We will see a Victory!

 Every day so many of you reach out to me and ask how Mom is doing and so often I’m left feeling clueless on how to answer the question. All I can really come up with is, “she’s still fighting”. 

Honestly, if you’d look at her labs you would say she’s doing excellent, normal creatinine, platelets in the 200s, normal WBC, holding a steady H&H.. nothing really shows signs for serious concern. But, if you see her you would guess she has a long recovery ahead. She’s extremely weak and her body is exhausted. She’s been hit so many times and her body is worn out. She needs supernatural strength only the Lord can give. I know it’s coming for her. I believe it so much that when I close my eyes I can see it. 

I wish I could do a better job at explaining what today’s concerns are for Mom’s future, but honestly I have no idea. I know for sure that the main concern is strength for her to recover, but what caused this latest “hiccup” in her health. What caused her bleeding issues and organ failure? Short answer is, No one can tell us. 

On Friday of last week, we were told she had end stage liver failure- Cirrhosis and that we needed to make end of life decisions for her. Mom took that news hard and she told the doctors that she was fighting and wasn’t giving up. The team decided to consult the liver team and get them to do a biopsy. The liver team met over the weekend and came in on Sunday and told us they were certain that it wasn’t liver failure but just liver congestion and that it would get better. Well, it did. Her liver numbers are stable and her platelet count is higher than it has been in the last 8 weeks. Praise the Lord for that news. 

Well, Monday the team told us that since it wasn’t the liver, it could possibly be an infection on the LVAD or diffibulator. To be honest, they have no idea and they are reaching here. It’s become extremely frustrating for our family and Mom especially. Please pray for wisdom for the care team. Please ask the Lord to give them the knowledge to be able to figure out what caused her to go downhill and the ability to keep it from happening again. I honestly believe that the Lord healed her. I don’t need them to find a cause, but I need the doctors to become positive and believe with our family that Mom can recover from this latest attack. Mom wants to fight. She wants to get better and go home. She wants to go to rehab and work hard to regain her life back. I need the care team to stand behind her and encourage her that she can do it again. Please ask the Lord to continue to encourage Mom and her care team. It is His will that Mom be healed and it’s His will that she be strong again. It’s our job as believers to stand up to the enemy and command the weakness to leave her body. I’m doing that every single day. Please join me. We will see a victory! 

Thank you all so much for your many prayers and thoughts. I’m thankful every single day for the love that surrounds our family. We love you and appreciate you more than you ever know. 

Addie