Blessings of the Priesthood

Well, after two visits to the doctor (this week), paying out the ear and watching Shayla continue to be sick, I finally realized that she needed a priesthood blessing. I'm not sure why I didn't think of it sooner.

Anyway, starting about Thursday morning, Shayla wouldn't eat a thing. We tried to give her anything and everything she likes, only to have her push it away. Once in a while on Thursday she would put something in her mouth and then very quickly spit it out. On Friday she wouldn't even put anything into her mouth. She wouldn't drink milk, water or juice, so I was getting really worried about her being dehydrated.

It didn't help on Friday afternoon to have someone say, "That's what the Yates girl had." They then proceeded to tell me about her having lascerations in her throat (like the doctor said Shayla had) and getting dehydrated and being hospitalized for four days. Ugh! No!!! The person mentioning it was our home teacher's wife, because I had just asked her if her husband would be around and available to help with the blessing.

Anyway, we had a neighbor come over Friday night and help give Shayla a blessing. She actually sat very still like she knew the blessing would help her. Usually she isn't so fond of strangers, especially if they try to touch her. But when he put his hands on her head, she just looked at him.

Needless to say, the power of the priesthood is awesome! Shayla was acting more like herself later that night, which she hadn't done for days. Saturday she ate a few things and played and played and played. She hasn't played for days! Then today she's already eating more like normal -- she ate cereal for breakfast and drank milk. She also asked for some cinnamon roll and more milk. Phew! I am so grateful that we have the power of God on the earth so that we don't have to rely solely on medicine, which is a much lesser power. And I'm grateful Shayla is able to play and act like a toddler having fun instead of a miserable girl with nothing to do!