much ado about nothing

do you want the good news or the bad news?

...the good news is that after months of correspondence, letters from doctors, years of prior pain and many complaints about health insurance; i received a letter from my insurance company stating that they are going to cover my breast reduction surgery. about a year ago, we decided that i would proceed with the surgery even if i was denied benefits from our insurance company. although i have worked hard over the last few months to take the right steps to complete the insurance process, i am happy and yet in shock and have only to wait to see the check in the mail.

...the bad news is that i have just finished getting my kids school work into folders so that they have something to do when grandma is taking care of them tomorrow. i will be in phoenix, sitting next to my dad at good samaritan hospital, while we wait for my mother to have a biopsy on a mass that has developed in her lungs. she has been seeing a lung specialist for weeks and not responding to treatment for what the doctors think is pneumonia. her body is weak and needing oxygen this last week. we will have to wait a few days to get a diagnosis from the radiologist, so please pray along with our family for her health and strength.

posted by Tera @ 11:15 PM Comments: 4

temporaily out of service

...four weeks ago a long time dream of mine came true and i have been forever changed. while out to dinner the other night, i spilled some salsa on my lap. to the average person this would not be a big deal but for me it was a first. i had a breast reduction, and today is the first day that i would say "good" if you asked me, "how are you?". anyone who knows me, knows how hard it is for me to sit still and not be able to take care of my family. my family has really taken care of me this past month. my sweet husband has been amazing; he listens to me cry out in pain, he cleans my wounds, he cooks, cleans house, he is a great father and never complains about doing all of this while starting construction on his first house. he is the definition of love. my mother-in-law moved to prescott the week before my surgery. she is a blessing to our family-she was here from morning till night several days when andy had to be at the jobsite. she drove the kids to drama club, soccer, the park, etc. my sister, jen, and family came to spend the weekend with us. the dads took the kids fishing and jenny, selflessly, spent her days off work cleaning my house and loving my kids. my children have been worried and yet helpful to me. my recovery has been more difficult than i expected but the results far outweigh the pain. today will be my first day behind the wheel again and back in our normal routine of life.

posted by Tera @ 10:35 AM Comments: 5