mountain top today

Feeling real good today.  Had a good dialysis plus got to talk to Ken.  You remember I asked you to pray for him a while back.  I thought his name was Ed, but anyway, Ken pretty much had given up hope and wanted to die when I met him several months ago.  I used to visit him most days of dialysis and then he was gone.  At first they said he was in the hospital but as weeks turned into months I thought the worse.  Anyway he's back.  Still battling health issues.  But more importantly I'm asking you to pray the Holy Spirit would draw Ken to himself.

 

I'm pretty excited about seeing him so I'll just finish my letter with that.

 

We can talk about my non-essential problems later.

 

Dan

 

p.s.  for those of you who pray for me, and drive me from dialysis, and offer encouragement.   THANKS!

Still here...

at home and I'm thankful for that!

 

had 2 successful dialysis this week.  My ptinr count is down.  It"s supposed to be 2.1 or greater and it is 1.4 so that is not good.  have to have blood drawn every 2 days to monitor how much coumadin I'm supposed to take.

 

I'm so thankful for your prayers.  These have been very difficult days for me.

I'm Out!

After 6 days and 15 pokes, they let me out.

 

What a joy it was to get out and be able to attend a Church service.

 

Lord willing, I'm staying out as long as I can.

 

Thanks soooooo much for your prayers and concerns.  It means so much to me.

 

I'm overwhelmed by your concern for me.

 

Love, your friend Dan

OOPS!!

Saturday, the doctors told me to stop taking Coumadin until Tuesday. Today they realized that i was supposed to take it all along. So, now I had to go back into the hospital and they have to run blood tests for a few days until my Heparin levels are back to normal. Then they will switch back to Coumadin and then they'll discharge me.

 

I knew there was a reason I was starting to like hospital food. :)

 

Love,

 

Dan

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we have no assurance of tomorrow

while I was in the hospital one day a nurse came running into my room.  "are you okay, are you okay" she was yelling.  I was of course, but she said that the monitors by her desk showed my heart had stopped beating for a time so she came in to check me.

 

as easy as that was I could have been gone today.  and this would be the end of my blogs.

 

there is no guarantee that tomorrow may come so we all need to be ready to meet God our maker.  If you don't know Him or don't have a right relationship with Him don't kid yourself.  Like me you could have been gone in a split second with no forewarning about it.

 

Read this information http://www.communitybaptist.to/bridgetract/bridgeh.htm 

 

after you read the information, act upon it and let me know.  If you have questions, I'll try to answer them, or find someone who can.  I'd love to hear that you've gotten right with God.

Wonderful day

Saturday - I'm off of coumadin till Tues. They ran blood tests Sat at dialysis and told me to stop taking them till they check the next blood test. Who knows?

Sunday - Good day. I went to church to worship God and to encourage others, but ended up being blessed and encourage myself.

Went to church today. It was great to be there. I was so happy to sing praises to Him. The message from Pastor Brown about Jesus watching over us was great. I am so privileged to live in these times and in this place.

After church I went to see my younger sister where she treated me to one of the best slices of apple pie I ever had barring my daughters and my wifes'.

And what a wonderful sunshine.

Thank you Lord for your grace

I'm Out!

Got out before 6 pm and boy am I glad! Took a longggggg shower. My hand and arm looks like a pin cushion but doing okay.

If you ever are in trouble health wise, St. Joe's is the place to be. They'll take care of you.

Had a psychiatric exam and guess what, I'm sane! I'll be on coumadin (blood thinner) for 6 to 12 months and then they'll check me again. If I have a reocurrence of clots, then I'll be on them the rest of my life. Phew! Well, no trip to North Carolina for a while. Sorry boys down South. I was so looking forward to seeing my kids, and grand kids.

While in the hospital I was thinking about the preciousness of life and how I missed you all.

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

Love, Dan

Thursday 3/27/08

I had blood clot in lung. Things seem to be under control at St. Joseph's, they are giving me the VIP treatment.

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I Feel LIke Such a Baby - Friday 3/28/08

I'm on blood thinners. I'm going to have to learn all over again how to walk, crawl, stand & itch.

 

A lot of doctors and nurses coming in and out. I watched a video, had some training.

 

Still having a little bit of trouble breathing.

 

If you have to go to the hospital, this is the place to be. Everything is first class here.

 

Thanks for your prayer and concern.

 

Love, Dan

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