I am baaaaack, did you miss me =) Actually I am only back to reading all the wonderful things you have wrote. I will be making my rounds these next few days as much energy as I can muster.

First of all I want to thank Lauren, she is such a sweet doll. And I wish I could give her a big hug, her words of encouragement and then updating ya’ll for me was above and beyond. Thank you Lauren.

The encouraging emails and e-card sent my way have helped more than my words could explain. I am through the hard part of the surgery. But right now I look in the mirror and do not recognize who is looking back at me. Eating has become a chore, and my life is rotating around what time my next medication is. But alas this too will pass….

I am slowly regaining my energy. Right now I get a burst of energy for about 30 mins then I head back to bed for 2 hours to sleep some more. I know this is all part of my body healing itself. So right now I am off to make my rounds on my bloglines, as energy allows.

Thank you sweet sisters for your prayers and encouragement. Like I said, to say “thank you” just does not seem to convey my feelings of appreciation. But

I would be lying if I said I am ready for tomorrow. But I do

* have food for the family so they can at least eat for a week without starving.

* have clean sheets on every bed.

* laundry is done, just need to fold a few more things.

*errands completed.

So I guess the rest is up to God and the doctors.

While you are at it can you please pray for Teresa at Bullfrogs & Butterflies, she will be having a procedure tomorrow also.

Today I will catch up reading all your lovely posts. And I will check back in when I can in a few days or so. Do a lot of writing because I will have nothing but time to read =))

Thanks again!

“Manly Man” had his out patient surgery early this morning. Things went well. “Manly Man” had injured his middle finger in a basketball game several months ago. The Doctor said it was worse than he originally thought, there was a lot of scaring in his finger. I asked if “manly man” would have full mobility of his finger, and the Doctor said “I truly don’t know” we will know more after healing and physical therapy. So only time will tell, so far since we have been home “manly man” has been keeping it elevated and is resting. Not too much pain as of yet.

One thing did happen. In out patient surgery, as the attending “family member” they don’t let you go back when the patient is being prepped for surgery. But they come and get the family member right after the patient is out of surgery (and is still sleeping). Well they failed to come get me. Surgery was at 8am, after a few hours I asked if there was any news on “manly man” and the nurse said “not yet”. By almost 11am, I was going nuts, my leg was shaking out of nervousness, I was trying to watch TV but was having a mini-heart attack thinking “that man went and had a heart attack on the table, I just know it”.

Finally by 11:30 they came and got me. There is “manly man” sitting there all smiles. I looked at the nurse and in my very non loving Christian behavior said “you did not come get me, No one came and got me…”. The nurse said, “Oh I am soo sorry, did you ask the nurse in the waiting room?”. I told her I did. She apologized. And I sat there by “manly man” trying to gain some sort of composure and keep ME from having the heart attack. I am sorry I lost patience, I really am not an ugly person (and to be honest I was not ugly here, but I sure FELT ugly and I know that is just as bad). This after I said I was going to release all my burdens to Jesus. Sigh…. I knew it was going to be a difficult week.

photo by flickr

PS: I want to thank EVERYONE for their prayers and private emails and just the loving comments I have received. I can not begin to tell you how much those prayers and best wishes are carrying me. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!