Her picture is of one of the strangest creatures I have encountered on my visit here to Arizona. I was on a run this morning through the desolate dirt roads of the expansive desert, when I spied what I was sure was a coyote or deer. It was huge, and had enormous ears sticking above the sagebrush. As I approached, it bounded away, like a gazelle. Fortunately, as I approached closer, it was waiting to let me gaze at it. It was a bunny rabbit on steroids. I have never seen such an enormous rabbit. It had to have been 4 feet high or more with the ears. Then it spied me, and hopped away just exactly like Superman would have hopped if he were prone to hopping. I could not believe it.
Amy tells me this is a jack rabbit. I wondered anew at what variety and creativity God employed in crittering the world. God is always full of surprises, and never seems to work the way we would expect. It seems incongruous -- this bunny crossed with Tyrannosaurus Rex genes. I wondered if it was vicious at all. It would be a formidable foe.
And speaking of formidable foes, life in the hospital from Hell seems to be finally turning around. After a harrowing morning of IVs falling out, and having to call in emergency medics to finally get the IV bsck in her using a vein in her leg, the day began to morph back to livable. She had her first food or drink in five days. We both ordered from the "room service" menu -- she ordered the "clear broth variety plate", and I got a Ceasar chicken Salad. Her blood work shows normal pancreatic enzyme levels. Thus, she is on the road to health. She started pain meds by mouth rather than IV. Today she will move on to soft foods, and if she continues to do well, we are hopeful for a Monday or Tuesday discharge. Docs haven't said that yet but we have a lot of folks praying for one of the sweetest, funniest persons on earth and are hoping this will move mountains.
When I walked in yesterday morning, Amy was gasping in pain, pale and grey, and medics surrounded her, trying to get the IV in her neck. I wondered why God would let my beloved dear sister suffer this way.
Fix this, Lord!
This morning, I woke early, still on ES time, and went to read my Bible and do my daily blog. My beloved BRAND NEW surface pro would not turn on. I used my phone to google what to do when BRAND NEW surface pros do not turn on. I tried the first 9 out of 10 suggestions. None of them worked. I was close to tears by now, and feeling panic rising. Then I tried the 10th suggestion. That worked! As it blinked on, I thanked God.
Then, after using the bathroom, the toilet stopped working. Wouldn't flush. Emboldened by my success with the Surface Pro, I removed the tank cover, saw the plunger had detached from the chain and reattached it. The toilet flushed. I thanked God. I knew He was sending me a message.
Hang in there, Amy. Sometimes the first 9 steps don't add up to victory...don't give up. The tenth is coming.
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Psalm 33: 13-19
13 The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
16 The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
You are too much! Your day sounded like one that should start at another time, but you conquered it all! Your sister sounds like she has been very very ill. To go for a leg vein to start an IV, or even use a jugular vein, that means they ran out of other places or she has been so shut down,. Ugh, poor girl. That is sick. So glad she is moving up to better food, although that may be saying too much, as in better, but anything past clear liquids has to be better, right? Glad the Surface is working again. And, oh to see a Jack Rabbit????? Awesome!
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