The Kindness of Strangers and Friends

There have been far too many things going on lately to mention just now... but yesterday forced me to slow down quite a bit...

I spent most of the day in the ER at Fort Wainwright. I really, really don't like hospitals and being in the emergency room was not my idea of a good time. But the pain I was having the night before was so terrible that I had to have some medical attention.

After a urinalysis, blood test, a shot in the butt, an IV drip, pain meds, an ultra sound on my gall bladder, nausea medicine, x-rays, a rectal and uterus exam they couldn't find anything wrong and eventually sent me home.

I'm still not sure what it could have been that caused such pain but I am content with the test results and feel I was looked over quite well by the military doctors there. The important thing to mention was how wonderful everyone was. I was very impressed with their service, thoroughness and professionalism. Even the stick for the IV was very mild, the shot in my butt hurt worse! : )

James was super. He helped calm me down the night the pain started, gave up his side of the bed, massaged and eased me back to sleep for a few hours before the pain came back and we had to go the hospital. He was super in the ER room the entire time, we were there for almost six hours, while I slept and tried my best not to hallucinate on the drugs they gave me. Not once did he complain and he made sure the doctor wasn't missing anything that could be wrong with me.

After we got home we both crashed, completely exhausted from the days ordeal and lack of sleep.

Robert was so kind to take Reba and Salmon into town on such short notice so they could catch a ride into Kantishna for the summer. There was no way I could drive and I was so grateful they could join Wes (his SCL dog) for the trip in.

The dogs were tended to by Ben (our foster son) and even though they couldn't have their free nights running loose I was much more at ease knowing they were getting the basics like food and water.

Ive always been the type of person not to ask for much, Id rather do favors for others than ask them for myself. But when I do need help I am extremely grateful for the support system that is there for me in an emergency.

This morning I felt well enough to let the kids run around for a bit, feed, water and clean out their pool. Tonight I will catch up on cleaning poop and monitor my strength making sure I'm not pushing myself too hard. There is still quite a bit of summer left and too many things to do. I cant be out of action just yet...