Update on Recovery

Hey Everyone, Billy here!  I've taken over the blog at least for one post to update you on Michelle's progress over the past few days.
First of all let me say thank you to all of you who have e-mailed, called and checked on her.   We appreciate you all very much.  Thank you also to those folks who have taken our kids while I was working so Michelle could rest.  Getting them to school, taking them to the movies and just helping out has been a tremendous blessing to our family.
Ok, here's the latest.  Michelle went back to the Dr. this morning to get the staples removed.  They ended up only taking out 2 of the 4 because it has not completely healed yet.  She will have to go back in 4-5 days to get the other 2 out.  Its been a long 5 days since Wednesday but she is slowly getting better.  Each day she feels a little better but as the day wears on the headaches and pain comes back.  This has been hard because when she wakes up ok its that much harder when she starts to feel bad again.  Everyday is literally a roller coaster ride of emotion, pain and being uncomfortable.  She has not been able to sleep very well because the headaches are keeping her up and its difficult to get comfortable because she can only sleep on one side.  Even when the headaches subside its still hard to rest because it hurts to put her head against the pilllow because its sore from getting whacked with a hockey puck.  With all that said, she is improving, its just a slower process that we imagined.
 
Some ways you can pray are:
healing from the pain and the site of the wound
headaches to go away
rest
not to be anxious or worried
me and the kids to love and serve her well

Thank you all again for your prayers and support.

This picture has nothing to do with the post

but I really like it and I wanted to keep up

with Michelle's great blogs!

Date Night, Dollar Dogs and Staples!

After a long week, Billy asked me to go with him and some friends to the Hurricanes game rather than taking Logan.  It was dollar hot dog night which was a bonus and we had great seats right on the glass.  Neither one of us had ever sat that close and we were enjoying the game until 4 minutes left in the 3rd period when a flying puck hit me in the head. Initially I had no idea what happened, I just held the side of my head trying to gather my thoughts and figure out what just hit me. As I sat there I started to feel the blood running down the side of my head. 
I'm certain that I was in shock as I walked up the steps of the arena to be check out by the medical staff. They asked me a few questions that I didn't know the answer to, really hard questions like "where are you from" and "who is the president."  After a short stay in the First Aid Station we headed off to the ER.  After a couple hours I came out diagnosed with a concussion and 4 staples in the side of my head.
As I sit here typing with a headache and my brain feeling larger than my head I am thankful it was me and not Logan who was originally going to the game.  So, currently I don't have a desire to attend another game however in the future I might just make iton ESPN because I will be the lady wearing a helmet.

 Waiting on the opening Face-off

 Face-off in our defensive zone

Eric Staal just scored the game tying Goal!

Alex Ovechkin just before he assisted with the winning goal

The after party!  I think this was rag number 4 to stop the bleeding.

                                                         Yes I did get the puck

Servant Hearts

The house repair punch list could be daunting and overwhelming. The things we put off to keep food on the table,clothes and shoes on the kids. The list that has to be completed before we can move forward with putting the house on the market. What is even more overwhelming than the list is the how the list is getting punched.  There have been days that I pull up to the house from doing errands and people are mulching, cutting down trees, and measuring crawl space doors.  A gentleman in the church coordinating efforts for  Saturday "workdays". Another family providing lunch for our Saturday "work day" just blows my mind with how even the details are being met.  A humbling experience that continues to provide affirmation and  we are praising the Lord for what is ahead in our journey. We are grateful and words can't express our thankfulness for your sacrifice of time in order to serve our family. Here are pictures of a few folks that we have caught in action over the past few weeks.  I am sorry I didn't get pictures of everyone. I wish I could capture pictures of all the prayers that have been lifted up for our families along this journey, however even if it were possible there wouldn't be enough space on this blog.
We love you and are blessed by all the partners we have in ministry.

¹²For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.     1 Corinthians 12:12

    
            

                     
       

               
    

I will continue to keep you posted........