Unfortunately, what we thought to be a cold or two year molars for Ethan on Tuesday,
turned out to be Hand, Foot and Mouth disease.
Poor little guy...
as if the craziness of the wedding wasn't enough. Thursday, Ethan kept grabbing his mouth and we couldn't do anything for him. He couldn't eat or drink all day. After 17 hours of pain, crying, excessive drooling, bumps( now we know they're blisters or ulcers) starting to appear all over his body,and the fear of him becoming dehydrated we both felt that something wasn't rightand took him to the Emergency Room. We couldn't believe it. They took us right backand within 20 min. upon arrival, we had already seen the doctor. He took one look at Ethan and seemed to know what he had. The doctor informed us that it was a virus and their wasn't anything they or we could do for him to treat the virus.
However, because Ethan's mouth and throat were full of open ulcers they mixed up a "magic mouthwash" (Maalox, Benadryl and Lidocaine...really yucky). Because Ethan couldn't spit it out, we had to hold him down and put a little bit in both sides of his mouth and down his throat every 2-3 hours. By almost 3:00 AM the "magic mouthwash" was working and Ethan drank a full cup of liquid!!!!!!!!
Praise the Lord, for pulling us through sickness once again!
The doctor and nurse told us that this virus wasn't that contagious but Austin and I both have it now. Austin's case is more mild...we treat his mouth soars with the "magic mouthwash" when he is in pain.
I've had painful blisters on my hands since Saturday evening and seem to be getting more. I only have one mouth ulcer (and it feels better today) and see very few spots on the rest of my body.
The Lord is so faithful and we really believe He allows us to battle so much sickness for a good reason. Every time our precious little ones are sick we find ourselves depending on our Father even more.
As we found ourselves rushing to the hospital the other night the only thing I found myself doing was conversing with the Lord.
Telling Him, even though He knows, just how hard it is feeling helpless with our children and how scary it is thinking of being in another country where you can't just run them down to the ER.
The Lord reminded me that it would only be by His strength, not our strength, that we will we be able to go and choose to trust him with our children. This blessed reminder brought me much comfort and peace.
Lord, even in these times,
when our faith is challenged in trusting you with the most precious gifts in our lives,
please help us to stay focused on what you call us to do
and trust that you will take care of YOUR children.
