Urgent Prayer Request

Chris called yesterday morning to tell us that he was taking Val into Scripps Memorial Emergency. She had not urinated since Thursday. Chris and Danielle, Val's good nurse practitioner friend made the call. Tests were done and we thought that the ascites was causing the abdominal distension. We were wrong. After an ultrasound (painful), Dr. Smith, the excellent ER doc told us that it was probably due to impacted bowels and possibly liver swelling.

We decided not to admit her since this creates a nightmare procedure called hospital-to-hospital transfer that can result in languishing for a week at the hospital while you wait for a room.

After Chris conferred with Dr. Simon Lo, her stent doc at Cedars today, he directed us to get Val to Cedars ER stat.

As I write, Chris, Val, Julie, and Nancy are en route to Cedars. I am holding the fort in San Marcos.

Please pray for supernatural wisdom for every health care professional that touches Val at Cedars.

I am so optimistic that our dear one will come back to us. I also know that, medically speaking, we are at the end of our rope. As I kissed my beloved GodSpeed today, my prayer to God Most High is that I will once again see her alive in our world.

Thank you for your prayers. Our God hears all.