CrAzY Day

Here's the report you've been waiting for...Daizey is only going UP on the charts, she continues to gain weight. Diezel dropped a bit, but not enough to be readmitted. Today was a rough day with Daizey not eating. She drank the pediasure, but refused anything else we offered. Diezel ate much better today. Please pray for their poops to STOP. They just keep having loose stools. It is so hard to know what to do and how to help them stop. It is good for them to drink the pediasure, but is that perpetuating the diarrhea...don't know! Steffany is constantly changing a diaper.

So here's a great story for today. Gadesa needed to go to a lab for a blood draw today. After the doctor's appt. we took off to find the lab. We passed a Starbucks and ran in to get them something. The entire staff surrounded Steff who was holding Daizey to see her. The guy taking our order started said, "Oh, I am all tingly inside" and started crying. He was so touched by their story. They gave her the entire order for $4...3 drinks, bread, and scone. They said Starbucks is all about giving back! ;) Here is the part that tops the entire day-- Steff was sent home with a "stool kit" with instructions to collect these four viles with stool. I was waiting in the car with Diezel while Steff took Daizey in with Gadesa for the blood draw. Half way into our waiting he woke up. I knew I had to offer him something to eat. I had some of the scone with me, so he started eating that...and loved it! All of a sudden I smelled an oh so familiar smell. I knew that they wanted the stool sample as soon as possible, and by the time we got home it would take forever to get back out with the sample to get it to the doctors office. As Steff was coming into the parking lot, I told her what the situation was. I offerred my suggestion..."do you want to do it here?" We both agreed that it was pretty much the only option at this point. Steff set up here "station" on the front seat. I held Daizey out in the parking lot trying not to gag while Steff was looking. Steff went at it toping the list of "bet you've never done this" experiences. A little while into it one of the nurses from the lab came out because she wanted to meet the twins. She saw what was happening and offered to bring some gloves and Clorox wipes out. I made as many dumb jokes as I could to keep Steff distracted from what was actually happening. The sample was collected, but only 2 of the four viles were ready for the doctor. Steff was AMAZING!

She was feeling better today. She talked with her doctor about her symptoms and he says it really sounds like malaria, but could be a weird virus. She will go back in on Saturday to have another draw. He explained that the malaria comes in waves of feeling like death and then feeling back to normal.

The biggest prayer concerns tonight are for their diarrhea to STOP, and their likes for food to increase. And for Steff to stay STRONG and not have anymore episodes of illness.