Praise for daily miracles!

Last evening, our family (plus a girlfriend and a boyfriend) gathered around the dining room table, just like we did one week earlier. This time, however, our attention was focused on praising God for His miraculous provisions during the past week. It was so sweet to share the scriptures, songs, thoughts and perspectives that had filtered through our minds and hearts during the previous seven days. This whole saga has been astounding!

Nate's body is starting to adjust to the 15 pills he takes, plus the doctors are fine-tuning the various daily dosages. He has embraced the discipline of charting everything that goes into (and comes out of) his body. He has been assured, by other organ recipients, that eventually this whole process will become fairly routine.

I am still quite sore, but can feel incremental progress each day. I also feel slightly "out of whack" at times since my lower intestines immediately filled the void left by the removal of the kidney. That little revelation will probably elicit more than one barbed comment from someone out there! :) One exciting fact is that my pain is manageable with Tylenol only, without having to resort to stronger, narcotic drugs.

Many more miracles occurred throughout our two surgeries. We plan to share some of them in future posts. Overall, though, please continue to give glory to our great God for His marvelous grace and mercy bestowed upon us all.

~ tr