An Update

This is Tina.  I have been wanting to come here to give an update personally, but life has been pouring on us over here.  Things were going really well with my treatment and recovery process and then our family got sick.  Very very sick.  One night we were taking our 1 year old to ER to learn he had RSV and bronchitis and then the next we were in the hospital watching our 3 month old struggle to breathe.

Everyone is well now, praise The Lord!  The struggles, however, set me back in my healing process.  I ended up with a bladder infection this past week and have been fighting an incredible amount of fatigue, stomach pain and discouragement.  Some things, however, remain very good.  While I had lymph swelling when my baby was in the hospital, I have not had a day of swelling since.  It has been 7 days now, which leaves me VERY hopeful!  I also have also been free of the overall bone pain for several days now.

I still find certain normal every day things difficult to do.  I swept a floor and dusted a room today!  These are things that I have not been able to do without serious consequences, so I was feeling quite pleased!  While I admit I wrestle with discouragement, I try to focus on the areas that have most indeed changed!  And like my mom likes to remind me, it took 8-1/2 years to get here and unless God chooses to heal me completely on the spot (which we believe He is fully capable of doing) it will take time.

My husband remains an amazing, unwavering help!  He is often close to home and when he isn't, he is a phone call away and comes if I need him to.  He stays close by every morning and feeds the children breakfast so I can sleep.  I look forward to the day when I can do this myself again.  Please keep praying with us for this to happen!

The children are well!  I find the blessing of this time is how I have learned to completey change my priorities.  Where I might have paused in my busy day in the past to explain why I couldn't take time to read a story in a certain moment, now it is what I have time and energy for.  I have been placed in a position where I have had to choose between so many things.  My husband and my children are at the top and I keep doing what I can to be what they need me to be, with the Lord's strength and grace.

Thank you for your love, support and prayers!  I go back to Hansa in the morning for a doctor's appointment and treatment.  It is such a blessing to be able to go to this place for help!