping for.  It's a tad disappointing, but there is a silver lining!  We get a "re-do" tomorrow morning!  The doc thinks that the numbers were a little off for a specific reason that is too boring and too long to explain to you here. But the result is that we get a second chance - and that's good news! Thank you so much for praying for Kylie and thank you for sticking with us - it will be 9 months tomorrow that she came down with the infection and this whole thing started.  Crazy, isn't it? And there is hope and grace in all of this - for the waiting and the wondering and the asking.  God is still good despite the fact that we didn't get what we wanted.  He holds this whole situation firmly in His grasp and we trust Him.

I'm sorry (again) for my tardiness in writing.  Summer is totally flying by quickly and I haven't had too much to say on this blog, since it was kinda about Africa and we're not there.  Bummer. I suppose if I was talking to you in person, I'd tell you that the transition to life at home in Canada has been fairly smooth.  Fairly.  But not perfectly.  And, on top of that, I'd WANT to tell you that it's been most difficult for the children.  But that would be a lie.  The kids are great.  The truth is that it's been way more difficult for Nate and I than it has for the kids.  Obviously the kids are tougher than us, but I think that this blog has already proven that and could be used in a court of law as Peoples Exhibit A if a case for our kids NOT being tough ever came up.  But I'm pretty sure that we won't be going to court over that (perhaps that analogy was a little over the top....) Anyhow. Nate and I are doing MUCH better.  May be that's w