Responding In Faith

Well, today was an exciting day!   I ended up going to the emergency room.  Thanks Tina for taking me so Russ could get the kiddos settled with Ben and Kelly!!  I had a very severe migraine on Tuesday evening and never really recovered from it.  This morning when I got up my heart was racing…128 at rest…sitting down!  This went on all morning and through out church.  Finally, half way through church, my symptoms started getting worse.  Sweet Tina took me to the ER and stayed with me all afternoon.  Thank you so much!

We did EKG’s , CAT scans, and blood work.  The doc came in and said everything was normal except my CAT scan showed that I had a smaller then normal brain size….I’m convinced that my husband paid him to say that!  The doc did have some concerns about Bells Palsy.  But I really think that this is just part of my migraine.  In the end, he did, too, but wanted me to stay on top of it.  I think migraines are a curse of a brilliant mind myself!  (just kidding of course!)  The doc gave me some meds that are supposed to help alleviate the residual after affects of the migraine.  So far…nothing.  My left side of my face is still “sleeping” as I like to call it and upstairs I am very foggy.  No pain right now…just don’t feel right.  It is hard for me to me on the computer, but needed to do something.

I really need to thank my family and my church family.  So many people stepped up and helped with my kids and food today.  Thank you so much.  And the prayers that were going up and still going up.  Oh, thank you so much.  Thank you Tina, Jeremy, Ben, Kelly, Amy, Mama Kathleen, Mom and Dad, Grandma….so many more…thank you, thank you!  I love all of you so much.  So very much!  I’m sorry I missed a the sermon today…I was really looking forward to it.  It was one of the those days where I really just needed some spiritual encouragement!

So tomorrow, I go back on my migraine diet.  STRICT!  STRICT!  STRICT!  Please pray that I can do this.  It is hard to do and takes about 6 months to get my body where it needs to be.  Then there is the strictness to keep on it.  I have done it before and felt much better.  It is just hard with a family of twelve.  But I know that I can do all things through Christ who gives me the strength that I need to get through any issue or challenge that I face.

So I ask for prayers to help me have the discipline to do this.  I know how important it is for me to take care of myself as a mother of ten (really 11….my Daniel who is still in Liberia).  I do need to exercise.  I need to manage my time better.  That is something else I need prayers for!  Pray that the “fog” in my brain begins to get back to normal…as normal as I can be!!

But other then that, all is well.  My God is so good.  He has blessed me with so much.  Today I feel as if I am the richest person in the world.  God has blessed me with so much.  I have the sweetest husband in the world who is like the best dad in the world (I may be slightly biased!).  I have the greatest kids in the world.  I have a wonderful church family whom I have adopted as part of my intermediate family.  I have a wonderful mom and dad whom I love very much.  I have great sisters.  I have a great brother (yes, Johnny, I am talking about you!).  I have friends that I would never trade for anything.  I could go on and on.  God is good.  All the time.  God is good.

I’m sorry this is not my typical entry.  I appreciate any prayers you can send upstairs for me!  I believe in the power of prayer and appreciate all that go up for me and my precious family!

So there it is in a nutshell.  I am really doing fine…just need to kick this “fog” that my brain is in right now.  It doesn’t help that my brain is going a million miles an hour!  Thought processes never seem to stop.