I'm BACK!! I have to say I am not all back, but I have enough energy to sit up and type and that is saying a lot. I have never in my life felt as weak and down in the dumps as I have these past 2 weeks. Every day I would wake up hoping to feel better and it never happened. I still want to sleep a lot! I do something and then I want to take about an hour nap.
Poor Greg, he has done everything. He has cooked, cleaned, done the laundry, taken care of the kids, prepared for our study at our fellowship 2 times and continued to do it all with a smile. Not to mention taking care of me. He has been on top of all my medication and knows when I need to take it and what I take. That in itself is a huge job, I am taking about 5 different medicines and they are all at different times. Please pray for him. I don't want his immune system to go down just because he is doing everything alone.
I was thinking of some things I wanted to share about my time in the hospital. Greg shared some about the food. One thing that was funny was I looked at everything on my tray and found what I thought was apple sauce. It was a little bitter so I added some sugar and then started eating it with a spoon. It was pretty good and when the food lady entered while I was eating, I was proud to let her see I was eating the food she had prepared. She just smiled at me and took a straw and put it in the applesauce and left with a big grin. I guess it was apple juice and it was just really thick. I just had to laugh at what she probably told all of her friends. "Those Americans sure are strange, that one was drinking her applejuice with a spoon!"
We can't understand their hang up with cold drinks. They ( all Mexicans) feel that if you are sick you should NEVER drink cold drinks. No ice cream, no cold beverage of any sort and absolutely no ice. Now, the first thing I had my family do was to buy some ice for my gatorade. I couldn't let them see it or they would shake their heads at me. I always had the fan on and they hated that. Some of the nurses would turn it off when they walked out of the room and then I would get up and turn it back on. These are some cultural differences.
I am sure I will think of more things to share with you but for now I will leave you with one request. Please pray I will be completely healed soon with all of my energy back. Happy 4th! Love you all Missy
This blog was started in 2004 when Annie was badly burnt. Over the years we have seen how God has continually provided for us and answered our many prayers.
