Today I forgot it was July. A month behind I am.
Jim had his blood drawn today at MedLabs. Two people tried 4 times total before success came. A patient man. I would not be so. I can't handle needles ... once is too much for me!
He still talks about being off coumadin and hopes his cardiologist calls sometime soon with results of the Stress Test taken Monday and Tuesday. He wants to discontinue coumadin. He doesn't see his cardiologist until the end of September.
I was thinking today ... The Lord knew this was coming - the complication of AFib, the medicine to take, the blood draws. What is the purpose? Why did, does He allow it? What are we to learn? There is something. God always has something for us to learn. We are to trust Him, no matter what. He'll never steer us wrong.
Jim is improving daily. I pray that continues. He took the trash out to the curb today and started a load of laundry .. things I had been doing before this week.
He needs to be careful though. When he was downstairs, he said he was on the floor and in getting up, was dizzy, the room spinning. Perhaps he should begin taking his cell phone with him (turned on, of course), in case he happens to fall because of low blood pressure, or if he finds himself unable to get up. I probably shouldn't be thinking about this, but instead praying it won't happen, that the Lord will give him needed strength.
The doctor's office called around 5, Jim said, and his INR reading was 2.6. He's to continue with 3 mg coumadin nightly. He told the nurse he has been dizzy, but that didn't seem to faze her.
My writings ...
You walk with the Lord
-- you read and study and meditate
on His word daily
-- you listen to His instruction
and strive to be obedient to His command
The Lord carries you along paths
He has purposely chosen for you
He asks that you stay close to Him
to not become disenchanted
and follow your own thoughts, ideas and plans
Stay close
Look to Him for strength and direction
where He takes you will bring glory to Him
Perhaps we think
we don't need to be where we are,
but God has allowed it
He knows something we do not.
He has a reason
Someday He will share the reason
but not yet, not today
He wants us to learn something
perhaps obedience
no matter what crosses our path
Discard the anxiety, the frustration
Follow Him
Do as He directs
Seek wisdom and He will give you
what you need
you are weak, you are tired
Ask Him for strength
Ask Him for stamina
He will give you what you need
But you must ask
All that He has for you
remains hidden from you
when you do not ask or seek.
(c) Cathy Orrick Luders
"...My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I (Paul) will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong." (II Corinthians 12:9b-10)
Jim had his blood drawn today at MedLabs. Two people tried 4 times total before success came. A patient man. I would not be so. I can't handle needles ... once is too much for me!
He still talks about being off coumadin and hopes his cardiologist calls sometime soon with results of the Stress Test taken Monday and Tuesday. He wants to discontinue coumadin. He doesn't see his cardiologist until the end of September.
I was thinking today ... The Lord knew this was coming - the complication of AFib, the medicine to take, the blood draws. What is the purpose? Why did, does He allow it? What are we to learn? There is something. God always has something for us to learn. We are to trust Him, no matter what. He'll never steer us wrong.
Jim is improving daily. I pray that continues. He took the trash out to the curb today and started a load of laundry .. things I had been doing before this week.
He needs to be careful though. When he was downstairs, he said he was on the floor and in getting up, was dizzy, the room spinning. Perhaps he should begin taking his cell phone with him (turned on, of course), in case he happens to fall because of low blood pressure, or if he finds himself unable to get up. I probably shouldn't be thinking about this, but instead praying it won't happen, that the Lord will give him needed strength.
The doctor's office called around 5, Jim said, and his INR reading was 2.6. He's to continue with 3 mg coumadin nightly. He told the nurse he has been dizzy, but that didn't seem to faze her.
My writings ...
You walk with the Lord
-- you read and study and meditate
on His word daily
-- you listen to His instruction
and strive to be obedient to His command
The Lord carries you along paths
He has purposely chosen for you
He asks that you stay close to Him
to not become disenchanted
and follow your own thoughts, ideas and plans
Stay close
Look to Him for strength and direction
where He takes you will bring glory to Him
Perhaps we think
we don't need to be where we are,
but God has allowed it
He knows something we do not.
He has a reason
Someday He will share the reason
but not yet, not today
He wants us to learn something
perhaps obedience
no matter what crosses our path
Discard the anxiety, the frustration
Follow Him
Do as He directs
Seek wisdom and He will give you
what you need
you are weak, you are tired
Ask Him for strength
Ask Him for stamina
He will give you what you need
But you must ask
All that He has for you
remains hidden from you
when you do not ask or seek.
(c) Cathy Orrick Luders
"...My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I (Paul) will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong." (II Corinthians 12:9b-10)
