Thursday, 01/09

Hooray! The epidural is in. We are now awaiting the pump of meds to attach to the epidural pic. Caren and I read today in Job, "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life." Ezekiel says, "Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life." We are trusting that the sustaining breath/Spirit of God will be Caren's sustaining life, and the epidural will give her enough relief to breathe deeply. Caren is now getting a shampoo. Ah, the luxury. Thank you, Rachel for the beauty treatment. It is now 2:30 pm, and time to make the school run. I'll post any further updates for here, after I return. Thank you for your continued love and prayers. When I returned at 5:45, the epidural pump/meds still had not been delivered, and the pain level was through the roof. It has taken all evening to get the the pain back under control to where it is tolerable. I do know that most of the time her team has been exemplary. Letting the pain get out of control to the level Caren experienced - that was difficult to handle. Rick is here now, so I can run home and get her C-pap. We've made it through another day. Thank you, God.