Poor Emily

Poor Emily had a really tough day. She stayed home from church with sore throat and stomach ache, but I guess not long after we left, she started to have really severe sharp pains in her right side. There was no way to get hold of us at church, so she walked down to her great grandparents house practically doubled over in pain. Papasan and his neighbor gave her a blessing and then came to church to get us. I came home and took her to the urgent care. They took xrays and drew blood (very traumatic for a girl with a fear of needles) and said her white blood cell count was too high. So we were sent to the hospital for a CT scan--which meant IV and other very invasive procedures that were really scary and hard for her. But she managed to be brave. Finally, the word came back that is was not her appendix (thank heavens) but she has a large cyst( 7 cm by 6 cm) on her ovary. They said the cyst would eventually rupture and take care of itself, but gave her some pain meds. Poor kid. She's still really hurting, hasn't been able to eat anything, or even get out of bed all afternoon. She even passed out from pain at one point this afternoon.
We were grateful for the blessing from Papasan this morning. I think she'll be okay, but I just feel bad for her. It's hard to watch your child suffer from fear and pain. Luckily, it wasn't anything worse.