Day 4, 1-21-07

First, I want to say thank you to everyone for your prayers! It is so huge to know that your son is loved by so many and hundreds of prayers being lifted up in his name! Parker's doctor is Dr. Griggs he is an incredible doctor and is well known to be one of the best around. We are confident that he is medically in the best of hands and no doubt spiritually in the best of hands.
Parker had a rough day on Friday he had fevers of 103 & 104 .5 for most of the day but it finally broke in the evening and remained under 102 after that. After several hours of fighting these fevers the doctor told us to start touching him and letting him know that we were there with him. Thank you, thank you! That had to be one of the hardest things for me not to touch him or talk to him!! Saturday brought a good day for him. The doctor said he saw a "fraction" of improvement -- at this point I'll take anything. This morning around 5am his right lung collapsed. Not anything the doctor was surprised about given how sick his lungs are and they were on top of the situation and have placed a tube in to drain off the fluid. So I am confident that this isn't a huge set back. The meds seem to be getting a hold of the infections so they are seeing a little improvement there but the lungs will be slow healing and of course a process that we can't be rushed.
He still is a very sick boy but I'm confident we are headed in the right direction. Thank you again for all your prayers, emails and encouragement.
Love, Kay