Prayer Request Needed

I am sending this out on my blog today to request your prayers for my youngest daughter Kailee. She came home from Vacation Bible School on Friday, not feeling too well. She didn't want anything to eat and seemed out of sorts for her normal overly active 10 year old self.

She laid on the couch for the day watching cartoons telling her friends that stopped by she wasn't feeling well that day and would talk to them in the morning. Well she went to bed at 8pm that night on her own and we knew something was up. This is the child we have to beg to go to bed before 11pm now that it is summer.

Over the weekend it escalated to high fever, and cough and by the time Monday rolled around with what sounded like a seal in her chest, I knew it was something more than a cough or cold. I'm not taking chances now with so many coming down with the avian flu or swine flu lately.

Doctor's test reveal the beginning stages of strep and put her on antibiotics immediately. I wish it were that simple. Last night she woke up screaming she couldn't breathe. It was merely all her coughing had put her in such a spasm it was hard for her to stop. I took her into the bathroom and steamed up the shower really good. I held her and waited for the steam to moisten her chest and throat, and within minutes she was ready to go back to bed.

When she gets a cough this bad, I forget that I need to put a humidifier in her room since with our air conditioning running with our high temps it drys things out for her. She is much better this morning as most mornings are, but I ask for your prayers to help her get better sooner. She has lost her voice completely which breaks your heart when she cries that it won't come back. I assure her it will in time, but still it hurts when you can't make it all go away.

I thank you in advance for any prayers you send her way! Love and Hugs ~ Kat