DH has been dealing with chronic back issues for years. \u00a0For the most part, he is ok and can function with minimal limitations. \u00a0However, there are times that his back gives him pain to the point that it’s incapacitating.<\/p>\n
We hit that time this past week. \u00a0Last Saturday, DH went down with back pain, and it proceeded to get worse. \u00a0He went to see his primary care doctor. \u00a0He proceeded to suggest that DH had the flu. \u00a0The flu?! He even gave him a test to see if it was the flu or not. \u00a0Guess what…NOT!! \u00a0Then, he shot him with a steroid and said, “let’s wait and see what happens”.<\/p>\n
(The last time this happened, eight years ago, DH was stuck in bed for a month, before they decided he was a candidate for surgery.)<\/p>\n
The pain continued and by the next Saturday, he was miserable. \u00a0When a person is in pain, it carries over into everything, every thought pattern, every action, or inaction. \u00a0We decided to take him to the E.R. and have a second opinion, other than “let’s wait and see.”<\/p>\n
The Emergency Room was relatively quiet, and we did not have to wait too long, a blessing for DH, who could not sit for too long.<\/p>\n
While we were waiting to be seen, another man was also in the waiting room, leaving a message on his phone to someone else. \u00a0Afterward, he came over and said ‘hi’ to David. \u00a0He is a faithful attendee of Celebrate Recovery and had to bring a friend in who had a full on heart attack the night before, (David is the Worship Leader for our church’s Celebrate Recovery program). \u00a0He shared that CR prayed for David last night (He had to have Paul lead instead, and he stayed home). \u00a0We told him we would pray for his friend (who is recovering well.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
We were seen quickly and the P.A. who attended to David said exactly the appropriate words we needed to hear. \u00a0He was not dismissive like the Primary Care doctor was, and gave David a solid protocol to follow, (which includes staying drugged up in bed this weekend…). \u00a0We are going to research some of the other conservative treatments that have been suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As we were leaving, a precious elderly women hobbled in, accompanied by her husband. \u00a0She was in shorts, and both of her knees were a bloody mess. \u00a0She had grapefruit sized, blood covered knees. \u00a0The blood was dark red, and completely covered the whole knee. \u00a0My heart went out to her. \u00a0Even though she was in pain, and in distress, she was concerned about getting blood on the floor, and was trying to keep the blood from falling to the floor. \u00a0As we were passing her, we heard her crying and said to the admitting nurse, it was a chemical burn. \u00a0She had a gallon of something in her hand. \u00a0I placed my hand on her husband’s shoulder and said we’d be praying for both of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
David and I prayed for her as we drove home. \u00a0After I dropped him off and went to pick up lunch and prescriptions, I prayed for the staff at the E.R. room. \u00a0Can you imagine what they encounter everyday? While we were there, there was a suicidal woman, a woman with heart issues, a woman with what she thought was a kidney stone, but turned out to be sciatica, and the woman with the chemical burn. \u00a0And these were just the ones we were able to overhear\/encounter! \u00a0This was within a two hour period, and it seemed quiet!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
I have a renewed amount of respect for those who work in this environment everyday.<\/p>\n
By the way, today DH feels 80% better and has hope. \u00a0Hope is a good thing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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