A little bit better, but sort of the same.

Wow. That is all I can say as my family has received such an intense amount of love and support during this bizarre time. Church friends and family, people that aren't here. God's love being extended through His people is sometimes more than I can bear. Last night my sister, Ashley (2 years older than Alex) was baptized and what a celebration for her. The church prayed for Alex and we headed to the hospital. Her condition...

She remains in ICU and they keep calling her critical. The doctors are quite baffled by all of this and are unable to put their finger on the source of the distress in her body. They thought they would need to do dialysis because the sedative was weakening her kidneys and her urination output was poor, but I suppose she got wind of that and decided against it, because it wasn't necessary. They were going to give her another blood transfusion, but to my knowledge that wasn't necessary either. She is on a ridiculous amount of sedative and is still answering our questions by blinking or squeezing hands. She's totally aware and we are glad, but not all at the same time. We want her to get some rest. She is on the sedative because she still has a breathing tube. She can breathe on her own, but they were concerned that they would, for some unexpected reason, need to put it in again and because of the swelling and irritation that it can cause would not be able to. So, they've been holding back on removal. However, there is talk that she could come off it today, I'm a little nervous, I've been talking smack while she's been quiet and she might come after me! I welcome some sass from her! When I spoke to my sister earlier she had not yet heard from the doctors, but nothing has changed for the worse. Continue to hold our arms up, my step-dad's arms are really tired. As you can imagine, so are Mom's.

Please pray for healing both physically and spiritually. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We love you all and will stand in the gap for you whenever we can.