For the past week, Brent has been having trouble with his dialysis catheter.  It has not been flowing well and is getting clogged easily.  So early this morning he had to go into a dialysis access center (who knew that these places actually existed?) to get his catheter removed and a new catheter placed.  He will have to use this for about another month until his fistula is ready to be used. 

We are leaving Sunday morning for Disneyworld for a week -- Brent is all set up to have dialysis in Orlando on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  The kids are beside themselves and we are pretty excited, too.  Please pray for endurance and no medical complications while we are away.  We will definitely post some pictures when we get back.

I read this yesterday from 1 Peter 1 and it encouraged my soul:  "Praise be the the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jeus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade....In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  these have come so that your faith .. may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Chris is revealed."