Today is one of those days when we must stop and count our blessings. Sometimes I get caught up in the difficult things that are happening and then I have to remind myselt that for this day, there were more good than bad things that happened.
For example: Today Lee was able to double the walk of yesterday. Not only did he double it once, he doubled it twice. Now that is a blessing!
Today Lee had a normal sinus ryhthm ALL DAY and ALL LAST NIGHT. Now that is a blessing!
Today Lee ate as thought he had an appetite for food. Now that is a blessing!
Today Lee Laughted out loud at something Elizabeth said to him. Now that is a blessing!
Today Lee's oxygen level was maintained @ 95 to 100 percent on room air! Now that is a blessing!
I was not there earlier today when the pulmonary doctors made rounds and Lee told me that they would discuss the best course of action for the remainder of his hospital stay at conference. (There is a conference on all the pulmonary patients each Tuesday morning). I left @ 8:00 this evening and we did not have another visit from any of the doctors. I anticipate that they will enlighten us in the morning. I may not get there early enough so Lee will have to pass that along when I get there.
Another good thing today and truly a blessing....our good friend, Carol H. from Hickory came for a short visit as she was passing through Durham. Seeing a good friend, even briefly is always a blessing!
As you can see, whenever we look a little beyond what is directly in front of us, we find Blessings!
More Later...............................................................Brenda
Good morning mom...I know you don't get a lot of comments to the blog -- but we are all still out here being very good listeners. Wish I could have heard him laugh. I hope the doctors will tell him that he can be released to the condo by the weekend! Bonnie sends her love
ReplyDeleteAND... in addition to what julia said.. I know I am always amazed by your heart of thankfulness. You once mentioned to me that if we stay thankful, it takes the focus off of us. Thank you for teaching us all this :) Love y'all LOTS.
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