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Ladies, I am at a point in my life that change must occur or I won't have my husband for much longer.  He is sick, VERY SICK, with his blood pressure and it is not getting better.  We had to report the office staff for neglecting the emergency status of my husband's condition.  His blood pressure medication ran out FOUR WEEKS AGO and the earliest they could "see" him was today.  The office manager was FURIOUS, to say the least.  She called me and had me run down the account and gave me instructions to prevent this from EVER happening again.  The doctor was pretty hot about it as was the nurse.  My husband could have had a stroke and the office staff could not "fit him in" for FOUR WEEKS???  Thank GOD for watching over us the past few weeks!!!!!

That all being said, his blood pressure was 190/130 this morning.  They took it three times to make sure it was actually that high over the hour he was there.  It never went down.  He had a migraine this morning before he went which was a huge red flag for us.  I cannot help but feel that I am responsible for getting him to watch his diet better.  He has not been as cautious with salt as he should but neither have I.  I have not made it a priority lately to make our diet what he needs.  That is changing IMMEDIATELY.  I am going to have to ignore the grumbling and complaining that will ensue.  I want my husband to be here with us for a very long time and the one that cooks the meals is the one that holds the cards in this case.  Please pray for us. 

The coming weeks are not going to be easy but they are going to be CRUCIAL to the welfare and benefit of our whole family.  I seriously need some prayer in planning the meals and making sure everything is followed.  I do believe that he finally sees the seriousness of taking his meds now.  He asked me to get him a weekly pill sleeve so that he can more easily remember to take them.  I am getting me one, too, for all my vitamins so that we can do this remembering thing together.  We are also going to be keeping each other accountable for exercise and down time.  We both need these changes and I want to support him and all of this wholeheartedly. 

Pastors tend to be in a very high stress environment and our church would be causing a great deal of stress at this point in our lives.  His teaching job and being home with us cannot be easy either.  Not that being home with family is bad but it is not his usual routine and he often flounders to find a schedule every summer that works for him and for us while he is home so much.  I just want to find more time for us to be a fund family.  I want him to be able to relax with us and watch a movie or play with us so that he can have that down time he needs.  I am also sending him out each day to go and study at the church or somewhere where he can just do that for himself.  He is letting me take classes and the least I can do is encourage his time of study.  He enjoys that so much.  He LOVES being a student!!!  So...  life in our home is changing... for the better and non of it will be possible without God's leading and guidance.  Pray that we are open and trusting and just plain willing to be obedient no matter what the culinary and physical cost.  Thanks!!!