Irene took no prisoners today and bounced back, running many errands and accomplishing several items on her “to do” list. Her comment this evening, as she reflected on the day, was that she trusted God to empower her moment by moment for the tasks at hand.
Irene is scheduled for her three month visit and blood tests at UCSF on Thursday.
Thanks for caring,
Dave
According to Wikipedia ….
A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy. A mechanical wave is that which propagates through a medium due to the restoring forces it produces upon deformation. There also exist waves capable of traveling through vacuum, including electromagnetic radiation and probably gravitational radiation. Waves travel and transfer energy from one point to another, often with little or no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium (that is, with little or no associated mass transport); they consist instead of oscillations around almost fixed locations.
I’ve often used the WAVE metaphor as it relates to Irene’s experience with chronic, 24/7 nausea since June of 2007. We’re now using a 1-10 scale for me to better comprehend how debilitating the unrelenting nausea is at any particular moment.
WAVES are illustrative of Irene’s nausea experience. There are smaller waves, like a ripple, and there are colossal waves like the tidal wave. Irene’s nausea comes in random WAVES …. but the OCEAN OF NAUSEA is ever present, and the waves persist like a rising and lowering tide.
How she courageously faces this challenge with a buoyant attitude, strong faith and a smiling face are inarguable evidences of His enabling Holy Spirit.
Wikepedia’s WAVE description is very apropos: A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy.
Irene’s experience with NAUSEA certainly fits that description but after facing it for nearly two years it is also in a category of its own. It’s difficult to truly grasp the reality of what Irene deals with 24/7.
Caminando con Fé
Dave
Home is where the HEART is ….
Today, Irene insistently and joyfully prepared a romantic, candlelight, delicious gourmet dinner and dessert which we relished at dusk, overlooking the stormy Monterey Bay. She could definitely put Rachel Ray out of business!!!
Irene’s nausea remained at a low roar with fatigue being the most menacing factor of the day.
Shirley Churchill, once again, selflessly served Irene for about 2 hours this morning, working on physiology techniques designed to promote body function. It never ceases to amaze us that Shirley and Ken trek to Aptos from their Menlo Park home, almost on a weekly basis, and have done so for more than a year!!!
On this Valentine’s Day, we hope that YOUR heart is warmed by HIS heart. As the King of Courtship, God longs for a dynamic, fulfilling and joy filled relationship with the one reading this update. He seeks every one of us with an incessant pursuit ….
We pray that you are comforted with the reality that He is preparing a place for us in His Heavenly House …. a house that doesn’t need maintenance, a house that isn’t subject to the elements, a house with many rooms and one that will endure forever.
Trust in God, trust also in me. In my father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
John 14:1b-3
From the HEART of our home …. to yours,
Dave
“Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” -Lamentations 3:22-23
