I've been only lurking around lately , reading the many requests for prayers and praying privately for those I've read and decided to share with y'all some of the recent challenges and blessings my family and I have been experiencing and to ask for intercession. In the past , I had been deeply blessed and moved by the prayers lifted up on our behalf here on the forums.
Last summer , I began to have a lot of trouble with my hand again , resulting in the loss of my job back in July and culminating with surgery ( again ) in November . In a way it was a blessing due to a new manager whom I felt was very abusive towards me and others and the general negative direction my workplace had taken. Also , since surgery , I've now been diagnosed with a chronic pain malady known as RSD . Granted , my pain is nothing like it was prior to surgery , it is still a major issue.
With help from unemployment, my family and my church , we managed to get by . So many times when things appeared darkest, unexpected help would show up.
Two days before Christmas , my Mom informed me that her Doctors discovered two large and potentially lethal anurysms near her brain stem . Additional testing revealed that there were actually 7 in various locations . A non-invasive procedure was performed on 3 January to no success. While at the time we believed that there were no other options, another Doctor who happened to be one of the top in his field met with all of us and felt he could correct it surgically.
January also brought another unexpected blessing. An anonymous donor at our church gave my family a substantial sum to us just as my unemployment ran out .
February 4th , a day after my parents 50th Wedding anniversary and two days before her birthday , Mom underwent surgery to repair several of the anurisms. What we believed would be a 7 - 8 hour operation turned into 14 hours. According the the Doctor , they got in there just in time ,due to the fact the two worst ones were on the verge of rupturing.
The surgery was sucsessful , yet general consensus is that she suffered a stroke short;y afterwords. She is doing better , yet is still on a feeding tube , has considerable weakness on her right side and is rather disoriented and confused . Yesterday , she was moved to rehab facility that specializes in brain injuries and they are very positive about her recovery. I do miss talking to her daily and sharing my fears and hopes, etc. I am grateful though, that I stilll have her and that she finally recognizes me and is able to talk to me somewhat , even though it just isn't the same ... yet.
As for work , my old job contacted me last week wanting me back ,at a better location with a management staff I knew and greatly respected. Last Friday , I returned to work in what I believed would be a better position and opportunity. Downside ,I live about a two miles from my old location and quite a ways from the new one.
Today, I went to work , only to find that they let my GM go and as luck would have it .... the manager I transfered locations to get away from is my new boss. Needless to say , I am quite fearful for my job security and of having to relive what I went through.
I know I've been rambling, but with the roller coaster I've been on , I'm not sure which way is up . I feel like every time we start getting ahead a or things start looking up, another blow comes . Whether its the roller coaster of dealing with Mom and watching Dad wear himself out to point of total exhaustion , or the getting my hopes up with work , only to feel as if I'm being kicked in the teeth just as I feel I can smile again , or the strain and toll its taken on my marriage its been very overwhelming the past few months.
Last summer , I began to have a lot of trouble with my hand again , resulting in the loss of my job back in July and culminating with surgery ( again ) in November . In a way it was a blessing due to a new manager whom I felt was very abusive towards me and others and the general negative direction my workplace had taken. Also , since surgery , I've now been diagnosed with a chronic pain malady known as RSD . Granted , my pain is nothing like it was prior to surgery , it is still a major issue.
With help from unemployment, my family and my church , we managed to get by . So many times when things appeared darkest, unexpected help would show up.
Two days before Christmas , my Mom informed me that her Doctors discovered two large and potentially lethal anurysms near her brain stem . Additional testing revealed that there were actually 7 in various locations . A non-invasive procedure was performed on 3 January to no success. While at the time we believed that there were no other options, another Doctor who happened to be one of the top in his field met with all of us and felt he could correct it surgically.
January also brought another unexpected blessing. An anonymous donor at our church gave my family a substantial sum to us just as my unemployment ran out .
February 4th , a day after my parents 50th Wedding anniversary and two days before her birthday , Mom underwent surgery to repair several of the anurisms. What we believed would be a 7 - 8 hour operation turned into 14 hours. According the the Doctor , they got in there just in time ,due to the fact the two worst ones were on the verge of rupturing.
The surgery was sucsessful , yet general consensus is that she suffered a stroke short;y afterwords. She is doing better , yet is still on a feeding tube , has considerable weakness on her right side and is rather disoriented and confused . Yesterday , she was moved to rehab facility that specializes in brain injuries and they are very positive about her recovery. I do miss talking to her daily and sharing my fears and hopes, etc. I am grateful though, that I stilll have her and that she finally recognizes me and is able to talk to me somewhat , even though it just isn't the same ... yet.
As for work , my old job contacted me last week wanting me back ,at a better location with a management staff I knew and greatly respected. Last Friday , I returned to work in what I believed would be a better position and opportunity. Downside ,I live about a two miles from my old location and quite a ways from the new one.
Today, I went to work , only to find that they let my GM go and as luck would have it .... the manager I transfered locations to get away from is my new boss. Needless to say , I am quite fearful for my job security and of having to relive what I went through.
I know I've been rambling, but with the roller coaster I've been on , I'm not sure which way is up . I feel like every time we start getting ahead a or things start looking up, another blow comes . Whether its the roller coaster of dealing with Mom and watching Dad wear himself out to point of total exhaustion , or the getting my hopes up with work , only to feel as if I'm being kicked in the teeth just as I feel I can smile again , or the strain and toll its taken on my marriage its been very overwhelming the past few months.
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Thank You for this man, his testimony, and Your unfailing love. Step into the center of all this and make things right. You are the Almighty God.
