I hope you are all enjoying the fall colors!
Mom, Em and I returned yesterday from a three day rest up north with Mama’s sister and parents. The leaves were past peak in Itasca but a few maples and red oak stood out in striking contrast to the brilliant yellow tamaracks. As a side note, wearing red-tinted sunglasses vastly improves fall colors. :o)
Many thanks to Aunt Linda, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Steve and Kelsey for the encouraging conversation and delicious food, warm fires and refreshing walks in crisp “up north” autumn air. We were so blessed by your care and all the work you put into making us relax and laugh.
We did have a minor incident that made us regret for a moment we weren’t a little closer to home and doctors. But thanks to experienced oncology nurses who were able to diagnose over the phone and our doctor who called in Mom’s prescription to a Park Rapids pharmacy we were well on our way to a solution in a couple of hours, no going home necessary! Mama had a mild case of something in her mouth… she assumed it was mouth sores and that she could simply use mouth wash diligently. On Tuesday morning she woke up with a fairly severe sore throat and by the afternoon we called oncology. She had thrush, a fungal infection that was spreading down her throat and could have eventually developed in her stomach. She had a normal temperature so thankfully nothing serious had developed yet. The nurse told us this infection is caused by a combination of steroids and a weakened immune system. This afternoon her tongue is starting to heal and her sore throat is minimal although she still has a cough. Would you pray that the medication continues to clear up the infection, and pray that Mom would especially not get sick in the next few days; that the cough would be “nothing”, since her white count is at its lowest.
Thank you all for your faithfulness in praying for Mom and asking specifically how to do so.
I can never verbalize how precious your prayers are to us.
With Much Love,
Aubrey
