It's been a busy week. Dan's had something to do at Mayo every day this week, except for Thanksgiving day. Labs, PT, pacemaker check, and follow-up with the liver doctors and all went very well. Dan's new liver function is about as perfect as can be, his creatinine is up a little and his prograf level is down a little, so meds are being adjusted. Dan may have a intestinal virus, we should hear the test results tomorrow and then get antibiotics. The next think Dan and I want to work on is a thank-you letter to the donor family. We will give the letter to Mayo to send to the family; the family may or may not respond, again via Mayo to us. After a certain amount of time, it is up to them and us if we actually know each other's names and/or meet. We hear that sometimes the donor and donee meet, other times it is too difficult for one or the other family. We'll send the first letter, then trust God with what happens next.
Thanksgiving was truly a time for giving thanks. Dan's sister Debbie and the kids Tim, Alyssa, and Josh were with us and Dan's dad asked Dan to pray. It was emotional as Dan shared in his prayer that God had granted the desire of his heart, to spend the holidays with family. It was particularly poignant since we had been told years ago right after Dan was diagnosed with Alpha-1 that the doctors were not sure if Dan would see his 50th birthday (next week, Dec. 5); then we were told by Mayo doctors the day after his transplant that Dan probably had only a few weeks left to live.
Today was especially productive, Dan and I dove into cleaning our room, tossing a lot of junk we've been holding on to, packing more boxes, clearing out his desk, my nightstand, and the closet shelf and rearranging the stuff to keep that was strewn all over the place. It will be much easier to pack everything for returning home (still planned for January). Tonite we are relaxing and watching 2 great holiday movies - Polar Express and The Family Man - if you haven't seen these, run right out and borrow them.
The cleaning we did today made me think about how our spiritual lives often need cleaning, how we need to confront and confess sin, rearrange priorities, get rid of unhealthy habits to make room for God and His will for us. When we do this, our lives will truly reflect God's glory, people will see Jesus in us, that's what it's all about.
Thankful,
Debbie and Dan
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Glad you had a great thanksgiving...God is so good...so much to be thankful for. We continue to pra and will certainly pray about the letter and all that results from you sending it. Blessings...Joy and Roger
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