Well it's been a loooong time since I posted last. And if this post doesn't make any sense, it's because I'm laying in a hospital bed drugged up.
I was in a car acccident in April of 2005. I've had a LOT of health problems since then. Last year they found a spondylolisthesis and they talked about doing surgery, but the doctors were kind of wishy washy about it :"You could have the surgery..." This condition means that in my lower back there is a piece of bone missing/broken that is connected to my discs and it is making the disc at that level slip off. Well this past April, only a few days after the 2 year anniversary of the car accident, I herniated that bad disc and was in the hospital for a week.
Two months and three surgeons later I am in the hospital again. I visited two surgeons and although they were both nice, I believe God was putting fear in my heart for a reason. Anytime I talked about the surgery I started crying. They wanted to go in through my abdomen, take out TWO discs (even though only one was bad) then turn me over to go in through in my back and put in a bone fusion and screws and rods. Finally I found a 3rd surgeon who seemed like a God-send. He only wanted to go in through the front, and only take out the bad disc. he couldn't believe what the other doctor wanted to do. He explained everything so well. And because I'm so petite, he was going to put in a metal plate in front to hold the new bone fusion and my spine together. I no longer had the fear. Even when they wheeled me in I was not afraid. I knew the Lord was in control and He had given me peace because I was doing the right thing. The only thing I was nervous about was waking up- because I had no idea as to what to expect pain-wise, etc. The plan was to have the surgery Tuesday, and then go home after a few days.
When I woke up, my left leg was in horrid pain. They thought it would go away. It didn't. Friday I had emergency surgery. Still didn't go away. Saturday was my birthday. Still in the hospital. Today I am having my third back surgery in one week.
Please pray.
