Marvelous Monday,
This is going to be a short, but wonderful blog post for today. Day +52 since Bonnie’s transplant. We had a great Thanksgiving spending it at home. It was hard heading back to our apartment on Friday evening, but it was a little easier knowing that there was a light at the end of the tunnel, the “light” of anticipating returning home to Lansing in the first part of December. Today was Bonnie’s weekly clinic visit and that little flicker of “light” in the tunnel turned out to be a blast of sunshine when the doctor said to Bonnie, “you can go home”. Four sweet words that stunned us.
Tonight we are packing up everything that has accumulated here in Sterling Heights and will head back home tomorrow (Tuesday). This doesn’t mean that Bonnie is out of the wood of potential complications, but she is doing well enough that they feel Lansing is close enough should anything crop up. We learned today that she can get a different type of mouth sore after 100 days as an example. We will continue to go to Karamanos once each week for Bonnie’s regular clinic visit as they monitor her progress.
Thank you for all of your prayers and praying us home. We are so grateful for the support. Please continue to pray that Bonnie’s recovery proceeds as it has, that she will continue to get stronger and will be protected from viruses and infections as she is very susceptible to this due to a very young (52 day old) immune system. Also pray that Bonnie can learn to say “no” and be content on letting others (the kids and me) serve her. Those of you who know her well know that “no” is not in her vocabulary. She will not be able to clean house, drive, leave the house without a mask, be in a lot of public places, or shop as a few examples. She can’t be around live plants and flowers yet, but she can exercise, do laundry, cook and hopefully get to some more of the books she has on her list to read.
Although God has taught us over these many months to rejoice in ALL circumstances, even the most challenging of circumstances, tonight we are combining the inner joy we have strived to have throughout this journey with the added emotion of happiness. We are looking forward to reuniting with our family and friends.
Steve & Bonnie
God is SO faithful! It brought tears to my eyes when I got Grandma's email yesterday! We are continuing to keep you in our prayers . . . we love you all so very much! Ahhhh, God is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWOW! PRAISE GOD! We are rejoicing with you!
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm a really good house-cleaner. Maybe next Tuesday??????? I'd love to help.
gwen
This is wonderful news. (Mark went home yesterday for good, also!) We're thinking of a lunch get-together next Wednesday (December 9th) in Lansing. It's halfway for Mark and for us. We want you both to join us. Is there a place you can recommend that isn't too crowded for an early lunch --say, around 11:30 am -- where we can sit and enjoy and hear ourselves talk? Then maybe a short walk, for old times' sake, in a nearby park? Let us know.
ReplyDelete"You can go home!" Wow, four words that contain in them the deepest recesses of pain and suffering, a continuing trip through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and a witness to God's faithfulness and answered prayer. I can't imagine the joy! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt was SO WONDERFUL to see you at the game the other night. You were smiling and
ReplyDeleteanimated and just like your normal self - I rejoiced! Scott asked right away how you were and I told him you were fine but that I was all nerved up. I was afraid I would make you sick or wear you out. Thank you for taking time to talk. You always refresh me. Philemon 4-7.
gwen
PS: It was good to see Steve too!
I am praying that the lack of updates is because you are having so much fun at home you have no time or energy for online time.
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