A Full Rich Day

 Ordinarily on June 28th, I would be celebrating my sister-in-law's birthday or getting packed for a 4th of July outing. Today, on the other hand, my full rich day included 

  1. Echo cardiogram - to see if my heart is operating properly before starting chemotherapy. 
  2. Picc line - for access to my blood vessels for infusion of medications and withdrawal of blood (Yay! No more poking around looking for veins.)
  3. Bone Marrow Biopsy - to find out which of my bone marrow cells are out of whack. That will dictate which kind of chemotherapy I will get.

So, it feels like progress to me to have these necessary preliminaries out of the way, and I am celebrating! (Sorry, Bev)

The other part of my Full Rich Day was a visit from our pastor, who is also a dear friend. Jill and I helped to get him up to speed on what has happened so far. He helped to calm our nerves with some reminders from Scripture of the goodness of God. Then he prayed for us. 

We have another dear friend, Bob, who wanted to come for a visit. I told Pastor Ben that I could only have two visitors per day, and Jill was already here.  So Ben and Bob talked it over and Bob came along for the ride. Ben said they had a great conversation on the ride up. Jill went down to the lobby when Ben left my room, so that she could talk with Bob. They both were such a comfort to Jill. 

Father God, I thank you for your mercy and your grace to me a sinner. This is a challenging time and a tribulation but you have promised, "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Amen.


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