Time Passes
It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything original and I’d like explain why. First, the good news.
At the end of June, I took my oldest daughter on a trip celebrating her high school graduation. We traveled by plane from Boston to Calgary, AB, grabbed a rental car and drove a couple of hours to Lake Louise in the beautiful Canadian Rockies. The hotel wasn’t the best, IMO, but it was adequate. We went hiking in Johnston Canyon totalling about 10 miles, canoeing on Lake Louise itself and went on an all day trail ride in the mountains around the same lake. It was very nice to spend that much one-on-one time with my daughter.
Now for the bad news.
Since my annual physical in January my liver function test scores have been on the rise. 52 in January, 95 in March and over 170 in June. 45 is normal. My liver has been swelling some causing some minor pain in my upper abdomen with most of the pain in the upper-right quadrant. This has caused me to feel a little sick most of the time, especially in the morining and in the evenings. If I work out hard one night, my body is just devastated for about four days. My doctor’s office is supposed to call a gastroenterologist to setup and appointment.
Overall, I think I’m taking it well. I only get a little depressed when I’m hurting and feeling as if Death is in the room. 
Please keep me in your prayers over the next month or so. I would greatly appreciate it.
