I was very encouraged by yesterday’s progress. The morning started out slowly with a 2-hour phone ordeal to get an appointment set up with the specialist (the appt will be at 10:30 on Thurs), and the day progressed slowly as I stayed in bed for the entire day. But the fun began at suppertime when I decided to join my pastor and his wife at the dinner table. The pain in my sides was excruciating when I first got up, and I wanted to get right back into the bed. But I decided to stay up and continue on. I felt better as the evening wore on, but I was terrified about the upcoming shower I was going to take. I hadn’t taken the back brace off yet, so I was thinking I would be in great pain when that did happen. Though I did experience some pain, I’m thankful that the shower ordeal ended up being not as tramatic as I anticipated. It was nice to take my first shower since Sat morning and to get into fresh, clean clothes. And when I laid back down in bed, I was actually able to lower myself onto the pillow without any help. What progress!
This morning has not been the most encouraging. We realized last night that my pain meds are about to run out. We assumed that I could just call ER and get a refill. Not that easy! They can’t give refills unless I come back in. Normally, I could ask my primary physician to do it, but I haven’t established one yet. ER told me to call the specialist I’ll be seeing on Thurs, but that office said they can’t refill my meds since they haven’t seen me yet. What to do? Not sure! But please pray. I have enough pain meds to last me until 4:30pm today.
Please also pray that I will allow this trial to do its perfect work in my life. I’m thankful for the extra time I’ve had with the Lord in prayer, reading, meditation, and sermon listening. I truly desire this trial to have a sanctifying effect on my life. It’s also been encouraging to see how this trial has brought my small church family closer together as they have banded together to help me. Thanks so much for your prayers. I’m making good progress, but I definitely still need them!
