Dark Valleys and Sunlit Mountains - Brossura

Lennox, A. J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1496906411 ISBN 13: 9781496906410

Casa editrice: AuthorHouse, 2014

Riassunto

Dark Valleys and Sunlit Mountains chronicles one couple's journey through numerous and diverse medical challenges encountered during the latter portion of a 31-year marriage. They took great pleasure in each other's company, extended families, friends; off-shore and domestic travel, summer cabin and boating. The marriage was good for both. Significant changes to her husband's diet following their 1982 marriage, improved his overall health status considerably. His decades-long history of petit mal seizures was well monitored and treated with prescription drugs, adjusted appropriately by board certified neurologists. Neither anticipated the events beginning with a seizure incident in May 2007, continuing into 2013. Life became one supreme medical challenge after another, each different; each with its own specific dark valley. Periods with minimal hope, no diagnosis, medical miracles or answers found. He recuperated from each (until 2013), slowly regaining strength, mobility and well-being. Each sunlit mountain recovery experience was savored. Plans commenced for more travel. A 2009 successful lliostomy procedure mitigated Gl bleeds, but left Ted unwilling to live, despite medical assurances. No carcinoma was present, but refusing to eat, he came home to die; the darkest valley of all. With no medical training, she became the sole 24(1 critical patient caregiver. Pray without ceasing, with thanksgiving, became the watchword. These trials served to greatly strengthen the wife's life-long trust and faith in God's promises. She discovered a depth of faith heretofore unknown, experienced or even thought possible; learning to trust on an entirely new plane, finding God's comforting peace amidst the depths of human despair. Promises of God's unfailing presence in our lives, never to leave or forsake us; to provide our every need sustained her. In late April 2010 Ted quietly declared for the first time, "It just came to me, looking out the window. I do believe in God."

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"A J. Lennox was divorced, a paralegal, struggling to support herself and young son when she met Ted; they wed in 1982. Marriage two for her; and fifth for Ted, widowed two years prior by cancer. She had escaped a first marriage after twenty years of virtually unending blame; mental and emotional abuse and repeated threats of institutionalization or death. Poverty and a new name were chosen over sticking it out, despite deeply-held religious restraints. Ted provided not only a safe and secure home environment for herself and son but introduced her to an entirely new aspect life. With him she found love on a totally new plane: acceptance as a worthwhile and intelligent person, communication and sharing, mutual respect, support and encouragement of her many artistic endeavors and accomplishments, personal and financial security. Life was to be enjoyed, not merely survived. This was a totally new element in her life, and for the first time in her life she truly felt valued as a person. Ted shared his underlying medical issue of petit-mal seizure activity prior to their marriage, and had experienced some in the months prior. His were quite mild, commonly referred to as absence seizures, with unidentified causation, and appropriate medication. He worked in the finance industry, they had a summer cabin with boating; a normal life. Seizure incidents were incidental minor hick­ ups. Ted was the person on whom A J. could rely and lean on for emotional strength and stability. He was her rock. His medical condition shifted in May 2007 with a seizure-caused vehicle wreck. Congestive heart failure, by-pass procedure, gastro-intestinal bleeding, and numerous surgical procedures ensued. Gradually roles shifted from her relying on him, to his relying on her. Their journey and the role shifting is the topic of her book."

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• Editore: AuthorHouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1496906411
• ISBN 13: 9781496906410
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 248