Hi Kathy,
I am still praying for all of you.
Huggs and blessings,
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:28 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
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