Seriously?

I am in NO WAY for cloning.  But, let me say, there needs to be another me these days.  Good Lord, I'm meeting myself coming and going, asking and answering myself and wondering about half the time, who am I?  who are you?  where are we?  {smile}

I will try to make this a short version of my long story.  Starting back in July of last year, you may remember me talking about my dear husband having some back trouble...which turned into be a herniated disc which needed surgery.  He had surgery(micro-diskectomy) on Sept 30, 2009.  But before that, he was totally down, in bed, unable to do anything but lay around...I had to help him get dressed, etc.  It was not good.  So we see a Dr that we weren't crazy about...but we were desperate...my poor hubby was DOWN so we went ahead and went with this dr.

  BIG MISTAKE

He struggles along until about December, thinking he is just needing to fully recouperate, even though we had a bad feeling about it all...he came out of surgery hurting much worse than he went in and I really didn't think that was possible.  We contact the dr...basically he says that he should be fine, he can have another MRI if he wants--won't try a different anti-inflammatory med, we have to beg for Physical Therapy.  It's end of January, first of February by now...we get another MRI ordered by our Family Doc...it shows the disc still herniated.  AAAAAHHHHHH
There is no way it re-herniated...he's been in bed and hardly able to work.  It was {never} fixed. 
Get another appt with a different Dr who comes highly recommended...after waiting nearly 6 wks to get in...we saw him last Wednesday.  He was WONDERFUL.  Very kind, knowledgeable and encouraging that he can fix Justin's back and get him going again with no problems.  PRAISE THE LORD!  This involves another surgery and its a little more invasive...going thru the abdomen, cleaning up the disc, cleaning up the degeneration(arthritis) in there and then placing "cages" in where the disc goes so it will fuse to the bone.  When we left there...the first opening for surgery was going to be June 17th....WHAT?  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  They put him on a cancellation list and we left, praying for God to provide a way for it to be sooner for several reasons.  #1 Justin is hurting so much and unable to work or do anything. #2 Our insurance deductible starts over on June 1st #3 JB is taking so darn much medicine, his tummy is tore up.  God is Good...by Monday morning they called and had a cancellation for May 6th!  YEA!  We are still on a cancellation list in the event there is something even sooner but that is soooooo much better! 

What I've learned:  I do not like being a single parent; It is impossible to keep up with a job outside the home, the boys and activities, laundry and maintain a home; I'm weak; God continues to be faithful even when I'm not;  I am blessed beyond measure with wonderful family and friends; I'm tough;

I am happy to say our ladies{heifers} are going to be shipped to grass in 2 days...that will be a HUGE help.  Think about taking care of 560 women!  LOL!!!  BUT...we will be getting 4-H lambs on Sunday afternoon.  It won't take nearly as long to chore those sheep :)
Thanks to all of you who have prayed for my mom...she is doing better since Heart Cath and Stent #2...I honestly can't even remember if I've even told that story.  That was about 1 month ago--I'm telling ya...there has been so much happen, I can't keep up...

I look forward to catching up on my blog reading...I'm wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyy Behind.  I really appreciate those of you that continue to stop by and visit me. I really look forward to your sweet and encouraging comments.  Sending all of you a Blessing Filled Week!!!