Tomorrow (THURSDAY) is an important day for Trent. We will be retesting his gall bladder. Dr Rob is still a slight bit suspicious of it and wants to check it out one more time. Bad news for Trent is that it means another IV, the good news is that after the prep for the colonoscopy, that seems like no big deal!! Trent looked a little better today, but no huge change so far from the irritable bowel drugs we are trying.

I am trying so hard not to put all my hope in the outcome of this test. I feel like it is the last time that we could have the chance for this to be “cut and dry.” After this, we will enter into no man’s land of unclear, or difficult to obtain diagnosis.

Our desire and prayer has been for clarity. The Lord is good and is in this whatever His answer is, but we have a little more time left to ask for our desire! Please pray for Trent’s test at 7:30 AM. Pray that the results would be clear and not in the questionable zone. Pray for wisdom for Dr Rob as he helps us think through all this. He has gone above and beyond by leaving no rock unturned! He has been a blessing to us! (And he is funny, too!)

We will let you know when we know more. Thanks for praying.

Valerie

P.S. from Tom – Please pray also as we have to make some travel decisions based upon the result of today’s test. Valerie has to return next Monday (arriving Tuesday) because of the need to renew her residence permit. We realized that Trent doesn’t have to return, but his passport does. Therefore, it looks like I will leave here after Valerie returns to go and join Trent. This is good timing as after 4 weeks, Valerie & I are definitely missing the kids that we are away from and we both need a change of scenery. We miss each other too, but I guess that will have to wait a little while longer.