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Good morning Skip, I woke a little early this morning but I am feeling good. I think the doctors may have the acid reflux under control so I am hopeful I can begin eating today. The article below from CDC is a good one and shows the life cycle of the amoeba clearly. Thanks for [...]

Skip, I am hoping to head home today. I am now being told the I have low grade pneumonia in bottom of right lung and it is because of my shallow breathing with the liver issues. I had a CT Scan this morning and have been eating real food for lunch, dinner and now breakfast. [...]

I was able to return home yesterday. I am scheduled to meet with Dr Bill Ehni on Monday. He is the Infectious Disease Specialist who met with me while I was in the hospital.

Larisa, I thought I would check in with you since I went to Dr Bill Ehni, the Infectious Disease specialist today. I am feeling stronger every day and have been up and about since Saturday. I went off pain medications on Friday. I still have some discomfort in the lung/liver area, especially when breathing in [...]

This afternoon Don found out from the NWH team that his abscess has not gone down in size as expected, and it is still draining.  They are not finding amoeba & fecal matter in the drainage as they expected, but are finding some “abnormal” cells.  They want to do a biopsy, and try to find [...]

Skip, I found a great site from India and here is some information that might explain the abnormal cells: On microscopic examination the pus may show dead and deformed hepatocytes (although often they are not recognizable as liver cells), RBCs and a few polymorphs. The trophozoites of E. Histolytica are usually present in the wall [...]

The Lord has been waking me up a lot these last few days– 3:30AM yesterday, 2AM this morning and I have had these amazing conversations with him that have been so sweet and tender that I can hardly put them into words. There are a few thoughts specifically about our leadership gathering at the Rainer [...]

Dr. Greg Schroedl has continued to watch over my test results and talk to other physicians in order to determine what the abnormal cells are in my liver and why the abscess is not shrinking. One of the initial CT scans of my liver also detected another smaller mass in the lower right lobe of [...]

So many times in our attempt to follow Jesus, we fail. Not from a lack of trying but more often for talking about Christianity, about our Religion rather than relationships. The disciples and apostles had a relationship with Jesus and were never asked to become Christians. We are so hung up on focusing on differences [...]

The morning following the Canlis Dinner Bart, Dan, Heather and I enjoyed a delightful breakfast together. Heather wanted to hear all about our dinner and as we shared, new stories unfolded and I realized I was again experiencing this sense of Heaven, of timeless Joy. We were laughing, crying, sharing stories as if we had [...]

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