CAT scan scheduled

This Tuesday we will going to Chicago for Lia’s CT scan. After this hopefully we will hear more about surgery plans.

Waiting and Joy

We are waiting to get a call to schedule a CAT scan around Lia’s heart. The doctor in Chicago agrees with the doctor here in Rockford about the CoA, and believes it will get worse over time  if left untreated. After the CAT scan I’m guessing we’ll hear more specifically about surgery. It’s not very easy feeling like we’re stuck in limbo, waiting.
Last weekend at our church I went to a Ladies Spring event. The speaker shared about waiting, and challenged us how to wait in confidence and to wait with joy. Our confidence is in our God who is holy, perfect, all-knowing, and He loves us and Lia more than we can even imagine. The waiting with joy part is definitely more of a challenge for me. I don’t like to wait, I don’t enjoy waiting. And that’s the thing: Dawn talked about the meaning of the word enjoy — to put on joy, to enter into joy, to surround oneself with joy. And it’s not about enjoying the waiting, it’s about enjoying who we are waiting with. Jesus is right there with us, in the waiting. He is here. And that’s where the joy is. So pray for me to put on joy and to surround myself with joy, the joy of the Lord, who is our strength.