Living In The Storm: Day 10 Update...

i am so sorry that it has been such a long time since we've updated.

life has felt more like a roller coaster than a sunday drive for several months now. one of our primary goals in placing mom was to find the perfect balance of not over medicating mom, but also stabilizing her mood and emotions. any time you are using drug therapy with someone you have to realize it is NOT a fast process. towards the end of the week our visits with mom were beginning to feel more like sunday drives and less and less like a roller coaster. however, the tricky thing with medicine is sustaining that perfect balance.

praises:

if you know anything about my parents you know that wherever they go they find someone they know, or someone who knows someone they know. it's just how they roll. we are on a first name basis with many of staff and many of the other patients. word has gotten out that dad is a pastor, so he is quickly sought out for deep theological discussions by many of them. :)

we continue to be so grateful for the amazing care mom is receiving. she even told dad last night, "everyone here is SO NICE!"

i believe over all that everyone has caught some great nights of sleep this week, we felt your prayers!

prayer requests:

pray that the best drug cocktail (not sure that's the medical term :) can be found for mom, and that it will sustain the sweet sunday drives.
pray specifically that when we leave the hospital *twice a day* mom will remain at peace.
pray for travel safety as we are up and down the road quite a bit these days.

everyone has been so sweet to ask "what can we do" to help. i so can relate to wishing i could DO something to help those who in are in tough situation. here are 4 practical ways we have come up with. please, please, do not feel like these are "must do's" rather just little ways to lighten the load.

1. continue to pray. this is the MOST important.
2. gas cards for dad. any amount, any gas station, any time!
3. if you would like to ride along with one of us to visit mom please email me at sarasnuzers@hotmail.com, please realize that we will probably not be able to utilize all the volunteers, but would love the company for the long trips. also, if this is something you would like to do please realize the reality of the situation you are walking into. it can be very sad, very overwhelming, and very heavy. so, if that's not something your spirit is up for we TOTALLY get it.
4. if you are more of a child care person, we would love the extra hands to watch over our little angels while we try and get up to see mom as much as possible.

again, we are humbled over your outpouring of love and are deeply blessed by the community we find in YOU!

for all of us,
~sara