"Glomerulonephritis"

I know that I've said this before...but Jared is such a character...and a tremendously sweet little boy! He used to introduce himself to everyone that he met by saying, "Hi, I'm Jared Allen Michael!" I never tire of his crazy antics or his tender heart! A few weeks ago...he went to the bathroom and forgot to flush the toilet...thank goodness that he didn't...because when I looked into the toilet bowl...the liqued was a brown color. This concerned me a bit...and I set an appointment for his primary care doctor to see him...They said that he had blood and protein in his urine...and put him on some antibiotics...plus sent him out for futher blood tests. I didn't think much more of it...except that when his blood tests came back...they said that his potassium levels were high...and that he was anemic. He finished the antibiotics...and within a day his urine was brown again...I took him back and they put him on a different antibiotic. In the meantime...I asked for his lab results...and when I got them...I faxed them to David's parents...so that they could go over them with Jared's Great Uncle John (who is a doctor). Uncle John said to take him to the emergency room immediatly...because he was in the beginning stages of renal failure...you can imagine how I took that news. I rushed him in...and had a heck of a time getting the attending physician to understand why I had brought him to the E.R. when Jared felt no pain...and had no signs of bodily trauma. They did further testing and found out that sometime in the past few weeks...Jared had to have had a strep infecction...and afterward...the strep antibodies started attacking the blood vessels that filter the blood through the kidneys...it is a LONG word that I can't even pronounce...but it is calle Glomerulonnephritis. The antibiotics usually take care of it...but it takes a good three months to a year for him to fully recooperate. He was such a good sport...several times he had to have blood drawn...and he didn't even flinch. He just sat there and watched the tubes fill up with his blood...11 of them to be exact on one occasion! He is pretty much back to normal...no brown urine...but it extemely tired because he lost a signifigant amount of red blood cells...thus the anemia. He was given a priesthood blessing by his Dad and Uncle Zyad...and promised that the disfunction in his body would leave and that he would heal up. A few times...I have to admit...I was afraid that it might be worse then it turned out to be...blood in the urine...is just not a good thing! I kept praying...please Heavenly Father...please do not take him now...I'm not ready to let him go. It was a scarey couple of weeks...but I am ever grateful that the Lord has watched out for Jared...and that he is in the process of healing now. We still have some specialist doctor appointments to go too...but at least I know what is wrong with him...and that it is on it's way to healing. I'm thankful for the peace that the Lord gave to my heart throughout this whole situation...and I'm so grateful for my sweet Jared...who endures pain well...and doesn't even complain! Life would NOT be as fun and fullfilling without him in our lives! He is the laughter in our hearts and the joy in our lives! LOVE YOU JARED...MAY YOU NEVER CHANGE FROM THE SWEET, FUNNY, LITTLE BOY THAT YOU ARE TODAY...MY SON! ~Mom