Message Four

Today's word for me was 'endurance'.  A long day for us all with Elizabeth putting up with a very sore chest.  From time to time we got the message via pointing fingers 'very uncomfortable.' Time to get 'S', her nurse for the day.  A suction tube then has to go down her breathing apparatus and into her lungs to clean things up.  S then offers her some morphine in water.  Elizabeth says 'no', well most of the time she does.

We were visited by our pastors, David and Susan, Claire and James this afternoon.    The staff are getting used to constant prayer meetings in Critical Care.  We don't believe in 'wishing on a star'.  Stars are reliable but not very powerful (speaking personally). We want strength to endure the pain and suffering, for Elizabeth to feel able to be released from the breathing tube.  We want her to start feeling in her left arm. Elizabeth is getting stronger on the right side.  She is able to pull hard with her right hand and arm.  Her eyesight is still not coordinating.  She was given an eye patch because she has double vision.  We are greedy.  We want Elizabeth to be healthier than she was before with no threat of any re-occurrence. 

Today we were kept in touch moment by moment with an amazing thing happening in Surabaya, Indonesia.  Our little niece, Allegra, had a sister.  Bravo Marcella and Dwi - miracles are happening all the time.  (Don't worry Mum - no secrets here.  We were recorded as Allegra's Aunt and Uncle when she attended nursery in Leicester.)