Love is Patient...

20121107 Wednesday - after a day of complaints and whines, looks like everything went back to normal again.  Dad didn't want to take my offer taking a break, saying he will stay with Mom whenever Mom can stay in a single room.    I still want to him a break somehow cuz it's not healthy to stay in a hospital when you are healthy.  Continue to pray for them please...

We FaceTime after dinner so they get to see the boys and we get to see Carly and Tyler.  Congrats to Tyler for getting his first choice job at this law firm even closer to school!  That means you won't have any excuses to escape from us, haha.

Mom slept the whole day!!!  She had an eye check this morning to make sure that her eyes are not infected.   Thank God, everything is good.   When I first got there, mom was snoring even! She didn't want to wake up at first but once I turned on the Korean show, she's up.  Watched the show and had some soup.   Thanks for your soup and BBQ pork Auntie Janet (Mom's high school friend, just a "few" years ago, haha).  Also saw a present (hat for Mom to FaceTime, haha) from Derek and Jen, thanks.  You guys probably came and gone without waking Mom up.

20121108 Thursday - I'm starting to worry I know cuz I was asking more questions.  Grant me a peaceful heart God. Mom had a great morning today.  Got up and sat herself down on a chair and had a pretty good breakfast together with her Korean show facing the windows.  She was enjoying the view and appreciating God's creations.  The nurses actually noticed her good condition and offered the give her a shower, thanks!  Gloria said we should give them a little treat.  I may bring them some sweets tonight, hehehe.  Not sure if Mom has used up her energy or if it's the medication for her headache, she slept rest of the day.

Gloria and I dropped off the soup and snack for them.  Yea, I finally found the spicy dry fish Mom has been craving for yesterday.  She had a little of both but she didn't even want to get up for her Korean show tonight.  Pray that Mom will have enough sleep and have enough nutrients as she didn't even want Ensure.  Uncle Ed and Auntie Tiana promised seasoned squid ("老"水墨魚) next time when they visit, can't wait!  Thanks for visiting again.

Thanks also to Karen, my primary school friend (again, just a few years ago, haha), who is a RN somehow having to work at PMH for a few days for visiting with your snacks and newspaper. I'll make "use" of you for sure! Thank God for sending another angel.

More updates from Carly, this new doctor doesn’t like to plan things for more than 2 days, hahaha.  It’s not as easy to get an understanding of the big picture.  With Mom’s condition, we are not sure if they still do another bone marrow biopsy on Day 28-30 anymore at this point.  But guess what, it’s okay as we are not in control anyways.  Just have complete trust on Him and be patient. 

Mom’s left nostril is still give her trouble, even though she can now use the nasal prong.  They may send her to see the ENT (eyes, nose, and throat) specialists for further examinations if there’s no improvement. 

Regarding her infection I mentioned previously, her blood cultures were positive for a fungus.  We still haven’t heard from them about where is it from (either from just the Hickman line or from her heart).  Endocarditis is the term if it’s really from her heart.  This can lead to heart dysfunction and affect the heart valves.  It may also cause thrombotic event which is little clots in the circulation.  That’s why Mom had her eyes check the day before and thank God that her eyes were okay.  God, please wake up her bone marrow, so it makes healthy white blood cells to fight for the infection (and goodbye to those bad white blood cells).

MRSA is the latest enemy of ours.  They confirmed it from Mom’s sputum/pheglm (stuff she coughed out).  It’s something highly contagious which means isolation is required once again.  All visitors need to be wear gloves, gowns, and masks.  Yup, you guys are right, I’m thinking about Dad.  Not sure what to do as usual but will leave it up to God again.

Pool Jonah fell from the tricycle down a few steps.  Now his thick lips are even thicker but thank God that he's alright.  Yes, therefore, we went to Costco for ice-cream together - what an excuse for myself, hahaha.  Heard that snow is coming down soon.  Pray that it won't affect my regular visit to my parents.

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Matthew 6:27)

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him…” (Psalm 37:7)