YIPPEE! Yesterday the hospital bed was picked up! Ron has adjusted well to sleeping in our bed so we now have our bedroom back to normal; except for the 2 large boxes containing 540 saline flushes and the shelving unit that holds all the medical supplies. But at least it is now pretty organized. We can actually get around in our bedroom without feeling like we are walking through an obstacle course.
Our house is slowly getting back in shape, I've finally gotten all the bags and boxes from the many stays at the hospital unpacked and put away. With the exception of the medical files...the mounds are still scattered all over our extra bedroom/office. It will probably take me weeks to get all of it sorted out. Each time Ron has gone back to the hospital has been considered a separate stay, so I am in the process of organizing all the paperwork and placing in files for each of his 6 hospitalizations. And then add on the paperwork from each of the visits for Interventional Radiology. You would not believe the accumulation of paperwork! And on top of that; somehow on his last stay, his birthdate got put in the computer wrong and all the billing shows that we have to start over with new deductibles and out of pocket expenses...it's been a mess getting all of this straightened out! I'm so thankful it's summer and I'm home to be able to devote the time to work on it!
Ron's been a little droopy the last couple of days, no fever or anything, in fact, all his vital stats have been great, just a little sore from replacing the drainage tube. Consequently, he's needed more lollipops and they make him drowsy. But otherwise he's doing very well!
And, there has been absolutely NO OUTPUT in his drainage tube since they replaced it last Wednesday! We are very hopeful they will totally remove it this coming Wednesday. That would be glorious! Decision will be made after CT scan and fistulagram...please join us in praying the fistula (leak) will have sealed over and the tract will have closed down.
Our days are pretty routine...well, as routine as it gets with the vitals 3 times a day, injections morning and night and TPN set up each night...but we'll take it! We also try to take a little time each day to play; our current favorite pasttime is Wii tennis and bowling and, when I'm busy, Ron practices his Wii golf! Can't keep a dedicated golfer down!
Enjoy your weekend!
Love, Christie
Saints of God have endured lengthy times of patient waiting with no reply, not because their prayers were prayed without intensity, nor because God did not accept their pleas. They were required to wait because it pleased Him who is sovereign and who gives "according to His good purpose". (Phil 2:13)
No prayer is ever lost, or any prayer ever breathed in vain. There is no such thing as prayer unanswered or unnoticed by God, and some things we see as refusals or denials are simply delays. Horatius Bonar
Unbelief looks at God through the circumstances; but faith puts God between itself and its circumstances, and looks at them through Him. F. B. Meyer
"But I am trusting You, O Lord, saying, 'You are my God!' My future is in Your hands." Psalm 31:14-15a
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