Quite a Scare

Bradley and Marky dancing ...June '08

Our good friends had quite a scare today. Their son, who is younger than Bradley, had a seizure on their way up to Oklahoma for their family vacation. It was bad enough that they flew Marky back to BSA on Flight for Life. Unfortunately, neither the mom, dad, grandparents, aunt or uncle could ride on the helicopter with him. Chris and I headed up to the hospital to meet the helicopter because the family was still about 2 to 3 hours away from Amarillo (remember they were on their way to Oklahoma for their vacation when this happened). About 45 mintues after waiting we heard the helicopter come in and were notified 15 mintues later that Marky was off the helicopter and into an ER room. It wasn't long afterwards when the family arrived (remember...2 to 3 hours out going about 90 miles an hour will get you back fast). After everything... the waiting game began. They ran tests but then had a scare of meningites. The tests results were coming back with negative/positive results-either way they were coming back in good news- but the meningites test was the last one to get the results on. Around 10:30 p.m. Marky was in the clear...thank you Jesus no meningites. So not only was Marky in the clear but everyone else who had contact with him, including baby Ava who is brand new to the world. It was quite stressful on everyone, especially the parents. Poor Kim (mom) couldn't help Marky like any mother would want to because he's plugged in and wired up and then she couldn't help baby Ava because of the meningites scare. Thankfully when that last test result came in-a huge burden was lifted. Although the test didn't explain his seizures-it made everyone breath easier. Tomorrow they will be running an EKG and a cat scan. Because he didn't have the meningites he was able to be transferred to the Pediatrics part of the hospital and not ICU. Thank you Jesus for keeping everyone safe-helping Marky get through today- and keeping everyone as sane as possible. We give this day, this night, and our lives to You!!!!