Giving medicine to Emma is always something i have struggled with. I like to think that the body will take care of it's self if you give it a chance to; but this time, she seems so dang miserable. Coughing so much at night that it's hard to get a good night sleep, which i know her body desperately needs to get better. I've given her warm baths and steam showers to help clear her up a little, but by 3am, i can hear her coughing and sniffing. After calling her pediatrician, we decided on some over-the-counter stuff that will hopefully do the trick and get her on her way to feeling better. Thankfully, a new water bottle bought for school has helped with her wanting to drink water (because it is apparently "cool" to drink and have your own water bottle!)so she is getting her fluids in.
As i type this, i have to kinda shake my head. Yes, Emma is sick, but it will go away and she will feel better in a few days. I can't imagine what a mother of a seriously sick child must feel like...sickness where you just can't give some medicine and poof! a few days later, there is total healing. So, i'm going to add these mothers to my prayer list. I have stumbled over God in this area: children with terminal illness. How can this happen? What good can come of a child that sick? And of course, my favorite question/prayer: God, please fix and heal this child. My prayers in this area seem not to be answered or heard which makes me angry. Someone will remind me that we are on God's plan and not our own plan....but being reminded of this just makes me want to beg God even more for mercy for the sick child.
I'm like a child in my faith, aren't i? I do have a bit of growing to do....and sometimes, growing in God's word is hard. Especially when you don't get the answers and learning that 'you' think you should get! At my age, one would think that i would understand that things are not in my control, yes?
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