ALL THINGS???????????

We Christians like to declare that all things

work together for good to those who love God.

Makes you wonder sometimes.

But let me tell you about the day the 

above image was taken.

My habit  is to very early in the morning ask

for God's protection for the day, and his blessing

on the day.  I "try" to put the day in his hands

and let him worry about it.  [I know.  Sometimes

I try to help him.]

The above day started for me like several each 

week - at the oncology center.  It started well.

They sent me over to the hospital for blood.

That happens a lot.  About once a week I go

get more blood and/or platelets.  It's a routine

with me.

On entering the hospital I noticed that the 

regular people who do the admitting were not

there.  But one of the regular women who 

come out of the back office was.  So she helped

me.  Well, she had to get some help to help

her so she could help me. 

The next step is "usually" being taken to a 

hospital room.  But this time, she took me 

around the corner to a division or section I 

had never been in.  ??? and double ???

It was for out patient heart patients.  I am

not a heart patient.  I am there because of

"Aplastic anemia" as an out patient.

Next comes a nurse.  So far that happens 

everywhere.  And the way she was going 

to do the infusion was different than my  doctor

had instructed.  I know.  I had careful read the

instructions before handing them in at the front

desk.  Now I liked the nurse's method better. But

I am not normal.  Transfusions can give me reactions

that create real problems.  So I have learned to 

watch pre-medications and infusion rates very

carefully.  The nurse and I "sorta" went round 

and round on infusion rates.  But as mentioned,

I liked her method better and we followed her

"protocol" instead.

Now this division does not stay open 24/7.

So when they had gone as far as they could

they sent me to the 5th floor.  First time I have

ever been there.  The reason is simple.  They

do not work with "out patients" like me.  They

only care for full time patients.  But the people

were great.  They did a great job anyway.

Except as we are winding up, they wanted to

wait 30 minutes and do an "H and H".  No 

way.  How did that get in there?  It ends up that

that instruction came out of "ER" several months

ago when the reaction problems began.  Now

we have been following a different set of instructions

with a "protocol" that is similar to the one from

the department that sent me there.

After this comedy of errors that had me frustrated,

until I could hand it back over to God - what was

the outcome?

I was able to go home between 4 and 8 hours

EARLIER 

than my normal routine.

INSN'T GOD GOOD. 

But we are not done.

For quite a while now I have known that the

alternator on my old truck was getting very 

weak.  And leaving the hospital the lights in

the dash told me it had gone it's last mile.

God got me home safely and all at a time that

there were several extra vehicles I could use 

to go into towns to get parts.

GOD IS STILL GOOD. c

"And we know that all things work together

for good to those who love God, to those

who are the called according to His purpose."

(Romans 8:28 NKJV)