Update on Bob

Hi everyone. I am attaching a copy of a letter I received from Ruth. I hope you are able to see how much this friend of mine loves the Lord and sees His hand in everything. Love, Trish Monday 7-16 Bob had the breathing tube removed! Yahoo! Nurses cheered when they saw him, doctors came by the bed and gave big thumbs up, everyone was encouraged - especially Bob! Bob is off the sedatives now, but still confused. His injured kidneys and liver cause the body to be confused and also take longer to filter out all the medications. He is still on dialysis but his kidneys are producing a little urine on their own. He has some infection in his blood that is being treated with antibiotic. The greatest unknown continues to be WHY Bob has such a clotting problem. This is complicated by a possible allergy to heparin (blood thinning medication). Please pray great WISDOM for the Hematology Team, as they said a case like Bob's comes along perhaps once every 20 years. Answers to your prayers!: Bob is BREATHING on his own!!! (doctors warn the breathing tube often needs to be reinserted - Bob would NOT like that) Both of our jobs have been WONDERFUL. My work is usually slow during the summer (school resumes August 20) and Bob's colleagues have offered a "sick day bank", available if his own leave time runs out. Our church family gave a very generous LOVE Offering to help with medical expenses. Nurses and doctors continue to be awed at God's work in Bob's life! The big, strong male nurse who did CPR several times on Bob that first night, told us through moist eyes last night that Bob is most certainly a miracle (and that Bob was the sickest man he has seen in 10 years of working here). THANKS for continuing to talk about us to a powerful God who loves to listen to His children. We are privileged and grateful. Love, Ruth Bell & Family

Thank you Trish for sharing. My prayers continue for this couple. luvitsunnyv

Thanks so much for the update! I think of Bob and Ruth often and am so pleased he is doing better, PRAISE THE LORD!!! Karen