Another Update

Hi Everyone:

Here's an update of yesterday.

I didn't get any calls or e-mails from anyone wanting to know what was going on, so I'm not going to post about that. Suffice it to say that 2 days ago, my day and my talk with the Lord was beautiful and sad, but at the end of it day, I was really sad and a bit scared.

So,

• Jim's day was okay. My niece Leanne visited him, and that really blessed him. He enjoyed the visit very much. Then his nephew Tom visited him, too. And that made him feel good, too. MJ was there. She blessed us both, and while we went to lunch, that's when the others visited, so that was good timing for all.
• He was tired though. By night time, he was not doing very well.
• His blood pressure was 103 over 54, he had an elevated temp of 99.4. 20 minutes later, his temp. was 101.
• He also has had the hiccups every 2 seconds, almost. He's on some Thorazine for that, but it stopped helping. The hiccups were wearing him out. I could see how hard they were on his body, so with the fever, low blood pressure, I started wondering if the Lord was indeed going to "bring him home, and that it was going to be soon." But I'm like a feeling pendulum, so I surrendered my fear, and the Lord met me there.
• I planned on staying the night. I got his temp down, and he stopped hiccuping. His BP went up, and he was doing better. I knew I would never sleep there and would be of no use to him today, so I came home about 1:30.

TODAY

• I called and Jim did not answer the phone. So, I surrendered my fear, and the Lord met me there. :)
• Jim just called. He was talking to the nurse practitioner.
• They still have no idea why his blood did not go up after the 2 units. They are going to give him 2 more units of blood today. It hasn't dropped any more, but it hasn't gone up.
• He is eating and has gone to the bathroom again. YIPPEE. (funny how life's joy is reduced down "my husband pooped today, I'm thrilled.")

NEEDS and such

• Continue to pray. Include me too. As many of you know, I am off the charts with ADHD symptoms. I have learned to live life with this, and live quiet well with it, but the side effects of this disorder are always there waving at me. :) One of the most important things with people with ADHD is that their life be orderly, neat and to eliminate all stress. LOL. Well...that's not going to happen. So pray for me to settle down. Because I'm living on 3-4 hours of sleep, adreneline, etc., and this sends me further out there. Thanks.
• Thanks for calling about visiting. It really helps planning the day. 412-841-2438 is my cell so call if you want to visit. Unless your a brother or sister or pastor. You guys can come anytime.

You know, either way, God is going to do an amazing thing here. He's either going to welcome my husband home and say, "Well done, my faithful servant," and Jim's welcome home party will begin, or He's going to heal him, and our "thanks for staying" party will begin. Either way it's going to be amazing. And I can only say that because of His Holy Spirit that enables me to rest in him, by Him and through your prayers. So, thank you for praying for us. I have no doubt that come what may, the end result will be very good. Heart warming, or heart wrenching, but oh so very good.

We serve a GREAT GOD. That's for sure.

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