Tales from Pardee Hospital, part 2—A flattering bedside manner
First, I just returned from my follow-up visit with a PA in my primary care physician’s office. Everything looks good, but they did draw another tube of blood for the one-week-after comparison.
A male nurse named Israel did the stick. He and I had met twice before since my
Allow me to continue to recount some of my experiences from my recent “vacation” at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville this past week. Some of these tales are intended to be lighthearted; some more serious. Of course, all are necessary for you to know if you want to get to heaven…
It is a delight to report that I had a great night’s sleep in my own bed last night. After returning from my three days in the hospital yesterday late afternoon, I thought I was tired and would get to sleep about 9:30 p.m. since I had
James’ Health Update-Wednesday, July 16, 2025—I’m Home!
I just got home from the hospital an hour ago. The ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) (Here is another link, this one to Johns Hopkins, which also explains the operation.) surgery/procedure was completed yesterday mid-afternoon. I was under general anesthesia, woke up feeling great, and have been feeling great ever
James had a procedure today and is now in recovery. He is awake and doing well. He will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation and further recovery. If all goes well he will be discharged sometime tomorrow.
I have been ill since this last Monday, July 7th, with some kind of digestive food issue. I haven’t experienced vomiting or diarrhea, just persistent pain in my digestive tract. I’ve been eating minimally or fasting since last Monday, with what I thought was slow improvement throughout the
This is a brief clip from a recent podcast with Juan O Savin (107). The host is John Michael Chambers who, at last report, is married to a Thai woman and has lived in Thailand for the past number of years.
This excerpt begins with Chambers expressing his surprise and
With apologies to Chuck—Charles Dickens, that is—author of the classic historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Written in 1859, but set at the time of the French Revolution ca. 1798, Dickens, through vivid character portraits, was contrasting life in Paris to that in London.
In our studied
Let us return now to the main theme of the 20 barley loaves which saved, i. e., delivered, the brotherhood of the 100 prophets from famine. To refresh our memories here is the passage:
2 Kings 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of
