Dan just called and told me his fever has gone up to 101.3 He has a call into his doctor and we are awaiting to hear what he needs to do. PLEASE PRAY RIGHT NOW! thanks

Psalm 5:1-2
Give ear to my words, O Lord ; consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.

Friday news from Dan in La Mirada:

friday, february 26, 2010

Expanding my Stomach
Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised when I received an e-mail from my doctor saying, 'start eating solid foods.' I'm still on TPN, and my stomach is really really small, so I can only nibble as of yet. But it is exciting to think 'I wish I could eat something' and then... eat something. I have to take it slow, but I'm hoping to expand my stomach (and hoping that my drains don't go crazy in the process). Also, I don't want to be overambitious with my eating and not be able to hold things down.
My fever's still hanging around, but at least it's still a low fever. The antibiotics should help. There's still a decent amount of pain in my life, but I'm starting to sleep a little better. I'm very tired of this. I'm ready to be done with it. I'm ready to be normal again. I'm ready to help my wife do things rather than her help me all the time.
I got a visit from the home health nurse today. She was very nice, though she probably won't be the one seeing me regularly. She was supposed to put the wound vac on, but since it's a very complicated wound, it needs a complicated dressing, which only a few nurses know. Anyway, someone is coming by later to put it on. It should help keep my wound from getting infected while it heals.
My friend Daniel is driving over from Riverside tomorrow to hang out and give me some 'man time'. It should be fun. We'll probably play Madden 10 on my PS3, which will be good since Daniel knows more about it and quite frankly, I'm losing faith in all the reviews that say it's the 'best Madden ever'. Graphics-wise, sure, it's very realistic (except for the weird running motion). But it seems like some of the better elements from previous games were taken out and replaced with worse things. Whatever.

Pray for:
Good eating and holding it down
Drain stoppage
Pain control
Good sleep
Less stress for Ashley
No more fever

Challenges are a part of life, some small some large. I am convinced that the Creator of the universe has all wisdom and all power and so the challenges we face every day are part of His plan to be glorified in our lives and through our lives. His ways are not our ways and His purposes are not always our purposes and don't fit into our plans. But you know in the long run, He is God and He is in control.