Each Day has Enough Trouble of its Own

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34

Approximately 12 hours ago I got a call from Kristen. She was having severe abdominal pain. The pain had woken her up around 4 a.m. and she wasn't able to sit, stand, lay down or anything to relieve the pain. She was going to come home. I wanted to go get her but she assured me that she could drive. About half way home she called again and said it was really bad. We decided to meet at the emergency room. Praise God, the waiting area was empty so Kristen was processed immediately. She was brought to a room where they immediately drew blood and gave her morphine and zophran for pain and nausea. It took another round of morphine and then a round of a different medication before they were able to get the pain under control. They then did an ultrsound on her abdomen. After waiting what seemed like ages, the ER Doc said that she had gall stones. After consulting with Kristen's oncologist, he called for a surgery consult. Praise God again, the surgeon was our neighbor Dr. Keller. He immediately got to work to get her into surgery. After some back and forth with facilities, Kristen was admitted to North Hills Surgery for a 2 p.m. procedure. By 3 o'clock she was out of surgery and Dr. Keller showed me some remarkable photos off a seriously sick gall bladder. He guesses it may have been blocked for up to 2 months and she may have had other symptoms that we didn't recognize as her gall bladder. We are back home now. Kristen is tucked away in my bed. She's been fed and medicated. All that she needs to do now is heal.

On a humorous note...I've never had gall stones. I understand they are quite painful. Kristen kept saying that if this is what it feels like she is never going to have children.

The other irony of sorts was a conversation I had on Sunday night. I was talking about the phrase, 'God never gives you more than you can handle.' I mentioned this wasn't quite right. I believe that God doesn't give you more than HE can handle. As I sat waiting for Kristen I remembered this. Did I truly believe what I said? Today was exhausting but I never felt frazzled. I was at peace. I called in my army of prayer warriors and they lifted Kristen up. Our pastor came by and prayed for and anointed Kristen. He mentioned again that Jesus is our Emmanuel -God with us. He truly was with us today and I let him carry this burden. He could handle it and I am learning to step out of his way.