Came home the conquering super man who bicycled 4,000 miles across the nation, and in a few short hours became the invalid stuck in a chair with my pee running into a plastic bag via a catheter! I started getting sick when we got on the plane in Maine and by the time we landed I was feeling awful. Patty stopped several times on the drive home for me to puke and I had dry heaves until 4 am this morning when she took me to the ER in Albany. They did a CAT scan and discovered my bladder was the size of a basketball (my words), so they put in a catheter, and I set a hospital record for the most urine drained off at one time. The good news is I lost another 10 lbs and look way skinnier, the bad news is I have to go see a Urologist this week and try and find out what is wrong with the plumbing. Everyone’s  guess is that sitting on that bicycle seat 10 hours a day for 2 months is the cause and it will probably heal itself shortly. I am hoping and praying that is so. Reminds me again of Provers16:9, “the mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps”. This certainly is an irritant and a major inconvience, and is messing with all the plans I had about all I was going to accomplish when I got home, but I trust the Lord completely with the details of my life, and have peace about whatever the future holds. In the mean time I will take advantage of the down time to rest up from the trip, read, and have Patty bring me something to drink 😄

i appreciate all of your prayers for my healing and getting back to ministry.

i love you all very much. Dee