Country Chatter

Being home is so wonderful for both of us. I was weary, not really tired, just weary of all that goes with a hospital and rehab stay. It is so much easier now that we are home. But it is still hard, very hard and maybe the most challenging part. Gene so much wants to be better, for it just to magically disappear. Being patient is hard and his energy tank empties very, very quickly. Sitting up, walking across the room is an instant drain on his tank and fatigue immobilizes him.

But we are improving. Today he had his first shower in a month. It felt sooooooooo good! The drainage of bile from his side has almost stopped. He sits up to eat and can feed himself. The big acheivement this morning was getting him in the car and driving around the pasture to see his cows. In case you don’t know it, driving over a field even at the slowest of speed is rough on an abdomen that has endured five surgeries. Four of the beef steers go out this week so we drove down to the corral so that he could see and tell Jill pm how to capture and control them until Steve can haul them out on Wednesday morning. It was a big “field trip” and qualified for a good physical therapy session.

We are settling into a routine, getting meds organized, and physical hygiene figured out. The doctors assure us he will get better but it will take time, patience, hard work, endurance, and lots of healing.

I was reminded this week of Jesus personal invitation to the crowds of weary, sick, and crippled people who were coming to hear him speak, “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28. Even today his arms are stretched out inviting and calling to the tired, weary and those carrying heavy burdens…..Come, come to me. Give me your burden, give me your cares, give me your hurts, give me your weariness and I will give you rest in your soul. Can I fully put my faith, hope and trust in Jesus? He invites and I respond.