Back to Walsgrave hospital...

so yeah, stange day! Eden's had a bit of a cough since last Sunday I guess and generally not been on top form. After a couple of "don't worry about it" reassurances from various medical/healthcare sources, Silje took Eden to the doctor's this morning. She was advised that we should get her checked out at the hospital, so I raced home from work and we took her back to her birthplace (ah!) around 11.30am.

They have diagnosed her with RSV - a common winter virus amongst babies, a bit of a bronchial infection that basically means she's not breathing well, which means she can't feed easily. They have her in a kind of 'head-sauna' box that steams the air pumped with extra oxygen to help breathing, and they've put a tube down her nose direct into her stomach to feed her.

That has made her much more comfortable and Silje is now staying with her overnight. Basically, they will keep her in until she is breathing well enough without assistance to feed properly. Not sure how long that will be, but we continue to pray & trust God, and we know that at the end of it we shall have our happy & healthy little girl back.

It's a bizarre thing watching her in hospital. Never have I had anything so precious & yet so fragile - and never has my faith in God been so practically tested (yet this is a relatively non-serious thing compared to much more life-threatening conditions). I realise we have to put EVERYTHING in his hands. I am convinced that worry should not be a part of a Christian's life. Jesus said "Do not worry about ANYTHING" so it must be possible. The challenge of putting that into practice is one we are facing...and ultimately winning. I look at my Lord and can say "God is good, all the time" - the song has been in my mind all day that says, "I will trust in the cross of my redeemer". Such wonderful security in him!!

Appreciate all your prayers. Will keep you updated.
(PS - a strange thing happens to time when you are in hospital I've noticed. It seems to go both faster & slower at the same time & you feel like the whole of the rest of the world is a million miles away!)