Pains, Drains, and Kindergaten

I couldn't think of anything that rhymed with automobiles that related to the story thus Kindergarten.

Patty had another good day yesterday. She was able to take a nap and get some rest. Laverne graciously came over and helped with the kids. One of Patty's drains is leaking so she is probably going to have to go have them checked sometime today. They will probably pull at least two of them. We're not sure about the third one. Patty will be much relieved if indeed they do. She slept ok last night but you can just tell that she is not resting well. She's also having a lot of soreness and pain still from the port-a-cath and surgery incisions. This will probably last for a while. She told me last night that this is the longest time she has never been out of the house (6 days). I concur.

I took the girls to school open house last night. The school they attend doesn't start until Aug 30 for Katie and Sept 1 for Kendall. Kendall got to meet her kindergarten teacher, Ms. Addis. For once, she was at a loss for words, lol... Her class will have 14 boys out of a total of 20 students. That should be interesting. It was sad that Patty didn't get to go. I hope and pray that she is able to go when Kendall starts her first day of kindergarten on Friday.

I'm beginning to learn that through this you have to forgo the "what if" scenarios are you will drive yourself insane. You truly have to just think one day at a time which, is tough to do and I still am struggling with that. I've been reading selected Psalms as of late. For some reason they keep popping up in things I read or in encouragement from others. It is comforting to read and relate to David's thoughts and prayers through his suffering.

Laverne came back over today to help with the kids again. I can't express enough how wonderful it is to have others helping us out. We couldn't do it without everyone's help and prayers.

I have to be honest it is tough to get out of bed in the morning. I wake up and do a quick reality check,

'did this really happen?,....yes, it did. Sigh.... aaggghhh, I don't want to get up and face it again today. I just want to sleep until its over.'

I'm sure that is a common sequence others go through for many problems. As the day goes on though it gets better as you realize that you are not in this alone.

As you can tell, the site here has become just not a condition update for Patty but also a window into our walk along this path with me as the narrator. Many of the thoughts here are mine and not Patty's. I think she may put some thoughts here when she is ready. But until that time, I'll continue to update the best I can. I hope everyone is ok with that. I don't know why we're going though this but we hope that God will use us to help others see things a little differently or help others through a similar trial, but most of all draw others to Him.