Long Update

Well nothing too important to update. 
 
I spent the morning reading my Jesus Calling devotional by Sara Young. It’s very well written! 
 
Then I learned that my best friend, Tiffany, is pregnant. She was one of the Bridesmaids in my wedding. I should have made her my Maid of Honor, but I didn’t. I reserved that right to my then sister-in-law, who has proven to be an interesting person right now with her lying and manipulation of my nephews. 
 
But back to Tiffany, she is three weeks pregnant, just found out and has an appointment at the end of November. This is a wonderful time in her life. She has been pregnant before but didn’t keep the baby. Now she has been trying and finally is. I’m hoping she can keep it and remain healthy. She is considered high risk as she has multiple health problems and also will have a c-section due to complications of pregnancy. I’m not sure of all the details, but last I knew she has fluid on her heart and also bad bad knees. So she has to be very careful with whatever she does. I know she is beyond excited. She hasn’t told Paul, her husband, yet and will wait until after the appointment. I am so excited for her. Had this happened earlier, like when Todd and I were trying, I would have been devastated, but now I have overcome that need to be pregnant and am placing it in the Lord’s hands. We have gotten in touch with a pregnancy center for looking into more information about adoption. We are excited, but won’t start the process for another year or so. If we become pregnant before then, wonderful! But I highly doubt we will due to my complications as well as Todd’s. So, yes, I am very excited for Tiffany. She totally deserves this and will make an exceptional mother. If she treats her child any way she treats her friends, then that baby will grow up to be the most loved child of them all.
 
So I went to the orthopedic surgeon this past Monday. He took off my cast and examined my foot. He said he’s very proud of how it’s healing and likes the movement within the foot. Granted it feels as if it’s grinding inside, but he said that is normal. I will wear this newer black cast for another three weeks and then have it removed on the 5th of November. I will return to work part time on the 6th of November wearing a black boot, kinda like a ski boot, to reinforce walking and bearing weight on the ankle and foot. My calf muscles and my lower leg muscles are totally atrophied and will tale time to build them up. But the surgeon, Dr. Murawski, says he’s expecting for a full recovery. I’m beyond excited and so ready to move on with life past the crutches.
 
My mother-in-law, Joan, will leave this upcoming Thursday. She leaves to fly back to Illinois, and yes I will still be on crutches, but I have been living up to the saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way”, and have found a method of doing just about anything. I can give myself showers, I can cook, put dishes away, refill dishwasher, do laundry, clean a bit, and help in the aid of my husband who is in a wheelchair and he requires the majority of the work. The other stuff I can deal with, but him, I haven’t found ALL the ways I can care for him yet, but we are working on it. But I will find a way to help him out until the 5th when I get the cast off. God will provide. I already warned my husband to be on the watch though, I will get frustrated and irritated as well. I’ve had about enough of crutches for a lifetime!!
 
Todd and I are going out to eat at a friend’s house tomorrow night after Saturday night church. Our friends from the church, the Proctor’s, have invited us over for dinner. It should be a fun evening. We’ll need one of Todd’s portable ramps to get into their house, but that’s the only thing we need, that and my crutches. We’re the gimpy duo over here. 
 
So that’s all for an update, glad I said there wasn’t much!