Saturday Update

It's been a couple of days since the last post, so I know there are people wondering how things are going.

Donna has been doing pretty well. She is camped out on the couch in the living room because our bed just seems to hurt her back when she sleeps there. So, the living room is now her bedroom. Her appetite is getting better, although she is still not eating that much. She had some cream-of-wheat yesterday and some yogurt, and I think she had some soup. Today, just some raw milk so far. She seems to get "full" feeling pretty quickly.

She is still not very mobile. She needs assistance to be able to get up and down from sitting to standing. Her legs are bloated with fluid too. She will be getting some compression hose for her legs to try and help this.

She had a Dr. checkup yesterday. Her numbers are pretty good, except her Bilirubin is high. This means her liver is not working as well as it should.

We've decided to get a 2nd opinion as well. It is not that we don't believe or trust the current Dr.s, quite the opposite, we REALLY trust them, but we need to research all possible options. We are going to go to U of M this Thursday (Feb 5) for a consultation. We had done this before during Donna's second bout, so we are going back again.

We are hopeful and praying that the Lord will continue to bless Donna and us through this time.

As always, we thank you for your prayers and support. There are so many people we would like to thank personally, but we just can't quite get to everyone. We are learning a lot about giving and receiving and how to be on both sides of the fence. It is harder than it seems.

John, our neighbor has been blessing us by plowing the driveway. It is not going unnoticed John, Thanks!

For His glory...