Hello everyone!
I just wanted to give a quick update that I am here at the hospital and everything is going well so far. Yesterday morning our wonderful friend Elizabeth accompanied us to the hospital and I was admitted and got up into my room very quickly.
The amazing Dr. Green Shirt met me in my room and introduced me to Dr. Izquierdo, who will be assisting him with my treatment this week. In typical Jessica fashion, I had to give him a nickname as I have with all of my other doctors here! In spanish “Izquierdo” means “Left”… so he is now known as “Dr. Lefty” by me. :)
Yesterday afternoon my mexican grandma, Dr. Rainbow, came to visit and I was able to go and have a nice lunch outside by the pretty water fountain with her, which was great!
There is a gorgeous chapel here and today for the first time I was able to go downstairs for the 7:30 am mass- It was my first time being at a church service in over 5 years!!! It was so special to me! Somehow hearing a sermon, songs and the Lord’s prayer being said in spanish, made it that much more emotional and even more amazing.
God has been so good and so faithful! I am really just overwhelmed by the thought of it all sometimes. The mountains that I have seen moved, literally right before my eyes… It’s amazing, really.
As I sat there reflecting on all I have been carried through, two other fellow RSD patients were heavily on my mind- Irene Turner, who is always leaving lovely messages of hope and inspiration on my blog, had surgery to amputate her finger this morning, in hopes of alleviating her horrible pain, and Blair Webber, who has been in the hospital in Canada with RSD related complications for over 1 month now. I am praying that God will guide each of them to healing, as well as all who are suffering with RSD.
Last night I had an IV Calcium infusion and right now I am just sitting in my room visiting with some friends while waiting to start my first treatment… There was a little glitch in getting the medicine, but as always, Dr. Cantu is on top of it and hopefully it will be arriving within a few hours and we can start later tonight or early tomorrow.
Please pray for the medicine to get here, for the infusion to go smoothly and for the bad side effects that are common with this type of treatment will be minimal (or better yet- none at all!)
Thanks as always!
God bless!
Jessica
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Dear Jessica --
ReplyDeleteOur thoughts are with you as you begin this treatment and we are sending you super sonic wishes for absolutely, positively NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL! Each day will bring you closer to home!
We were so sorry to hear of your friend's struggles with RSD . . . our thoughts and prayers are with them as well.
Until next time, love and best wishes to the one and only beautiful you! (& your Mom too!)
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
With love,
The Klatts
We are hoping and praying these treatments will be exactly what you needed so you may continue on your road to complete healing.
ReplyDeleteAs we have been following your blog it reminded so much of this song:
What Faith Can Do (Lyrics)
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
...
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!
Faith in Action - that is what we have been witnessing. God working through so many people to bring about this healing. His ways are not our ways.
Thank your for your continued prayers for all the RSD patients. We know God is listening and answering prayers (your miraculous recovery is proof of that).
It must have been a very emotional to be in the chapel to attend mass. It brings tears to my eyes to think about it.
May God continue to bless your family and may He show the doctors the cure! I think they are getting closer!
With love and prayers,
The Turners
Hello From Sunny Florida,
ReplyDeleteI continue to keep you in my thoughts & prayers. You have grown through this journey in ways only you know. You have the strongest will,faith & hope I have ever seen and are an inspiration to so many. We are hoping you make it home to Florida soon.
Blessings,
Jodi
Hope and praying all is going well and that you will soon be out of the hospital.
ReplyDeleteJeremiah 32:17
17 “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.