God

Thanks to many of you who have called, texted, left messages, and especially prayed for my Mom. It's overwhelming how many people come out of the woodwork during a time of need. I will give a brief story about my Mom, but mostly this story is to share how good our God is.
Thursday, Mom went in for a heart cath. She has been having some shortness of breath, exhaustion and some other symptoms for a while now. While waiting for the doctor, she was told she couldn't have the cath, but would be admitted to the hospital for further testing because she was severely anemic. Normal hemoglobin levels are 12-14 and hers was a 6. The doctor asked her how she was still functioning like she is. That evening, they gave her a blood transfusion and ordered blood tests, an EGD scope and colonoscopy and started her on iron. There were 5 doctors consulting on her and we heard things like "I'm pretty sure it isn't leukemia" "There might be internal bleeding" "Hopefully we can do surgery to repair anything"... All of these statements start making you crazy! The good news...the scopes both showed NO internal bleeding or tears anywhere. The prognosis...Mom is severely anemic and will have to be monitored closely for a while. The problem is one of two things. Either her body has stopped producing blood or it isn't absorbing iron. The doctors consulted this morning and decided to give her another blood transfusion and send her home. Thankfully, Mom is home resting tonight and is very happy. ;) She will have to take iron supplements and may need more blood as time goes on, but that is much better than some of the other scenarios. We count it a miracle that she went in for the heart cath. If she hadn't, there's no telling what would have happened. God is good and His love is more vast that we can ever imagine. Even in the midst of trials, God wants to be glorified. He wants to be our peace, our comfort and our protector. God is good. All the time.