Today has been a day filled with unexpected blessings ....
My morning appointment with the orthopedic surgeon went well. The best news of the day is to my absolute delight there is NO CAST with this first surgery ... hip, hip hooray!! I was on cloud one hundred, as the cast part of the ordeal is far and away the hardest thing for me to deal with. I only need a cast after the TX surgery, so I was thrilled with this news. I thought it was going to be 7 weeks in a cast and now it will only be 4 weeks (TX surgery & after) ... I will deal with four weeks. One week is in the hospital, so technically it will be more like three weeks at home. Starting tomorrow there will be four long pins that come out of each toe (one in each toe), but I've had this before. The surgeon said that this should be a "little operation," compared to what I've had in the past. He had also spoken with the Chicago surgeon last week, which I was happy about. Good to know that everyone is "in the loop."
As I left my morning doctors appointment, I noticed hundreds of hot pink tulips that had been planted recently around the medical building and each flower was starting to bloom. I couldn't help but think that as the tulips bloom, the weeks ahead will be a time to "bloom" and shine for Him. Hot pink is my favorite color.
Surgery is at 11:30am tomorrow (April 22nd) - Outpatient ... I have to be there at 10am for prep work, so think of us at that time. The surgery is at a new surgery center, so hopefully they have a good anesthetic person.
I returned to work this morning, just as 125 kids were getting off the bus and arriving. My staff was fabulous today and they led the entire day, which allowed me to finish last minute things at my desk. I had not counted on having any "extra time," but it was a huge help.
Financial blessing of the day ... I have had a huge bill around $896.00 for a test that was needed before I went to Texas in April. I called today to confirm that this was what I owed and the gal told me that I only needed to pay $25 and that they would "write off" the remaining amount. I asked her twice if she was looking at my account and she told me "yes." I was prepared to pay whatever was needed, but wasn't happy about it seeing that the last surgery wasn't successful. God works in amazing ways.
Just wanted to share with you that God was gracious and today was filled with much happiness as there was one thing after the next that were positive blessings. I'm very much at peace about tomorrow and am looking forward to more toe movement ... all will go as planned according to Him.
Love & hugs,
Jenny
"For I will restore health to you .... says the Lord." Jeremiah 30:17
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