Pray for Dad

Dad came home from a business meeting last week feeling very sick- high fever, headache, cough, and pain everywhere. He rested and tried to get well for a couple days, then went to the doctor on Sat. They immediately diagnosed him with pneumonia, and sent him to the hospital. The underlying cause of the pneumonia turned out to be a bacterial infection which was resistant to the first antibiotics they tried. When the third antibiotic worked, they thought he had Legionairres' Disease.

However, we think we had a miracle. Mom was with him at the hospital last night, and his temperature was still up, he was coughing all the time, and Mom was sure they would never discharge him today, as planned. Sometime in the night things changed, and this morning his fever broke, his white blood cell count returned to normal, and he quit coughing so much. The bloodwork also came back negative for legionella bacteria, so he either never had that, or God healed him.

So...they discharged him. He's still sick, and will be on bed rest for a month. But we are so grateful for the Lord letting him come home to be with us and get the rest he needs (and couldn't get at the hospital).