Dan

We praise God that Dan is able to be home from the hospital! Walking through the dark valley of his own serious illness is a new experience for Dan. Facing the unknown is an almost unsurmountable challenge unless we choose to remember that God knows the future and is here with us now.

An example of that is the beautiful dinner Ron and Vicky Dowdy from RHCC brought us this afternoon. (They were our teammates on two different mission trips.) They are going to come Monday and help me begin to get the house in better order. It looks like a house that is about to be vacated. We pray God will still let us move to Romania, but first, we have to take time for the medical care Dan needs. We still have a roof over our heads - the house has not yet been put on the market.

The Dr. ordered Home Health Care for Dan, but no one told us what type of care was ordered, or when it will begin. Conflicting information has been given us, such as - a nurse will come one time and show me how to change the dressing on Dan's incision, and then I have to do it myself after that...but Dan's sister, Bonny, and my sister, Barbara, who are quite informed on what the law instructs about Medicare says differently. IF the Dr. will order it, a nurse will come each day to change the dressing, and do other nursing duties. I had to smile when Bonny said, "If the Home Health down there tells you differently, I'll call them and ask them to explain it to me!" (Bonny is Office Manager for a Home Health Care company in Oklahoma. Bonny won't stand for anyone abusing her big brother!)

We are learning a lot...more patience, how to live one day at a time, more trust. God is still God, and we are still safe in His hands. -- Anne