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8.30 p.m.

Thanks for checking in.

Irene’s really tustling through this evening after an extended dialysis treatment today which lasted 3.5 hours on the machine. The nausea is raging, she’s fatigued and can’t find that comfortable position.

We’ll be up and out of the house by 6 am tomorrow for an 8 am appointment @ UCSF with Dr. Charles Eichler. She’s hoping to learn more about why she’s beginning to once again experience pain in the fistula region which is now enlarged and has taken on a different shape than the surgery was first realized.

On Friday, Irene will again endure 3.5 hours of dialysis treatment (30 minutes beyond the norm) in order to make up for the early withdrawel from treatment yesterday.

Her comment this evening…”I can’t believe it’s been almost 5 years…” The first hint of trouble was in February, 2007. This surreal journey gives new definition to the word marathon.

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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5 p.m.

Thanks for checking in. Irene was relieved early from her dialysis treatment today when the pain in her arm became unbearable. She’ll have to make up the time on Wednesday. We have an appointment @ UCSF on Thursday with Dr. Eichler who performed the FISTULA surgery. The timing is good since that ‘s where Irene is experiencing the challenge today.

She’s resting, recovering, nauseated and fatigued.

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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“When He was alone . . . the twelve asked Him about the parable” —Mark 4:10

…from Oswald Chambers:

His Solitude with Us. When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship— when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. Notice Jesus Christ’s training of the Twelve. It was the disciples, not the crowd outside, who were confused. His disciples constantly asked Him questions, and He constantly explained things to them, but they didn’t understand until after they received the Holy Spirit (see John 14:26).

As you journey with God, the only thing He intends to be clear is the way He deals with your soul. The sorrows and difficulties in the lives of others will be absolutely confusing to you. We think we understand another person’s struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives. There are vast areas of stubbornness and ignorance the Holy Spirit has to reveal in each of us, but it can only be done when Jesus gets us alone. Are we alone with Him now? Or are we more concerned with our own ideas, friendships, and cares for our bodies? Jesus cannot teach us anything until we quiet all our intellectual questions and get alone with Him.

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