What is rest?

Reg is managing as well as he could. Besides the "morning sickness" and feeling nauseated, he is doing very well in general.

After chemo, Thursday was the first day that REg & Anita could rest together. Even it was Chinese New Year, there was no celebration as both wanted to rest. Reg wanted to get out of the house for a rest in an air-conditioning environment for he had been house-bound for awhile. Anita on the other hand was so exhausted that she much rather stayed in the house even with the heat, knowing she'll only have more work piled up for her to do later, if she has gone out. So what is rest? Laying around doing nothing, or having a break from what you have been doing? Anita still prefers and longs for the "rest" that can be found in Christ, for it is the ultimate rest. At the end, they have agreed to go out and settled at a quiet cafe. Time flew quickly and it was time to pick up Jed from school.

Today, it was agreed that they would stay home. Reg was more tired than yesterday and did not wake up until almost 10am. Anita was filled with envy, yet continued to be a loving wife and made Reg breakfast. Reg was weak and still nauseated and vomited a bit. Thankfully he was much better when visitor came by. By afternoon, REg was feeling stronger and wanted to get out of the house and so he went with Anita to the school to pick up Jed. Of course, he stayed in the car in the comfort of the cool air.

Anita on the other hand could not even opened her eyes by noon and retreated into her bed with a massive headache. She laid down and napped for almost two hours to recover from her exhaustion. Both were glad that Jed was at school and the weather cooled down a lot more today.

The Chan household had a family dinner with Reg's side of the family and two other friends from overseas. IT was a pleasant dinner with lots of noise. Yet they are thankful Reg was feeling better than expected and could managed to go out for dinner. So the family continue to thank God for how well he has been coping with the chemo treatment. They really pray for good rest as well as Reg's nauseation will subside quickly. With the heat that is yet to come tomorrow, they pray that God will do a miracle to change it, but they are also prepared to accept it and trust that God's grace will be sufficient for them to overcome it.