August Was Starting to Get a Little Boring...

August was starting out like any other month; work, times with friends, birthdays...but apparently for my family that was a little boring. :/


I'm pretty sure it all started when my Uncle & Aunt and their family decided they needed a vacation...so someone had to go and stay with Grandma. We had worked out a schedule between my mom, Molly and myself and things were going well.

Around 3:30p on Wed (8/10), I received word that my mom and Katie had taken Grandma to her doctor to find out what was wrong and why she was so sick. I got a hold of Katie and decided I'd meet them at the doctor's and we'd go from there.

Well, instead of staying at the doctor's, my mom was told to take her to the ER so they could help her. So, we trekked to Arnot and waited in the ER...which is a place we know very well. While we waited, we were trying to figure out what was going to happen that night...since Katie and I were supposed to go and do Glow Putt-Putt with The Movement. Katie ended up leaving around 7 so she could go home, change, pick up her hubby and meet everyone at the church at 8. I waited for my dad to come to the hospital to stay with my mom and left at 7:30.

Since I had come right from work and did not get anything for dinner, I decided to stop and get something from Arby's (not my finest decision, but I just really wanted some curly fries). I made it to the church and cleaned out my car, so I could transport teens, went and used the bathroom before we left, came out and talked to some of the teens and suddenly felt extremely sick. I went back inside and decided that I should probably not go because I didn't feel well. I texted Katie and told her that I didn't think I could go and she asked if I'd be alright if they went ahead and left...I was shaking so bad, I could not text her back. Thankfully, one of the girls came in to check on me (bless her heart) and I managed to tell her to get Katie. The pain was so intense, it hurt to breathe and I was sweating.

Katie came in and after seeing me in the pain I was in asked me if I wanted her to take me to the ER...kind of ironic, since we had both just been there like an hour before. So, while Ed and Eric took the teens to putt-putt, Katie and I went to the ER. The look of confusion on my mom's face was priceless and by the time we got to the hospital, the pain had went from a 10 to an 8 1/2.

Well, after a while I was taken into a room, saw the nurse, was told to pee in a cup (which is impossible to do, when you don't have to go), had to change into a drafty gown and waited for the doctor to come see me. Oh and on top of that I had to tell the story to everyone I talked to...When I came out from changing, Caleb and Amanda were there and I told them the story as well. Caleb said that he expected the text about Grandma being in the ER...not the one about me and he was playing basketball, so he didn't know until Amanda told him. Molly was at work and was just as confused. :)

I ended up going for an ultrasound and a CT scan to figure out why I was in so much pain...I also got a shot of morphine, which made me forget about the pain. :) The results showed that I have a large gallstone, which would explain the pain and the doctor said I should look into having surgery, but I could go home. That was a good thing, because we were starting to take over the ER...Grandma was down in 15 and I was in 11 and I had my entire family come sit with me...that's love. :)


* Well, my doctor's appointment was today and I got an appointment for surgery (it just happens to be when I'm supposed to be back at school...so things have to change), I also found out that my spleen is enlarged, so I have to go to a specialist in Sayre on Thurs to find out why.

Needless to say, with Grandma still in the hospital and all this stuff happening and school starting up soon...I'd like August to be boring, I just can't handle all the excitement. :} I'm trying not to stress out about stuff and I'm trying to eat foods that aren't going to cause me pain...both aren't coming very easily to me.

I know that God has a plan and a purpose for everything...I'm struggling with finding out what it is. Thankfully, He knows this and has given me family and friends who will be there to encourage me, strengthen me and pray for me. 


Thank you, God for giving them to me, I don't deserve them. Help me trust You completely through all of this.