Thursday morning, March 9 Melanie woke up seeming fine. Momtuition told me to feel her forehead and then take her temperature. It was around 101. Long story short, she'd been exposed to strep at home and school, so I took her to the clinic right away. Eventually learned her strep tests were negative, but.... Just after getting home from the clinic, she'd quickly gone downhill. Before I could get ibuprofen in her, she had a seizure. So her streak ended at 378 days.
She wound up missing a little more than three days of school. I brought her back a little late on Tuesday, and when we walked into the room, her aide was so excited, and her teacher stopped their lesson and said, "look who's here!" All the kids were so excited to have her back. Mom walked back out of the building with a warm heart and a smile on my face.
Melanie got sick again over the weekend at dad's. As I sat in church this morning, right after pastor prayed for the many physical ailments in the church, I got a text that Melanie just had a seizure. Looks like a new illness, because she had been healthy all last week since Tuesday.
Please pray for her, of course that she would become healthy quickly and have no more seizures. Also, I've had two kids home sick quite a bit this month, which takes a huge hit to my income. I can't always reschedule the lessons I have to cancel, so our already tight budget is getting pretty squeezed right now. I know God always provides, in my experience even sometimes rather mysteriously. But it's still a stressor and a need we need to bring before the Lord in prayer.
