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Olivia’s surgery is complete, and the surgeon just gave me GREAT news!!
The MRI had seemed to indicate a torn rotator cuff that would need repair, which would have meant 4 weeks in a sling, 6 weeks with a 5lb lifting limit, and 6 more weeks with a 10lb lifting limit.
Well, what he saw on the MRI turned out to be thickened tissue causing inflammation in the rotator cuff. He removed tissue and found there was no tear on the cuff itself. This means that no repair was needed and there will be no mandated recovery restrictions.
With the tissue cleaned out she should slowly regain full use of her arm and shoulder again. She will be very sore for a while, but only has to wear sling as needed for comfort.
This is about the best result we could have hoped for!! Thank you for all the prayers and encouragement. We love you all!
I am pleased to announce that next week I will be speaking at a Gospel Meeting being held jointly by the Coopertown and Pleasant View Churches of Christ. This meeting will be Sunday PM through Wednesday PM, and the title of my lessons will be Reality…of Life in the Lord.
I love that these two neighboring churches are working together to reach their community for the Lord. Chet Duke (Minister for Coopertown) and James Hayes (Minister for Pleasant View) are doing great things with these congregations, and I’m excited to be with them next week.
Please come and JOIN US! Here a breakdown of the schedule, locations, and lesson topics:
- Sunday – 6pm – Coopertown – Romans 8:1 – The Rest…of the Story
- Monday – 7pm – Coopertown – Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 – Reverence…for the Presence of God
- Tuesday – 7pm – Pleasant View – James 1:1-12 – Rejoice…in Trials
- Wednesday – 7pm – Please View – James 1:19-27 – Receive…and Practice the Word
Again, we would love to have you join us. Addresses for each building are below:
Coopertown Church of Christ
3618 Old Coopertown Road
Springfield, TN 37172
Pleasant View Church of Christ
2500 Hwy 49 East
Pleasant View, TN 37146
I wrote this on Saturday when we returned, but am just now getting around to posting on Tuesday…
Our debarkation time was 6:30am, so Daddy and I had breakfast at 5:30 in the Horizon Court before heading to our meeting place in the casino.
After leaving the ship we boarded a motor coach and headed through Copenhagen to the airport. We had a lot of problems getting our boarding passes in Copenhagen. When Daddy and I got to the counter they said that there was a problem with our tickets, and this ended up being true for most of our group.
Our final day of the cruise was a glorious day at sea. This is perfect timing for a port heavy cruise that ends with a long day of travel back across the pond.
Daddy and I met Patsy, Ben, Win, and Anita in the Concerto Dining Room for breakfast. We had eaten every other morning in the Horizon Court, but decided to step it up a bit for our final full morning.
Next came a very interesting tour of the kitchen that is used to service the dining rooms on the ship. All through the line there were different types of potato preparations. I’m guessing there were well over 100 types of potato dishes.
Nynäshamn, Sweden was the only port on our itinerary where we had to board tender ships (the cruise director called them “water limousines.”) Fortunately we had calm seas and nice weather, so it was a pleasant ride to join our tour.
From Nyanäshamn we boarded a motor coach for a 60km drive to Stockholm with our guide Mecki. She was originally from Finland but moved to Stockholmn 35 years ago.
After breakfast in the Horizon Court, Patsy, Ben, Daddy, Win and Anita Keith, and I met in the Princess Theater for our tour and then departed the ship in Helsinki. We boarded a motor coach with our guide Violet and headed for the town of Porvoo.
On the way she told us a lot about Helsinki and the country of Finland. It was established in 1515 as part of Sweden. It became the capital of Finland in 1812, when under the control of Russia. It remained under Russian control until the Soviet revolution in 1917 when Finland gained its independence. The country joined the European Union in 1997.
Today Helsinki has 612,000 inhabitants. The population of Finland is 5.45 million. Both Finnish (90%) and Swedish (5%) are official languages due to their history. All signs have both Swedish and Finnish.
We had an early morning in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. After breakfast at 5:30, Daddy and I joined up with Patsy and Ben in the Princess Theater. Upon leaving the ship we had to go through immigration, and I got a Russian stamp in my passport!!
We boarded a motor coach for the day 1 of the tour with our guide Konstantin, who is a native of St. Petersburg. Our first stop was Peterhof Palace, in the town of Peterhof, which was over an hour from the port.