July 17, 2006 Prayers for Erik

Hello Everyone! Hope this email finds all of you and your families well! We have had an unusual week. Wednesday morning when we went to get Erik up, he turned Erik's head and he cried out. He did this each time he was moved. He cried and really appeared to be uncomfortable. We went to Duke and they checked him out neurologically. All checked out fine. There was no sign of infection or shunt failure, or anything! We went home thinking that maybe his stomach just hurt. He did the same thing on Thursday so we took him to our pediatrician to be checked out. It was obvious that Erik's abdomen was hurting. Per the pediatrician's recommendation and Erik's continued complaining, we took him back to Duke Friday. Erik had also decided that he did not want to eat and he still cried when moved. They took x-rays of his abdomen and CT scans, re-checked blood and urine and found no sign of a problem. We went home thinking that maybe it was a just virus that would pass. Saturday he continued to complain. Sunday morning we checked on him at 2am and his temp was 101.5. We gave him Tylenol and put him back to bed. We checked him 2 hours later and even with Tylenol his temp had increased to 102.5. We returned to Duke. They really cannot find the problem. His belly is very tender, the high fevers are continuing, and he just is not himself. All of his labs are still checking out okay. Our prayer is that this is a virus that will quickly pass. We have not been able to leave his side and hoped we would be over this by now! At this point, we would like to request prayers on Erik's behalf for this to pass or for them to quickly identify the problem! Thanks in advance . . . Erik's Family