Monday, April 20, 2009

Small Blessings

Thank you everyone for all of your support, kind and loving words, prayers and service. I want you all to know how much we appreciate it. I just thought I'd post a little update for y'all. We are all doing great. At every step of this trial the things that stand out to me the most are the blessings.
Every stage of the miscarriage was taken care of through doctors visits. I think this helped me stay more emotionally stable than I otherwise would have been.
I had fantastic doctors. My OB/GYN was so kind and loving. She and her office lined up all of the doctors visits I would need. They made sure insurance pre-approved the surgery, they got me in with a specialist to perform the surgery. They were wonderful!
I have had no physical pain. Seriously, none. Originally they thought they would have to give me a lot of medication and things to prepare my body for the surgery and it was going to be fairly painful. It turned out that the fetus was small enough that none of those things were required.
Surgery went really well. They give you the same kind of medication you have when you get a colonoscopy, you aren't "out" but you don't remember anything. I remember getting up on the surgical table and then waking up in my recovery room. What a huge blessing.
Seriously, who could ask for better friends? Girls, you have been wonderful. All of the meals, visits, hugs, babysitting, you name it they did it or offered. Being so far away from family wasn't easy but I never worried about how things were going to get done. I had a list of friends who I could call but never had to because they just came to me. Thank you all.

It never ceases to amaze me how the Lord has his hand in everything. Here we had this sad and difficult situation and He was with us through it all making sure that we were taken care of and knew that he loved us.

Thanks again to all of you for your love and concern.

5 comments:

Danielle said...

I'm so glad everything has gone better than expected. That really is great news.

acandiedapple said...

You are such an amazing woman. I know this has been hard but you have kept such a great attitude.

Danielle Rappleye said...

Melissa, I am so sorry for your loss. I love your optimistic and caring personality, which is something that I admire in people when they are going through trials. I am glad to hear that all went well with your surgery. Once again I am truly sorry.

Casey and Karen said...

Hi Melissa! I found Cami's blog last week and thought I would search and see if you had one. I'm sorry that the first post I see is such a sad one for you guys. I am glad the surgery went better than expected and hope you continue to heal well. I'm so sorry you have to experience such pain and loss.

Casey and Karen said...

oops. I forgot to sign my name above!

-Karen Fronk