Dear friends, thank you for your good wishes and prayers. God has been our refuge and strength through this sudden crisis.
Mama had a fall in the wee hours of Dec 28th and was hospitalized the next day. It was all so bewildering that I just broke down this time. The flood just overwhelmed me But the Lord reached out and pulled me out. So many prayers were answered one by one that my faith and trust was strengthed.
My sister Sonia and family had arrived a day earlier - their presence was a great help. ( They left 2 days back when my younger sister reached Alld.). My younger sister Namrita arrived on Jam 4th with her younger (11 yr old ) son. She is relieving me of hospital duties (12 am to 7 pm)My elder sister and BIL (Prem & Anju) will be here sometime after Jam 16th. This is a great comfort, I could not have taken care of mother all by myself , physically challenged as I am.
A metal rod was inserted into her femur bone which was fractured from the neck. It has been screwed in place. Her body has adjusted to the prosthesis also called the intramedullary rod. Pain is much less. She is allowed to sit up and exercise her leg. But she cannot put any weight or pressure on her leg for 6 weeks from the date of the surgery.
She will be confined to bed for another 5 weeks. Then an x-ray will be taken and the doctor will advise us further about her movement.
He is positive that she will be able to walk. Tomorrow she is coming home. We will be taking care of all her needs on the bed.Mama likes to do things her way so lying flat on her back makes her impatient and irritated at times. The age factor is playing. It is a difficult task for us all.
Several needs -physical, emotional, spiritual and financial have mushroomed around us. I have to realign my life to all this. 2011 was a year of trials which grew more fiery since October and now a new chapter has been added. Plus there are administrative difficulties I am facing some challenges in my church ministry which have to be dealt with.
I request prayer for all this. I feel exhaused and drained out at times.
On New Year 's Day brother David Phillips came to pray with Mama and me in the hospital. He very prophetically read Psalm 27 for us. verse 12 stuck in my heart
"Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies;
and also verses 13 and 14
"I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart;wait I say,on the Lord."
I have chosen Ps 27:12 as the verse and prayer for 2012.
Mama had a fall in the wee hours of Dec 28th and was hospitalized the next day. It was all so bewildering that I just broke down this time. The flood just overwhelmed me But the Lord reached out and pulled me out. So many prayers were answered one by one that my faith and trust was strengthed.
My sister Sonia and family had arrived a day earlier - their presence was a great help. ( They left 2 days back when my younger sister reached Alld.). My younger sister Namrita arrived on Jam 4th with her younger (11 yr old ) son. She is relieving me of hospital duties (12 am to 7 pm)My elder sister and BIL (Prem & Anju) will be here sometime after Jam 16th. This is a great comfort, I could not have taken care of mother all by myself , physically challenged as I am.
A metal rod was inserted into her femur bone which was fractured from the neck. It has been screwed in place. Her body has adjusted to the prosthesis also called the intramedullary rod. Pain is much less. She is allowed to sit up and exercise her leg. But she cannot put any weight or pressure on her leg for 6 weeks from the date of the surgery.
She will be confined to bed for another 5 weeks. Then an x-ray will be taken and the doctor will advise us further about her movement.
He is positive that she will be able to walk. Tomorrow she is coming home. We will be taking care of all her needs on the bed.Mama likes to do things her way so lying flat on her back makes her impatient and irritated at times. The age factor is playing. It is a difficult task for us all.
Several needs -physical, emotional, spiritual and financial have mushroomed around us. I have to realign my life to all this. 2011 was a year of trials which grew more fiery since October and now a new chapter has been added. Plus there are administrative difficulties I am facing some challenges in my church ministry which have to be dealt with.
I request prayer for all this. I feel exhaused and drained out at times.
On New Year 's Day brother David Phillips came to pray with Mama and me in the hospital. He very prophetically read Psalm 27 for us. verse 12 stuck in my heart
"Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies;
and also verses 13 and 14
"I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart;wait I say,on the Lord."
I have chosen Ps 27:12 as the verse and prayer for 2012.
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