I don't like eggs...

His love made me cry like a baby...

20121114 Wednesday - Mom had another fever the night before but once again, it's cuz' her own neutrophil is working hard fighting for the germs for her.  So, it's all good.  Her blood works is still going up but not as fast as the past few days.  This new doctor, Dr. Lutynski, who always make my parents laugh was funny enough to make Dad keep repeating the funny things non-stop the whole day.  Mom was annoyed and even Dad laughed at himself afterwards, hahaha.  

• Yesterday, while the nurses are changing her bed sheets, Mom was having a shower.  Since the nurses weren't ready and she was enjoying the warm water, she was waiting naked inside the washroom with Dad helping her with another nurse.  Dr. Lutynski came in and actually had a good 10mins conversation with my parents with the washroom door widely open, hahaha.  I think the doctor is used to it and he was probably focusing too much on the reports (she had another scan on her lungs beforehand and this time she had to drink something with colour so they could see things better).  Somehow, Mom didn't mind, Dad didn't mind and the nurses didn't mind either.  However, I was like dropping my jaws when I heard that!  Mom and Dad finally realized it when they saw my jaws on the floor, hahaha.  We had a great laugh, thank God, hahaha.
• This morning, when Dr. Lutynski walked in trying to greet them.  He saw some eggs on Mom's breakfast plate, he went, "I don't like egg...".  Then he repeated, "I don't like egg..." a few times and my parents were like scratching their heads, before he said, "on your table!!!".      All he wanted was to have Mom finishing her eggs, hahaha.  So he made Mom finish her egg before he left them alone, hahaha.  
• And just before he leaves, he turned around and said the oxygen is really expensive, so Mom shouldn't use that much, hahaha.  Therefore, for the first time, Mom walked without the oxygen around the floor with Dad!!!  Just once, but it's a really good start!!!  Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King.  Mom said she felt like she's the Queen walking so slow with two nurses and Dad following closely around, hahaha.

Thanks Karen for taking my McDonald's order for Mom, hahaha!  Mom had a quarter of the sandwich and half of the hash brown.  The rest, of course, is now inside Dad's tummy.  Dad sounds very excited about the "Let's go home" news and started to ask me bring stuff back, hahaha.  He basically told the whole floor which kinda annoyed Mom a little (again), being the traditional conservative Chinese wife all of a sudden, hahaha.

Mom's appetite wasn't the best but she ate quite a lot today including soup from hospital, some beef, mashed potato, Carly's home made lentils rice, ice cream and more soup from Auntie Esther.  However, she was complaining about her stomach ache when I was there.  She felt asleep after taking some pain killers.  A ENT (ears, nose, throat) specialist with two of his students helped Mom with her left nostril blockage this afternoon.  They did manage to remove some "stuff" away but still recommended a detailed scan tomorrow.  The nurse then asked Mom to use her face mask again so her nose won't be as dry.  Add oil Mommy, Jonah is always in support!!!

Thanks Auntie Esther and Uncle Alex for the soup, fruits, snacks (for J1 and J2) and the Sudoku books for Dad!!!  Thanks Derek for treating Dad dinner with Jenny, Carly and Tyler.  You guys must be having a lot of fun cuz' when I call Dad at 9:30pm, he said you guys are just finishing!!!  Mom didn't complain this time, hahaha.  It's all good.  You guys are great!!!

20121115 Thursday - The best has yet to come.  God really loves us so much.  I got home after work, missed a call from Auntie Tiana.  She left me a voice message 

The Gospel - Good News 

and good thing I was sitting down on the toilet while checking.  The hospital confirmed that the initial check of Uncle Ed's blood is matching Mom's.  Let me repeat it one more time:  we have found a BM match!  

I was weeping like a baby and I couldn't help but to listen to the same message over and over again.  My tears wasn't because of happiness, but I was simply just touched by God's love.  It doesn't mean that Mom's all healthy, it doesn't mean that there won't be any more issues, it doesn't mean that there won't be any more complications but God definitely lit up a light at the end of the tunnel.  We'll just keep walking, simple as that.  Speechless, helpless, useless but it's all okay cuz' we have You.

I ran out and let Gloria hear the message.  With Jake and Jonah in my arms, I was praying, "Our dearest heavenly Father, thank you for listening to our prayers. Thank you for showing us that you are around us by answering each one of them.  Thank you for your love.  We don't deserve anything but You sent your only son who died for us, just to save us from sins.  HOW CAN WE NOT HAVE TRUST IN YOU?!  Please use us as much as You want as we commit ourselves to You.  No matter what's gonna happen down here in the world. No matter what other trails are to be in front of us, nothing, NOTHING can take away my FAITH to You.  We'll keep putting Mom's health and my family in Your hands.  This is only the beginning.  Love you so so much, Amen."

Gloria prepared soup and came down with me at night.  Uncle Ed and Auntie Tiana were there.  I was making fun,  insisted Uncle Ed to sit down, and treating him like a king.  I also asked him to give me a wish list, like shark fin soup, abalone but told him that he is not allowed to go out of town, do crazy and dangerous things, plus nomore beers, hahaha.  We had a good laugh dreaming about after the BM transplant about how Mom will get Uncle Ed's blood starting to like beer, hockey and skiing, etc., hahaha.  Good thing that they both like going to trips (not like my Grandma), or else a lot of friends of hers will be stuck with no more cruise trips, hahaha.  Please keep praying for her lungs.  She slept the whole day cuz' of her pneumonia, her stomach pain and those drowsy medications.  But she was wide awake after the laughs, hahaha.  She managed to finish the soup and had some special home made squid by Auntie Tiana - it was good.

Carly said Gu Ma (myMom) is beating all the odds and I know who's working the hardest.  ThankYou God.

"He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen." (Deuteronomy 10:21)