Category: Education
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Sunday, July 27
Sunday, July 27: Me & Tears Morning My morning started with a coffee date with my Airbnb host. She popped into my room and we visited before I took off. Midway through our chat, I realize that I’d forgotten to brew the coffee. No matter…it was an encouragement that I cannot describe. Arriving at hospital
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Saturday, July 26
Saturday, July 26: Trend Morning This is the first morning in a while that I’ve come in to a report of “he slept an hour at a time.” That is HUGE! In hospital life, there are vitals every hour (temp, blood sugar) and then interruptions for meds, IV switch outs, and more. An hour is
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Friday, July 25
Friday, July 25: Oil Morning It was a long night with not much sleep. Docs arrived and determined dehydration is the name of the current enemy. He was allowed clear, liquid diet with the goal of IV nutrition at 6 pm. If he vomited again, the tube would return. J’s singular goal is to not
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The Human Concordance
What is a concordance? My relationship with a concordance is using it for Bible study. Something just occurred to me as I reviewed this definition today. In the thick of trials, we often don’t have time to dig deep into scripture. Our study and prayer is quick and desperate. It’s when what we have studied
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Thursday, July 24
Morning Short version: docs have ordered an enterography CT. It will take detailed pics of the small intestine to identify if there’s truly a blockage or if more advanced foods were introduced too soon given all the challenges. The goal is for all foods and fluids to FLOW freely through the system God intricately and
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Wednesday, July 23
Just Pray By end of day, J had been downgraded and was going to be moved to the fourth floor. Just as his transport arrived, he got nauseous and vomited. The doc came, and x-ray was taken. The decision was made to place the NG tube and put him back on NPO (no food). I
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Tuesday, July 22
Tuesday, July 22: hope-y birthday [Today I chose not to share at each interval. It was just a too heavy day. It was a hard day. God knows what to do with hard days. And he knows what to have me not do on hard days. My son had a birthday, and he may not
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shared burden
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 This same verse in the Amplified Classic reads: “Bear (endure, carry) one another’s burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah) and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]”
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Monday, July 21
Monday, July 21: Drain Overnight into Morning Applying the Blood …at 5:30 am the Uber arrived and my mind said “today I declare we are under the Blood of Christ!” I’m going to pour back over that book by Derek Prince; I was once counseled that an annual study of the power of the blood
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Sunday, July 20
Sunday, July 20: Breathe & Word! Overnight Sat to Sun Difficult is the word for this. The IV nutrients test was fine…till it wasn’t. The medical team filled the room and A awakened to that. No bueno. Our primary doc, who we all value tremendously (she’s wise and cautious in her approach; she also communicates
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Saturday, July 19
Morning Early morning was a little “messy” but resolved with amazing nursing team, followed by… A most welcome visit from a pastor-friend from church, a welcome encouragement for both J & A. I moved from hotel to Airbnb in anticipation of a post-discharge support for a day or so before I’m Minnesota bound. Afternoon As
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Friday, July 18
Afternoon (updated 5:46 ET) J slept a solid (for a hospital) 3 hours with no nausea: PRAISE! They turned the suction back on at 1:28 pm. At 2:24, the doc came to check it. He said, “Since it was 1:28, let’s check it at 2:30 and assess.” He came back 2 minutes later and said,