Inpatient

Bad news. Joshua's blood counts weren't nearly as low as they have been in the past, but they were low enough. Probably they would have sent us home if it wasn't the weekend, but since we can't come to the clinic tomorrow because it's Sunday, the docs checked Joshua in, hopefully not for too long.

We know lots of people still in the clinic, and one of them is Matthew. Matthew is a courageous young man who has battled through leukemia, a bone marrow transplant, and now some complications from that transplant. Early this morning, Matthew had to go to the PICU because of the carbon dioxide level in his lungs. So he left his room in 6A, expecting to come back, but because "someone" needed it, his mom had to clean out his stuff.

It's hard to think we might be the someone. It's harder to think about the hard, hard battle Matthew is still fighting. And his battle is hard.

As you're praying for Joshua's blood counts to come up, I would urge you to also pray for Matthew. You can read more about his story here.