Thank you all...if i'm spelling bad it's due to nearly 2 days on 2-1/2 hours sleep. I'm too old for this crap.
Thanks Haz- no good deed goes unpunished. Haz would have you believe that he's a dangerous guy...a renegade, etc. But teddy bear is more like it. I admire his heart and also his discretion. Thanks again, Haz.
Now a public service announcement. I have heard this story MANY times...don't fall for this. About ten days ago on the advice of our physician I took Maggie to the ER. Abdominal pain. They did this, did that, and after wearing us out sent us home with antibiotics and pain killers and the advice for her to visit the ob gyn. To give the story away...we did that stuff but ended up going back to the ER, but I have heard this same story from SEVERAL people from all over the country. DON'T fall for this shit if you have to go to ER. Camp out until they test and diagnose completely!
Perhaps the ONLY reason our story turns out good is because we lost my mother to this same thing...she went to er, sent home with no diagnosis and scripts. A week later she goes back in pain, they operate, they close her up and a week later she was gone. That kept nagging me in the back of the head, and it may be the only reason we have good news today. The ER is for patching giant gaping holes and for generating 3500 dollar bills with no doctoring involved.
Without belaboring the point, my lovely wife ended up sick as hell. Took her to ER for the second time in 10 days and they THEN realized they needed to operate. It was serious, major, and scary as hell. She's doing well even though she's really beat up, and should be good as new in 4 to 7 months. Serious stuff. But the FIRST time she was there, it was antibiotics and some pain med. DO NOT fall for that crap! (Is there an echo in here?)
Bottom line...a little confession. I pray often and it's not a secret that things have not been the best for us lately. The fact is that lately some of my prayers have been basically asking the Lord if he wanted me to BEND OVER for the next kick in the ass, or did He want to surprise me? Well, He answered my smartass question by scaring the hell out of me. I can lose and/or live without a lot of things, but I almost lost the sweetest, most important thing I've ever known....the love of my life.
I'm way ahead of the game.
And with friends like you... I'll stop being a smart ass and let the Lord surprise me from here on out.
Thank you all for your prayers- she still needs them. Now off to bed.