God Always Makes it Turn Out Great!

To begin, another crazy twist in my Mike's

Mayo Clinic trip. We awoke this morning

at 3:00a.m. to Mike having chills, more

than nausea, and a fever of 104*. Luke and

I, who are quickly becoming trained

Physician's Assistants, through him in a

wheel chair and ran him over to the

Mayo Clinic emergency room, which is

directly next door to our hotel room.

Praise the Lord that we took him there

the moment that we did as he was

septic and admitted to Critical Care.

The day was very long and scary as Mike

was septic and had some pretty scary

symptoms. However, the wise docs

were right on it and begin to diagnose that

our Mike had stones in his bile duct in

his liver. They performed emergency

surgery and inserted a stint and removed

six gall stones from the bile ducts.

Now Mike's gall bladder, along with other parts

that he came here with last Tuesday,

will be removed when they do the

BIG SURGERY this next week.

We are so grateful for praying friends

and family members . . . Luke and I

could not have made it without you and

Mike covets them and knows how much

he is loved and being prayed for.

Another super positive today was that

the Apple genius did perform miracles

with my computer . . . God backed up

everything . . . it is there! I am working

like a little beaver in school and am

excited that this week will be my FINAL

week of coursework in my doctoral

program . . . I am totally praising

the Lord for my Mac up and working!

Thanks to Diane and Frank I have

my computer back! They drove

about a bazillion miles to pick up

my computer from the Apple Store!

Where in the world would I be

without my great friends?!?

Here is to a totally exhausting and

great day that we are rejoicing in yet

more miracles God has performed in

our lives.

On A Mission . . .

Holy Smoke! Last night my beloved

Mac computer started spinning the

ever-dreaded "spiral of death" and

that it was. Here we are in Phoenix,

Arizona and as usual God sends an

angel my way. Diane's mom, Joyce, lives here

in Phoenix and I asked them if they would

be able to "run" me over to the Apple

Store to have my computer fixed.

TWELVE HOURS and FIFTY miles

later . . . my Mac had to have a new

hard drive. I am so careful with my

computer, I have no idea in the world

how this happened and why it happened

THIS week . . . the LAST week of all

of my courses along with the other

balls that are juggling everywhere.

We are ALL headed back to the

Apple Store in the afternoon tomorrow

to pick up my beloved computer.

I am praying that all of my schoolwork

is safe and sound on the new hard drive

and that I will be able to put the

finishing touches on all of my papers

to hand in before the end of this week.

Thank heaven for GREAT friends and

a fun, fun day in spite of all of the

computer mess headaches.

Tick.Tock.

This is my little spot where I have spent

many of my hours the past several days.

This will also be my little post on Tuesday

when Mike has THE BIG ONE. God

has been so merciful, but it has

certainly been a very crazy couple of

days.

The very wise doctors canceled Mike's

surgery yesterday in order to reevaluate

several red flags that he had noticed

over the past several days. However,

God is bringing it all together and

the doctors are developing a plan

as we speak. This has certainly been

a lesson in patience, humility, and

understanding what is truly

important. It is crazy that we are in

the midst of building a new house,

leaving for a residency next week,

brand new school year . . .

Mike's Big Day.

Number 1: Look at those big paws!! My goodness!!

Today is Mike's big surgery day!! Our family

could not be more grateful for the outpouring

of support and care during this time. He

has an unwavering faith and knows that God

will most certainly take the best of care

of him while he is in surgery and recovering.

With many emotions, we approach this day

with thanksgiving and gratefulness for such

wonderful family, friends, and the best

medical team on the planet.

Thumbs.up!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Temporary Digs.

This is where we have been spending ALL of our

time the past couple of days . . . Mike has had

EVERY test imaginable and is getting ready

for his surgery on Thursday morning.

We are so thankful that we have the

opportunity to come to such a wonderful

hospital! Everyone is so nice here and have

been helpful in every way imaginable.

They have also kept us super busy

with Mike's schedule . . .

Smiles.

Everything, I mean EVERYTHING

is totally wonderful at the Mayo

Clinic. From the moment you step in

the front doors, they begin catering to

you and your family. They are excited

to be of service to you and want to

assist you in ANY WAY that they can.

One of the most fun things that

happened today was that the little

waiter in the restaurant took Luke to

this special little dessert bar and showed

him how to make this really fun

dessert. Truly, it is all about the many

little things that they do to make your

stay as wonderful as they can.

Mike had a plethora of tests today, has

tests and will save his own blood tomorrow, and

has surgery on Thursday morning.

We are so excited to get the show

on the road and are so, so, so

grateful that we are here. We cannot

wait for Grandy and Bobby to arrive!!

What. a.great.support.team!!

We're Outta Here.

Yep! It's true! Mike's doctor called from

the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona and

said it would be great if Mike could come

this Monday or Tuesday!!! We quickly

pulled our things together and are

headed to the airport bright and early

at 4:30a.m.

We are so thankful for all of our

friends and family that have

supported us and continue to pray

for us! We are so excited to see

what God does . . .