Merry Christmas to everyone. We enjoyed good times with our family and Trish and Jay and kids stayed with us for almost a week. However, in the busyness of that, Jim caught a cold which went right to his lungs. On Christmas night he needed more air than he was getting so we went to the local hospital in Palmerston. He is still there, getting antibiotics intravenously and feasting on oxygen. He is making some improvement but won't be released until he can be successfully weaned from the oxygen. Hopefully in a day or so. He finds it difficult to get good sleep because he struggles with coughing when he's lying down, even though his head is well elevated.
I have a new appreciation for the nurses who work during holiday times without the extra staff support. They remain cheerful and patient. There are a few other patients we know and it is good to see familiar faces in the halls.
I suspect this will not be the last time he will need to be admitted and once again we have to rely on God's strength to see us through. As I heard in church this morning, our God is great and we must have confidence to depend on Him. We must relinquish the right to fix it ourselves and just rest in Him. That is my prayer for the days ahead.
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