Sorry, no pictures today....

2/16/07 China time - 2/15/07 Vancouver time
Gracie's cold took a turn for the worse tonight and she is running a fever of 102. She is very ill. She was very limp and very tired tonight. We took her to the medical clinic in our hotel and the Dr. advised us to go ahead and give her the antibiotics our Dr. sent with us. She also gave us some other meds that we don't really feel comfortable giving her because we have no idea what they are and with the language barrier, it was really hard to understand. There were 8 other babies in our group that had pnemonia, so we are keeping a very close eye on her. Poor baby.

We could be in for a long night and we are packing to get ready to go tomorrow. Please pray for Gracie and that we all get some sleep tonight and pray that she will be healthy enough to travel on Sunday.

2/17/07 China time - 2/16/07 Vancouver time
UPDATE: Thanks for your prayers. It was a very long night with Gracie waking up every 1/2 hr. to 45 minutes, but her fever broke this morning finally and she is sleeping peacefully. Too bad mom and dad can't experience that. She threw up a couple of times last night too, so the bathroom is draped with wet rinsed towels, pajamas and t-shirts. Bummer! It's so humid here, I bet those won't be drying out anytime soon. Oh well, at least we didn't have any trips to the hospital last night. Thanks again for your prayers.

We were talking and decided that this is why we had to stay two extra days longer than we wanted to. If we would have flown home yesterday when the rest of our group did, we would have had a very sick little girl on the airplane. We are going to bring an extra set of clothes regardless when we travel tomorrow. She's still not completely out of the woods. Still very weak and limp. Poor thing. Keep praying for a complete recovery before we leave.

Thank you again for all your kind comments on our blog. It has really helped us feel connected to home.

See you all soon! Love, Joyce & Allen & Gracie