Morley Update 2013 #26

Everyone,



Several people have been wanting to know what has happened with all my doctor tests so I wanted to write an update mostly about that. After many different scans, tests, blood workups, etc. Here is what they came up with. There seems to be no reason that my blood should be forming clots regularly so they have taken me off the blood thinners and I am taking an aspirin a day. My brain scan was in the neurologist's word "pristine" and he does not feel I have had a stroke but have been experiencing visual migraines. He has me on a new medication and since being on it I have only had a couple of short incidents of double vision and he told me if I started having problems I could double the dose. My heart looked fine except for some normal "aging". My inflammatory arthritis is in good control but I have severe osteoarthritis in my knees and back.



When they did a scan of my abdomen - they did a scan of my organs and I have some lesions in both kidneys. They don't know what these are so they did a second scan this week. They have remained stable. The doctor said that normally he would like to scan them again in a few months to see if there was still no change but he didn't know what to do since I was leaving. I told him that when I had my mammogram last month they found some calcifications that the radiologist said he wanted to look at again in 6 months. I said "how about a year since I don't live here?" He said "No, 6 months." I calculated and realized that 6 months would be February which happens to be the month of my mother's 90th birthday so I told him I would fly back for my mom's birthday and he could do another scan. When my other doctor heard this he was pleased and said they would scan my kidneys then as well and if the lesions remained stable then he would feel more comfortable leaving them for a longer time.



SO we were happy to be done with doctors and planned to spend the last few days here in OR with our family and then on Wednesday after seeing my primary care doctor one last time we planned to head out to CA to spend some time with Kent's Dad and his wife and other family there. However on Saturday Kent and I and Kate, our daughter, decided to do an easy 2 mile hike in to Sweet Creek Falls and then go over to the coast for the day. About a mile in to the hike I was going down some steep flat rocks to get a picture I wanted and slipped. I fell twisting my knee behind me. I managed to limp back to the car and we came home. I iced it and elevated it that day but yesterday we decided I needed to go to urgent care. Nothing was broken and the doctor believes it is just sprained but said it is hard to examine properly when it is so swollen and I am in so much pain. So today I am getting a splint put on it (they were closed yesterday) and I will have my primary care doctor check it again on Wednesday to see if she thinks it needs further attention. It is still painful this morning but seems a little less stiff so that is good I think. I believe we will still be able to leave OR on Wednesday as planned.



The team in Greece is back from the conference in Germany and the programs at the ARC are in full swing. Several people on the team were able to connect with refugees we knew in Greece who have moved on to Germany so that was very special. Pray for the team as they continue on. Pray for our new teammates as they navigate the system in getting permits, setting up a home, getting electricity etc. Pray for us as we travel and pray for healing for my knee. Thank you for upholding us during this protracted time away. Though we look forward to more family time we are both ready to be back and getting on with the work God has for us. We love you all and are so happy that we got to see so many of you - If we missed you we are sorry but know that we appreciate you and couldn't do what we do without you.



Kent and Myrna Morley
Tripoleos 76
Elliniko 16777
Athens Greece
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