Hello friends!
I've reached another milestone today. It was one year to this day, that I developed the bowel obstruction and had the 2nd surgery. I have to admit, some days it seems just like yesterday, or that I just remember it like it was yesterday.
We can laugh about the day now, not the surgery or bowel obstruction, but some of the incidents that happened. My mom was here with us, as Tim had to be in Iowa for business. It started like any other day, Mom doing her usual fixing breakfast, lunch, cleaning, and laundry, and trying to decorate my house for Christmas. By late afternoon, things definitely took a change for the worse, as the usual stomach pain, turned into something I had not felt before. It didn't take long to know that I needed to go by ambulance to Baylor, and boy is that a fun ride....NOT! Don't get me wrong, the fireman were kind, and compassionate, but they really didn't want to take me down to Baylor,a 45 minute drive, let alone in rush hour traffic. So my mom, being a mother, put her foot down, and said "get her there, and don't argue". Mom's, what would you do with out them. Well, we learned real quickly why they didn't want to go down to Baylor Dallas....they didn't the way. Can you believe that ambulance's don't have GPS systems, go figure. So on the way down, my tells them to ask me how to get there, yes me! I tried, but between the pain, and getting the pain medicine, I'm sure I wasn't real helpful. They made a few wrong turns, but eventually made it there.
After about 3 1/2 hours in the ER, they determined I needed another surgery to fix the obstruction. By this time, my friend Jena was with us, and I was so grateful. We cried, we prayed, and we laughed some too. When the orderly was transporting me down to the surgery center, he got lost (yes, I said lost, again), as we had to go to a different surgery center due to the heat breaking down in the usual surgery center. We arrived at the surgery center, and the nurses there were amazing, they were so sweet to me, my mom and Jena. They gave them extra blankets, as it was freezing down there, I'm not sure that the heat was working down there either While waiting for the surgeon, (it's 1:00 am at this time, and surgeon's don't just hang out at the hospital) I had to use the bathroom, and once again, we got lost trying to find a bathroom. By this time, we're all laughing so hard, I think we could have peed our pants right than. Poor Tim, was in Iowa, trying to be as helpful as you can on the phone, and I was so grateful just to hear his voice on the phone saying "it's going to be ok, I'll be there when you wake up from the surgery", and there... he was!!
I do look back at that time and cherish how lucky I am to have my wonderful husband, my mom and my dear friend Jena. My mom laughs when she tells people that was her first all nighter. Wow....I won't tell her about my first all nighter, but than that was so long ago, I probably don't remember much about it.
So much has happened in the past year, good, bad and anything in between. The one thing that has remained constant is God's love, and his presence at all times. He is so good!!
Thank you again to all that have prayed, and been there for me and my family! We will be forever grateful! Here's to a healthy and happy new year! Merry Christmas to you all!!
