It’s 11.30 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Irene is just completing two hours of kidney dialysis. They are immediately transitioning her to three (3) hours of stem cell collections. This is excellent news! Her White Blood Cell count is over 73,000. After the stem cells are harvested they will be frozen until needed for the transfusion.
More later…
Dave
It’s 6:55 p.m. on Wednesday, and it’s been a very rough day for Irene. She has experienced the worst bout of nausea over the last 24 hours than I have seen her experience since her hospitalization on April 30th. X 4 days, she’s been in the hospital since then! They finally gave her the right combination of medicine and she’s finally REALLY resting.
Irene is very tired, but her stamina and determination is inspiring. I know it’s because of the many who are praying for her!!!
Thank you soooo much!!!!
Let me tell you of a very personal experience that Irene and I shared together last week. It was evening hours and only the two of us were in her hospital room. Irene said, “Dave, as your wife, I am under your authority. You are our family priest. You represent the spiritual leadership in our home. Will you anoint me with oil and pray for my healing as the elders would do”? Talk about feeling the moral weight of our family spiritual leadership!!!
So, I did exactly as Irene requested. I anointed her with oil on her forehead, heart and kidney areas and we prayed in agreement, asking HIM for her healing. We also worshiped together and thanked God for the gift of life. We rejoiced in who Jesus Christ is in our lives! It was a special time that I will remember for the rest of my life. We continue to ask in faith for her complete healing and restoration.
By way of additional background information, about two weeks earlier our friend and Pastor Dave Gshwend had prayed over Irene and had given me the anointing oil and vile he used. I used the same vile of oil. I am very grateful for Dave’s prayer over Irene and that he gave me the oil vile which is now on my key ring as a reminder of His Holiness.
I share the above story with you because we have hope in a risen Savior. We have asked in prayer, which is what we’re supposed to do as followers of Christ. It is God’s decision, in his
It’s Wednesday, at 1.30 p.m., and Irene is undergoing kidney dialysis at this time. She is scheduled on the machine for two hours today and the plan is for her to have dialysis for the next several days. Her kidneys levels continue to deteriorate… thus the radical treatment. The purpose of the dialysis is to stabilize the kidneys in light of the forthcoming stem cell harvest and chemotherapy, all in prepartion for the stem cell transplant.
She’s now been moved to a shared room with another patient.
Irene is tired but her spirits are good. She’s a real trooper!!
As always, thanks for your continued support!!
By faith,
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
