Slight Change of Plans

Well, we were supposed to have left this morning to fly back to North Carolina...but the Lord intervened on our behalf. Yesterday, I was shopping with my sister-in-law when I got an automated phone call from our airline saying that our flight was canceled "due to lack of flight crew available". I thought it was just a fluke and it would get rescheduled for later in the day...but when Ryan called them to get details, they said we wouldn't be leaving until Sunday at 11:30am (which would put us home LATE at night and Lauren had school the next day). So, when Ryan called me back on my cell phone and told me this, I thought to myself, "the Lord must have a good reason." Little did I know...

Ryan had put Nolan down for his nap that day at 1:00 and by 5:30, he was still sleeping. Now, you must understand that is SO not my son. He has never been my good napper, so I knew something was wrong. Sure enough, when Ryan went to wake him up a little before 6:00, he was burning up with a 102 fever. I immediately thought it was an ear infection because he'd been diagnosed with one right before Christmas and was on antibiotics for 5 days. I assumed that it didn't completely clear up or possibly had gone to the other ear. So, this was why the Lord orchestrated the cancellation of our flight!

Long story short, the fever has continued for Nolan - it comes and goes throughout the day and he has no other symptoms. We took him in to see our old Pediatrician here in town and his ears were fine. They tested him for strep throat and that was negative too. So, the consensus is that it's some sort of virus (possibly roseola or maybe even H1N1) and it just has to run its course. But, we were left having to make the decision whether or not to fly home tomorrow with a feverish and sick baby.

Here is where the Lord stepped in again for us - Ryan called the airline and they said that if we didn't want to take the rescheduled flight on Sunday, they wouldn't charge us the $150 change fee, because it was their fault that the original flight was canceled. So we have 7 days before we have to rebook, which was such an answer to prayer (because the virus hopefully will have run its course by then). Then, when Ryan went online to email Lauren's teacher to say she would be missing at least a day of school, there was a notice saying that this Monday was a teacher workday and there was no school. So, that is one less day of school she will have to miss!

Even in the midst of terrible circumstances, it is so awesome to know that the Lord is taking care of us each step of the way and to see the way He has stepped in and is providing everything we need. We are incredibly grateful to my parents, who I'm sure are anxious to get their house back to themselves, but are so willing to host us and help us through this ordeal regardless of how long it drags out. We are also thankful for Ryan's boss who has been so understanding and is allowing him to work from Oregon this week without using his vacation days.

If you think of it, please say a prayer for Nolan...that this virus will only get better, not worse, and that he will be healthy enough to fly by the end of the week.