Difficult Day
Emily hasn’t had a very good day today. 
Didn’t rest at all last night from discomfort and had great pain in her lower tummy this morning. After her meds, the pain continued to worsen and she had bladder difficulty. Dr. G had Eddie & Dawn take her to her Wilmington Pediatrician about 2:00 to confirm a suspected bladder infection, which he did. Well, that meant she needed IV antibiotics through her pic line. The Dr. tried to access the line but did not have the correct instruments needed so they called the ER and sent her there. After waiting over an hour, we remembered Sonya Mohn worked in the ER and we called her….. 
THANK YOU SONYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was able to get them into a room where Emily was safe from germs 
Then she proceeded to get the orders processed and had Nurse Lisa, whom helped Emily back in the spring, come and do the infusion and she will be able to do it for the next 2 days. 
God works in mighty ways and this evening he sent us a Guardian Angel named Sonya! Sometimes we just have to give a big ole shout out for the blessed help we get!!! 
They got home about 9:15, exhausted, but thankful they did not have to drive to Duke tonight. Emily’s pain was under control and they were hoping to all get a good nights sleep tonight. So, as you retire for the evening and say your prayers, please pray for just that….a good nights painfree sleep for all of them!
Love,
Stephanie
P.S.
For those of you that do not know Sonya, she grew up with many of us at Barlow. Her older sister, Pandy, died at age 14 of ovarian cancer. Pandy always had the biggest smile when we were kids. My fondest memory of her was shortly before she was stricken with cancer. Our youth group went to a retreat at Carowinds and saw BJ Thomas in concert there. She stood at the fence singing “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” and smiling the biggest smile. Those of us that had the privilege of knowing Pandy were richly blessed and felt a deep loss as teenagers when our friend became our “Angel”. Many of you know the parents of these girls, Carl & Emily Rochelle, whom also had another daughter in the years following Pandy’s death, ironically her name is Angel. I know that tonight our Angel Pandy was smiling as Sonya helped Emily!
