The Burden Seems Lighter Than It Should

After Monday nights dramatic event where Ashtyn became unresponsive and was transported to the ER, the following day was spent sleeping and having procedures. She had a CT scan to check for bleeding in her brain, EEG to check electrical activity of her brain, MRI to check for infection, EKG to check her heart, and blood lab work to check electrolytes among other things. Every test came back normal so we likely will get out of the hospital without knowing what happened. The day also included two platelet transfusions and was wheeled to the hospital dentist to get her braces off decreasing the risk for infection. If you could watch a live video of Ashtyn and me going about the day, I think you'd be bored. With a CT scan, she simply lays on the table as it moves her under the scan and back out. She then gets off the table and is wheeled back to her room. An EEG was done in her bed as she slept through her head being wrapped with wires and 30 minutes of monitoring. While laying in an MRI machine, which sounds like 40 minutes of a loud construction zone with on and off jackhammering, Ashtyn simply watched Finding Nemo as if laying down in a one-man tube movie theatre. Some may think we've been fighting this fight so long, nothing phases us anymore. There is some truth to that combined with a trust in Christ that has allowed Him to "ease the burdens which are put upon our shoulders, that even we cannot feel them upon our backs." Thank you for your prayers of strength and health. We are being watched over. (At the end of each post during the next month, I will add Ashtyn's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society donation site and ask that you please donate whatever small amount you can because we all know by small things, great things happen. Cancer research is lifesaving so let's save some lives! http://events.lls.org/ut/saltlakesoy2018/aPoulsen )