A Good Friday for Daniel

(Mirroring from http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/danieljmiller/journal)

A Good Friday for Daniel:

Daniel is doing much better today.  His fever appears to be gone. However, his white cell count has dipped dangerously low. It was right on the borderline of an automatic hospital admission yesterday, but they let him go home in the end since his fever appeared controlled, but only with the warning that if it began to climb again, we'd be admitted immediately.  So we're grateful that the fever looks to be gone, but it does look like quarantine for Easter.  At least we're glad to not be in the hospital. 

Last night, he'd started to feel better, so I gathered everyone together to read the Easter story from Matthew and then we watched "The Passion of the Christ" together.  I was apprehensive letting Daniel see this and described to him what would be happening.  He was insistent that it would be OK, so we went ahead.  He was fine with it and when we talked about it afterward he expressed, or course, that he hadn't realized what Jesus really went through and actually felt more at peace and "happy" for having spent the evening learning about God. (insert happy face on dad at this point. :)

As always, THANK YOU all for your prayers.  Please continue to lift him up during this time of dangerously low immune system, and having to miss the Easter festivities with the rest of the family.

We are most grateful for this wonderful Easter weekend and that we will be able to spend it at home with our family and our gracious RISEN Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY to all!

Daniel, Andrea, and Tim