Miracles Happen

This week started off as any other ordinary week. Really all my thoughts were on myself and my surgery next week. Yesterday I received a text from my mom that my Aunt DaleLene (who I am very close with) was in the ICU with a blood clot in her brain. Immediately my thoughts were turned to her instead of myself. How quickly things change. They operated on her last last night in hopes of removing the clot. I just got back from seeing her at the hospital and things changes drastically from when I saw her yesterday. Apparently her brain is now swelling so they are going to remove a part of her skull in hopes to help the swelling. Yesterday she was still talking and now I'm not even sure she knew I was there. Also this morning my mom told me that a girl in her ward (so my old ward) that I was friends with was just diognosed with Luekemia. Wow. What? Just got married in I believe december and now has to deal with that??

As I'm sitting here at work with my mind wandering. Why? Why does my Aunt have to go through this? Why does Britney have to go through this? Why was my cousins baby boy also diognosed with cancer?? Why do we have these trials? All the sudden the lesson gave in Relief Society on Sunday popped into my head. The whole lesson was about trails and why we have them. Talk about using these lessons throughout the week and our lives. A few ladies shared their stories about trials and it all came down to basically the same thing. God doesn't just give out trails just to give them out. He knows each and everyone one of us and the trials are here for a reason. It's interesting how when someone in your family is sick; how quick everyone is to help out and we grow so much closer. Since all this has just happened I don't know the outcome yet; but I do know that it is in Heavenly Fathers hands and these tough trails were given for a reason and no matter the outcome he loves each and everyone of us and never leaves our side.

All screwed up

When I got my first round of MRI's about 2 months ago I complained that my knee was killing; a very unusual thing for an MRI to hurt. I even asked my doctor "are MRI's supposed to hurt? Because well it did!" he just kinda brushed it off; thats weird but no big deal. Well surprise!! I know why! I have a metal screw in my knee that I totally forgot about! Apparently in all the ciaos of my last ACL surgery we forgot to remember the little detail that the doctor put a metal screw in my knee! Well hello; that would probably be why my knee was killing during the MRI! At least I know that I'm not just a complainer and there was a reason for me to actually be in pain. MRI's are full of intense magnetic waves so you are not allowed to wear any metal and especially have any metal in your body. Well OOPS!



I went to the doctors yesterday and he was very surprised with this screw in my knee and had to send pictures around to his Reps to try to figure out what kind of screw it is and what the tool is that he needs to get it out. That complicated things a little; but whats life without a little complications? I then had to go get a CT scan to make sure there was room enough to be able to remove my old ACL. OH yeah and I'm getting a cadavers ACL! Exciting no? It was that or have them take my hamstring from my left leg since my right hamstring was previously used. Surgery is scheduled for May 20th; all in all not as fast as I would like but what can you do? At least I wont be drugged up and on crutches for mine and Jon's anniversary! I was wondering how our dinner would go with me just being days out of surgery.... druling would be very attractive =)