The last 24 hours have been a world-wind. I’m trying hard to be thankful that mom is at least allowed one visitor everyday from 10-6 but it still doesn’t feel like enough. Leaving her overnight is hard. I call at 8PM, 10PM and one more time at 1AM every night. Then I start calling again at 8AM. The nurses do a great job of being patient with my questions, but it’s just not the same as being there.
I’m going to try hard to explain the latest update on Mom, but it’s even confusing for us. When she originally was brought to the ER, it was due to bleeding from her mouth, ears and nose. She was also vomiting blood. Bloodwork showed that it might be DIC. Now, hematology is saying it might be liver coagulation and they don’t believe it’s DIC. The goal is to figure out what is causing the symptoms. Something underlining is causing the DIC or the liver coagulation. Well, although we don’t have blood work that shows it, they think she has some sort of infection in her belly. We aren’t sure if it’s bacterial or fungal so they started her on both antibiotics and anti-fungals. Her bloodwork shows no sign of this though. No fever, no high white count, and nothing growing on blood cultures. It’s puzzling.
Mom is still very disoriented. She’s not eating and not able to even turn to her side. She’s extremely weak and can’t really respond to commands. After calling two stroke codes, one thing is for certain, she didn’t have a stroke. They did an EEG for about 24 hours and she’s not having seizures either. This is all good news. They think her mental state could be a symptom of the assumed infection. They think if they can get the infection cleared up she should clear up too. I want to ask you to all pray hard that if this is an infection it will clear up sooner rather than later. Please pray that if it’s not an infection, they will find the problem soon and fix it. Please pray that my Mom starts returning to her old self today.
There is a story in the Bible that’s I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. It happened right after Jesus gave the sermon on the mount. He had entered a town called Capernum and was met by some Jewish leaders asking for His help. You see, a centurion there had a servant that was very sick. In the chapter they describe this servant as “so sick that he was near death.” Before Jesus could get to the servant a message was given to him by a representative of the centurion, it said “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, “Go” and he goes; and to another, “Come,” and he comes; and to my servant, “Do this,” and he does it.”
You see the centurion had such faith that Jesus could heal the man that he didn’t need Jesus to come in his house. He didn’t need to see it with his own eyes, he knew that all Jesus had to do was say the word and it would be done.
The story continues... “When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, ‘I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.’ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.”
So many times in the last two years, I have marveled at what the Lord has done in my Mom’s life. He has healed her body over and over and literally gave life to her dying body. I have sat in awe of what he can and is willing to do for us when we ask. I refuse to give up faith. I refuse to lose sight of what he’s capable of. Like the centurion, I want the Lord to Marvel at us. I want Him to be in awe of the faith that we have in Him to perform yet another impossible miracle. I write all this to encourage you to stand in faith with me. Whether it’s for healing for my Mom or for something personal you have going on, stand with me. Stand before the world so faith filled that even the Lord, himself, can’t look away. I’m standing today with marvelous faith...knowing completely that my Mom will be healed.
I’m going to try hard to explain the latest update on Mom, but it’s even confusing for us. When she originally was brought to the ER, it was due to bleeding from her mouth, ears and nose. She was also vomiting blood. Bloodwork showed that it might be DIC. Now, hematology is saying it might be liver coagulation and they don’t believe it’s DIC. The goal is to figure out what is causing the symptoms. Something underlining is causing the DIC or the liver coagulation. Well, although we don’t have blood work that shows it, they think she has some sort of infection in her belly. We aren’t sure if it’s bacterial or fungal so they started her on both antibiotics and anti-fungals. Her bloodwork shows no sign of this though. No fever, no high white count, and nothing growing on blood cultures. It’s puzzling.
Mom is still very disoriented. She’s not eating and not able to even turn to her side. She’s extremely weak and can’t really respond to commands. After calling two stroke codes, one thing is for certain, she didn’t have a stroke. They did an EEG for about 24 hours and she’s not having seizures either. This is all good news. They think her mental state could be a symptom of the assumed infection. They think if they can get the infection cleared up she should clear up too. I want to ask you to all pray hard that if this is an infection it will clear up sooner rather than later. Please pray that if it’s not an infection, they will find the problem soon and fix it. Please pray that my Mom starts returning to her old self today.
There is a story in the Bible that’s I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. It happened right after Jesus gave the sermon on the mount. He had entered a town called Capernum and was met by some Jewish leaders asking for His help. You see, a centurion there had a servant that was very sick. In the chapter they describe this servant as “so sick that he was near death.” Before Jesus could get to the servant a message was given to him by a representative of the centurion, it said “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, “Go” and he goes; and to another, “Come,” and he comes; and to my servant, “Do this,” and he does it.”
You see the centurion had such faith that Jesus could heal the man that he didn’t need Jesus to come in his house. He didn’t need to see it with his own eyes, he knew that all Jesus had to do was say the word and it would be done.
The story continues... “When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, ‘I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.’ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.”
So many times in the last two years, I have marveled at what the Lord has done in my Mom’s life. He has healed her body over and over and literally gave life to her dying body. I have sat in awe of what he can and is willing to do for us when we ask. I refuse to give up faith. I refuse to lose sight of what he’s capable of. Like the centurion, I want the Lord to Marvel at us. I want Him to be in awe of the faith that we have in Him to perform yet another impossible miracle. I write all this to encourage you to stand in faith with me. Whether it’s for healing for my Mom or for something personal you have going on, stand with me. Stand before the world so faith filled that even the Lord, himself, can’t look away. I’m standing today with marvelous faith...knowing completely that my Mom will be healed.
Addie, praying for you all. The mental state could be from her medication. I know Neurotin/Gambapentin made Nick hallucinate, tell wild stories, violent and suicidal. We had them take him off, and he was totally different. If you want to call and talk to me, let me know, and I’ll PM my number.
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