As I've been resting lately, I've been thinking about some very random tender mercies that I've received the past few weeks and I want to make sure I don't forget them:
#1. I was pretty nervous going into this surgery. I was really a physical mess inside, and if I wasn't careful my thoughts would travel into the realm of all the many "what could happens" during my surgery. My doctor had to do a lot of detaching during my surgery, which had the potential for dangerous nicks and cuts to vital organs, as well as other possible complications. When I got into the room where they got me ready for surgery, there was a painting of Tuscany, Italy on the wall. That was a small but very welcome tender mercy for me, as "Go to Tuscany" is on my bucket list, and the painting was very calming to me as the nurses did what they needed to do to get me ready for surgery.
#2. I had the same anesthesiologist as for my laparascopy, and I really liked her. Another tender mercy.
#4. My surgery went really well. The hospital was awesome again, and the nurses and all the staff were so nice and helpful. I highly recommend Gwinnett Medical Center to anyone and everyone. No wonder they're in the Top 100 Hospitals in the country!
#5. I got to come home a day early so I was home on Mother's Day. The hospital was great, but it was so nice to be at home.
#6. I've been sleeping on the couch in the family room because it's much more comfortable than my bed, and Kailen volunteered to stay with me the first night to help me go to the bathroom and get my medicine when I needed it. She has always been a very deep sleeper, and when I woke up and needed to go to the bathroom, I couldn't wake her up. So I called John and he came down and helped me. She was upset the next morning when she found out what had happened, but I was just so thankful for her willingness to help me out. Kam slept in the family room the next four nights, and she'd set her alarm to wake up to get me my medicine and also wake up whenever I needed her for something. Parker has been helpful too, although I had to ask him to not pull me up quite so fast. He's a very strong boy! :o) Kam did my hair the first few times and then shaved my legs before Parker's Seminary graduation Sunday night and painted my toe nails. I have such awesome kids!!!
#7. The night of my surgery the kids came to visit and I was not doing well. I was in pain and also very nauseous. John and Parker left for awhile because John hadn't had anything to eat, and the girls stayed with me. Kam stood by my bed, reaching over the side bars of the bed, for more than an hour rubbing my head for me because she knows I love that and it's very calming. It felt so good and helped me feel a little bit better. Her arms must have been really aching by the time she was done. The kids also brought me a poster board with various pictures of the whole family, including the girls. They had picked pictures where they were all making funny/goofy faces. That really cheered me up! :o)
#8. The morning of Parker's graduation I woke up feeling a bit nauseous. "Not good," I thought. I ate my breakfast, got ready, and hoped for the best. I still felt nauseous as we were driving to his graduation, but once we got there the nauseous feeling totally left! What a tender mercy that was, because when we got home the feeling came back, got worse as the day progressed, and got much worse after John's family left. By evening time I was "tossing cookies." Thankfully this time wasn't as painful as when it happened in the hospital. I think I had the 24-hour bug because by the next morning I was feeling much better. I was just so very thankful that I was able to enjoy Parker's graduation and visit with John's family while they were here.
#9. When we planned my Mom and Dad's visit for Parker's graduation I didn't know I was going to have two surgeries. Thankfully we planned for them to stay a week after graduation instead of a week before, since a few weeks ago John found out he had a startup that he had to be at the week after graduation. He has a new manager in this area who hasn't done a startup before, so he needed to be there to train him and make sure the startup goes well. I'm so thankful my parents have been here to help, as I'm still pretty limited in what I can do. John is thankful, too, as I know he would've been worried about not being here for me.
#10. On July 5th last year I wrote a post about committing myself to run in the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th of this year. You can read that post here. The signups for the race were back in March and I was going to sign up, but for some reason I was hesitant to do so, which is strange since running this race is on my bucket list. I waited and waited to sign up. Finally on the last day, I decided not to. I kind of gave myself a hard time about not signing up, and kind of felt like I had whimped out. But a few weeks later we found out I'd need a hysterectomy, so I would've lost my entry fee on top of not being able to run. The "not being able to run" part would've been the hardest for me. I am re-committing myself to run in this race next year!!!
I'm sure there are more tender mercies from the past few weeks, and I've been trying really hard to be better at noticing these tender mercies I receive every day.
Because I know I do receive them every. single. day.
And I'm so very thankful for that!
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