Just to share about my surgery date. Got up at 430 to a text from a friend. And then the tweets and FB posts and texts started rolling in.
530 Bufanda called me to pray. And listen to me joke about crazy pre surgery stuff. Then as I got ready to walk out the door Wayne stopped and prayed. Good way to start the day.
Got to EAMC and was second person there. They took me right back.
The pink volunteer lady said she knew me from Lakeview and heard me speak before and had my prayer card and sees it daily and prays for me everyday. I don’t recall her name if she even told me. But another God moment.
My friend Laurie had a stomach bug so she couldn’t come to work to take care of me but the nurse Reba who did care for me knew me. She came to my yard sale last year and bought Crazy Love from me. And said that her old church helped build the church at Emmanuel. Another God moment.
And then I found out that someone paid for my copay. All of it. Huge God moment.
Surgery came and went and when I woke up another nurse I know was taking care of me. She knows about what I do and I saw her back in December.
My friend Keri was sitting next to me praying. She had said she was going to try to get in so she could. And she did. She held my hand while I tried to wake up and figure out if I was hurting. (They kept asking and it seemed to be a difficult question for me at the time. Haha)
They took me up to my room and the parents and Wayne were there. And my nurse Kerri has been to Emmanuel. Her dad comes every year and was the man who cried on my head when he and another leader prayed over me last Summer after I shared with their team.
After Dad went and found me some fries and yogurt (lunch) and sleeping off and on, changing clothes, more trying to sleep and such it was dinner. CFA of course.
My friend Karen came by and the posse showed back up to wait for the doctor.
Dr Golden came by and chatted and showed me a couple of pictures of my lady biz he had on his phone. Turns out when my sister said weeks ago “maybe you have an ALIEN” when I was explaining how I hurt and why I got home. Well. She wasn’t too far off. I will include a photo at the bottom for those interested. Seems that one of the fibroids had been pressing on something which probably was causing the consistent pain.
James showed up with a peach shake and we waited for labs to be done so I could be discharged. Then home (well. Home for now).
Overall I have less pain than I did even when I had my gallbladder out which is surprising.
I cannot tell you what you all mean- the prayers and the visits and the texts. God showed Himself visibly through people all day yesterday. Just can’t explain it. It’s just Him. So thank you.
Now to try to remember I had body parts removed and rest. I requested my ticket be changed to June 3 or 5th. That’s the plan.
That’s the story.
I’m not surprised that God did or does what He does. Just His creativity in how He does it.
Consistently reminded of how He loves me. Through you all and how you love me well. And you all magnify Christ. So thank you.
Enjoy the photo of the alien. 🙂 the rounded nice looking one is what it SHOULD look like. The mutant lookin one was mine.
Be His.
Leave a Reply