meeting our deductable

After Grayson's seizure episode, we didn't think we'd be back to the ER for a while. We were wrong.  A few weeks later we were there again on Mother's Day.  Despite Andrew's sweet attempts to make me breakfast and lunch, I just wasn't feelin' it.  After church I'd started to really not to feel so great.  Curled in a ball on our bed, Andrew took care of everything.  My stomach hurt- I thought it was gas or a cramp or something and would be gone soon.  By 10 pm I finally called a nurse and she told me to get to the hospital within 3 hours.  So this time it was me and Andrew in the ER.  Thankfully some true friends came and slept over with the boys that night and watched them the next day.  

My Mother's Day was more like a day with Superdad though.  After taking care of the kiddos all day, he took care of me in the hospital! After lots of tests and a CT scan, the doctors were 80% sure I had appendicitis around 3am.  Here's the kicker, they didn't want to operate until 100% so they wanted to watch to see if my pain increased.  Thanks a lot! That's when I finally said I'd take something for the pain!  They woke me up a 5am to check.  Everything was the same and they prepped me for surgery.  

By 7:30 we were back in my room.  I was sleeping on my bed and Andrew on the janky vinyl "recliner" chair that only went halfway back and hit the walls when he tried to sleep.  Ha. He's a trooper!  Andrew finally left around lunch to see the boys and relieve the sitters before coming back to be with me.  What a guy! I was released that evening around dinner and Andrew drove me to get my prescriptions, dinner, and then home.  

But really the next few weeks were harder than the pain and surgery.  How was I supposed to be a mom of 2 busy (and clingy) boys without being able to pick up anything over 10 pounds?! It was a challenge for sure.  But we got through it…with lots of help, meals from friends, Andrew being around or babysitters being here when Gray and Jacks needed to be picked up out of cribs or down for naps or in and out of high chairs.  And my mom came for a few days! Thank you, Lord, for mom!

It's been about a month since surgery and I'm back to normal.  Just in time for our vacation to Orange Beach, AL with my family a week ago and heading out to Lebanon on Friday!