Friday, March 2, 2012

Prayers for Chelsea...Part 2

Well...I wish I had better news to report. Chelsea is still sick. In fact, she's gotten worse. She has been out of school for 2 weeks now and has been to the doctor three times. She is nautious, has a persistent headache, gets dizzy, is extremely weak and fatigued, and is having chest pain. All the lab work they did on Monday came back normal, except one test that showed that one of her liver enzymes was slightly elevated. He wasn't concerned about this at the time, because it was only slightly elevated, and he said it is normal for that to happen when your body is fighting off something. He also said the chest pain was in the joints in her rib cage, and that her heart and lungs seemed fine. He thought she just had a really nasty virus that could take up to 2 weeks to clear up.

Since then, she started having pain in her right side (right where her liver is), and her chest pain has become constant. Her headache has moved to a different part of her head. All of her other symptoms have stayed exactly the same. She has also started having trouble remembering things and is have the most crazy, bizarre, and sometimes quite frightening nightmares. She is exhausted all the time, but can't really sleep much. We went back to see the doctor today, and now he thinks it's a migraine. He didn't say much about her liver, even though when he barely pushed on it during his examination, it hurt her so badly it almost brought her to tears. He prescribed her a new migraine medicine, as the last one did nothing, but I am a little wary of giving it to her. He said it is an anti-depressant, but it can also be used to treat migrains. It just seems a little extreme to give her a mood-altering drug when my gut is telling me there is something else going on...this is not just a migraine.

For those of you who have been following this blog since the beginning, this may be sounding eerily familiar to you. A lot of what Chelsea is going through right now is extremely similar to what Matt went through, even though the cause of his illness was completely different. I completely trust her doctor, but we are in the process of seeking a second opinion, as I really feel that a fresh set of eyes on this is needed at this point.

I am having a VERY difficult time keeping myself from comparing this to Matt's ordeal. This has just been going on for too long, with no concrete answers, and she isn't getting any better. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared right now. I have been praying like crazy for God to intervene and heal her, or at least just give her a little relief. I've been praying like crazy for God to give the doctor some insight into what is going on with her. I know He hears me...but I also know that He will hear all of you, too. So, once again, I am asking for your help!!! Please, please, PLEASE pray for my baby girl! (Yes, she's 16, but she's still my baby!) Pass this along to any other prayer warriors you know, as well! Matt's ordeal was proof of the power of prayer, and I fully believe it can work now, too!!

Once again, I am trusting in God's plan. I am trusting in God's time table. I am trusting that He knows what He is doing. But, at the same time, as a mother, my heart is breaking...

I WILL praise Him in this storm!

1 comment:

  1. We will pray and praise God as it is already done...Faith! anne cobb

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