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Hello everyone-

I am sorry for the general mass email-- but time dictates that I need to

get on and off the computer quickly.

We're needing prayers for Asa-- our 4 1/2 yr old I took him into the ER

yesterday (Saturday) with a suspicion that his blood sugars were high. He was

showing all the typical signs for diabetes, and I had been watching him

carefully all week to see if it was that or the after-effects of a cold/virus.

When we got to the ER, they ran a quick check and the machine registerd

" High " which meant that the levels were OVER 600 at that time. (normal levels

shouldn't exceed 120 or so ideally) They took bloods, got him going on an IV and

later started the insulin. He was seriously dehydrated, since the body was

basically starting to eat away at his fat-- he had lost a good amount of

weight extremely quickly-- etc

The tests showed his levels to be at 1002 !! We were extremely blessed that

he hadn't gone into a diabetic coma and that he was not passed out.

They admitted him right away-- pushed the insulin all night, and throughout

the day we've been trying to adjust the levels so they are acceptable-- which

is a range of 80-150 for him right now. At one point he " bottomed out " at 35,

and we had to increase sugars and get him eating more.

I'm home for a couple of hours-hopefully to get some sleep, while Tom is at

the hospital overnight.

When I left, his levels were still dangerously high at 420, but he's doing

quite well for how he was yesterday, and they are being diligent in getting the

levels balanced out.

tomorrow, Arielle and I will have to go back to the hospital so Arielle and

Tom can start their " education " on how to check the blood and how to

administer the insulin, and to basically become knowledgeable about all that's

going

on so there's someone other than myself who's able to care for his needs.

Please pray for us-- Asa's alert, but still not himself. He's been having

very rough time of it, and they haven't been allowing him any " in between "

foods, which for a 4 yr old " grazer " has been extremely difficult. Trying to

keep

him occupied has been a challenge to say the least.

They're telling us that they HOPE to have him home on Wednesday-- which

would really be a blessing to us since that's Christmas Eve and when we would

normally celebrate the holiday. I know our family would really love to be

together and knowing peace etc---

Here are our areas that we need for prayers--

~For Asa's levels to balance out and maintain the acceptable range

~For Tom, Arielle, and myself to become 100% confident in all that we have

to do to take care of him once he's back home

~For the other children here at home-- this is our greatest challenge right

now as we need someone OTHER than Dad and Arielle to be here, so they can be

at the hospital as much as possible to get their training done.

~For us to be able to figure out a food situation-- as there's no food in

the house and no one available to go shopping or cook etc.

~For Asa primarily-- to have peace and comfort in this time. He's a tough

cookie, without a doubt, but is really off kilter-- please pray for the least

amount of pain for his shots, and blood checks etc.

~ For us to be able to quickly find food substitutes that do NOT have

harmful chemicals in them (as in most suger-free foods) due to Asa's

neurologically

based motor planning disorder/disability-- they are toxic to him.

And overall for PEACE. Mom's exhausted to say the least, but otherwise

hanging in there. More worried about the kids and the logistics of their eating,

and not having any local family to help out, etc. It's all a little daunting.

A quick praise in all of this-- with Asa's levels so extremely high on the

onset, we were VERY BLESSED that he hadn't gone into a diabetic coma. We've

been constantly seeing God's hand in all of the timing for the Dr's and

specialists at the hospital, and this is all good. GOD is good!

thanks for praying!

Becky & Tom

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