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Prayer for Ella Belle

Please keep our Ella Belle in your prayers. She's been taking short, quick breaths for two days now and coughing so frequently and violently. Yesterday, her coughs were so intense that she threw up. We took her to Quick Care yesterday and the Physician's assistant urged us to go straight to the E.R. because of Ella's breathing, cough, slight fever (but she was on preventative antibiotics for her incision, so it was odd for her to be running a fever), and aches and pains in her tummy. She wanted blood tests and x-rays done to rule out infections and/or pneumonia, RSV, collapsed lung, etc... Feeling frustrated that we had just gone and spent $ at Quick Care and received no answers, we went home and called Ella's pediatrician's after-hours number and talked to the on-call nurse. She also urged us to go straight to the E.R., so we went. When we arrived and after we saw the doctor, he was so busy with a patient that was having heart troubles, that it seemed he only gave us half of his attention. He barely consented to the chest x-ray and told us that blood-work was not important. He said that there was nothing he could do and he sent us home. It's been hard, when we have a little girl with such an extensive medical history to get doctors who know what to do with her. All night last night she coughed and worked so hard to breathe that her bed bounced, but we had been to the E.R. already and been sent home and none of Ella's symptoms had changed... it was a long night and has been a long day of trying to figure out what's going on. She seems to be responding for a couple hours at a time to her inhaler, so I think we'll continue with that for now, but we'd sure appreciate your prayers in the mean-time. I know that we serve a MIGHTY God who is faithful to come to our rescue. Thank you for lifting our girl to Jesus in prayer! We'll keep you all updated.

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Anonymous said…
Praying for Ella now! So sorry she is having trouble, I know it's scary. The Lord has Ella in his mighty hands. I will pray he gives you all strength and rest and that she would quickly heal from her sickness. I have read this verse repeatedly this winter through the kids various illnesses.

Philippians 4:5-7
"The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Praying His peace over your family.

Amy Fine
March 4, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Anonymous said…
Will guard your HEARTS and your minds. Sorry should have read it before hitting publish.
March 4, 2012 at 8:43 PM
Jen Hernandez said…
Thank you, Amy! I have reference that verse MANY times over in the past few days! :) Can I get your email address? I'd love to be able to email you again!
March 5, 2012 at 9:11 AM
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