Wow, that's a lot of stuff for one night. That's girls for ya'.
Safety first
Fifi getting ready for a dip in the lake.
Swimsuit model
Chris and Brookie braving the rapids.
Is Katie waving or flagging someone down for help.
James and Josie, afloat and adrift
Sweet friends Fiona, Katie, and Mackenzie. Oh, and Rick.
"What do you want?"
Daddo and the girls
"Mawshmawwohs awe nummy!"
She's really into her S'more.
"JUICE!"
The sweet, sweet sounds of JP.
Dinner in their PJs
Madeline is the official friend of Kylie. She takes her responsibility VERY seriously.
Fifi loves her Daddo.
This one requires some explanation. Daddo was on the verge of death on this trip. He was having an allergic reaction to antibiotics, but he thought it was just a virus. Here is the e-mail I sent out after the crisis had passed:Hi all from a very tired mama,
I'll start out with the praise that Pat is improving. Fever is gone, heart rate is down, rash seems to be going away. He still needs the Lord's healing hand, but I am so thankful that he seems to be on his way. I am sorry I haven't been able to get back to all of you individually, but please know how overwhelmingly loved and blessed we feel to have a family in Christ that so abundantly displays His love through your prayers and acts of kindness. For those of you who haven't heard the whole story, here is a run down. If you have talked to me, you can skip this part .
Pat has been having a lot of headaches. We thought they were sinus related. CT scan didn't really show much, so the ENT though there might be an infection hiding out somewhere in his sinuses and prescribed a low dose, long term antibiotic. We obviously had no idea he was allergic to this kind of antibiotic, and he has never had any drug allergies before, so we thought nothing of it.
Very soon after he started taking it (about a week ago) he started complaining that he didn't feel good, nothing real specific, just kind of blah. We decided he was coming down with a cold or something. It only very briefly crossed our minds that it could be the antibiotics because his skin was feeling sensitive, but that seemed like it could be part of him coming down with a bug. He continued with the meds. This continued for a couple of days until he spiked a fever on Friday night. We were actually grateful, as it seemed he was finally sick and could get over the "I'm starting to get sick" part of getting sick. We figured he'd be fine the next day. He wasn't. But, because he is Super Daddo, he still took the girls on the Father Daughter campout, feeling awful the whole time, but fully expecting to feel better soon.
They came home Sunday morning, and he was very ill (fever, joint pain, chills, muscle aches, etc.). We still thought it was the flu. Around noon I noticed he had a little rash near his armpit, and we both figured it was heat rash from the fever. It very quickly spread to his chest and stomach and started itching. It was then that my endless hours of watching House, M.D. re-runs finally came to good use, and I knew it had to be an allergic reaction and not the flu (duh!). We called his doc, who said to stop taking the meds immediately and go to the ER if the rash got any worse. He seemed to be Ok (feeling cruddy, but not any worse) Sunday night.
By early Monday morning, the rash had spread all over, and he had a very high fever. He went to the ER, they ran a bunch of tests, and decided to admit him for treatment. He saw an infectious disease specialist (because they have a lot of experience with drug reactions) who told us that this was a severe reaction and that his liver was not handling it well at all. This was a big concern because they didn't want to give him too much medicine and tax his liver even more. He had a 103 fever and his heart rate was very high. They started him on IV fluids, antihistamine, steroids, and something else I can't remember right now. They gave him ice packs and eventually some tylenol to bring down his very high fever.
As it turns out, his flu-like symptoms over the preceding days were all part of the escalating allergic reaction, culminating in said scary looking rash. He is hoping to be allowed to come home tomorrow, but only time will tell. The Lord has been, and continues to be, faithful to bring us through this trial (with only a few major meltdowns and crises of faith on my part ) . I will keep ya'll updated. Thank you again for loving us with His abundant love.
In Christ,
Steph
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