This has not been an easy week week medically - Sue has been (actually or just feeling) sick, not eating for 2-3 days, feeling low and depressed, being in pain - with visits from the Macmillan nurse, the district nurses, and the GP, and various tablet changes. However by Friday, in the grace and mercy of God, she was actually beginning to pick up a bit. Saturday we actually managed to go for a short and slow walk! and Sunday morning she was ok, and had some lunch, so all seemed well. However, when the pain comes, it comes - so we just have to get a couple of spoonfuls of the morphine-substitute into her, and in time it eases.
In the providence of God, Sue was called into the hospital tonight. We were glad she had a bed early (she was due to go in tomorrow) but thought it a bit odd she she asked to report to the ward at 6pm..... but it transpired they just wanted to get her in, lest they should lose the bed to another department! and so she will not have even the initial blood-tests, or start the pre-chemo hydration (saline drips) until tomorrow, and it will be Wednesday before she gets out. But on balance it is better to be in and wait, rather than wait at home and be a week late!
We are therefore grateful to the Lord for the bed, and for the hospital facilities, and for the fact that she is feeling - quite often - as well as she does; there is sometimes even a sparkle in her eyes, which has been missing for quite a lot of the time since we had the diagnosis in November. Truly God is good! How many blessings we have to thank the Lord for, each and every day.
Thanks for the prayer-support - much appreciated.
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