Some answers for Brennan and frustrations AGAIN!!!

We got a call from Brennan's Dr the other day letting us know that she received his test results. He had quit a few areas where his numbers where either too high or too low. They said that they feel it is due to his fever and dehydration. One of the numbers which was higher then normal was his white blood cell count. Once the doctor told me all the numbers, I asked if she was concerned. There was a long pause and she said yes we are concerned with the numbers and that they are going to keep a close eye on Brennan as well as most likely testing him again. We go back in on Monday to weigh him again and to determine where we go now...If he is not gaining weight then they will send him to a GI specialist as well as send him to get some more tests done. I am hoping to get some more definite answers on Monday so that I can find peace and not have to worry about Brennan.

Now to the frustrations!!!! There is a job at Purina which was the reason Josh even started school 4 years ago. We have been waiting and waiting and waiting for them to post it. They usually post it every year in Aug (it is an internship)...it is still not posted so Josh talked with the HR lady at his work. Well he heard back from her today and they only offered that job to people in house and they had already hired the people for that position. We are so frustrated that Josh wasn't even given the opportunity to get the job...now we feel stuck and see no end to the night shift or his current job. We are so mad with Purina and frustrated that they are not even willing to help Josh in moving up especially since they put over $30 thousand into Josh's schooling. At least we got the schooling out of them...but it seems like the 5 years he has been at Purina is down the drain!

More patience!!

I have decided that I am NOT a patient person...yet I keep praying for patience and God keeps giving it to me or testing my patience. Once again I am being tested and I always think it is the hardest when your kids are involved. Brennan has been sick off and on for 1 1/2 months now with: fever, not eating, not drinking, throwing up, diarrhea, sleeping all the time, cranky, screaming in pain, not peeing, losing weight, and just acting different then his normal self. We have taken him to the Dr a few times and nothing, well we took him in again today and they decided after him losing another pound in 2 weeks that it is time to run tests. So they attempted to give him a catheter which he HATED. I had to use ALL my weight in order to hold him down, he is a strong little boy. Well the catheter didn't work because he had NO urine in his bladder so they had to bag him so that I could collect his urine. He ended up not peeing for over 8 hours, it was pretty scary for me, but he finally did it. Now I have to collect his bowel movements which is NOT going to be fun. They also drew lots of blood in order to do lots of tests on him. They are testing from bladder infections, to cancer which is a scary thought for me. The poor guy did pretty good getting his blood drawn it did take three of us though, me holding him as tight as I could, a nurse to hold his arm straight, and the nurse to draw the blood. I felt so bad for him though because you could tell that it hurt, and he screamed the entire time. Anyways.....most of the testing is over and now it is a waiting game. God is giving me strength though and helping me to not worry about the unknown. It is the first time ever for me not freaking out and I know that God is giving me this peace and will help us through anything that is going on with my little man. I know that my littlest man is in God's hands and that God has his hand on anything that maybe going on with my little boy.