Where do I begin? Dennis and I got up and headed for a doctor's appointment early this morning.
In the process, he was late taking his meds, and the doctor's appt. took much longer than anticipated. While attempting blood work at Beaver, the staff attempted to take Den's blood five times...and each time the vessels collapsed. The last tried time...Dennis had what appeared to be a seizure and passed out. He was then transported back to LLMC Emergency by ambulance. I have returned home after twelve hours in emergency with him waiting for tests and getting him stabilized. He is resting comfortably, but wants to come home! Doctors believe either one of two things caused the episode: they believe, after an irregular EKG today, that he was either having an allergic reaction to his meds. or something is going on with his heart. I will return in an hour to the hospital to be there when another EKG is done and the doctor will meet with us soon after (around 11 pm or 12 am tonight). The odd thing is that he had perfect EKGs while in the hospital a few days ago. Please pray that it was a reaction to the meds, and he will return home tonight with me. He so desires to be back home in his own bed.
For me, please pray. I am exhausted and struggling this evening to keep it all together. I came home to pray, read the Word, and to remind myself of the attributes of my Father in Heaven.
He has been so faithful and good through all of this. This is difficult to admit...but I am weak and tired and would so appreciate your prayers this evening. Pray for God to surround us with his peace and love. I see and hear people celebrating the holidays, and I then sit for hours in the Emergency Room and see people's struggles and tears and also face them myself.
I thank God tonight for all He is and all He continues to do in our lives. I am choosing to trust and place my confidence NO MATTER THE OUTCOME in my Father God. I am claiming the promise that He will not give us more than we can handle. If you are in this place tonight, please trust in my GREAT BIG GOD who controls everything in our lives. He will see us through this hard time, and He promises to see you through too! These struggles will be worth it all when we come through the other side and see the beautiful ways God continues to make good out of evil in this world. I am expecting great things!
Much Love!
Mendy
Mendy, even Jesus had to go away and rest. You ARE exhausted so you should have went home and went to bed and got the much needed rest. There is a lot of people praying for the both of you and the words don't disappear from the Bible, don't wear yourself out by trying to be something you are not. Like you said a lot of times in the blogs, God is in control and He wants you to be able to continue, not wind up in the hospital yourself.
ReplyDeleteI'm saying this because I love all three of you and only want you to come through this as strong as possible, not a beat down, worn out Christian trying to help God do His work. He already knows what has to be done so let Him work while you are sleeping.
Robby
I don't think I know Robby, but he spoke great truth in this blog. Please Mendy, take care of yourself. This is a marathon, not a sprint and you need to be realistic and pace yourself. Your family here is ready and waiting to do anything we can. Please let us know what we can do so you can get some rest. Your strength and faith through this has amazed me. Just remember, your Father who created you knows your every detail and knows where you are weak so that He can be strong for you.
ReplyDeleteI know that this isn't the perfect Christmas you had envisioned, but I know that Christ will speak more tenderly and intimately to you this Christmas than ever before. And when God has restored Dennis, we will have a family celebration to put all the rest to shame!! I love you, cousin, and will continue to lift you up every day.
Jenn