A no good, very bad day

It's Tuesday evening in Poland. Don't let the title of this post deceive you. While it was a no good, very bad day for the Soderlunds (see next paragraph), it was also Kenji's birthday and we think he had a very good day! There was an ice cream party for him and Larry this afternoon. What could be better than that?


This morning Chrissy felt achy all over as she woke up. "Bad bed?" she thought. So she took some ibuprofen but it didn't seem to do much. In the meantime, David had his first meal of the day and then vomited all over Chrissy. He's not sick; he just does this sometimes after his breakfast. Maybe he eats too much? Lucky us got to experience it here in Poland. After our breakfast (no more vomiting), we learned that we were going to spend the day helping at the preschool and the church in Tomaszow. That's an answer to yesterday's prayer request; we filled in the gaps!


So we got to Tomoszow and Chrissy was still feeling achy. The ibuprofen had worn off (not that it was doing much to begin with), so she tried Tylenol. As the Tylenol worked its magic, she started to get super clammy and sweaty. That means one thing: fever. So she and David went back to camp earlier than the others and, sure enough, she had a fever of 100.5. More tylenol, please! We're not sure what's wrong. We thought it might be Mastitis, but there's no pain or red spots. We haven't ruled out Mastitis, but we're hoping it's something else. Maybe just a bug that will be gone tomorrow?


To cap off the day, David took a fall. He rolled right off the bed (about the height of a low sofa) onto the floor (carpeted, thankfully, but still not very soft). We heard that sound every parent hates to hear: the head bonk. He was upset and crying, but calmed down after a few minutes. Many of you know our history with head injuries, and so we're taking this very seriously. Would you please pray for healing for his head, for no headaches and no long-term effects?


The day's not over, but we're praying it gets better after this!


Here's how you can pray/praise right now:

• Pray for David's head (see above).


• Pray for Chrissy's health, that the fever would pass quickly and that no one else would get it.


• Pray for productivity tomorrow. If Chrissy is out of commission, Larry will have to care for David and it will be hard for him to do much else.