April 14, 2000

Dear Family,

Thanks for your continued prayers and letters.  I wish I could reply to
each personally but I have trouble just keeping up with things day to day.
Please know that I love you and pray for you all.

It is about 3PM Friday and Skylar is doing fairly well today.  He had
some trouble with blood gas levels overnight, and they turned his PEEP
back to 8 - but have now once again reduced it to 7.  It is quite a
balancing act.

Skye is running some fevers; please pray that the staff may discover the
cause and be able to treat this appropriately.

Today after singing Skylar some good-morning songs I told him that I had
to go to work, but that I would be nearby and would return to see him
later.  I gave him kisses on his tummy and arms and knees; I was about
to turn to go, and he "puckered" as well as he could around the tubes in
his mouth.  I asked him, "Do you want to give Papa a kiss?"  "Yes" he
nodded.  I bent near to receive it and said "Papa got your kiss".

Thank You, Lord, for the sweet spirit of my dear son Skylar.  Please deliver
him completely from his distress.

That's all for today.  I continue to ask the Lord for a complete recovery
for our dear child.  Thank you for standing with us.

Love,

-Dann