Hot Date at the Hospital

We've done alot of updating recently about little miss Tirzah being under the weather. Not like she looks sick here. :)We didn't realize until today just how "under the weather" she was. The Doctor finally *after too many co-pays and wasted visits* figured out that she has pertussis. Go ahead, ask me what pertussis is. *Everybody's doing it ;)* Its code for *worst cough ever*. Poor baby had been coughing until she was literally gagging and not breathing. Pretty scary stuff, especially when you only weight 12 lbs. So after finally diagnosing little lady, the doctor decided she needed to be admitted to the hospital for observation. *Gasp...more hospital bills??? Ugh, we haven't even payed for her delivery yet.* So to the hospital it was...
We were barely admitted *and I'd barely sent out a please pray for us tweet* when the Doctor came in to see her. She kept commenting on how good she looked. *Of course she is gorgeous ;)* And that she wasn't really sure she needed to stay. She went out of our room for a "conference" with the pediatrician who had said she needed to be hospitalized. After a few minutes *we've been in the hospital maybe an hour now...* the doctor came back and said that we could go home! As if that wasn't awesome enough...they said they were canceling the admission completely so that there would be no charge for our little expedition to the pediatric ward. Heck yeah. :) The nurse commented, upon seeing our McD's bag of food, that next time we wanted to go on a date we could probably find an easier way to do it. I agree.

Aside from our date to the hospital lobby McDonald's, we also got a good reminder of how well God is taking care of us. I was nearly having a panic attack at the thought of the new round of bills we couldn't afford. Oh me of little faith. We still have bills, *we might pay Tirzah off before she graduates ;)* but also a good reminder to put things in perspective and trust. And while Tirzah is still coughing (and could be for several weeks) we know that God loves her even more than we do, and she is safe in His hands. We would appreciate everyone's continued prayers for her, and for the rest of us not to get sick as well. Thanks for the prayers thus far!