Dear Prayer Partners!

The past week plus has been quite an adventure. You know from our previous update that I was scheduled for a colonoscopy on Tuesday.  I also was scheduled for my annual mammogram.

My mammogram was scheduled for 7A.M. and the colonoscopy for 9. Being prepped for the colonoscopy, I had been to the bathroom a lot (as any of you know who have gone through that – not fun!)  I was having my mammogram and the technician was about to do the last x-ray when I said to her, “I feel faint!”  (I had had nothing substantial to eat since the morning before!) She didn’t understand my slurred speech and I couldn’t remember the right word in her language…

The next thing I knew I was “waking up” on the floor, the poor technician was so anxious about me, “are you okay?!”  She was trying to get someone to get Lance to come.  When I came to after the fainting spell, they took my blood pressure and it was very low!

Well, you know what happens to your body fluids when you lose consciousness?! So there I was, with no change of clothes. After the last x-ray picture, I was taken to the ER, where I was given a hospital gown

and an IV. It was nice to rest and wait for the next procedure. A while later while holding a cup of coffee, (you know where his priorities are!) Lance was trying to help me get off the bed and he spilled his coffee down the front of his shirt and pants. We made quite the pair!! I guess he didn’t want me to feel badly about soiling my clothes, so he decided to join me!

The results of the colonoscopy were “non-specific colitis” and the doctor thinks that is from the yeast infection. Lance also has yeast (his is in his mouth) so we are both on a strict diet now –no sugar, carbs, white flour, anything with yeast etc. etc. Yes, I’m feeling faint again!!

I wonder how we are going to manage here, where there are not a lot of specialty food items available. I have the assurance from friends who have been through this that we will be fine. It is just a matter of eating wisely – mainly meats and vegetables, hardly any fruit as even natural sugar is bad for us. We can’t have white rice and the worst part is NO CHOCOLATE! (How ARE we going to live?!)

In all of this we are thankful. My tests did not reveal anything serious! We praise God for His grace. In my quite time this morning, God gave me two specific verses to encourage me. Isaiah 40:29  He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.  Isaiah 41:10 Fear not for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Thank you so much for praying for us! We are delaying our return to the village so I can rest and we both can adjust to this new diet. Lance does have plenty of time to work on the Psalms, so he will continue with that. We would appreciate your prayers for our healing from this yeast infection.

Secure in Christ’s love,

Laura and Lance