sweet relief

my precious jack has been having some health issues.  he's been having constant nose bleeds.  constant.  it's been going on since june. in the beginning, we thought it was altitude sickness...as it all started while we were in idaho. then we thought maybe he was getting dehydrated.  farmer and i were making sure he was drinking water like crazy. at the same time, i thought, he's six...he's probably picking his nose.

 

the nose bleeds got worse.  he'd wake me up a couple times during the night scared because he couldn't get the bleeding to stop.  we put a humidifier in his room. put vaseline and neosporin in his nose.  nothing was working.

 

if you know me i tend to worry about everything. so, i was trying to be calm and not overreact. i wanted to be brave for my little boy.  but, i was a wreck inside.

 

i took him to the doctor a few weeks ago to find out what was going on.  the doctor was concerned but wanted to make sure it wasn't an infection inside the sinuses that we just couldn't see. he took an antibiotic for 2 weeks with no improvement.  last week the doctor called to have labs done. jack was so brave.  i was so proud of him.

 

(not looking forward to having his "blood taken out")

 

finally....we were back in the office today and the doctor ruled out leukemia.  this has been on my mind since the beginning.  i've been sick about it.  tomorrow we have an appointment with an ENT.  i can handle anything now that i know it's not the "L" word.  i love this little boy so much and seeing him go through this has broken my heart.  i hope we can get the answers we need tomorrow.  jack, of course, is hoping that there won't be any more needles involved.

thank you for all the prayers for our little boy.