Feeling Empowered

As I am going to bed tonight (actually this morning--my sleep pattern is so off in the summer), I am realizing that today is the first full day that Emma did not ingest any of her allergens. Of course it will be awhile before we know if this is the cause of everything, but it is a step. 

By the way, her allergist said that some people don't react externally to allergens. In rare cases (yep, there's that word rare again), the stomach swells as a result of the allergy. This could be the cause, but it will take time to figure it out. 

As for now, I will rest well (for a couple of hours at least until time for church) knowing that I am doing what I can for her. Right now in this moment I do not feel the weight of depression or of being overwhelmed by having a sick child. (These feelings have become all too familiar over the past year and a half.) Instead I feel empowered.