A New Morning

It's Tuesday morning and I (Deb) am sitting with Janet in her hospital room. I just read your comments to her and she so appreciates your love and your prayers on her behalf. As I type she is listening to the Steve Green CD "Morning Light". She is so weak this morning that she can hardly get a word out but the songs so stir her that she moves her hands in time with the music. She is aware of what is going on around her but she really struggles to get any words out. She did just say, "Khop khun, Khaa" (thank you) to the nurse who came to take her vitals.

Janet was sitting in a chair when I arrived this morning. Her room has a beautiful view of Chiang Mai (she's on the 12th floor) and she was seated just inside the patio doors that open to a balcony where she could look out over the moat and the southwest part of the city. The city was being bathed in a light rain and the open doors let in a fresh, clean breeze. It took Dorothy and I awhile to get her back into bed as she was too weak to try to move but we finally managed to get her lying down again so she could rest. She is very twitchy this morning and whenever she falls asleep she wakes herself up. What rest she does get seems far from restful.

Janet is on oxygen now as her blood oxygen levels are low. One of her doctors came in this morning and wanted to put in a more permanent IV port but Janet said she wasn't sure she wanted it so the doctor told her to let a nurse know when she decides. Pray for wisdom to know what to do to make Janet more comfortable without prolonging her pain and discomfort. We need wisdom that only the Lord can give as we help Janet walk through this valley on her way home.