Today at 4 a.m. I woke suddenly, then fell back asleep. Jim also woke up, went potty and came back to bed. Then he got up again (something I didn't realize) and moved to the recliner, where he managed to fall asleep. When I got up at 6:30, I discovered all this and that he took a pain pill for back pain and indigestion.
I told him he needed to tell me when things were not right, rather than just think he could deal with it himself. We can pray together.
He had several BMs yesterday and one was loose, so decided last night not to take any Senna.
I called his sister, Dianne, the nurse. She said he needed to take 1 Senna nightly and that a call should be made to UIHC on-call. After all he has had 2 surgeries. Jim didn't want to call. He didn't want to return to the hospital. But he finally agreed to let me call.
In talking with the thoracic fellow on-call, we have come to find out that foods with red sauces, like pizza or pasta with tomato sauce or red wines (that's not a problem with us, considering we don't drink alcohol) can cause more indigestion.
He asked if Jim was taking omeprazole. Well, he was taking pantoprazole before surgery, but was taken off it and had not resumed it. The doctor said he should be on it, as it helps with acid. He was taking 40 mg twice daily, 30 minutes before breakfast and supper meals.
So, we found a bottle and he has taken a pill before breakfast. It's 7:30 now, and he has had another BM, which is good. He feels a little bit better.
Yesterday, he was hoping to make it to Sunday School today, but now that today is here, that appears very unlikely. His goal is church.
He has been resting since 8. It is now nearly 10. We will leave soon.
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL ...
Yesterday's devotional writings were a result of readings in Psalm 143:8 and Genesis 28:15.
Psalm 143:8 says ...
"Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You."
Genesis 28:15 says ...
"Behold, I AM with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to the land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
This last part particularly caught my attention - "I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
I thought on it yesterday periodically and again last night when we watched the Christian movie, "End of the Harvest." God said this to Jacob in a dream. This is a promise made. ...
Is this also a promise to those of us who follow His Son in the current age? What do you think it means? Does it have to do with callings received from the Lord ... like being called to write a book,
to be a teacher, to preach His word ... in season, out of season, when it is convenient, when it is not. Or is it something else?
Today's devotional read was a reminder from Isaiah 55:8 -- "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord."
and my writings ...
Do not doubt
Do not give in
to "me" thoughts and "me" ways
Do not give up
being aware of Me
Along every road block
I AM with you
whatever this life throws at you
I AM your protector
your refuge
your confidante
See Me
in the midst
of your pain-full days
and pain-free days
I will bring you
through it all
My Ways, My Thoughts
Do not doubt
Live and Love
and Proclaim My Truths
I WILL guide you.
(c) CMOL
GOD'S SIGN
I return to Saturday's devotional reading and read it again.
Rest in the Lord for a while
for you have journeyed along a path
steep and rugged
in days not long ago.
The days ahead,
the way,
is covered with uncertainty.
Wow, it dawned on me -
God was giving me a sign
we, Jim and I
we were to rest in Him
and not get caught up
in all that which draws us down
and away from Him.
The indigestion -
all the discomfort it brings -
and whatever else in its wake
is the uncertainty.
Trust Jesus in every step
He will lead us
through the valley
up and down the hills.
Pick us up Lord
Pick us up and carry us.
Give us strength
through every life moment.
Come to his aid Lord.
In your name I pray.
(c) CMOL
FIFTH SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP
Through the Lord's intervention, I managed to get done with work shortly after 4:30 p.m., so Jim and I could go with friends Bob and Lorraine to the Fifth Sunday Fellowship at First Baptist Church, Dunkerton. We hadn't been up there since mid-February. The program started at 5 and we arrived at 5:30 p.m. Many FBC members we'd hoped to see were absent, but it was good to visit with those present.
Tummy ache problems erupted again for Jim and he wanted me to call UIHC on-call around 10. The doctor said he needed to give the pantoprazole time to work - a few days.
Jim also is having urinary problems again - not voiding very much and not getting intended results when self-cathing. The UIHC doctor said to drink water more frequently throughout the day.
And, when getting ready for bed, taking out his hearing aids and contacts, he had problems again with the left contact being up high behind his eye. This problem arose the last day he was in the hospital - June 17 - and was corrected with a visit to the eye clinic. This time, he went to sleep with the problem, hoping to get it corrected in the morning.
I told him he needed to tell me when things were not right, rather than just think he could deal with it himself. We can pray together.
He had several BMs yesterday and one was loose, so decided last night not to take any Senna.
I called his sister, Dianne, the nurse. She said he needed to take 1 Senna nightly and that a call should be made to UIHC on-call. After all he has had 2 surgeries. Jim didn't want to call. He didn't want to return to the hospital. But he finally agreed to let me call.
In talking with the thoracic fellow on-call, we have come to find out that foods with red sauces, like pizza or pasta with tomato sauce or red wines (that's not a problem with us, considering we don't drink alcohol) can cause more indigestion.
He asked if Jim was taking omeprazole. Well, he was taking pantoprazole before surgery, but was taken off it and had not resumed it. The doctor said he should be on it, as it helps with acid. He was taking 40 mg twice daily, 30 minutes before breakfast and supper meals.
So, we found a bottle and he has taken a pill before breakfast. It's 7:30 now, and he has had another BM, which is good. He feels a little bit better.
Yesterday, he was hoping to make it to Sunday School today, but now that today is here, that appears very unlikely. His goal is church.
He has been resting since 8. It is now nearly 10. We will leave soon.
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL ...
Yesterday's devotional writings were a result of readings in Psalm 143:8 and Genesis 28:15.
Psalm 143:8 says ...
"Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You."
Genesis 28:15 says ...
"Behold, I AM with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to the land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
This last part particularly caught my attention - "I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
I thought on it yesterday periodically and again last night when we watched the Christian movie, "End of the Harvest." God said this to Jacob in a dream. This is a promise made. ...
Is this also a promise to those of us who follow His Son in the current age? What do you think it means? Does it have to do with callings received from the Lord ... like being called to write a book,
to be a teacher, to preach His word ... in season, out of season, when it is convenient, when it is not. Or is it something else?
Today's devotional read was a reminder from Isaiah 55:8 -- "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord."
and my writings ...
Do not doubt
Do not give in
to "me" thoughts and "me" ways
Do not give up
being aware of Me
Along every road block
I AM with you
whatever this life throws at you
I AM your protector
your refuge
your confidante
See Me
in the midst
of your pain-full days
and pain-free days
I will bring you
through it all
My Ways, My Thoughts
Do not doubt
Live and Love
and Proclaim My Truths
I WILL guide you.
(c) CMOL
GOD'S SIGN
I return to Saturday's devotional reading and read it again.
Rest in the Lord for a while
for you have journeyed along a path
steep and rugged
in days not long ago.
The days ahead,
the way,
is covered with uncertainty.
Wow, it dawned on me -
God was giving me a sign
we, Jim and I
we were to rest in Him
and not get caught up
in all that which draws us down
and away from Him.
The indigestion -
all the discomfort it brings -
and whatever else in its wake
is the uncertainty.
Trust Jesus in every step
He will lead us
through the valley
up and down the hills.
Pick us up Lord
Pick us up and carry us.
Give us strength
through every life moment.
Come to his aid Lord.
In your name I pray.
(c) CMOL
FIFTH SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP
Through the Lord's intervention, I managed to get done with work shortly after 4:30 p.m., so Jim and I could go with friends Bob and Lorraine to the Fifth Sunday Fellowship at First Baptist Church, Dunkerton. We hadn't been up there since mid-February. The program started at 5 and we arrived at 5:30 p.m. Many FBC members we'd hoped to see were absent, but it was good to visit with those present.
Tummy ache problems erupted again for Jim and he wanted me to call UIHC on-call around 10. The doctor said he needed to give the pantoprazole time to work - a few days.
Jim also is having urinary problems again - not voiding very much and not getting intended results when self-cathing. The UIHC doctor said to drink water more frequently throughout the day.
And, when getting ready for bed, taking out his hearing aids and contacts, he had problems again with the left contact being up high behind his eye. This problem arose the last day he was in the hospital - June 17 - and was corrected with a visit to the eye clinic. This time, he went to sleep with the problem, hoping to get it corrected in the morning.
