Good News! - Dec. 1, 2008

Wow, that felt great to type "good news". We have a major answer to prayer. I have finally been given my appointment with Dr. Greenberger at Northwestern University. He is THE guru dealing with ABPA and associated diseases. I know some of you are medical geeks and are curious about him, so here is a link to who he is:

http://www.medicine.northwestern.edu/scripts/bio.pl?pid=290

Remember the old commercial about E.F. Hutton? You know, "When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen."? Well, that is exactly who Dr. Greenberger is when it comes to ABPA. I am so unbelievable thankful that I have an appointment with him, in person, instead of him just advising care through the Madigan doctors. It is Dec.11th at 1:30. The initial appointment is 4 hours long with the potential for an overnight. I feel like I will be able to be given information and help from someone with experience that you can't get from a text book. I am one seriously happy camper about this appointment!

Another answer to prayer came in the way of snow today. It is a light dusting, but snow just the same. So here is my motto..."When there is snow, aspergillus won't grow!' Catchy, don't you think?

So, those are my happy news flashes. Thank you for keeping the boys and myself in your prayers. We need it. We are still earnestly asking God for healing. Also, we want the legal aspect of this to be handeled correctly and in our favor! Another thing that has been especially difficult for me the last couple of days is homesickness. Maybe because I see Dec. 1st on the calendar, and "there is no place like home for the holidays", but I sure am trying shrink that homesickness down and build up my thankfulness. I could just use a bit more prayer for it though because it keeps sneaking up on me.

Okay, my progress seems to be at a snails pace, or glaicial speed, or actually inperceptable at times; but I think I am a little bit stronger...at least that's what I keep striving for. So just keep praying!