sandpaper

Nicole is doing better. She is responding to the antibiotics; however, they are still going to remove her line.  She will go to Or tomorrow (April 22) to have it removed. She needs to have 72 hours of clear blood cultures before they will put another line in.

The bone marrow team wants her central line to be perfectly healthy to reduce the risk of infection.  They also want to put another line in as soon as they can because she is on IV fluids and antibiotics.

This will be Nicole 6th central line.  The surgeon struggled putting in her last one because her veins are so beat up and there is a lot of scare tissues. I'm trying not to have to much anxiety about this:/


I found this quote today by Elder Maxwell:  "In life, the sandpaper of circumstance often smooths our crustiness and patiently polishes our rough edges. There is nothing pleasant about it, however.  And the Lord will go to great lengths in order teach us a particular lesson and to help us to overcome a particular weakness, especially if there is no other way." (Notwithstanding my weakness)

Today I have felt that sandpaper polishing me. But I also have felt the peace of knowing the Lord is in the details. Things will work out for the best for our Nicole:)