We just want to thank each of you that have been praying for our Michaela girl. She was so very sick and although we can treat symptoms it is only God that can bring the healing. Thank you for asking on our behalf!!!

We are so happy to be home and truly felt that God was with us and encouraging us along the way. We know that He is sovereign and that He is working all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). Even our hospital stay was part of His soveign plan. : ) Tom had been praying about changing jobs a few weeks ago and if he would have done that we would not have had insurance yet. I’m sure an ambulance ride and a hospital stay could get expensive.

Today Michaela was able to keep down her first real food- cereal! Her fever went down and she is talking more and acting like herself again- Praise God! : ) We have a follow up doctor’s appt. today for her at 4:15 and expect him to say that she is ok, but we need to keep her hydrated as she still has diarrhea.

We are doing our best to keep a close eye on all 3 of the girls and their hydration. They are allowed sport drinks, water and milk. Faith can have juice, but Michaela can’t yet. Please pray for us in that area and for Sarah who has been throwing up since late last night and is running a low fever today. Tom and I were laughing that all the prayer warriors fell asleep last night because during the wee hours she could do nothing but throw up and in the later morning when everyone was awake again she was able to hold things down for a longer period. : ) For now we are thankful that she can keep fluids down for a little while before they come back up and that she is producing wet diapers. Both of those things are positive. She has developed those dark circles and grey appearance and is lethargic, but we are hoping that we will be able to keep her hydration up ourselves now that the throwing up has slowed down.

Thanks everyone!

With love,
The Jones