Whew!

It's me again!! I'm home right now with Christian, McKenna and Emma. I've gotta go get the other two kiddos from daycare in an hour, but I've got an hour! My mom is here and I literally could not do this without her. We decided to divide and conquer and she is going to take care of Amy and I'm going to take care of the kids (I don't know if that's divided equally, but it'll work).

To make a long story short; Amy had an ovarian cyst that must have been quite large. It ruptured and kind-of wrapped itself around her ovary causing intense internal bleeding. The surgeon removed the ovary and fallopian tube and they expect her to make a full recovery. This is a quote from her surgeon; "She is one strong girl. I removed over a liter of blood that had pooled in her abdomen. I can't believe that she wasn't screaming and writhing in pain." Well, I won't go into all the details but I could hear her as I walked down the hall of the ER to get to her room. They were examining her and I have never seen her in so much pain. She was in surgery within an hour. The surgery itself took over an hour. She's not supposed to go back to work for two weeks, so that is going to complicate things quite a bit for all of us.

So it's been a long day. I'm frustrated that we're going through yet another trial. I'm so tired. BUT I have definitely found that you can see God's hand so much more clearly when you're in the middle of a storm. It makes me think of Peter on a boat in the middle of the storm. Peter was terrified until he saw Jesus! I can see Jesus. I really can. He's in all the tiny details of this!Ryan just got on a flight home. He had to run to catch it (and his bags probably aren't with him) but he's coming home. Thank you God. I had two juice boxes this morning for Abby and Nate's lunches and I never buy juice boxes, but I just happen to have them. Thank you God. My dear friend Heidi just happen to check my blog first thing this morning. She called me by 7:30am to say that she would take Christian for the day. Thank you God! Sarah prayed with me over the phone while I sat alone in the surgical waiting room waiting for word of Amy and she updated my blog. Thank you God! Sweet little McKenna is finally getting her nap! Amy's boss sat with her in the ER for a long time until I was able to be with her! And I haven't even listened to all my phone messages from precious people who love us! The list goes on and on! God is Good!

I'll keep you posted!!