The view from Budapest

From Valerie:

Tom has asked me to write a little update to let you know how things went today. I took Trent to the hospital this morning to have a CT scan of his head an abdomen. All came back normal in the testing. It was a pretty long day and uncomfortable for Trent. [...]

Valerie & Trent just got out of their first appointment with a pediatrician. It was mostly routine as he did a history, an exam, took an x-ray and ran a bunch of blood tests. This is basically what we expected as they have to get up to speed on the problem. We’ll [...]

Valerie & Trent are in the air on their way to London. They have to change airports (from Heathrow to Gatwick) and then they go on to Dallas and then Abilene. When they touch down in Abilene it will be just before 4am here in Budapest, which is exactly the time that we [...]

He has been sick for a little over 2 months with stomach cramps and headaches. We have had many tests run here in Budapest, but up until this point we haven’t found anything. He really hasn’t gotten any better over time and we have even removed him from school because he was so [...]

The sicknesses continue . . . As I posted a few weeks ago, we have been battling illness in our family and the battle continues. Here’s an update. We would appreciate your prayers.

Trent – He hasn’t changed much since my last post. He is battling stomach cramps and headaches. We [...]

Lately, our house has resembled more of a hospital than a "normal" home. There has been someone sick for 4-6 weeks (we’ve lost track of time). Here’s the lineup:

Trent has been sick the longest and he is hovering around a month. He has stomach cramps, headaches, and had some bronchitis along [...]