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Hope your Thanksgiving was one filled with joy and tummy filling yummy food!
Better said, I hope your Thanksgiving day was better than mine.
I spent the better half of the day in the Emergency Room. I was in so much pain. It started the night before. It had been building for days, but was marked worse that night. I took my pain killers and benadryl (for the rash), which knocked me out. I woke up in the same pain, getting worse and worse. (in Andy's words "I have never seen you in this much pain." When the nurse came in and asked me the pain level 1-10 question, I said 8. He looked at me and said, "seriously?! I've never seen you like this!" I responded with, "well it could always be worse.")

Andy took me in. I had a blockage that was extremely painful to remove. It took a few tries and I tell you, I have not been in that much pain without returning home with a kid!
I finally made it home later in the day and slept pretty much the rest of the holiday. My body was beyond exhausted.
I told the doctor all the problems that I have been having, the best I could between the excruciating pain. He shook his head in amazement. I said, but my incisions look good. :)
Of all of this, the actual surgery went well. I just need to get the rest of my body in line.

Thank goodness my husband got this laptop for me, my only connection with the outside world really. It's hard for me to carry a conversation on the phone. With the pain and tiredness, it's too much (b/c of course I am still in pain today, just not the take-away-my-breath pain that was yesterday). A post I can start and stop and finish at my own pace. Thank you, to my incredible husband!

My poor brother. Flew all this way and he's been more of a sitter than a visitor with me. He has been a huge help, and just knowing he is here means all the world to me/us!

So I hope every else's holiday was ER free and full of jolly good 'ol times!
Let's hope my next post is a positive one, maybe one with pictures?

I'm still very thankful this holiday, I don't want that to get lost in all of this.
Thankful for my amazing family and friends. For the support, physical, emotional, and spiritual. We could not make it through these times without everyone's support.

Thank you. Even through these, the many, trials that have been tossed our way, I feel blessed.