We praise our Lord for raining down so may blessings on our family! It is just amazing to see His care and His people care for us. Thank you for everything!
In many ways life is getting bask it's rhythm: not so many doctors appointments, Gerry starting to work, attending our small group study, the registration for school and the beginning of cross country.
The return of "normalcy" has had an evolution. The journey of surgery and the first part of recovery had ups and downs. The cliff-hanging moments, the thrill of God's care and provision.
Now, those everyday issues are back: the leaky kitchen faucet that I can't get the right part for, the lawn mower that won't start (thank you dear friend for your help!).
God is still there, yet we seem to glance away and start getting down emotionally when the thrill of God's care is still ours.The Lord uses those everyday irritations to bring our focus back to Him .Please pray that we will keep holding God's hand as we walk through this journey of life with our Savior.
The return of the facial nerve function is very, very slow. There are days where Gerry is not feeling any change, which can get discouraging. We will not be seeing the nerve specialist until November unless there is a change. If the nerve is not functioning at that time they will start the process of nerve stimulation. If that is not effective, they will do a nerve graft.
Gerry is very deliberate in his speech. He has little feeling in half of his tongue and one side of his mouth. He jokes about speaking out of one side of his mouth.
His vision is good, except for peripheral vision. His eye is extremely sensitive to any environmental change. We should own stock in the eye drop company - he uses a box about every five days!
The physical issues are taxing, so he tires easily.
Gerry met with the radiologist recently. He will have six sessions of radiation at the end of the year. Why not now? There is a possibility of interfering with facial nerve recovery if it is done now. The tumors growth is slow, so there is time to deal with the remaining part of it.
The new MRI looks good! The tumor is very small now. The ventricles are normal size.
In addition to physical concerns, there is another important prayer request.
Gerry has worked two jobs in the past. He has had small disability insurance from them. He is back to work at his longest standing job. He said it felt good to be back, yet tiring.
His second job, where there were going to put him into an administrative position, is no longer there. When it came time to return, he was told that because of the length of time off work , his job was no longer protected, and the position was filled. They welcomed him to apply for other positions open within the company, which he has done. Please pray with us that one of these positions will be right for Gerry, or that God would open something else for him quickly. (It would be ideal if he got a position with enough income so that he could work just one job.)
This job was half of our income, so it is urgent. All disability insurance payments have stopped as of mid July. So we are at another cliffhanging moment, holding our Savior's hand.
Debbie
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
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Tell Gerry he needs to "toughen up" because the next time I am in town, we are going to arm wrestle. You don't need facial nerves to arm wrestle.
Matt Weber
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