Prayer request for our niece

I just wanted to post about Chris (Dave's brother) and Carolynn's daughter Evelynn. She is having some health problems and they are trying to figure out what is causing them. They have tested for leukemia which has turned out negative. I will copy the letters they sent to us here:


January 28th:

Good Afternoon Family & Friends,

I'm writing with an Urgent Prayer Request for our daughter Evelynn. As most of you know, Evelynn has always struggled with unexplained allergies/ problems. She is 17 months old.
This last week Evelynn has been sick with high fevers, and her spots (hives) have returned with no explanation.

I took her to the doctor today, and they are running a small arsenal of tests. Not the least of which is for Leukemia.

Evelynn is loosing, and Not gaining weight. She has fallen off her chart, for the 3rd time, and is only in the 3rd percentile for weight. Her height is continuing to chart normally, so she's growing, just not in all the right ways. She is dehydrated, sore, and unhappy.

Please pray for total healing, and answers to the plethora of unexplained/ questions. Please pray for wisdom for her medical team, and Peace for her parents. Let's step out in Faith and believe it to be something as simple as a thyroid issue, anemia, or that her internal plumbing is not correctly hooked up. I feel like anything is easier to fix than what I fear most.

I will keep you all updated as more comes in. It's expected to take 2 days for the Cancer test results.

Love,Carolynn & Christopher Johnston


January 28th:

PRAISE THE LORD - It's NOT Leukemia!!!!!The hospital just called to say the results came back (for Leukemia only), but it was Negative! The nurse said the rest would take a couple days, but they wanted to get us that one as soon as they could.This is a Huge Victory! But it leaves more questions... what IS going on? Please continue to pray for answers and Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord and to our family.

Love,Carolynn



January 30th:

Hello Family and Friends,

Here is the latest on Evie Jean. Yesterday we thought we knew something, turns out today we don't.

They do know it is Not Type 1 Diabetes or Chron's Disease. We thought Cystic Fibrosis got ruled out too, but it didn't because she's going back in for another blood draw, for another round of tests again today. We are hoping, praying, it's something as easy to fix as Celiac Disease. They have overlooked this possible diagnosis because when she was allergy tested, her wheat test came back fine. We're hoping there is a distinct difference between the wheat and gluten tests. If it turned out to be Celiac's, she just has to stay on a gluten free diet for life. We're still planning to try the Gluten Free Casein Free diet with William and Benjamin, for the Aspergers and the ADHD, so this would be an easy fix for us. We're supposed to know about Cystic Fibrosis within a couple days, Dr. Tom said the Celiac test will take about a week.

Aside from today's lab, Evelynn has an Upper GI and a Small Bowel/ Intestinal Test scheduled for Monday, February 4th at 9:00 a.m. She has an allergist appointment immediately following that. Please continue to pray for her, because these tests are scary and painful to her. Please continue to stay in prayer for an easily fixable, and quickly delivered, diagnosis. Our thanks to each one of you; we're blessed to have you in our lives.

Love,Carolynn Johnston


I am sure that they would appreciate the prayers for their daughter. I will post more of their e-mail updates as I get them.