Please pray for us...

For everyone who has heard (or hasn't heard) a bit of what is going on... below is an update. We so appreciate all of our family and friends we'd appreciate your prayers right now... it's been a rough few days.

Some background... On Wednesday afternoon, Kaylin woke up from her nap with a high fever. We monitored it for a day and then on Thursday evening we noticed spots on her tongue and the roof of her mouth. She was (and still is) not very interested in eating because of the pain in her mouth. So we called the pediatrician on call that night, then took Kaylin to the doctor's office on Friday. We've heard 3 opinions on what it is from 3 different doctors... but regardless of what it is, it's something viral that can't really be treated other than keeping her as comfortable as possible. So she's on good pain meds but not sleeping or eating very well. Fortuneately, she is drinking so at this point so we're not worried about dehydration.

Meanwhile, one-week old Trevor woke up on Friday morning with goopy eyes. We hoped it was just clogged tear-ducts (common in infants) but it got worse and some cold-type symptoms also came. So, we took him to see the pediatrician on call this morning and she discovered that he had a slight fever. When newborns have a fever they are very cautious because even if it's just a little cold, they need to rule out other more serious things (especially since his sister is sick). So, the pediatrician sent us to Dominican hospital in Santa Cruz where Trevor was admitted at about 1:00 pm today to the NICU. There, he'll be well taken care of and some tests can be run to determine what he's got and make sure it doesn't become any worse. The doctor thinks that the worst-case scenario would be that Trevor needs to be there for a week... but it's more likely it will only be 3 days.

Amy and I, thanks to our faith in God, are feeling confident that Trevor will be fine and we know that the hospital is where he needs to be. But we would certainly appreciate your prayers for both Trevor and Kaylin to recover as swiftly as possible. Plus, Amy and I are exhausted and could use your prayers as we care for our sweet kids. Amy was initially really concerned that she wouldn't be able to be right with Trevor enough... but it looks like we've got a good plan that will allow Amy to be at the hospital quite a bit to help care for him.

In order to keep everyone posted as well as possible, yet not being able to call everyone with each update, I'll probably try to post updates here as I'm able.

Thanks with love,
Derek