no news is good news?

Or so they say. We were hoping to find out Brad's results from his chest x-ray & CT scan today. But, they scheduled an appointment for NEXT Wednesday. So, we wait. We thought that if they found anything 'serious' they would call us, so we are thinking perhaps all is well. However, this is the doctor that saw evidence of [chronic] bronchitis on both of Brad's prevoius x-rays, so there is no telling what he would consider 'serious.'

I told Brad that maybe he is fine and this is God's way of getting me to pray that my husband will deploy. Because, if he deploys that means he does not have a chronic illness that will continually decrease his quality of life until he dies. Obviously deployment is the better option of the two!

Of course, God's ways are above ours, we look at this with two to three outcomes and God's outcome is usually not one that we see coming. And more often than not, His is quite more exciting than the ones we imagine. So, we wait some more.

On another topic. Brad got to perform some real-life medical treatment while he was in the field last week. And an officer asked if he was deploying with them because he said they really want him to. Another person spoke highly of Brad's medic skills at a luncheon we attended last week, too. So, even though he had some rough spots when he came to this unit, (remember the Geneva Convention), he has already earned some respect and proven himself to be thorough and hard-working. (Of course, all of us knew this already.)

We appreciate your prayers, we are continuing to plan on Brad deploying until we have reason not to...