A Health Update from Tom in Arizona

First of all, thank you for all the prayers. They are appreciated. I am very humbled by so many responses. 
 
I will try to make this as short as possible. There will be more coming about the work accomplished at Siloam. We had a good week disrupted with the funeral of a dear friend and lady of the church who is enjoying what those who know Christ will see, and she definitely did know Him. 
 
Concerning the reports of my illness in AZ, we are still here and hope to come home Friday. I want to give an update. 
 
I was battling a physical issue before I left that I have had since I was a teen. I was doing well and nearly over it when something happened Sunday afternoon. On Monday, I said I need to go to Urgent Care or the ER. In today's world, I thought Urgent Care would work quicker. They said I had pneumonia which didn’t surprise me because I have had it before, and there were symptoms I recognized. The next day, my O2 was still in the 80’s, which is low, so off to ER we went. We are in Prescott with family planning to do some vacationing before heading back to Ohio. Well, that’s not working. 
 
While sitting in the waiting room I was talking to God and I said to Him, “God you have touched me before and with all these people praying for me. If you want to, You can do it again, but if not, that’s OK." And folks I’m glad we can come to a place we mean that. 
 
They ran more tests than I had in HS. Pretty soon, they came and took us away and said, wait for it, wait for it..."You don’t have pneumonia, but you have the flu." The regular flu. IMAGINE THAT! GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!
 
We left to get meds for the flu and meds to help clear my lungs. I am on 2 liters of oxygen. Today I am, at last count, 93 percent at time off my O2. Yea God!
 
Last night, I slept on my right side for at least 2 hours. Guess where the pneumonia was found? Yep, right side. I slept on my back for several hours. I don’t sleep on my back because it made me cough. God touched me is what I get from this. 
 
Now about the flu. I got to thinking about this. The first test I had for the flu was on Monday, and that test come back negative for A & B.
 
OK, I will wrap it up for now, but I want to tell you about one coughing situation. I wasn’t sure I was going to make it through it because it was so bad, and this was before all the tests. 
 
There is more for another time, but for now, I know God's in control. You might ask what I was thinking when I wasn’t sure the next breath was coming? The same thing I live by every day. God is in control.
 
The latest news is that Satan is now trying to work on Pam physically.
 
Be encouraged and please keep Pam and I in your prayers.   
Again I thank you all and thanks be to God for you. We love you all.
 
In His service, 
Tom