The last 20 days

Sept 21, 2017

Wow!  God is so good!  I will summarize the last 19 days.  When you are i the midst of it, it seems like so much longer.  But now, I feel like I have been cleared for my next assignment!

Sept 4, Labor Day- Went to Urgent care, & Emergency room, So. MD Hosp.

          with a dull pain in my right side.

Sept 5, Admitted to So. MD Hosp. CAT scan found huge simple cyst in my liver, the size of a melon (8X7 inches)

Sept 5, Transferred by ambulance (first ride in ambulance) to Georgetown     University Hospital, Wash.DC,  Emergency room.

Sept 6, 2AM Admitted to Georgetown U. Hosp.

          They found I was in good health, no medication was given and they     decided to do surgery to take out the "water balloon" but I was too           healthy to keep at the hospital until they could schedule the surgery.

Sept 8, Discharged from the hospital with pending surgery scheduling.

Sept 9, Woke with nausea, in great pain all day, (thought it was gas).

Sept 9, My Step Daughter took me back to Georgetown Emergency room.    They did another CAT scan, my "water balloon" had ruptured and the       fluid spilled into my abdomen, causing the pain.  I agreed to two shots       of morphine, which helped the pain.  It was the first medication I had           taken for over a year.(I'm such a wimp, but I was glad it was      available.)

Sept 10, I was admitted to Georgetown hosp, pending working me into the    surgery schedule ASAP.

Sept. 11th- I was visited by a Minister and his wife from my church, they       prayed with me and as soon as they finished, transportation came to          take me to surgery, at 1 PM.   I returned to my room at 10:30 PM after    recovery.  They had made three incisions, removed the "balloon",           removed the fluid and took out my gall bladder because the cist had     attached itself to it.  They said I didn't need it anyway.

Sept 14th- Discharged from the hospital. On my 75th Birthday!  No pain,       only discomfort with the stitches and staples. A good friend and her        husband invited me to stay with them in their upstairs(17 steps) suite,   with all the recovering equipment I needed. Walked up the stairs with           little assistance. God is so Good!

Sept 18th (Mon) Visiting nurse came to evaluate my needs for Physical          Therapy etc...  Since I was in no pain, had gone up and down the stairs     5 times and taken a shower by myself, that day, she determined that I                 didn't need Physical Therapy or any other aides for recovery. Woopee!     Praise the Lord.

Sept 19th- My grandson brought my car, and we went grocery shopping, he helped get the groceries in the car and then we dropped him off and I     drove my friend and I, to get our nails done, about 20 miles away.

Sept. 20th- Dr. visit, stitches & staples removed.  Walked quite a way, in the hospital to get my medical records etc...(I got pictures!)

Sept, 21, Washed clothes, visited with my friend here and then I drove us to Walmart to get some things for her Grandsons.

Sept 22, It has only been 20 days.  It is amazing that our "suffering" seems like such a long time when we are in the midst of it, but, "It came to pass", and it did.  If we could only see things from God's perspective, our "little" events won't seem like such a big deal. I know I am blessed to come out of this KNOWING, God is Good, KNOWING, His grace is sufficient, KNOWING, He has a plan for my life (yours too!).  KNOWING I am in perfect health, (all the tests proved it).  KNOWING that at age 75, I am in NO PAIN, NO STRESS, NO ANXIETY, NO DEBT, NO MEDICATION.

KNOWING, I am in PERFECT PEACE, even though I don't know what is next for me, I know that God already has the plans in place and I just need to be willing and ready to fit into His plans for me.  I trust Him and ,I will know, when I need to know!  My only restrictions are, that I cannot lift anything over 10lbs. for 11 more weeks.

In these last 20 days I have adopted new Grandchildren, Furthered my mission, to reach 100 million people with a way to independence from this world's systems.  Flurished, by being an example and an influence to the next generation.  Planted lots of Shaklee seeds, and now on to the next amazing adventure!