"Elijah Brooks is......"

SICK.  Poor little pitiful baby.  He has developed severe allergies.  I have been battling allergies for about a month now and I started noticing that he was showing some of the same symptoms this week....., congestion, runny nose, sneezing, itchy and red eyes, itchy nose etc.....  But, today he woke up more congested than I have seen him and his eyes are swollen and red.  He feels so bad and looks so pitiful. He can't breathe AT ALL with his paci in his mouth, but he can't sleep with it out of his mouth..., which is a dilemma for sure.   He started running a low grade fever tonight too.   According to the news tonight, this is the worst allergy season this part of the state has seen in a long time.  I could believe it...., everything is yellow.  I think I might just hate Spring right now.  Just kidding...., well tonight, no I am not.  I am so sad that my baby is miserable and all because he loves going outside to swing and ride in his stroller. 

The other bad thing is this is a very important weekend for him.  He will be baptized on Sunday at church and our dear pastor from Nashville is driving 7 hours tomorrow to baptize him.  Not to mention, all the family is coming tomorrow and we have 35-40 people coming to a luncheon after church on Sunday!  Yeah, not exactly the best weekend for him to have a severe allergy attack.  I just pray that he feels better very soon so that he can enjoy this very special weekend.

  

The reason I am writing this is for all of you faithful blog readers to please pray for him.  Please pray that this will get under control very soon for his sake.  Pray too that I will trust God more in this.  I can't control it and I know that...., I just want to give him relief so badly. As my very wise husband so gently reminded me tonight, "Erin, God doesn't call you to heal him. That's His job. He just calls you to comfort him".  

Thank you very much for your prayers.