Last night (Friday) at about 10:30 pm, I received a call from Larry´s rehab doctor. He said that because Larry´s blood sugar had been continuing to go down, even with treatment, and because of his fragile statis, he felt that Larry should go back to ICU for more constant monitoring. They moved him back late last night. It´s always hard to see a step backwards but I feel that this is something that can be figured out and remedied. This morning when I got there around 8:30 his blood sugar level was back up and that was positive. Throughout the day though, it dropped again. They are doing some things to bring it back up and hopefully Larry will be able to be moved out of ICU tomorrow or Monday....hopefully back to rehab, but at least onto another floor. Larry has been confused and agitated so much today and that has also been hard to watch. In his circumstances, because of so many problems, one issue seems to exacerbate others. I have to continue to remind myself of our motto these past few years. I´d like to share a thought from Larry´s talk given in church after returning from our mission. He said:
``I want to share with you one of the many things we learned in greater depth while on our mission. Before we left, some of the first words we learned in Portuguese were these: Eu posso fazer coisis deficies...na forca do Senhor. I can do all things in the strength of the Lord. This scripture found in Phillipians 4:13 has long been one of our favorites. We knew that we would need to know and remember this statement every day. And we did``
Truly this scripture has become our montra or motto. We have been strivng to live it every day and it seems even more more relevant and important to us as time passes. Some days here in the hospital I
have reminded Larry (and myself) of this statement and we repeat it together in Portuguese. It always brings a feeling of calm and reassurance to us. I have to admit that today was a hard day for me, not that it was such a critical day but that I seemed to have just `had enough`! Jon gave me a blessing (and Larry one to) and that has turned my struggling feelings back to the Lord and the strength He can and will always provide to us. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He is with all of us and will always strengthen us and help us make our way through. I recommit to living by this scripture and give thanks again to a loving Heavenly Father who blesses, strengthens, and loves me/you every single day.
Eu posso fazer coisis deficies, na forca do Senhor. I can do all things in the strength of the Lord!
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