With Praise and a Grateful Heart

I’m sorry that’s it’s taken me so long to share the news. It’s truly been a test of learning to wait on the Lord. Every time I wanted to call a friend or google symptoms and blood tests, I sensed the Holy Spirit say, “Trust Me.”  The children were scared. I could see it in their eyes. My PA son said, “I’m not gonna say I’m not worried.” This is the child who gets upset only about heart issues(his specialty). 

I believed for the best, but prepared for the worse. I can’t tell you how overwhelming it was to walk into a waiting room of sick people and magazines and flyers about cancer treatments everywhere. God was faithful and I had walked in peace but before we saw the doctor, I thought I may throw up. 

I told the nurse of having no idea what was going on, no explanation about blood work, a 3 week wait after an immediate referral to oncology. The doctor came in quickly after looking at new blood draws. 

She looked to be in her 20s. They get younger and younger. She put us at ease right way when she said, “Oncology doesn’t automatically mean cancer.” Her words, “Your labs are perfect.”  Not borderline. Not high. Not low. “PERFECT.”  She feels like it was a virus that seems to be causing blood values to go down instead of up.  She said she had been called to consult on 3-4 in hospital patients with the same symptoms and labs. 

I honestly believe his sickness has been related to the tick bite a few months ago because he’s been sick since then. Whatever the case may be, I know that He has experienced God’s healing hands. He is having some more issues and will see a urologist tomorrow. We know, trust, rely on the Lord who has brought us this far. We know that He has all things under control.

We’ve not spent much time with the kiddos. I needed this respite!

Thanks for your prayers. I continue to believe in a God who loves us so completely and He has a hope and a future for us! (Jeremiah 29:11)

Quietly Trusting God

It's been a while.  I've had such a hard time with Blogger and my not being computer-savvy doesn't help.  It takes me so long to post on my phone and then who knows, it may or may not post.  I just want to thank you for understanding when I don't reply or visit your blogs. I keep hoping that things will slow down a bit so that I can get back to connecting with my buddies. 

I am writing to ask you to pray. David has been sick off and on since a tick bite and a diagnosis of Lyme Disease.  No lab work.  Just urgent care and the bulls-eye rash. Oh how I wish we had followed up with his primary doctor. He has had various "viruses" and "flu-like symptoms" and has visited Urgent Care several times since then. Almost three weeks ago, he got a tremendous headache. His joints were aching.  He had chills and fever.  When he went to our Primary Care Physician, he had lost 20 pounds since his visit 3 months prior.  They did some blood work in the office.  His labs were not good, but they thought they must be a fluke.  The test for Lyme Disease was sent off and he was told to come back for repeat lab work on Monday.  (This was a Thursday.)  His blood was negative for Lyme Disease.  The initial CBC was low on all counts, WBC, RBC, Hct, Hgb, etc.  They were not "critical" but still low.  Being in healthcare for 35 years, I've seen enough labs to know that this is abnormal.  The repeat labs showed the same thing.  The next phone call was a referral to Tennessee Oncologist.  Our PCP never talked to him about the possibilities.  It was an automatic referral. 

The story to find God's peace is a testimony in and of itself.  Sometime when God's finished giving us a miracle, I'll share how very real He has been to me.  Right now, I am at peace.  I am not being negative, but realistic that the results may not be what we'd like to hear.  Or God may have already answered our prayers and he will be clear when we get there Thursday.  Either way, God has been working through it all.  He is going to be okay.  In my spirit, God spoke to me and said, "This sickness will not end in death."  Someone else said, "He will live and not die."  And I added, "And proclaim the goodness of the Lord in the land of the Living." There's so much of a redemptive work going on here, in our marriage, with our children, with family, in our finances.  Keep us in your prayers.

We love the 4th of July.  David was not feeling well, the kids and myself were a little rattled by it all, but we wanted to get together.  We like to invite Christina's mom and dad every year.  We can watch the fireworks at the fair from our back deck. We do our own version of fireworks.  Getting together with family always helps, although I was not myself and a bit on edge. 

I hope you'll enjoy the photos.

 

The girls may look a little frightened but they were really troopers

and had a blast. 

 

They really do love each other and Connor

is such a good big brother and cousin.

 



 These two are total opposites.  Cora is our spontaneous little firecracker princess.

Can these two words be used in the same sentence?

 

Harper is quiet and shy but a real drama queen.

Can those descriptions fit together?

 

Yes and Yes.

 

I love that they are different and special.

 

 

And Connor, oh my goodness!

He is a typical first born, sweet, sensitive and kind.

 

 

You can't see it, but there was a greater display.

 

Look at the wonder in those eyes!

Right now, this picture stirs my heart like nothing else. 

He loves His Grandy, they all do. We all do.

I just can't imagine anything being wrong.

 

Thanks for your prayers!

 

TRUST-that's what we're doing.

A verse somewhere says,

"In quiet trust is your salvation."

 

It has become our salvation as we quietly trust.

May we not forget who is the King of the World.