MANY BLESSINGS

It's been 6 weeks now since I was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with pancreasitis. It has been a long and painful experience. In a week I will go to the hospital again so they can do another procedure where they will put a scope inside me to see if they can find out what caused this problem. They had to wait this long to try and give my pancreases time to get some of the inflamation healed.Tthey told me there is a good chance that going inside with a scope will cause the pancreases to become inflamed again and we will start this all over again. But as long as they have a chance to find out the cause and fix it, I figure it's worth all that pain again.

The Lord has blessed me so much. My wonderful husband has never let my side. He is always there taking such good care of me. I can't eat anything with fat, sugar or spicy, so he spends hours looking for things for me to try. Then he fixes it and brings it to me. I am so grateful I have such a loving and caring person. I love him very much. I am thankful for my family who call and check on me. Rebecca lives 2 hrs away and Allen and Stephen live on opposite side of the U.S. but they call to see how I am. Brian couldn't get us on the phone last week so he kept leaving messages until I remembered to check the answering machine. James couldn't reach us last Friday so he and Bev spent their Friday date night in our living room checking to see that everything was O.K. I have to learn to listen or check the machine, but at least I know that they care about me.

I have been blessed so much. So many friends who call or stop by. Everyone wanting to do something for me. Wonderful home teacher who is either over at the house or calling on the phone. A visiting teacher who called everyday when I got home from the hospital to see how I was. She tried so hard to find things for me that I could eat, and she even made me some pumpkin soup to try. Dianna Brown our neighbor sent dinner over for Gary last Sunday because she was worried about him too. Our other neighbor whose father is dying in the hospital came over to apologize for not doing anything for me and wanting to know what she can do. The Bishop calling and checking every week and even stopping by to visit. The boys who brought the sacrament in to me for 3 weeks when I was too sick to go to church. The Relief Society President who got her feelings hurt because I told her not to bring dinner in because I couldn't eat. She had it all set up for dinners for several weeks. I finally told her to bring dinner in for Gary one night then she was happy. So many wonderful people who love and care and just want to help. So many wonderful, wonderful friends. I am so blessed. I am so thankful.