Helping Those In Need

THE JOSEPH ASSIGNMENT GLOBAL INITIATIVE IS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS. We need: rice, canned goods, baby food, antibacterial wipes, tylenol, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, gatorade, flip-flops, latex gloves, band aids. Bring to New Faith Baptist Church International 25 S. Central Ave. Matteson IL. for more information call 815-806-3429. Compassion must be followed by action!

*The Joseph Assignment is one of few organizations which ensure that 100% of your donations go towards helping those in need. Read more »

Who Says I’m Human?

I won’t pretend to think that I’ve come to some big revelation as I finish this post. This process and any subsequent surgery will be difficult, both physically and emotionally.

I wrote that back in August. Long before my hysterectomy became a reality. I am now 3 weeks post-op and my words were correct–the surgery and subsequent recovery has been a long and difficult process. Of course, if you know me you’re not surprised that my body refused to heal simply. There are complications with everything I do and surgery was no different. The procedure itself went well. Modern technology allowed my doctor to perform the hysterectomy without leaving any external scars. My mother is still convinced that’s why I developed complications, she says he should have just “opened me up the old-fashioned way.” Both my mother and daughter were there when I went under and when I woke up. The first day was a blur of anesthesia effects and a morphine pump. Fast forward through a week of my mom cooking and taking care of the kids while I recover and at my first post-op appointment my doctor says I’ve developed a hematoma which was basically a collection of blood in the space of my body traumatized the surgery (in addition to removing my uterus, my doctor had to remove a lot of adhesions caused by a previous surgery when I was 15). He was afraid of the hematoma becoming infected so he wanted to put me on antibiotics. Fine, except I’m allergic to almost every antibiotic on the market! He finally finds one and although I wasn’t allergic, it caused me to vomit so violently for so long that I wound up in the emergency room until 3a.m. (thanks again Oren, love you). Of course, I also developed an infection anyway. Read more »

Update

Just wanted to give you guys an update. I haven’t been posting because I’m still recovering from surgery. I’ve had a few unexpected complications but I will be back very soon. Thanks so much for continuing to visit and read and please leave comments.