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My daddy hasn't felt well lately. He is battling with congestive heart failure, a horrible pain on his right chest wall, not to mention, he is being treated for some lesions on the opening of his espohagus, which makes eating not a pleasant experience. He has lost so much weight since fall so he has been seeing a gastrointerologist, a pulmonary dr., a nephralogist, and a coronary dr. He is in borderline renal failure. All this to say, that even though he is battling with all of these illnesses, he is still wanting to be the soul provider for our mama. I know it has to be hard to surrender everything you have always done to allow someone else to take your place and I can understand how he must feel. I think this morning he finally came to grips with this and is allowing Joel to take him to the er so we can have rest in knowing what is causing all of the pain he is experiencing. He even allowed Joel to crank up the oxygen tank so he wasn't so labored in his breathing. AND, he allowed me to wheel him in a wheelchair on Thursday at Clark Holder Clinic when we went to see the dr!!! That was the straw that broke the camel's back!!! I knew then and there that he was a sick little man!! All of this to say and ask for anyone who reads this to please pray for my daddy. That the drs. will be able to find the source of the pain in his chest, and that they will not just run tests and send him home, like they did two weeks ago when we took him. We are going to request that he be referred to Crawford Long, where his defibrilator was put in, so they can rule out any problems there. Also, please ask God to give daddy rest and peace in knowing that his children will take care of his "sweetie" while he is away from her. He loves that little woman so much!! Thank you so much for your prayers.