After a nap, we went
back to the hospital for the 4pm visit. As usual, we prayed and sang to Kechi.
It did not look as if she would go into surgery that day, after all. The doctor
had two patients before her and the nurses thought that she would probably go
in the next day. Her temperature has gone up a bit as her poor body battled
infection. But I held on to God, believing Him to still be firmly in control.
I called Ulo and told
her of the hotel room change and we reaffirmed that what God was doing was
bigger than we realized. But I think that at that point we were beginning to
know that the work ahead which God was preparing for was an awesome one.
When Dorothy and I
returned for the night visit, Kechi had been taken to the theatre. They wheeled
her in around 8.00pm. Dorothy was in tears when she came to the waiting room to
tell me that Kechi was back in her room. She had gone to a more private waiting
room to pray, a room they called the “grieving room”. I had resolved when I
heard the name of that room never to go there again. I would never grieve I
would only thank God.
Anyway, on her way out
of the room, she saw them wheeling Kechi back to the ICU.
I jokingly told her that she should go back home if she was going to cry every
time Kechi went to the theatre and she assured me that they were tears of
relief and thankfulness, not fear. I totally understood. She was trying so hard
to be strong and I know it was not easy for her seeing Kechi like that. After
two weeks, it was still hard for me to see Kechi like that.
When we were allowed to
see her, I noticed they had changed the dressings on her face. The dressings
were still soaked through with blood, but God had given me the strength to look
upon Kechi in that state without falling into despair.
Her blood pressure was
fine, but her body temperature was below normal, and they covered her with a
warm air blanket. We prayed over Kechi
and left.
Ike and Betty came over
to the hotel to visit and Betty insisted on coming to take me out after my
morning visit with Kechi. My prayers that night
were full of praises and thanksgiving to my Awesome God!
To be continued...
May God richly reward you.I watched her talk on TedX and she talked about you so glowingly. You are richly blessed and favoured among women. May God continually pour His blessings upon you
ReplyDeleteAmen and thank you so much, Uzoma. God revealed Himself to me in so many ways that left me with no doubt that He was in total control. All I could do was praise and thank Him. Thanks for watching her Tedx talk. God bless you too.
ReplyDeleteAmen and thank you so much, Uzoma. God revealed Himself to me in so many ways that left me with no doubt that He was in total control. All I could do was praise and thank Him. Thanks for watching her Tedx talk. God bless you too.
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