Friday night Donna's kids, minus a sick Lexi, came over and watched Tangled with me. It was a lot of fun. Really good movie and we all had fun laughing at Ellie (13) for crying through several parts of the movie. I would recommend the movie for any who have not yet seen it, beware though as you may need tissues.... :)
Saturday Donna and the three oldest came over along with Marcee and her two little ones and watched the morning session of General Conference with me. It was amazing!! There was a talk by Elder Richards that talked about pain. Here's the link if you want to watch it. http://lds.org/general-conference/watch/2011/04?lang=eng&vid=879844073001&cid=9. I've had lots and lots of friends tell me they thought of me as they watched it. Once the text version of it comes out online I'll probably copy some of the parts I liked the most. Marcee was kind enough to bring over and cook lunch for all of us for in between sessions. Everyone but Donna's kids left then and we stayed and watched the second session. I was having a lot of pain that day and by the time the second session was over I had taken 4 Ultrams (prescription pain killers), 4 extra strength Tylenol, 2 prescription anti-inflammatorys, and 1 muscle relaxant. I was still in pain and had started getting a pretty bad pain on my left side towards the front. Donna picked me and the kids up to take us to the baptisms going on for our Ward. That proved to be a little too painful for me and halfway through I was hurting pretty bad. Donna offered to take me home right then but the thought of getting in her van and having to sit down sounded horrible. At that point anything touching my legs would have hurt too badly. We did leave a little later and I continued to medicate myself throughout the night. Then came Sunday....
Tex picked up a disabled man in our Ward and took him to the chapel while the rest of the family stayed and listened to Conference on the internet. Unknowing to even Donna, Tex then called me and offered to pick me up and take me to their house so I could be with them while listening to it. It was a very nice offer but proved to be even nicer since he didn't stay at home himself and just made the trip to drop me off at his house. I don't remember as much about the Sunday session as my pain was getting worse and worse. In between sessions we just hung out but my pain was increasing and I started getting super sharp pains on the left side of my chest and abdomen. Those sharp pains would last anywhere from 30 seconds to about 5 minutes, at which time I couldn't even talk. It got to the point where Donna asked me if I wanted to go in and after a little while of it getting worse I decided I did. We both missed the second session of Sunday conference. The good thing about going to the ER with severe chest pain that doubles you over is that they take you back right away - no waiting!!! They did tests to make sure I wasn't having a heart attack (I wasn't really concerned about that, I just wanted to make the pain stop!). They drugged me up and put me on muscle relaxants and still with as much medication as they gave me I was still in severe pain. There was nothing else they could do. They made sure I wasn't dying and sent me home with more pain meds.
I seem to keep redefining my "10" on the pain scale every couple weeks here. Not sure what that's about but I'm hoping to not do it anymore. Every time I think of the pain scale I think of the Brian Regan (a comedian) skit of the Emergency Room. It is hilarious!!! I've provided a link for that as well. Makes me laugh every time I watch it. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4zgb9H3Cg
I do continue to see many blessings and miracles in my life despite all of this. I've really started to notice the "small" things in life that can just make a difference. A random text from a friend, some quote I see that says just what I need to hear, a hug from a kid. There's other things like a friend coming and cleaning my entire house for me while I was at work. Another friend who drops by a couple times a week to check in and always does a little something while she's there. Others who call me, email me, pray for me, text me, visit me, etc. Those are all true blessings. I've always been grateful for those people and those things but I'm starting to notice more and more of the good things in life. They say when someone goes blind their other senses become more sensitive, I believe that has happened to me in a different sort of sense. I always had some of those things but now that I've lost a lot of ability to do so many things I notice the goodness around me so much more.
Wishing you all a great week!
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