Day 41 & 42

"It only takes a spark to get a fire going.

And soon all those around will warm up to its glowing.

That's how it is with God's love.

Once you've experienced it,

you want to sing, it's fresh like spring,

you want to Pass It On."

Day 41 - I was so tired last night I just couldn't sit at the computer and write. This crazy disease of mine is like that. I get so extremely tired for seemingly no reason at all. I can sleep and sleep and still feel tired. I am thankful it isn't as bad as it could be. I could be having kidney problems or heart problems or any number of vital organ difficulties. But, most of mine is just the fatigue. It is taxing at time - especially when there are things to do, but I just can't get up the energy to do them. So, although I'm not thankful I have Lupus, I am thankful it isn't as bad as it could be.

Day 42 - Today Jodi came home from the hospital. I have to say both Dale and I were very concerned about her. Not worried, we left her in God's hands, but terribly concerned - for the pain she was in and the seemingly cavalier way some doctors were treating her. I am thankful for the doctors at the Pasqua hospital who realized she wasn't kidding when she said she was in horrible pain and it had nothing to do with her previous surgery. She knew she should be feeling better and she just wasn't. I guess we all have to realize that we have to be pushy when it comes to being treated by doctors. Who knows our bodies better than we do?? So, I am thankful for those doctors and for the good care she received in the hospital.