The funny thing about speed bumps is that, while they’re annoying because they force you to slow down, thereby disrupting your normal routine, they’re in place to keep you safe. Zack and I experienced our own speed bump this week in the form of another hospital stay :/.
After feeling pretty great for the past three weeks since my last hospital encounter (I think I'm going to start calling it "vacation"...it's all about perspective, right?), I started feeling really wiped out on Sunday and developed a low-grade fever (100.3 is the borderline for stem-cell patients) that evening. Zack and I debated over calling right away, the fear of another hospital stay looming over us. Adding to my dread was the fact that it was Sunday night, meaning if I got admitted it would be through the ER rather than the LPCH day hospital. It’s like comparing a grizzly bear to a kitten.
After feeling pretty great for the past three weeks since my last hospital encounter (I think I'm going to start calling it "vacation"...it's all about perspective, right?), I started feeling really wiped out on Sunday and developed a low-grade fever (100.3 is the borderline for stem-cell patients) that evening. Zack and I debated over calling right away, the fear of another hospital stay looming over us. Adding to my dread was the fact that it was Sunday night, meaning if I got admitted it would be through the ER rather than the LPCH day hospital. It’s like comparing a grizzly bear to a kitten.
Ultimately we just prayed that God would make it really clear what I needed to do to be safe and would give us the strength to go in if that was what we had to do, and then we called the doctor.
Long story short, I started IV antibiotics in the ER and got admitted around 2:30 am Monday morning. On Monday afternoon, I found out that I had urinary tract and kidney infections that were caught just in the nick of time. Even waiting until Monday morning to come in (which is what I had been advocating), thereby starting IV antibiotics half a day later, would have made me much sicker. I guess God knows what he’s doing even when it seems like craziness to us!
Long story short, I started IV antibiotics in the ER and got admitted around 2:30 am Monday morning. On Monday afternoon, I found out that I had urinary tract and kidney infections that were caught just in the nick of time. Even waiting until Monday morning to come in (which is what I had been advocating), thereby starting IV antibiotics half a day later, would have made me much sicker. I guess God knows what he’s doing even when it seems like craziness to us!
The whole experience reminded me of the scripture below that refers to the time God parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape from the Egyptians. You know they had to be thinking that walking through the Red Sea was craziness, but God had a plan the whole time.
Psalm 77:19 NLT
Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters—
a pathway no one knew was there!
Psalm 77:19 NLT
Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters—
a pathway no one knew was there!
Wow... I guess trusting God always pays off, especially when it's hard. And somehow I forget that every time...
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