Please keep Lizzie Kate in your prayers...

Please keep Lizzie Kate in your prayers. About two weeks ago, Lizzie Kate had a fall in our house and hit her head. She cried quite a bit, and we watched her to make sure she did not fall asleep, throw up, etc. None of that happened.

This past Thursday as Kelley was washing Lizzie Kate's hair, she noticed what seemed to be a huge fluid filled spot on Lizzie's head. Kelley called Lizzie's doctor and he said it sounded like she had a hematoma. He said to watch her, and to call if she ran a fever, etc.

Well, last night Lizzie ran a fever of 101.3. I took off work and set up an appointment with her doctor. He took a look at her head and said it was a hematoma. He ordered a set of x-rays for both her head, and also a chest x-rays since she recently had bronchitis. The x-rays revealed Lizzie Kate had a skull fracture, and the early stages of pneumonia. Needless to say Kelley and I hated the news we were given. We hate it for Lizzie Kate. We were also told to bring her back for a CT scan for her head later today.

As if the news was not bad enough, the CT scan revealed that Lizzie Kate had an Epidural Hematoma. A pocket of blood was between her skull and her brain. The doctors said it kind of looks like the pocket of blood may be dissolving by itself. PLEASE PRAY THAT THIS POCKET OF BLOOD WILL DISSOLVE BY ITSELF! If this pocket of blood does not dissolve by itself, surgery will be performed to relieve the pressure. Lizzie Kate will meet with a Neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital in the next few weeks.

We cherish your prayers for Lizzie Kate. Please pray that the doctors make the right decisions in her care!

Many of you have already told us you will pray for Lizzie. It is always good to know there are those that care for you, and keep you in their prayers. Thanks so much, and God Bless!