June?

Wow! Can you believe it's June 1st??? As I turned my calendar to the new month I saw I still had written for June 2 "Ron's BIG Surgery". When we went home for the first time in March, tentative surgery date had been scheduled for June 2, since that would be the first week I was out of school. And here it is June 1 and we are 6 weeks post op!

I've been looking back at old e-mails--beginning October 8th when we first went to the ER with pain, vomitting and dehydration. Since that date, Ron has been home 3 times (October 15-18; March 14-18; April 1-8) for a total of 14 days. And now, here it is 1 week shy of 8 months! Doesn't seem possible.

But, things have been going well the last couple of days. Dr. Shires even said yesterday that he is pumped! Drain output has decreased dramatically which means two things: the fistula (leak) is healing and his body is beginning to absorb the gastric juices naturally. He goes for another fistulagram and CT scan Tuesday (along with wound vac change). Dr. Shires also said he's going to be extremely slow about the next steps (clamping off g-tube and then feeding) reminding us again, Ron is never normal so they can't treat him as they typically would others.

Please continue to pray that God will make His timing evident as they once again begin to talk about sending Ron home.

Also, please be in prayer for our kids:
Ryan and Stacee as they plan their wedding while working full time (tentative date Nov 8)
Aaron and Kristin as they make some decisions regarding their future