Stress

Hi y'all, it's been a stressful time around our home, so I'm here to ask for some prayers- once again.

I will go into more detail as soon as I can, but for now you can pray for my back? After suffering with some back pain and tingling down my legs on and off since February, then waking up last Saturday morning feeling not quite right- I ended up at Primacare Sunday morning in excruciating pain. To make a long story short, I ended up having an MRI this past week and it showed that I have a 10 mm herniated disk in my lower back (L5/S1 for those who are in the know). My doctor was surprised I was able to still walk. We are praying through our options and speaking to several doctors. With our return to Wales supposedly in 2 weeks we need clear wisdom and direction and I need some pain relief! The constant pain and lack of sleep is making me rely more and more on God- but I have to admit that I'm not handling this very well at the moment. Or at least I don't think I am.

We are in the midst of packing our crate, getting ready to move out of this house (next week) and having to return our car to Houston- plus the daily-ness of 3 small children to take care, doctor appointments galore and today is our 12th Anniversary!

Our timing is not God's timing, thankfully, but we are in need of His mercies. Thank you Jesus, they are new every morning!

We did get to celebrate our anniversary this weekend! My parents took the girls and Marc surprised me with a 2 night rest in a King size bed in downtown Dallas. It was just what I needed! I'm so thankful that I get to share life with him, even in the stressful times like these he keeps me from losing it.

I have early morning appointments with my chiropractor every day this week for some treatment and I would love for you to pray with me that it would work so I could avoid surgery. Please pray that we would be patient with one another during this time and that we would know what road to take as far as treatment/surgery goes. Do I even need to tell you that I am scared to death of back surgery? I didn't think so. I realize my diagnosis could be much worse than it is, I'm thankful it's only a disk. But apart from giving birth three times and having one kidney stone, this back thing ranks right up there on the pain scale.

Thank you so much!
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