• Birthday Weekend

    Well, when I said it rains, it pours about issues with our cars, I was joking, but our apartment flooded a few days before I came up for Amanda’s birthday weekend. Amanda had been gone for a while, and when she returned, she noticed water all over the floor! It was pretty much raining out…

  • Birthday Trip Pending

    I’ll just pick up where I left off on the last post. My stay with Amanda a couple of weeks ago was all too short, even though it was 6 days. I tried to coordinate and get a few things taken care of while I was off. Working as much as I am back home,…

  • Survival Mode

    Hello, everyone! I know it’s been a minute, but remember, no news is good news. Well, I guess if we had news of a kidney, that would be good, but you get the gist! I’m back in Tennessee to be with Amanda for a heart biopsy. So, I have a little time to let yall…

  • Home Dialysis

    No new calls for a kidney…yet. I know that’s what some of you have been wondering! Amanda has been in training for home dialysis for a few weeks, since we returned earlier this month. I’ve been back and forth and had planned to return to be with her when she started it at home. We…

  • The Roller Coaster Continues

    Well, we had another false start. I’ve been busy since I left Tennessee, work has been a bit crazy, and I’ve just been worn out and not wanting to make a post. Let me catch you up, and then I’ll get into the round two kidney call. Amanda has been pretty tired after the dialysis…

  • False Start

    Well, yesterday was a roller coaster of emotions for sure. We arrived at the hospital, I dropped Amanda off with her bag, then parked and came in myself. I thought I knew the hospital well, but after a sidewalk was closed, I found a new way to get in. On the way into the unit,…

  • Listed to Kidney in One Week

    That’s right, you read that title correctly, Amanda was listed last Tuesday and got a call late last night that they had a kidney for her. We don’t know much other than she has to be at the hospital by noon today. I am back in Texas right now, waiting to hop on a jet…

  • The Return

    I left for work on Monday, heading to Alpine on a train. Tuesday, the phone rang at 3 am for me to catch a train back home. Amanda and I had chatted a bit once I was off, and I dropped the ‘let’s drive all the way in one day’ on her. Our original plan…

  • Intercession

    Prayer and fasting are the focus of this post. I’ve only called for fasting once before on Amanda’s health journey. Monday, February 16th, is the day I’m asking our friends and faith family to intercede on Amanda’s behalf. A very pointed prayer to wake her kidneys up and stave off a kidney transplant altogether. Not…

  • Home

    Once back home, we had a bit of a break, not before getting Texas dialysis up and going, though. We arrived Friday evening, and Amanda had dialysis on Saturday. It was in a clinic 30 miles away in Del Rio, a town we frequent. While she was in dialysis, I went to the Roses, who…