This has been a long time coming. Thinking of sitting down at the computer and writing a lengthy post never sounded appealing. But then I started to think of my family in England and realized I better get cracking because this is one of the only ways they really get to know what is going on in our lives. (Hi Dave, Jan and boys, we miss you!)
When Darren and I got married and spoke the vows "In sickness and in health" I had no idea that would be put into practice so soon! To make a long story short, we thought Darren's jaw might be broken/fractured. About two months ago he started having agonizing pain and we went to the emergency room for it. The doctor said he had a bad tooth which was causing the pain and told him to visit his dentist asap. We did and nothing was wrong with his tooth so we went to the doctors, who then sent us to an Oral Surgeon, who then sent us to a Head and Neck specialist who is now sending us to a Neurologist. What we thought was a fracture of possible break is actually a problem called Neuralgia which has to do with a cranial nerve "miss-firing" and going to the main nerve in his jaw. It is one of the worst pains a person can go through. The slightest breeze can trigger it. So when we were going through the heatwave we couldn't run the air conditioner or any fans. So we basically stayed in two different rooms for a while. I was in the bedroom with 3 fans going while Darren was in the living room in tremendous pain. I cannot begin to express how agonizing it is to watch someone you love go through that much pain and not be able to much to help. Fast forward two months and here we are still waiting to see the neurologist next week but thankfully we have been prescribed the right kind of medication to treat the pain he is in and it actually works. Everything else that was given to him did nothing. And now we practically have a pharmacy at our home with all the left over meds. Thank God the pain is now under control. That was the worst part. He was in so much pain he couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't do anything but lay on the floor with a heating pad on his face nearly in tears because nothing would help. It has probably been one of the hardest things we have had to go through as a married couple so far. But I admire Darren so much. Through it all he stayed positive and never complained. I know I would not have handled it as well as he did and that is one of the many things I love and admire about him!
In other news summer school started almost three weeks ago. I was placed in a class that I really did not like. The kids were cute, but the teacher was not my kind of teacher and I knew the next four weeks were going to be long!!! On that Friday the principle and supervisor came into my class and asked to speak to me. My heart dropped. I thought I was in trouble or something. They told me that since there were not enough kids in the school they had to let go of one teacher and three assistants. It all by seniority and since I was one of the last people hired I was one of the first to go. As soon as they left I ran into the bathroom and cried for a while because I just kept thinking of how we were going to survive with three weeks of no pay on top of another month of no pay. But then this tremendous peace came over me and I knew that no matter what God was in control and knew what he was doing. I called my mom after work (she is an office manager at another special ed school) because I wanted to tell her what happened. It just so happened that a woman at her school hurt her back and they needed a sub for the next two weeks. That Monday I started at my moms school and I really loved it. I was in a great class with awesome assistants, not so great of a teacher again, but only because he wasn't the friendliest, but great with the kids. God completely provided for us. I am now back at my school subing for a woman who just broke her toe and will be there till summer school ends. I have not had to miss one day of work and all I can say is God knows what he is doing more than I will ever. I am even in a class that I really really like. Its been great!
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