Dialysis #1 and what's next...

We started off the morning with some amazing doctors and nurses from the Dialysis Clinic firing up their equipment and getting everything ready to go.  This is a picture of all the equipment it takes to do the job of 2 tiny kidneys, but in reality one kidney works better than these machines!

This is an incredible reminder to me of this truth from Scripture:

Psalm 139:13-15 - 

For you formed my inward parts,
you knitted me together in my mothers womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, my soul knows it very well.

To think that God designed our bodies with these two amazing filters (which I know more about now than I ever thought I would) and with our modern technology, this is as small as we can get to re-create God's design...it's just astounding.

Update:

Today, Madilyn went through her first dialysis, and everything went great.  She also received some additional red blood cells to make up for the blood she lost during surgery. We watched the little mermaid while she was treated, and Madilyn was incredible.

Here are the things we need you to pray for:

1. Madilyn has a fever, which is most likely because of the bug she's fighting off, but because she's had the catheter inserted there is a risk of infection from that. Pray for her fever to go down, and for the culture to come back clear. They have started antibiotics, just in case, but we'd rather not have something else floating around in her system!
2. Madilyn's platelet count has increased, pray for it to keep going up!  This is the first sign that she is finishing off the rest of the e-coli.
3. For Madilyn to do a great job of drinking her protein shakes - this will allow her to get off the nutrition IV, which will aid her kidneys in recovery.
4. For Dialysis # 2, in the morning - we are not super excited for another 2 hours of it, but pray for it to go well, and do a great job helping her heal.
5. Pray for those kidneys! The sooner they recover the better.

Thank you so much for all of your prayers, and to all the amazing people who have brought meals and offered to care for our boys.  We Love you, and thank God for your care!  Because of the fever, we are greatly limiting the amount of visitors Madilyn sees right now, but Jennifer and I can still come out and talk if you come by. 

Quote of the Day:

Today, a couple Elders from our church came by to see Madilyn and to pray, and when I introduced John and Corey, Madilyn said "okay well can we pray right now?"

For His Glory,

The Rascos