Today, I remind myself of Ecclesiastes 3:1. “There is an appointed time for everythi
My plastic surgeon was pleased with my skin graft overall. He says the majority of the center looks “great”. Some outer areas are fairly good, with a few small areas that look poor. He sounds confident it will be a success in the long run; however, he wants me to remain on no weight bearing until September 6 to allow those fair & poor areas to have the greatest chance of success. For those of you unfamiliar with skin grafts, eventually the skin will heal itself in the “fair & poor” areas, even if they don’t take, but it just takes longer. He sounded like after he sees me on September 6, I may be able to lose the splint and not even have to transfer to a walking boot. That would be really awesome!
Thank you so much for riding this with us. We’re overwhelmed by the love and kindness from all of you!
Praises:
- Thank God I won’t need another skin graft and that I am learning to compensate without my right leg. A good friend brought over a walker last week, which allows me more independence. I have a great appreciation for the gift of mobility!
- Thank God for my wonderful family, friends and church family for help, encouragement, support, prayers and so much more. I am so grateful for all the amazing people God has brought into my life, so virtual hugs to every one of you!
- I was convicted and humbled by my grumbly attitude after initially hearing that I would be limited for another 10 days, when exiting the hospital I saw more than a few people clearly in much greater discomfort than I am. God is good to stretch and grow me on the inside as well as the outside through this. Pray I will choose hope and gratitude and not give in to self-pity.
- Safety for our 3 kids who will be traveling to Wyoming this weekend. Our whole family was to join a group of friends for an annual camping trip, but since I am still on movement restrictions, we are sending the kids without us. Pray that they have a wonderful time and enjoy the break from waiting on me. They deserve it-they have been so amazing and haven’t complained one minute! C. R. and I will have a quiet little weekend to ourselves. Those of you who know my love for camping understand what missing a camping trip is like for me. But, I will light my pine-scented candle and enjoy the weekend with my favorite guy. :-)
- Good times with Jesus as I’m continuing to sit and wait. I’ll be diving into a new Bible Study in Mark beginning tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to the time to learn more about my Savior.
