Thank you for asking about our two-year-old daughter. To recap, we brought her to the hospital last week with a 105.4 fever, excessive vomiting, hallucinations, and dehydration.

All her labs came back normal. The short answer is that we probably will never know what was wrong. We still don’t think it was viral, as everyone got a good dose of her germs. Nobody is even sneezing sideways. The doctor believes the bacteria were moderate and not strong enough to get into her blood. The other possibility is the initial general antibiotic took care of it before we got a good culture from her. With a 105 temperature, we aren’t anxious to see what “severe” looks like.

The other night, my husband asked the kids what they learned from this experience. Their answers ranged from “God always takes care of us” to “Even if He took her Home, then He still takes care of us.” One of the children mentioned that she is still here because she has work to do for God. For this, I am glad.

Each of our children has a hymn. My husband sings one verse to each of them at bedtime. Our now-fully-recovered daughter’s song is This Is My Father’s World:

This is my Father’s world.
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King; let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let the earth be glad!