We need prayer.
Gabriel is a ball of fire. We have been trying to beat back his fevers for days now, and even medicine doesn't seem to be doing it. At 2:00 a.m. I ran a cool bath, and Gabriel and I tried to bathe away the worst of the fever, but it crept back up in no time. And then the hullucinations... If any of you have ever witnessed someone in the grip of a night terror, you can attest to the unsettling nature of them. Gabriel had finally settled beside our bed, and we all drifted off. Suddenly I heard whimpering and saw him on all fours scuttling backwards across the floor. He was frantic, looking up and down and behind him. Even once we held him, he would spasm and look all around joltingly with huge eyes. I was half expecting to see something hovering in the air. We just prayed and prayed and prayed that it was only a nightmare. Eventually I had to hold him in my arms until we both fell asleep.
This would be less worrisome if it had not been re-occuring every few weeks. But it has, since Christmas. Fever and fever after fever. And having a child on fire is heart wounding. How much longer can his little brain be overheated until he suffers brain damage? Has he already? How much can a little body take? I have absolutely no faith in the medical system. We have had one clueless doctor after another stuff him with antibiotics, and refer to their prescriptions as "fishing" for a cure to his ailments. At times like these I overflow with rejoicing for a faith beyond Man.
Please pray that we can get to the bottom of this. That a competent doctor would come our way. And if not, that his body would heal on it's own. And most importantly, pray that our faith in the Great Physician would remain ever steady.
