A word from God...

Today, I got what I think will be the closest personal message from God that I will ever receive. As I was driving home from the grocery store today, I passed by the Baptist church on the corner before my house. This church has been displaying wonderful, encouraging, and uplifting sayings on their church signage for years. Today, the message should have begun "Dear Carrie" and ended "Love, God". The message read:

Your problems are not exhaustive of God's provisions.

Now, you may be thinking, that is no great revelation... well, let me tell you about the last 36 hours here in Annapolis.

1. Natalie woke up on Thursday morning with a fever of 101 degrees. By noon it was 103.8 degrees. Coupled with some other symptoms, I figured out that she may have a urinary tract infection... so, I called the doctor.
2. Our pediatrician that I LOVE, is no longer an option because of new health insurance... so, I had to call our new insurance, get coverage in Maryland authorized, and take my precious and very sick 6 month old 30 minutes away to a new doctor.
3. We spent over 5 hours with the doctor (mostly waiting for Natalie to 'pee'). the doctor was nice, but not like our pediatrician.
4. In the midst of being in the doctors office with 2 children under the age of 20 months for 5 hours, Jason called and told me the seller of the house in Colorado Springs said they weren't going to close several permits that were open on the property... which basically meant that the deal is off for buying the house.
5. Got home from the doctors office, spent the night monitoring Natalie's fever, giving her fever reducing baths through the night only to wake up and find out that she, like her mother, is allergic to penicillin. She had a lovely rash from head to toe this morning.... AHHH!

So, through today, Natalie's fever has gone down to 101 degrees, she is in much better spirits, she is a little itchy (kind of silly to watch a baby try to figure out how to scratch an itch). Tonight for dinner, I think she had her triple cocktail of Children's Benedryl, Infant Tylenol and the new antibiotic... not much room for anything else...

Jason called and said the owners are looking into closing the permits on the house... won't know till Monday. We are trying to show them some grace and give them a second chance... but I don't think it looks good. We should know more on Monday.

Speaking of Monday, this is the day that Natalie goes back to the new pediatrician to make sure we are treating the infection properly and to begin to talk about doing some tests to make sure that her kidneys have all their parts and are working properly. Apparently a uriniary tract infection in an infant is a BIG RED FLAG. I would appreciate your prayers for Natalie as she recovers, for me to have confidence in the new pediatrician and that I would cling to the word from God that I got today...

Goodnight.