ICU

Ed is in the ICU. His blood was full of ammonia. We discovered this after  chemotherapy yesterday.  It built up over the past week's treatments to unsafe/critical levels.

This is rare. Very rare. The hospital has had only one other case of this. There was only one dose of medication for this condition in the entire state of Minnesota,  and it is flowing into Ed's veins as I write.

What does too much ammonia look like?  Increased headache, nausea, greenish pallor.

How did the doctor think of testing for this?

God.

It really is rare. You should see the dollar signs on this stuff. That is code for "expensive."

Ed improves. He's taking it in stride.

There is a young man on this floor that we met last summer here. He too has ALL.  I talked to his mother last night.  She is keeping hopeful about his healing, but he is dying.

I have every hope that Ed will win at leukemia,  but death is all around us. I attended a funeral this past weekend of a most unlikely death. She was young, fit, and full of life. She was also ready to die.

We live the God-appointed days, and no more or less. There is such peace in that knowledge.  We can use God's provision of Medicine and medical treatment, or natural remedies,  but ultimately our days are His to number, and He has them already planned.

It's up to us to determine to believe, repent, and accept the way of life for eternity...Jesus Christ.

Thankful for the peace in that.

Thank you for your prayers. GOD BLESS YOU!