I'm Still Here

I am still around. I have just been very busy. We went through the whole house and gave away a bunch of stuff to our new spanish ministry at our church. They were having a free flea market. We filled up our van (without the seats in). It was awesome to get rid of that stuff. My dad has also not been doing well. The latest developement is that his kidneys started to fail. The chemo requires him to have a lot of extra fluid. He could go into heart failure so they give him some medicine. That medicine caused his kidneys to fail. It is a delicate balancing act of finding medicine that works well together. They completely stopped chemo this week to let his kidneys start functioning well. They are going to start again next week but if his kidneys start failing again they will have to stop the chemo altogether. My mom is tired and my dad is too. The hospital where he is now (VA) has a hiring freeze on so they are very short staffed. They have never had someone who had all the problems my dad has in their oncology department. He is test case. All the complaining the staff does is getting to my mom and dad. He is home this weekend but goes back in next week. If the chemo goes well he has 160 more doses over the next year and half. Wow! One blessing is that my dad is a disabled veteran so all of this is covered by insurance. Praise the LORD! This has been on the forefront of my mind so much lately that I have just fallen into bed each night. My prayer life has gotten so much better because I have had to go the Lord almost every moment of everyday. I will try to get some pictures uploaded soon. Our one camera broke and the other one is missing in action. I love you all and pray for you all every day.