Rhonda,

When the doctor says "never," remember that we serve the God of always.  
He's always with us and will always come through.  I pray for you and bena 
and that God wil provide healing, either in the needed transplant or 
otherwise.

I'm also praying for you as you start school again.



JulieMelton
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>From: Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: about my life...
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:04:54 -0400
>
>Ben went to the doctor today.the doctor said he should get on a transplant
>list because he would run out of veins to do dialysis with! He asked if Ben
>was feeling better, Ben said some but he was sure he'd feel better once his
>anemia was better the doctor said he would never feel normal.I hate the 
>word
>never!! I think that doctors should not say that,  never is so final!
>He said transplants had problems of their own, one had to take steroids and
>medications to keep the body from rejecting the kidney a  ray of wsunshine
>he wasn't!
>Honesty is good for a doctor, but  could you possibly temper that with  
>some
>compassion, hope,  sometimes I worry what if Ben were to die, he has so 
>many
>medical problems, high blood pressure, diabetes,  end stage kidney disease,
>his sight  is not good at all now!!
>I realize logically that worrying is not a productive thing to do, but if I
>am awake late at night, it seems those types of thoughts come in to my 
>mind!
>Just trying to take life one day at a time.that is all I have right now,
>not tomorrow, not yesterday!
>
>How is everyone?  Awfully quiet lately.
>I start classes tomorrow, so maybe that will give me something to occupy my
>mind! Probably more than I wish to have.
>
>Know I am praying for all of you!
>
>Blessings!
>
>Rhonda