So, a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine sent out an emergency e-mail. You know, one of those "pray for us" right now sort of messages. Her husband had been having severe pain in his abdomin which ended up landing him in the ER. After several tests had been run, he wound up having an emergency appendectomy late one night and spent TWO ENTIRE days in the hospital recovering.
The sad part of this e-mail wasn't that I was overrun with compassion to pray for them! Instead, my thoughts went immediately to, "Wow! Two whole days in the hospital to just lay in bed!! That must be so nice! No one was asking him to do anything. People brought him food and everything he needed. How can I get one of those?"
I was talking to my friend Lacey, who's husband is in Iraq for A YEAR, and I told her that you know you've completely "lost it" and that you are now in the my-spouse-is-deployed-looney-bin when you want to have an appendectomy just so you can get a break from life and and from your kids for a few days!
I don't recall ever staring fondly at a hospital as I drove by before Spence's deployment, so I must now officially qualify for this special looney bin!
Oh well. Lacey said too much calcium can cause a person to have a kidney stone, but since I hear that's pretty painful, I don't think I'll be OD-ing on Calcium anytime soon. Seriously, my friend's husband is better, so instead of the hospital stay, I think I'll take a spa day in late January after Spence gets home!
By the way, it looks like January 10 is the "magic" date of his return. If you hear singing from the mountaintops on that day, it's not Jesus returning -- it's just me shouting with joy to no longer be alone and have help again with my children! AMEN!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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That is so funny. I have totally been there before and my husband isn't even deployed. My in-laws are here visiting for Christmas and they decided to take the kids to look at Christmas lights. We all wanted to ride in one vehicle but no one had one to fit all of us. Anyway, I decided to stay home with Norah (she goes to bed at 7:30). I was actually looking forward to a quiet evening folding laundry and doing dishes.
MANY days in Residency we (my colleagues and I) would wish for an appendicits. We knew it wasn't too serious a condition (usually) but would get us a few days off of work. You are correct, don't go for the kidney stone--we just treat those with some pain pills and send you home. FIVE MORE DAYS!! Love, Little Sis
I went to high school with Holly and saw her request on facebook to send a welcome home message to your husband. From one Air Force spouse to another....YEAAAAAA! Welcome home to your husband!
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