Well it's been an eventful few days again.  Seems Randy cannot get a break and have a few days where he feels ok and has no issues!!  $#&@# makes you want to scream!!

Thursday he woke up with a pain behind his right knee.  It was annoying but manageable.  Friday the pain moved to the inside of his thigh.  Again annoying but not to bad.  Saturday he woke up and the pain was intense in the thigh.  He could not put weight on the leg.  Felt like a deep bruise so we feared another blood clot.  Decided to go to the hospital emergency ward to get checked out.  6.5 hours later we found out that it is not a clot because he is already on the correct medication for blood clots so the likelihood of another one is very minimal.  The doctor figured the pain is just muscular due to inactivity.  Again long day but at least we can stop worrying about clots.  Yeah!!

Then this morning after Randy finished feeding overnight he flushed the feeding tube and took his pain relief medicine around 8 am.  Fell asleep and when he woke up at 9 am to flush the tube with more water found the feeding tube was plugged.  We tried everything to un-plug it but nothing worked.  Called the on call nurse for the Home Enteral Program and was told there is nothing that could be done today for Randy.  This issue is not considered an emergency so they will be calling us, hopefully tomorrow, with a time to get the tube fixed again. 

Thankfully the tumor in his esophagus has shrunk a bit because Randy is able to swallow small sips of water which means he can take the pain medicine orally.  Says it tastes worse that gasoline.  But at least he didn't have to suffer all day with pain to bad. 

I pray Randy will get a break, once the tube is fixed, and be able to enjoy Christmas as best as he can. 

God,

Thank you for another day! Thank you for our lives and the purpose you have given each one of us.  We come before you tired and ask for a refreshed spirit.  We are exhausted and we need your strength to carry us.  Fill us with joy, so that no matter how tired and depressed we are, we rejoice because you are good and your love endures forever.  Help us not to complain amidst our weakness.  Restore our minds so that we can still function properly.  Give our bodies the energy needed to get through each day.  We claim healing in Jesus Name!  Help us to prune things that are hard to let go of that suck the energy from us.  Lord, we lay our lives down at your throne and praise you! AMEN!