Dear Kathy,

Just standing with you all right now in what I know to be a difficult 
situation but Jesus in there, in the midst!  May you continue to know more 
and more of His peace, beloved sister!

--
Carol - Reading, UK

To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:28 PM
Subject: I'm still in a holding pattern


> HI Guys,
> I'm still here.  I make one plan and then the family says, "wait," and I 
> get sent back to square one.  I had been planning on heading out today, 
> but my Dad had some tests done on his liver to see if it was still 
> functioning and so they asked me to wait.  His liver is fine, so they did 
> dialysis today for the kidneys and that really cleared him up.  Now, 
> here's the rub.  My mom wants him to try dialysis again tomorrow, and it 
> will probably help, but my Dad is very clear that he doesn't want to be on 
> dialysis for the rest of his life.  I think my Mom is hoping that, as his 
> head clears, he'll change his mind, but everybody else is kind of thinking 
> that that won't happen.  Anyway, my next plan was to fly into Detroit.  I 
> can get a straight shot from Bangor to Detroit and another brother can 
> pick me up from there, but it would be a nine hour drive to get the the 
> hospital where my Dad is.  However, these plans aren't firm yet either. 
> At this point, if I had my way, I'd still fly to Green Bay either Sunday 
> or Monday.  I can't get an emergency fair on  Friday or Saturday, plus, we 
> won't know anything further until after Dad has his dialysis tomorrow. 
> I'm not the only one in this fix, however, there are others in my family 
> who are also hanging and changing, so don't think that my family is just 
> picking on me or anything.
>
> It will get sorted out one way or another.  I'm getting some real pece 
> about all this, that God knows what he is doing.  You may want to pray for 
> the travel agent though.  She's having to work right with us.  I had to 
> laugh because today, when Greg called, he started with a medical update on 
> my Dad.  I hope that she doesn't think that we've completely lost it or 
> something.
>
> Anyway, God bless, and thanks for praying.  Truthfully, I think that Dad 
> wants to go, but Mom isn't ready to let him.  My heart really aches for 
> her.
>
> God bless,
> Kathy
>