Well it has been awhile since I last posted. And a LOT has happened. May was just not a very fun month, gonna be honest. Work was crazy because we had Mother's Day and then Memorial Day back to back. We were crazy busy. And then right before my birthday my Grandma had a mini stroke, and then on my birthday she had another mini stroke. Thankfully she is doing better now, but she won't be able to live on her own anymore, really. So they are trying to get her on medicaid or medicare (I always get them mixed up), so that she can get into assisted living. I was able to see her briefly last weekend and it was really good to see her. My Grandma is great. She didn't miss any of my plays, choir concerts, or pageants while I was in high school. She was always so supportive, so I'm grateful I was able to see her so she knows I support her too.
Anyway. My Birthday was wonderful! Spencer went to very great lengths to make it an amazing day for me. I was very tired because I'd been working so much, so Spencer woke up and got our bountiful basket by himself Saturday morning so that I could sleep in. It was very sweet. We just hung out and had a wonderful day together. We went to Tucanos for lunch. I LOVE Tucanos! They have the most amazing passion fruit, mango, pudding cake. It is to die for. I definitely got it for my birthday! haha. When we got back home I was completely surprised. Spencer was throwing me a surprise party! I opened the door and about had a heart attack when I saw someone sitting on the couch. I realized it was our friends, Brian and Julia, and I calmed down. It was a very nice little surprise and we had a really good time. Spencer made a wonderful dinner, Thai Fried Rice--my favorite!! And he made coconut rice and we had it with mangos. He also made homemade ice-cream. Mint chocolate chip and also coconut. SUPER yummy!!
The other thing that hit really hard the past few weeks is my mom was diagnosed with cancer. So far all the tests have been coming back very well and things are looking good, for which we all are SO grateful! She is still waiting to get the results from a few more tests and we will know more after that. So still just a waiting game. The waiting is the hardest part, really. But my mom is a wonderful, very strong woman. She has a lot of people in her life that love her very much and we are all supporting her. Our family has already been pulled closer because of this and we will do anything we can to help our dear Mother. :) There has been lots of support outside of our family as well, which we are all so grateful for. Many prayers have been and will continue to be offered up for mom and the whole family. That's all anyone can really ask for right now.
It's really been quite the little while for my family. Daddy cut the tip of his middle finger (right hand) off. Thankfully it was his right hand since he is left handed! The same day he did that was the same day I passed out in the bathroom. I will back up a few days, though. Last weekend we went to my parent's house for a visit. All of my siblings except for Josh :( were there. We had so much fun! It was such a wonderful weekend. There was a lot less fighting and we all just had a really good time together. I love spending time with my family--especially my adorable little nieces and nephews! So that weekend was wonderful! But Sunday night when Spencer and I were driving home we were really tired, so we pulled over to take a nap. When I woke up I felt really sick but just got started driving anyway. I ended up having to pull over to the side of the road and I vomited. Throwing up is an awful experience, but this was probably one of the worst experiences I had ever had. There was so much stomach acid that it just burned my throat. I stayed up from work on Monday because I still felt so sick. My chest was even hurting. Tuesday I was feeling a bit better and got to work. And then Wednesday morning things went way downhill.
I woke up to start getting ready for work and I had a really bad pain in my right side. I went to the bathroom because I always have to pee when I wake up. The pain in my side was so awful I started to get really light headed. I put my head in my hands and the next thing I remember was hearing a loud crack and waking up on the ground. I was so stunned I just stayed there for a minute. I finally flipped over and leaned against the wall and called for Spencer. If you know Spencer very well you know that it can be quite a feat trying to get him to wake up in the morning. But thankfully he got up after I called him a few times. He came in and asked if I was ok. I touched my head (I knew I had a bump) and asked him to bring me some ice. He looked at my head and was like, oh my gosh! He got me a frozen bag of corn and helped me up and got me to the couch. We are both amazed that my head didn't split open. I had an indentation of the tile in my forehead and a huge goose egg. Anyway, needless to say I didn't go to work that day. I felt awful. My head hurt SO bad and I was so tired. I was so out of it. We were going to go to an urgent care just to make sure nothing was wrong, but they had different hours so we ended up going to the ER later that night. After a few hours there and lots of tests, they found out that nothing was wrong. So a very large bill later, all I had was a hospital bracelet and some pain medication in my system that would last for eight hours. That night I realized something I hadn't noticed earlier. My head was hurting so bad that I didn't even notice that my right side was sore. I must have hit very hard because my face on the right side all the way down my neck and shoulder was super sensitive and very sore. My shoulder and neck are still a little sore, but much better. My goose egg has definitely gone down in size, and I am naughty and picked the scab off of my forehead, but it actually looks a lot better than it did!
Thursday my head was still really hurting, and my throat was starting to hurt really bad. Friday it got really bad. I don't know if I have strep, but my throat was hurting so bad I could barely talk. Swallowing at all is very painful. My glands are very swollen on the left side (all of this stuff is on my left side), to the point where touching them even very gently hurts really bad. My jaw is also in pain and I don't know if it's cause my glands are so swollen that it is irritating my jaw... I dunno. All I know is I have been miserable since Wednesday (more so since Friday), and I just want to get better! But we can't afford for me to go to a doctor. So I have been struggling the past week. I am trying to stay optimistic, but it's really hard when you feel like death. I hate not being able to talk. Spencer is getting pretty good at figuring out my attempts at sign language. And speaking of Spencer. He has been absolutely amazing! He has been so helpful and wonderful this past week. He is so caring and loving. I am so lucky and so grateful to have him.
Anyway. On a happier note (I hope!). We are leaving for Oregon on Friday! I am getting really excited. We desperately need a break like this. I just hope and pray that I start feeling a lot better soon. I am so excited for my floral design class in Portland. We are really just so happy to be getting away from Utah for awhile. It is going to be a burden financially, but we need it so desperately that I can't bring myself to stress about that too much. It is going to be wonderful to spend a good amount of time with Spencer's family. We are just so happy!!! Well this has been long enough, I think. And plenty of complaining from me. I feel like crap, but I am desperately hoping and praying that I start feeling better soon. And we are getting out of Utah for almost four weeks. I get to spend most of that time with my amazing husband and his family. What could be better!?
