An Emotional Weekend

Please continue to pray for Luke. He's slowly improving, but has a viral infection. His fever was up to 103.2 yesterday morning. We almost didn't go to the morning sessions of the marriage conference. The pediatrician said the fever is a good sign that his body is fighting the infection, and we don't need to take him to the ER unless it hits 104. That is a little too high for me and we were really worried.

Thank God for my mom staying at our house to watch Luke so we could be close to Children's and could run home quickly if his fever went too high, but it broke early Saturday afternoon. My parents took Luke home with them around 2:00 pm yesterday and brought him back this afternoon. He did really well at their house.

Luke is doing much better today, but is still fussy and tired. His fever is just low-grade now, thank God.

The marriage conference was good and Marty and I really enjoyed it even though it was our third time attending. We always get something different out of the sessions and homework projects. It was an awesome chance to reconnect and focus on good uninterrupted communication.

Then, on our way home after the last session today, we found out that my grandma died this morning. She'd been sick but had been slowly improving. Yesterday she took a turn for the worse and her heart just gave out. She was 93. Very sad 'cuz she sure was a spunky old lady!

Needless to say, Marty and I are both physically and emotionally drained right now. We appreciate you keeping our family in your thoughts and prayers!