Update on Callie

On my way back from St. George last Sunday we stopped in Orem to Visit Callie at her Grandparent's house. The newest news is that she doesn't have the staph infection and she won't have to have her tonsils removed. The Strep throat is still very serious though and she still needs her adenoids taken out.

 She is still the happiest little camper ever and if you saw her you wouldn't know that she is sick at all. The only time she has ever complained about it was once when she said her cheek hurt, probably from pressure in her sinus area(she didn't say the sinus part, but I wouldn't be surprised if she did...). They are to do surgery for her because she has been getting nose bleeds and they are going to see if that will subside before they do any work up there.

 Here is a picture from my phone when we stopped by on Sunday. She had just barely woke up from a nap, what cheerful little bug! Please keep her in your prayers!

Callie is really sick :(

Special plea: Callie has been really sick lately. Of course, since it's Callie, she still sings, laughs, eats, and plays. However, she currently has strep throat as well as an antibiotic resistant staph infection; this after dealing with a sinus infection accompanied by tonsillitis and swollen adenoid glands.

She has been staying at her grandparents' home since New Year's Eve and won't be able to come stay with us again until she has fully recovered, due to her being so susceptible to any and every infection, virus or bug around, as well as being highly contageous herself.

The doctor has requested blood work and is going to take her tonsils and adenoids out when she is better, but she probably won't be all better when that happens; with as infectious as she is that may take quite some time.

I realize this is a rhetorical request, but please, please, please keep her in your prayers so she can get better and return to us very soon. We love her so much, we miss her terribly, and we really want our little girl to be happy, healthy, and able to return home to us again.

Thank you in advance for your prayers and love. You mean the world to us.

Orchid's sense of time (#2)

Even though I waited years and years for this to bloom, the six weeks it took to grow from brand new buds to full bloom seemed like forever and a day! I have been able to identify it as Dendrobium Bigibbum, or Phal- type dendrobium for it's similarity to the Phalenopsis or moth orchid.

 Anyway, here she is in her full-bloomed glory! Not bad for the first time blooming, eh? It was a very nice surprise and well worth the wait I would say.