If our lives are a metaphorical drama, we would have never written the script like the one we’re “staging” ….
Irene drove herself to and from dialysis treatment and spent most of the afternoon recovering from a particularly debilitating day. Her nausea persists, she’s got a lingering cough and was informed at dialysis of a small amount of fluid discovered in her lung; however, the team was hopeful that the dialysis process removed most of the fluid from her system.
We travel to UCSF tomorrow and meet with the vascular surgical team for the vein mapping of the arteriovenous fistula.
From Wikipedia:
An arteriovenous fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between an artery and a vein. Patients with end stage renal failure are treated with hemodialysis. In dialysis, blood is withdrawn from an artery or vein, purified, and returned to a vein. The volume of blood is too great for veins to handle, so a vein must be enlarged. An artery and vein, usually in the arm above or below the elbow, are sewn together, to create a fistula, and arterial pressure eventually enlarges the vein. The enlarged vein can accommodate a cannula or large needle.
We are told that once the arteriovenous fistula is surgically placed that it takes up to three months before it can actually be used. The current “tesio” port in Irene’s chest is now operating at less than 100%; therefore, the necessity of taking this next step.
We are comforted by the following truth ….
A man’s (or woman’s) steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way?
Proverbs 20:24This is what the LORD says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17
As the sun sets on today we are reminded once again that we don’t write the script for our lives but we know the One who does. He directs our paths, knows what is best and determines the roles each of us play on this “stage” of life.
Caminando con Fé
Dave
