Good Tuesday Evening, September 25, 2018 @ 22:10:44 MT.
Yesterday I speculated at what dive I had completed. Today is #30. I am elated. I sure have learned to appreciate the kindness of our God in leading us to purchase this mHBOT chamber!
Today, I noticed that my ears are so adjusted to the dives that I little notice the changes in pressure. My left ear is doing really well. I do look forward to the auxiliary oxygen I get in here too. All systems are “go!”
I had my post-op appointment today for a dressing change. The dried blood was pulling on my foot and causing a lot of pain. The relief was gradual as PA Evan had to pour water over the gauze to get it unstuck. There is still a lot of swelling at the suture lines. I expected that since the foot is walked on. I see my Dr next week for suture removal and x-rays. I am so glad that I got the hardware removed. It had been there for five years! The drive and the amount of time I did not have my foot elevated today has it throbbing right now. I will elevate it in bed and take some Tylenol and ibuprofen for the discomfort.
I woke this morning with my “numb” headache. It lasted all day and I even experienced the piercing, stabbing pain with it too. I took an hour nap but woke to the numbness still there. Light and sound sensitivity seem to be elevated when I have all day headaches. I did help with dinner preparation though. I prepared the spaghetti sauce. D got the spaghetti squash prepared and in the oven but it just wasn’t cooking fast enough so we made rice noodles for tonight. There is plenty of the sauce left for tomorrow night and the squash finally cooked. We are set for tomorrow! D added sprigs of our garden basil to the top of the squash and it did get a bit roasted so the flavor should be dynamite!
I am sitting in this chamber full of wonder and gratitude. I am grateful to those who have developed these chambers for people like myself to enjoy. I am grateful to my Dr for prescribing the chamber for me. I am grateful that D is so supportive of everything I am doing to live a better quality of life. I am grateful to God for leading me down this road of recovery. I am grateful to all of the friendships I have acquired through the FB groups I am part of. What a marvelous group of people! I am grateful for the healthy choices I am making to better advance my recovery. I am grateful for my Mom. She has been right beside me whether we are together for a few weeks and for all the rest of the year where she is praying for me and speaking life-giving and love-giving words of encouragement to me every day. I love you Mom! I am grateful.
Last week, as D and I were driving in the dark to the hospital for my surgery, God gave me a chapter to read over us. It was Isaiah 35. I would like to share it with you tonight. It speaks of God’s promises to us and the goodness He has for us. I have been living in that chapter this entire week. Thank You Lord!
Dive #30….Yahoo!
Hugs,
Suz
The Message Bible: Isaiah 35
The Voiceless Break into Song
35 1-2 Wilderness and desert will sing joyously,
the badlands will celebrate and flower—
Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom,
a symphony of song and color.
Mountain glories of Lebanon—a gift.
Awesome Carmel, stunning Sharon—gifts.
God’s resplendent glory, fully on display.
God awesome, God majestic.
3-4 Energize the limp hands,
strengthen the rubbery knees.
Tell fearful souls,
“Courage! Take heart!
God is here, right here,
on his way to put things right
And redress all wrongs.
He’s on his way! He’ll save you!”
5-7 Blind eyes will be opened,
deaf ears unstopped,
Lame men and women will leap like deer,
the voiceless break into song.
Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness,
streams flow in the desert.
Hot sands will become a cool oasis,
thirsty ground a splashing fountain.
Even lowly jackals will have water to drink,
and barren grasslands flourish richly.
8-10 There will be a highway
called the Holy Road.
No one rude or rebellious
is permitted on this road.
It’s for God’s people exclusively—
impossible to get lost on this road.
Not even fools can get lost on it.
No lions on this road,
no dangerous wild animals—
Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening.
Only the redeemed will walk on it.
The people God has ransomed
will come back on this road.
They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion,
unfading halos of joy encircling their heads,
Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness
as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.
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