The last few days have been pretty weird and insane. I’ve managed to praise God through it. He’s teaching me how. Even on the way to the hospital when I found out Brian ended up in the ER due to his first ever severe migraine that totally flattened him with pain, nausea, sweating, blurred vision and some other scary side effects. As they check for bleeding in his brain (the blurred vision and suddenness of the symptoms being the suspicious part), I just prayed and remained strikingly calm, for me. :-) No one could get a hold of me in the beginning of the whole ordeal, and I was frustrated and beating myself up… but I got there eventually and tried to be as much next to him and holding his hand as he beat his head in pain and murmered in an almost hallucinating state. In a young marriage, it’s rare to have these kind of times, especially since my husband rarely gets sick, where you are actually in the hospital with them. If anything, he’s been next to me. Praise the Lord it wasn’t anything more severe, but I feel for people who get migraines (my mom, aunt, uncle, Danielle, Derek, and many others i’m sure). I didn’t realize JUST how debilitating they were. At least now we know if it happens again what it is. I am praying there won’t be more, but the doctor/nurse warned that it could become a pattern. Either way, we’ll get through it, but it’s a new dimension to life I guess.

Yesterday we found out great news about my grandma’s cancer: her PET scan revealed a lessening of cancerous activity in the areas that were there and no new growth. She was just walking around smiling and praising God. I think she had a rougher day with physical symptoms today, but I bet it was brought on by stress of my grandpa going in for surgery. He had parts of his thyroid removed due to suspicions of some growths there, and so far the news is good as they think they are benign. He is in some pain, so if you could lift him up we would appreciate it.

Work is nuts and it’s odd being back. I don’t know why but I was up half the night yesterday. I fell asleep beautifully, but around 3:15 am woke up and I was up rolling around until somewhere in the 6′s. I can’t tell if it’s a medication side effect or what. I tried reading, watching tv, being on the computer, talking to Brian… (lol), nothing would put me to sleep. When I finally dragged out of bed, I was feeling so PHYSICALLY exhausted I could barely move, and I could NOT stand in the shower. It was actually a bit scary. The fatigue was so real and tangible … I had to go into work late. I am praying for a solid night of sleep tonight… I can’t function at my job when I don’t get it, and I’m nervous about that – which in turn can make it harder to fall/stay asleep.

And last but not least, I had to create an icanhascheeseburger for one of the kitten pics. Please go vote!!

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