Friday, March 13, 2015

The time has come......

......and yes, Pete has made the decision to activate and is now ready to receive a double lung transplant.

Pete flew to Ontario at the end of February to celebrate his brother Gary's 65th birthday and visit with his family and especially to spend time with our daughter Suzanne and her family.  He felt pretty good when he was there, but by the time he arrived back in Edmonton he had gotten the flu and from there everything just spiralled downward.

A visit with the family doctor and the usual prescriptions of steroids and antibiotics along with oxygen gave him some relief, but his oxygen absorption continued to stay very low and his color was not good.

Thankfully he was due to meet with the Lung Transplant Team for his regular review.  The Pulmonary Function test was done and the numbers weren't good.

Before we went into the city, Pete had already decided for himself that it was time and the doctors didn't hesitate to agree with him.

Now as I've mentioned before, we have to stay close to home and the waiting begins.  The call can come tomorrow, in a week, a month or a year.  Pete is at peace with the decision and we continue to leave everything in the Lord's hand.



1 comment:

  1. Uncle Pete & Auntie Marg (and family)
    Wishing you all much strength as you travel down this exciting but difficult journey.
    May you continue to put all your trust and confidence in our LORD and Saviour.
    Praying for strength, comfort and peace.

    "Behold, I am the LORD, the GOD of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?" Jer 32:27 RSV

    With love: Nathan & Aileen Diek

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