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December 4, 2016 by Paul Williams 4 Comments

Father, thank you for your love and care this week. Thank you all for your continued love and support.

Theresa had a good week. Her left shoulder is painful all day, but nights are the worst. She has to take medications to calm it down enough to get some sleep. She has also been fairly active with the kids activities, shopping and celebrating a friend’s becoming a grandmother. Friday she was exhausted, started dinner and sat down and slept for a couple hours. She finds that she fatigues out fairly easily and has to take long naps. I’m sure the constant pain doesn’t help. Her spirits have been good. Chemo brain still affects her, plays a roll with her short term memory. This time of year is a busy time of year, period. And I think the added Christmas shopping and kids activities just make her fatigue more obvious. I think it will be easier for her to pace herself in the new year. The kids are doing fairly well. The two oldest are in running start at the College and are doing well. Our homeschool son is doing fine, though got behind a little while Theresa was having her radiation treatments. Our daughter is also doing well. As kids do, they have adjusted to the changes at home. They all do their own laundry and make their lunches during the school week. They help each other out and help us with picking up our daughter. This has been a difficult time for our family, but it also has been a growing time all around. Everyone gives each other more grace, which has been a blessing.

From Streams in the desert December 3rd:
“For sixty-two years and five months I had my beloved wife, and now, in my ninety-second year, I am left alone. But I turn to the ever present Jesus as I walk around my room, and say, “Lord Jesus, I am alone. Yet I am not alone, for You are with me and are my Friend. Now, Lord,please comfort me, strengthen me, and give to Your poor servant everything that You see I need.” “We should never be satisfied until we have come to the place where we know the Lord Jesus in this way – until we have discovered He is our eternal Friend – continually, under all circumstances, and constantly ready to prove Himself as our Friend.” George Mueller.

George Mueller was an incredible man of faith. He believed God, took Him at his word and God came through as he took care of over 10,000 orphans in his lifetime, and received unsolicited help in feeding and housing these kids. Wikipedia and other sites can give you a summary of his life.

As December will be a busy time for all, I am not going to blog until the new year. So have a blessed Christmas season, enjoy your friends and family and thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.

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Comments

  1. Donna says

    December 7, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    Finding comfort in your faith is inspiring. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. Auntie Donna

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  2. Ginny E. says

    December 8, 2016 at 10:19 am

    God has blessed your family. You have been tested and you persevered. May the holidays and New Year be the best ever and may God keep watching over you.

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  3. Jennie Brandt says

    December 9, 2016 at 7:29 pm

    Christmas is a time for miracles and we hope you get one.

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  4. Priscilla Christenson says

    December 24, 2016 at 7:33 am

    Merry Christmas Dr. Paul and Theresa and may God continue to bless you in 2017!

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About Doctor Paul

Dr. Paul Williams, MD is a small-town family practice doctor working in Centralia, Washington. He works from the same office where his primary care practice was established by his father over 38 years ago. He believes strongly that the art of the old-fashioned primary care doctor is an important feature of our medical system that should be preserved and protected from excess interference from insurance companies and government regulation alike.

Due to changes in the health care industry and regulations affecting it, and in an effort to preserve the art of old-fashioned primary care, Dr. Paul has shifted his practice to a Direct Care model, meaning that patients pay an affordable monthly fee to purchase primary care health care services directly, rather than having their services billed through an insurance company.

This blog is intended to help Dr. Paul's patients (and anyone else!) understand the changes the medical industry is going through, and to provide information about the Direct Care model of primary care.

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