Sick and Tired

The title should sum up our last week and a half, but I'll elaborate.

Dan and I are both sick. Nick was sick when we got to Santa Rosa. By the time we left SR, Dan was sick. By the time Christmas in Lodi was finished, I was sick. Fabulous.

Generally, I don't get too bent out of shape being sick. It's winter--everyone is sick! But this season, a little more is riding on our health. You see, Dan cannot have surgery if he is sick. Sick with a cold, sick with bronchitis, sick with whatever...sick means no surgery. Thus, we are mildly scrambling to get Dan better by next week. Luckily, the surgeon has prescribed heavy duty antibiotics for him and says that he should be able to still have the surgery done on the 8th. We were told to check in with the surgeon on Monday to let him know how Dan's feeling. The main problem lingering is a pesky cough. As far as problematic pre-surgery symptoms are concerned, coughs are the worst.

Accordingly, a prayer request (an urgent one) is that Dan would get over this cold/infection/virus quickly and that the surgeon would feel confident in doing Dan's surgery on schedule. So, as much as I am not looking forward to the surgery, please pray that Dan can safely have his surgery on January 8th.

Okay, so aside from sick, we are also tired. It's nice having our families close enough to see both for Christmas, but it's pretty hectic to go back and forth. After living in our little apartment in La Mirada just the two of us, being around so many people all the time can be exhausting. Dan is "peopled-out" for the moment and hiding upstairs playing Madden.
Alas, we have another few weeks before we can even THINK about going home to 14509 Rosecrans Apt A.

I suppose this isn't a very helpful blog as far as updates go, but please pray for us. We're tired. And sick. Bummer.