Saturday Evening
Greetings from St. V’s:
We are so glad that so many of you are letting us know that you are finding the blog to be so meaningful. It sure does seem the easiest and best way to keep those who are interested informed of what is going on. And it has indeed been a pleasure to put a thought on the blog from my experience that day or at least that I connected to that day.
It was sure our pleasure to have Wally J stop in today. It was good to talk with him and to share some time. Monday is Paula’s birthday so, they were going to celebrate it with their kids over dinner tonight. I hope they had a good time. We also received several phone calls from back home and that connection is very meaningful and enjoyable as well.
As for Marty, it has been a sleepy day and indeed the numbers have been low. Her WBC was .2, her HGB was 8.6, and her platelets were 13. So, this morning she got 12 more units of platelets and I will go out on a limb, so to say, that tomorrow she will have to have blood again. Finally the blast count for today was 10. That indeed seemed both good and bad at the same time: good that it came down from yesterdays 20 but bad that there were any at all. We will see what it is tomorrow and then Dr. Lee will be back on Monday. Marty is also dealing with several mouth sores that are making it rather difficult to eat, but you know Marty she is still forcing herself to eat three meals a day. Her feet and ankles are about the same even though this morning she weighed in at about 7 pounds less than yesterday. Again, it will be kind of interesting to see what that is tomorrow. Marty is looking good to the people that see her, of course, talking stronger than when she first came in because the throat has cleared up, and though sleeping a lot still has a great spirit and attitude. Praise the Lord!
Yesterday I saw a website on a car window for the rose garden flower shop. It of course did what it was supposed to do and made me think about flowers and a rose garden and how beautiful they are. And then I thought about how when you get into a rose garden they also become “dangerous” if you will. If you don’t like that word then I could say I thought about how one can get hurt when working in a rose garden and/or just working with roses. Yes, roses and rose gardens are very beautiful, but you might say that the roses also have their own defiance mechanism, namely the “thorns” and yes they hurt.
Much like life isn’t it? Life can be going along just as great, beautiful, and smooth as can be until all of the sudden a big old thorn gets stuck in us. Sometimes we think because we believe in God that shouldn’t happen to us. But where does it say that in the Bible? That is our wishful thinking not God’s reality thinking. God never promises us a “rose garden” with or without “thorns” but He does promise us that He will always be with us in any and all situation in life. And if we will turn to Him He will help us in the “good times” as well as the “bad times.” What a promise, what an assurance, what a God! Praise the Lord! Thanks be to God! To me God’s promise is a rose garden in itself that is so awesome, so beautiful, so meaningful, such a constant strength in the good times and in the bad. God has the wisdom and the power to get us through all things when we have a personal relationship with Him, rely upon Him for all things and guidance, and glorify Him with all activities in our life. That includes even the times that the thorns stick us bad!! Praise the Lord!
Have a positive day as you join a community of faith to worship Almighty God and may God bless you and all who you love.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Greetings from St. V’s:
We are so glad that so many of you are letting us know that you are finding the blog to be so meaningful. It sure does seem the easiest and best way to keep those who are interested informed of what is going on. And it has indeed been a pleasure to put a thought on the blog from my experience that day or at least that I connected to that day.
It was sure our pleasure to have Wally J stop in today. It was good to talk with him and to share some time. Monday is Paula’s birthday so, they were going to celebrate it with their kids over dinner tonight. I hope they had a good time. We also received several phone calls from back home and that connection is very meaningful and enjoyable as well.
As for Marty, it has been a sleepy day and indeed the numbers have been low. Her WBC was .2, her HGB was 8.6, and her platelets were 13. So, this morning she got 12 more units of platelets and I will go out on a limb, so to say, that tomorrow she will have to have blood again. Finally the blast count for today was 10. That indeed seemed both good and bad at the same time: good that it came down from yesterdays 20 but bad that there were any at all. We will see what it is tomorrow and then Dr. Lee will be back on Monday. Marty is also dealing with several mouth sores that are making it rather difficult to eat, but you know Marty she is still forcing herself to eat three meals a day. Her feet and ankles are about the same even though this morning she weighed in at about 7 pounds less than yesterday. Again, it will be kind of interesting to see what that is tomorrow. Marty is looking good to the people that see her, of course, talking stronger than when she first came in because the throat has cleared up, and though sleeping a lot still has a great spirit and attitude. Praise the Lord!
Yesterday I saw a website on a car window for the rose garden flower shop. It of course did what it was supposed to do and made me think about flowers and a rose garden and how beautiful they are. And then I thought about how when you get into a rose garden they also become “dangerous” if you will. If you don’t like that word then I could say I thought about how one can get hurt when working in a rose garden and/or just working with roses. Yes, roses and rose gardens are very beautiful, but you might say that the roses also have their own defiance mechanism, namely the “thorns” and yes they hurt.
Much like life isn’t it? Life can be going along just as great, beautiful, and smooth as can be until all of the sudden a big old thorn gets stuck in us. Sometimes we think because we believe in God that shouldn’t happen to us. But where does it say that in the Bible? That is our wishful thinking not God’s reality thinking. God never promises us a “rose garden” with or without “thorns” but He does promise us that He will always be with us in any and all situation in life. And if we will turn to Him He will help us in the “good times” as well as the “bad times.” What a promise, what an assurance, what a God! Praise the Lord! Thanks be to God! To me God’s promise is a rose garden in itself that is so awesome, so beautiful, so meaningful, such a constant strength in the good times and in the bad. God has the wisdom and the power to get us through all things when we have a personal relationship with Him, rely upon Him for all things and guidance, and glorify Him with all activities in our life. That includes even the times that the thorns stick us bad!! Praise the Lord!
Have a positive day as you join a community of faith to worship Almighty God and may God bless you and all who you love.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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