There is a rainbow after the rain

It has been a while since my last blog. My mom had a heart attack and gallbladder surgery. But she is now doing fine, really better than fine. Although she is recovering from surgery, We are through the worst and can see the sun shining through the rain drops.

I have stayed up with my B90days reading. I am in Ezekial today, reading in the 14th chapter, and will finish the scheduled read by days end.

The prophets have been a hard read for me, especially Jeremiah. It was so dark. I had a hard time reading it. I am incrediably tired today, probably from reading late. I need to rest.

Ta Ta.. later!

I have been to the Mountain!

We brought my mom home from the hospital late Thursday evening (around 8pm). After 13 days in the hospital. After 8 procedures, including gallbladder surgery and heart catheterization Mom looks like she has been beaten in a back alley. Although she is sore from surgery, she is much better in other ways. No more gallbladder pain is a big plus.

But I have prayed so hard for her. Many times every day I ask the Lord to please make her well again and I ask him for just a little more time for her to accept salvation. I feel like I have been to the mountain many times in the recent past. This is a good reply. Now I am praying for the BIG one.

I keep reading. I am up-to-date with my #90days schedule but Jeremiah is giving me some trouble for some reason. I can't seem to stay attentive. It could be whats going on around me that is the problem. I know I am very tired from staying 24/7 with Mom but that sounds like a lame excuse. I just need to clear my mind.
OK that's it for today. Later....

God and me

It's been a while since I posted. I have drawn closer to God in the past 10 days, done a lot of reading and a lot of praying...and a lot of knitting. LOL

My Mom has been very ill. I took her to the hospital on Saturday August 14th with vomiting, stomach pain and miserable feeling. She was admitted. Doctors wanted to check and see if this was caused by medication or possibility of something like cancer in colon or stomach or thereabouts. They stopped a lot of her medications including her blood pressure meds. They prepped her for colonoscopy using pills for purging which are primarily salt. Colonoscopy and endoscopy were negative for any problem growths. She was in good shape in that area. However, lack of medication and the pills for purging sent her blood pressure through the roof. It was so high the machines would not register it. It had to be taken manually. It took a whole day to get it down. The surgeon was scheduled to see her about her gallbladder. But on Wednesday had a heart-attack. Gallbladder surgery was canceled. More tests were scheduled for her heart. A heart surgeon came to see her for a heart cath. After he had examined her he recommended that she be taken to Ashland, KY which is about 65 miles away.

She was taken to Ashland, Kings Daughters Hospital on Thursday morning. Tests began immediately and a heart cath was scheduled for Friday morning. On Friday morning the nurses could not wake Mom up so the cath was canceled. She was in a deep deep sleep until 10 am, could not be aroused. They thought she had had a stroke. More tests and scans were done. She had a heart echo scan and EKG and lots of blood work over the next 2 days. On Monday morning she had the heart cath. It was determined that her heart was doing ok. All the stints and grafts from previous surgeries were working. No new ones were put in. She was oked for gallbladder surgery. A surgeon was called and she was put on the schedule for Tuesday. On Tuesday she had her surgery by laproscopy and it went well. Except they had trouble waking her up. She was in recovery about 8 hours then she was moved to ICU. We had expected to go home. She spent that night in ICU and still they wouldnt let her go home. She was put out in a room on Wednesday and told she could go home Thursday morning. On Thursday morning the doctor released her pending the surgeon seeing her one more time. But nobody told the surgeon. After waiting all day until 8 pm, my daughter went in search of the surgeon, got her signed out and she is on her way home now.

it has been an awful 2 weeks for all of us. My sister and I have been staying with her 24/7.

By the way.. I have read a lot of my Bible and I am on schedule.

Mom's in the Hospital

Slept until 8 am this morning. Went to bed last night at 9pm. Slept 11 hours, did not move a muscle. Woke up alert but with a headache in back of head.

Made a quick trip to hospital after sister called to inform me that Mom had been prepped last night for a colonoscopy, needed underwear badly. I took clean underwear to them and brought soiled items home to wash. Did a little baking and canned some peaches that were getting too ripe.

Headache eased off by middle of day. Head feels sore to touch on top. Had a feeling of something tight around head this morning and no feeling at all above the line.
Have to report to the hospital by 6pm to relieve my sister.

Linda's Right On Schedule

I am happy to report that I am more than half way through the Bible now. Unfortunately my Mom is ill and is in the hospital. On the upside, I have more time to read my Bible. My sister and I are doing 24 hour shifts. I have read to the middle of Song of Songs or Solomon.

Happy to report that I am blessed by the words I read every day.

#B90days reading Friday Aug. 13

I am still ahead of schedule by one day or 2. I love the Psalms but I dont prefer them all run together like this. It's hard to not stop and enjoy each one but there isnt time.

A woman's control

I have read my #b90days reading for today and loving it. It's awesome to read again the songs of a man who loved God with all his heart. Then along came a woman...who wasn't his woman.

Just think, if women could exert the same level of influence they have over men to do good that they use to do bad how different the world could be!