Where Have We Been In the Last Five Years

January 28, 2016
Tuesday 

There has been several battles that have been Won! Thank God, Our Lord Jesus has
heard so many prayers and have answered those prayers!

My husband Jim had Acute Kidney Disease and it went into End Stage Renal Disease.
He started with a chest Catheter for Hemodialysis and had several chest catheters that bruised
his chest after being removed. Those bruises are gone! Praise Jesus!

Jim went from Hemodialysis to Peritonel Dialysis. He had a tube put in him so he could do home
dialysis. In the last five years he had his colon cut to remove a tumor and his colon was
reconnected and put under his rib cage. Jim also had two catarac eye surgeries to correct his
vision. He no longer wears glasses, except to read now. He could not see without glasses
most all his life time and wore them to drive. After eye surgeries he drives without glasses.
Praise Jesus!

Thank God for the many times Jim came so close to dying he was rescued! During these
last five years we have gone camping and rode our scooters in the spring and summer.
During one camping trip ( note in a motorhome, not tent ) Jim had a heart attack. It was
called a Widows Maker. He had a stint put in a valve. He has degenerative arthritis in his neck, Gout does act up ( cherries Help ), and he is unable to wear his teeth any more due to loosing his gums. He manages to eat a good steak! Praise Jesus!

It has been so overwhelming for both Jim and I at times and when we fail to pray it seems
to get even more overwhelming to handle the storms. Learned when we are unable to
handle a problem it is time to share with those that too will pray and encourage us.
Thank God for All those answered prayers.

In the last five years, every month have Jim get blood work ( lab ) and one to three doctor
appointments a month. He was so concerned about the look of his body for so many years
til he now wears overalls and he lets me cut his hair! Praise Jesus!

Having my husband sick, and a sick dog was so overwhelming that we managed to
get help from a dialysis center and a vet. We received alot of answered prayers.
Praise the Lord Jesus!

It has been over (4) four years since Hana, our English Mastiff had Addison Disease and left us.
About a couple of weeks after we lost Hana we saw a Craigslist Ad for a Mastiff.
We answered the ad and went to an animal control that had a full grown Bull Mastiff.
We paid $10 dollars and received a Huge Full Grown Bull Mastiff Female with (5) bags
of dog food for free. She had several bites all over her body. She Does Not get along
with other animals. Thank God we do not have other animals! She gets along great
with people. We named her "Sadi-Lilly" yet we call her "Sadi". She has not been
chipped, so we have no history on Sadi before she came to live with us.

For a couple of years now, when Sadi is trying to get my attention she will say:
"Mama". It is so awesome!

Have several photo's of her on my verizon panitech. When I learn how to get
those pictures on this pc will share the many pictures of Sadi. 

Here is the only one picture a good friend sent us in an email:

Her Large Tongue covers her buck teeth. Her lower jaw is longer than her upper jaw.
Sadi is very quiet! We Love Sadi and We Have Been So Blessed by the Lord Jesus to have her
living with us.

Every year Jim has been going into the hospital. This month he had pneumonia and borderline copd.
His oxygen level has vastly improved! Praise the Lord!