B's Update

Thank you ALL! What an amazing network we have in our faithful Lord and Savior. The many prayers that have been lifted up for M. The e-mail support. The cards. What an encouragement for M and most importantly a testimony of your faithfulness to support & love one another with Christ's unfailing love. I cannot begin to tell you what it means for us to feel God's warmth and love coming from so many around us.

Most of you now know that M is back home from the hospital after spending this last week at Medical City. After 28 hrs in the ER and then several days more in the hospital, we are confident that we are nearing the final chapter of this particular book in life. While the road has been very trying for M, we are amazed by God's provision of strength during such difficult times. While in the hospital, M was diagnosed with Left Temporal Lobe Seizures.

It would appear that the seizures could be the root source of M's illness for these last two years. As many know, M first became ill about two years ago and was eventually diagnosed this past September with an orphan syndrome (no particular cause or cure), called POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). Then, in mid March, while in the Hospital, she was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus (a form of water diabetes). Finally, while at Medical City, we received our present diagnosis. Now the new diagnosis is not to say the previous two diagnoses were incorrect. Rather, we feel that we found a particular symptom, then another symptom, and finally, a root cause. The three physicians that are working together (Cardiologist, Endocrinologist, and now a Neurologist) seem fairly confident that once we address the seizures, the other issues should also start to resolve.

So...please continue to pray for M and her healing. While she has started an anti-seizure medicine and went three days without any episodes (seizures) and felt much better, since coming home, she has started to have them again. Yesterday, she had five. This is less than 25, but it is still a true test of patience and understanding. It will take awhile for the dosage and the proper medicine to fully resolve the seizures, but as M has said, after two years, you just want things to be better!

Many of you have asked about how you can help. Honestly, first, continue to pray on our behalf that M would continue to trust in God's complete and perfect plan knowing that the testing would lead to endurance and endurance to a greater faith. Pray also that her medicine would work effectively and that we would come to the correct dosage soon. Pray that our marriage would continue to be strengthened and that although it is close to five years of marriage that we would continue to grow deeper in one another, as the two become one.

Second, many have desired to serve and bless us with meals. Thank You! You have been such a blessing! To make things easier for communication of meals our previous Sunday School class has set up a website and calendar for meals and we encourage those that are willing and wanting to do a meal to go to the website. Again, y'all have been such a blessing at this time. The website is: http://scking.net/abf/index.php/Foxes and you can sign up in available spots. At this time we have opted to do signups every other day.

Finally, THANK YOU again! We appreciate your support, love, guidance, and prayers. You have truly been uplifting in ALL WAYS. I know that we are near the end of this journey and look forward to sending out a future email of complete healing and thanksgiving!

Do not be anxious...but in ALL WAYS present your request before the Lord...
Philippians 4:6

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