I'm Back!!! :-)

What an adventurous month and a half it has been. I am thinking back to the blog about liking hospitals and just laughing. Our Heavenly Father sure has a great sense if humor! I have got my share of the hospitals recently. :) I went in for surgery on June 26. I had a flap done on my wound which basically mean's they took skin and tissue from other areas to fill in the wound. (that was the edited version for my friends and family that can't handle the details :) ) while I was there I was having pancreas  issues because of my gall bladder.  So my Dr decided they could take it out. I couldn't eat anything and eating is essential to wound healing... :-) go figure! On July 10 they took it out. I don't remember much after that. I got really sick and stayed sick for about 2 weeks. The first week I was so nauseous and the second week I didn't eat or sleep at all. Because of the fasting and prayers that were offered in my behalf and the love of so many friends and family, along with a visit from my good friend I went to sleep that night. In the morning I started to improve drastically and as the days went on I got better and better. As I look back at that  time I know it was a miracle that I was able to pull through and heal from the sicknesses that have come over me. There is no way I could have done it on my own.

About 10 years ago...holy cow that was a long time ago! I was at BYU-Hawaii. I had just  scrapped the back of my upper leg on the break of my wheelchair, I had a scrape the size of a quarter there. I was at the Ilaoa's house for the weekend and Bro. Ilaoa gave me a priesthood blessing.

In the blessing, he said that through the faith of my friends and family I would be healed.  I have thought about that a lot since then and wondered when that would happen and how my family and friends have been fasting and praying for me all along. As I look back at these last 7 weeks or so I know that blessing was referring to now. It may refer to later on as well but I know I am here today because of the faith and prayers of my family and friends. I love you all so much and feel so blessed by your love and support. Thank you so much.

Today I am at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC. It is across the street from where I had my surgery so that is nice. :) When I found out I needed to go to rehab afterwards I knew this was the place I wanted to come. I do therapy everyday, physical and occupational and I love it!  There are people from all over the world here. In fact there are some who don't speak English. There are a couple of guys from another country who only speak Arabic, and today I realized...how do they fill out their menu!!? I don't even like the food that they give me for a choice I can't imagine just taking what they give me everyday! I can't even imagine!! :-) Yes I know it isn't the most important thing when it comes to saving your life, but it is pretty important to like what you eat. Well for me it is anyway. For some of you this might not even be a big deal and you will eat whatever, but I just haven't grown up yet and I am still working on that! haha

As for my body, the wound is completely closed up! It has been stitched and stapled and all healed. 

Except for one little spot where the Drs forgot to take out a stitch so by the time I told them about it, it was healed in. There is a small sore on the surface of the skin but we are taking care of it and it is healing nicely. I get up in my chair 2 times a day for 1 1/2 hours twice a day. It is really great to be getting up that much! I will be done here sometime next week, not sure of the exact date just yet.  But will continue to work with a physical therapist and nurse at home to make sure I continue to heal.

One of my favorite things here is an outside garden. There are trees, grass, lots of beautiful plants, flowers and even a fish pond! It's so peaceful and I look forward to going out everyday. Inside the fish pond there is a beautiful water lily. I went outside on Sunday afternoon and didn't see any flowers. The next morning when we went outside there was a beautiful water lily sitting there! I thought I had lost my mind. Why hadn't I seen it Sunday? That same day a in the afternoon, I went back out and the lily was all closed up like it hadn't bloomed before. I have been watching it ever since and at 11:00am it is open, but later in the afternoon it is closed! Holy weirdness!! So I took a couple of pictures of it so you can see. Then there are amazing goldfish, big and small. It is such a relaxing place, a place of refuge and a place where I can ponder and reflect on personal things. I am so grateful for this little garden.

Well, I think that's about it for now :) I am so sorry I have been MIA for a bit, but I am back now! I am sooo thankful to be alive and to be healthy! Thank you mucho much my dear peeps.