Blink of an eye

So I just posted about how quickly your world can change.  I know this is true in general, but as a parent I feel that the possibility of something happening to your children...just makes it so much more profound.  Case in point...I have this online friend.  She's younger then me, only in her 20's.  And she is expecting her fourth child in a few months.  While I don't know her in real life, I admire her.  I've "known" her online since her first pregnancy.  And I thought the odds were stacked against her, with her and her husband being so young.  But they have done remarkably well, in my opinion.  They are kind of country folk, and I see pictures of them camping, and her husband taking the kids out on ATV's, they seem to be a strong family.  She posted last week that her 18 month old was very pale and acting off.  The doctor ordered some blood work, and the nurse had commented that she was sure the little one had low iron and would probably need an iron supplement.  She was asking if any of us had experience with low iron.  The very next day she posted from a hospital room asking for prayers.  Just like that, it went from thinking her daughter had low iron...to the doctor telling them that the blood work was "way off" and he was pretty sure her daughter had leukemia.  Blink of an eye...just like that.  Can you imagine?  They were planning to do a blood transfusion over night and a spinal tap in the morning to confirm leukemia.  I was sick to my stomach just imagining.  Many of us prayed for that sweet little one, and her mom and dad, that the doctor would be wrong and it wouldn't be leukemia, that if it was leukemia that she would survive it, for the whole family to have strength and feel God around them as they went through this awful trial.  And just like that, blink of an eye, it all changed.  Another doctor ordered more blood work and called them to let them know that it was NOT leukemia!  It was extremely low iron.  So no blood transfusion, no spinal tap, and no cancer.  Wow.  I assume they will probably find that there must be something going on to cause her to have such extremely low iron, but I'm sure that whatever is causing that won't be as life threatening as cancer.  God is good.