A Belated Birthday lunch

We went to the Lavendar Bleu Tea House for a belated birthday celebration for Dina.  Joan (Dina's MIL) arranged the date...her twin sister on the far right (Janice) and her younger sister (Joy) next to her, then Addie and Lacey.  Amber (Jamie's sister) is in front, then Dina and next to her is Joan.  We had a wonderful time chatting and eating a delicious quiche, salad and some dessert treats.  We all had some tea...specialty teas...I chose a pomegranate tea, Dina loves the vanilla almond tea and Addie thought that was really good too!  The three sisters shared a big pot of mango tea, Lacey had a kiwi and Amber had a peach ginger...lots  of varieties to choose from.  This store is in downtown Willamette and they carry a very nice selection of gift items aslo.  Great food, great conversation and fabulous people to share the afternoon!  Oh, and isn't Lacey's hair the cutest ever?  She is just a little cute pixie I think!

Dina is looking good and feeling good...see her cute smile?  She has good color too!  And her hair is growing...very short, but it is there!  So we are thinking next Thursday will be a good report day!

And for me?  Guess what is B  - A -  C -  K?  Yup, the UTI.  I knew it...felt it, was not good on Wednesday...so I went in to give another urine sample.  The doctor called me today.  I think he is perplexed why it comes back.  So the plan now is to take a stronger oral antibiotic for 5 days then go in for a bladder scope...I will keep you posted!  Other than that, I am feeling good...the cough is way better and I am back to exercising.  Now if I can just get this UTI cleared up!  And yes, I am taking the cranberry capsules that several of you suggested and the doctors office also recommended them...I guess this is a tougher bug to kill!

Tomorrow morning we watch Jalen's BB game and then go to Lily's BB game, after that we are dropping off Lily for a birthday party and the rest of us are heading up to St. Helen's to watch Ellie in a VB tournament.  So a busy day watching the grandkids tomorrow...!

I will let you all know the results as soon as possible.  I know you all are on pins and needles and hoping and praying that everything comes out the way we want.  Think positive!  Every night before falling asleep, I picture Our Lord standing by Dina's bed and he is holding his hands over her body...all up and down, from the head to the toes and He is performing the miracle we all want...He is pulling that cancer out of her body.  You know it doesn't take much for Our Lord!  Remember the lady who simply touched His cloak?  He knew it immediately, He felt it, He knew she pulled from Him what she needed to be cured.  I think that is what He has been doing for Dina...she needed this journey though and now He is ready to give her back her life to her family!

Have a great weekend.  And if I can just leave you with one little bit of wisdom I read in The Little Black Book (six-minute meditations on the Sunday Gospels of Lent): 

  "Jesus never did anything for just display.  He was asked to several times.  It was part of the temptation of the desert.  But Jesus didn't do things that way.  He would feed 5,000 people, raise a little dead girl back to life, cure lepers, blind people and paralytics - but never for display.

It was always to change people's hearts."

What do you think about that?  ...to change people's hearts."  I quite like that comment.  And if it worked for just one person, then what Dina has gone through will have been worth it!