Good News / Bad News

Morning...

I am not going to say GOOD morning yet... I will have to see how we get through the next few hours.
It's not starting out so good. So let me write about the GOOD NEWS now.

The GOOD NEWS was yesterday! It started out a little slow and with not much change, but then after a little more time to wake and some additional prayer to join with all of your prayers, Micah showed some real change!! PTL!!
He got up! He ate his breakfast, ALL of his lunch, did some work on a video he is doing for his church, wrote one his Blogspot, joked the the nurses, had some friends in to visit, watched a movie with me, and most importantly, he felt good all day!! The doctor's good report at 6:00 was like the frosting on a cake (unlike that whip cream on that banana split!) The report was VERY GOOD NEWS! The colonoscopy showed his ulcerated colitis was clear (just lots of scar tissue) and there wasn't any sign of infection anywhere. The biopsys also showed no infection, and that the liver was doing well! Basically everything looked good and nothing was found to be bad or wrong! :-) What was bad was that the infection is still a mystery. Which brings us up to this morning. The doctor scheduled another test this morning...

BAD NEWS - 5:45 just try to get Micah moving at that time!! Not good!!
He's tired... He's starving... He is grouchy... And on top of that he is to drink a gallon of salt water! His stomach doesn't like this at all!! Micah is showing his first signs of an all out revolt. He is wanting to put his foot down!! And remember the size of this foot!! I am sure they would feel the aftershock on the other side of the world! He was beginning to show some signs of a child told to eat their peas!! Woa! Micah was about to show them a new side of him! Fortunately his mother was the only one who would witness this metamorphis. Instead he turned over and went to sleep again. Problem now for his mother is...
1. Let him sleep a bit longer to have him in better spirits, but behind in the amount of salt water intake needed for the test.
2. Keep waking him up and fight with him to drink more of the salt water and receive the full force of the anger that was building up just before he turned over to sleep.
3. Go back to the apartment and tell Micah: I Quit!
4. Sit here peacefully and pray and then type on the blogspot in the dark and try to put a smile on your face as well as mine!! Keep reminding myself, "this too will soon pass" and "all things will work together for good" and "I still love him and God does too!

I've got to do it now...
Brace yourselves! The earth may tremble now...
Pray for me...
"Micah, It's time to drink some of this..." 8:00

I needed some more help... I'll got ask a cute nurse...
8:18 am Go find a cute one!
8:20 am Oh Dear!! The technician is here in the room when I got back!! WORSE! The pill is here and Micah has only drank a cup and a half! :-( Breathe, Becky! I should have persisted! All he could have done is sent me home!! :-)
Well, he swallowed it with a salt water chaser... and it's off and blinking! We will be anxious to hear if it works. Please , along with us, that it will work despite the lack of fluid.
Now we wait... and dread the passing of this large pill... It won't be comfortable. :-(
He can't eat until noon and then it's only liquids until dinner.
I'll let you hear his view of this soon, and I will go find something to eat.

Please pray the camera works and there is no problem... with the camera or with Micah!

Becky signing off for now...