Sunday morning........Thank you Lord......

This is the twelfth day in the hospital for Edward.....he has had some very rough times but God is sufficient......

He is doing well from the surgery.....he has two long incisions and his arms look as if he has been in hand to hand combat....he has been given 3 units of blood. He has had several tests to determine why his hemoglobin is low. We hope the diabetes will clear up after receiving so much dextrose, etc.....

His doctors are to meet in the morning to decide when he can come home.....he wishes it would be today......

He has been blessed so abundantly with caring nurses and doctors....the housekeepers, the food servers, etc., have bent over backwards to try to make him comfortable as well as me.

They seem to sense that sometimes a hug is as important as a dose of medicine....I earnestly hope that I will remember the kindness of so many and pass it on to others who are facing trials......

Your prayers, thoughts, concern, comments and emails have meant so very much to me.....and to Edward and our family....to think that people from many other states and countries are thinking of us still just blows my mind.....

My thoughts and prayers go out to the people in the mid west with the flooding and to the people in China.....so much suffering....but I do know that our Heavenly Father is sufficient in every situation.......

Thanks again.....I hope to be back blogging soon. Please take this as a thank you for the comments and emails. I am looking forward to visiting with all you soon....Betty

THANK YOU SO MUCH..........................................

Thank you all for your precious prayers for Edward....so much has happened in the last seven days....Amy brought her laptop over today, Wednesday, so I wanted to say thank you.....

Edward had two procedures done by his vascular surgeons that were only partially successful....then Monday he underwent over four hours of surgery to remove blood clots and plaque from his left leg.....he is out of ICU now and in a room. He had a very rough night last night but today has been much better....a few other problems have been discovered but can be dealt with.....

Your thoughts and concern are so appreciated and your prayers to our Heavenly Father warm our hearts. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts....

Possibly we will go home either Friday or Saturday if Edward continues to improve.....

I'm looking forward to continuing our Marion-John-Betty-Edward saga.....oh, how we miss them.....