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As I’m here in NYC, my priority is providing support to J and A. I want to provide updates when folks text or call to check in, but it isn’t realistic. So here you go! Start with Why I Am in NYC for what led to me coming here, and then A Summary of Events, which describes how the blogs will update events in a day.
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Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, July 29: Ask & Ask Again All Day The day started after a bumpy night to a floor that was the wrong floor. Then a new doc said something. Then the (also new) dietitian said something. Things that contradicted what J & A have been told the last 10 days. What was a possible…
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Monday, July 28
Monday, July 28: Steps Morning Perhaps you recall a couple weeks ago when the prayer was one step forward, zero steps back. Praise the Lord for forward movement…meal and meal, slowly, methodically, eaten: bite, chew, chew, chew, swallow, breathe. Just eating is exercise. There was a very odd decision made by docs today…we all questioned…
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Sunday, July 27
Sunday, July 27: Me & Tears Morning My morning started with a coffee date with my Airbnb host. She popped into my room and we visited before I took off. Midway through our chat, I realize that I’d forgotten to brew the coffee. No matter…it was an encouragement that I cannot describe. Arriving at hospital…
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Saturday, July 26
Saturday, July 26: Trend Morning This is the first morning in a while that I’ve come in to a report of “he slept an hour at a time.” That is HUGE! In hospital life, there are vitals every hour (temp, blood sugar) and then interruptions for meds, IV switch outs, and more. An hour is…
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Friday, July 25
Friday, July 25: Oil Morning It was a long night with not much sleep. Docs arrived and determined dehydration is the name of the current enemy. He was allowed clear, liquid diet with the goal of IV nutrition at 6 pm. If he vomited again, the tube would return. J’s singular goal is to not…
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The Human Concordance
What is a concordance? My relationship with a concordance is using it for Bible study. Something just occurred to me as I reviewed this definition today. In the thick of trials, we often don’t have time to dig deep into scripture. Our study and prayer is quick and desperate. It’s when what we have studied…
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Thursday, July 24
Morning Short version: docs have ordered an enterography CT. It will take detailed pics of the small intestine to identify if there’s truly a blockage or if more advanced foods were introduced too soon given all the challenges. The goal is for all foods and fluids to FLOW freely through the system God intricately and…
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Wednesday, July 23
Just Pray By end of day, J had been downgraded and was going to be moved to the fourth floor. Just as his transport arrived, he got nauseous and vomited. The doc came, and x-ray was taken. The decision was made to place the NG tube and put him back on NPO (no food). I…
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Tuesday, July 22
Tuesday, July 22: hope-y birthday [Today I chose not to share at each interval. It was just a too heavy day. It was a hard day. God knows what to do with hard days. And he knows what to have me not do on hard days. My son had a birthday, and he may not…
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shared burden
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 This same verse in the Amplified Classic reads: “Bear (endure, carry) one another’s burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah) and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]”…