The Bryan Family

The three of us are finally back home after two nights in the hospital.  It all started on Saturday evening (13th) when Eleanor began throwing up.  She continued for about 5 hours vomiting every 20 minutes or so when we decided to take her in to the emergency room.  They said she had a stomach virus, admitted her, put in her I.V., and we finally got settled into her room around midnight Sunday morning.

Our pediatrician came in on Sunday morning to check on Ellie.  As she was leaving she said that she could go home tomorrow.  We were a little unprepared for this, so Neale left later on that day to get us some clothes.  We were also hoping that we could just go home on Sunday, but then Ellie developed a little fever, so they said she needed to stay one more night.

We thought we were finished with the hardest part until Monday morning around 4 am.  At exactly the same time, Neale and I both got sick.  We continued taking turns in the bathroom until the nurses brought us up some wheelchairs to take us down to the ER.  So the two of us left Ellie with the nurses while we went to the ER.  We stayed down there for about 2 hours and then were able to join Ellie back in her room.  We were feeling a little better but we were both exhausted.  We called one of the Christians, P. Hui, if she could come to the hospital to play with Ellie while we got a little rest.  We are so thankful that she was able to do that for us!

The doctor had checked on Ellie Monday morning and said that she should stay one more night at the hospital.  We were not excited about this, so when she came back in the afternoon, Neale convinced her that we could go home.  Ellie was feeling much better.  Her fever was gone.  No more vomiting.  We all just needed to go home and sleep.  P. Hui with her son Klui took the three of us back home.  What should have been a 30 minute drive took us around 2 hours to get home….at least we all were able to take a little nap in the car.

That is one Valentine’s day I won’t forget!

90 Seconds with Ellie - Episode 15

Lately Ellie has had this cough that just won’t go away.  It started getting worse so we took her in to see her doctor on Monday (8th).  She said that Ellie has bronchitis and gave us some antibiotics and other medicine to give her.  She asked us to come back again on Friday (12th) so that she could check her out again.  Neale took her back on Friday, and put Ellie on a nebulizer for 20 minutes.  This wasn’t an easy task to do…It took a total of three nurses plus Neale to do this procedure. 

Sick but still happy!  She loves this hat for some reason.

This week we had to say goodbye to Andrew and Natalie Hayes, missionaries living in Cambodia.  They were here for one month taking a course to receive their teaching certification for teaching English to Foreign Learners.  They are planning on getting jobs in Cambodia teaching English.  We really enjoyed having them here in Bangkok with us this past month.  Ellie is going to miss her “Nanny”!

We also had some visitors from China this past week. They were here for just a few days finishing up their vacation as they are heading back to China.  They are currently teaching English in a university in China.  Five of the six graduated from Freed-Hardeman University, and one is a graduate of Harding University.

Margaret Worrall, Rebecca and Kyle Hooper, Stan and Juliane McCorkle, Bethany Oldham

Today I needed to catch up on all the dishes that needed to be washed, so I had to find something to keep Ellie busy.  I had just finished out one of her baby wipes containers and noticed the hole at the top of it…it was a perfect size for straws to fit in.  I cut a few straws in half and gave Ellie the wipes container along with some straws.  I showed her how to place the straws in the hole and push them all the way through until they disappeared.  She then sat there until all the straws were in the container.  She then brought it to me when she finished, and I dumped them all out so that she could do it again.

Yeah! I did it!

90 Seconds with Ellie - Episode 14

Eleanor’s first prayer.

Children’s English class on Sunday January 31st.

As we were trying to leave for Wednesday night Bible study, we called for Ellie to come to the door.  Instead of coming to the door, she ran into our room and came out with Neale’s hat on backwards on her head.  I asked if she was now ready, and she raised her hand and said “Ready!”