No thoracentesis today

I'd like to hear from whoever read the blog early Monday and prayed for Chuck as requested. Would you believe he slept until 8 am! Thanks for praying. Thanks, God, for answering.

I'm breathing well enough that I called to cancel the "stand-by" appointment for a thoracentesis this morning. That, too, is a wonderful answer to prayer. Now we continue to ask for enough lung capacity to keep functioning each day.

I'm having blood work done this morning. My body doesn't like taking so many medicines. (Sleep wasn't as good last night as it had been the past several nights.) Maybe we're squeezing out too much fluid? My weight dropped 15 pounds in the past 7 days. It'll be sometime Wednesday before we get results from the blood work.

As always, we are intensely grateful to you for your love and prayers.

Carol and Chuck