God Works in Mysterious Ways

I know this is often said for many different circumstances, however I do believe God intervened in my life this week.

Two weeks ago my mother in law was hospitalized with pneumonia and sepsis (staph in the blood). She is doing much better, however has to stay in the hospital for 4 weeks on an IV antibiotic regiment. Those who know me know that my mother in law is instrumental in my life. She is a widow and lives very close to us.. her whole life is her grandchildren. She is always available to keep our kids and has often dropped everything to help or ran over in the middle of the night when an ER visit for someone in our household was warranted. She is amazing, but with her in the hospital she has been unavailable.

I went back to work 5 weeks ago from having a baby and my hysterectomy and this week I was suppose to travel for 3 days. I had anxiety about leaving the baby for the first time and how my husband was going to handle both kids. He has not had both kids at the same time for a long period of time, or overnight by himself. I wasn't sure how this was going to go. We discussed it over the weekend and I made plans for a friend to help out some and we prayed for the best. On Monday morning I woke up with a horrible pain in my chest. I felt like I was having a heart attack! I knew what it was and knew we had to pack the kids up and head to the ER. I have pancreatitis, and since being diagnosed with it during pregnancy, this was my second flare up. I knew it wasn't going to go away with out serious pain meds. It can also be fatal so an ultrasound has to be done to ensure that there is not a blockage or stone in the bile duct. Although the blood work came back really with really high enzyme levels, the ultrasound showed that what was possibly in there had passed. So outcome, pain meds and a clear liquid diet for a few days to allow the inflammation to go down, oh and no traveling. "What?" I asked. "No, traveling. Believe it or not riding in the car, bouncing around, could cause it to remain inflamed" the Doctor said. I was nervous about telling my boss this because it was the first I was suppose to travel since being back from maternity leave. I got a note from the ER specifying that order and talked with my boss. She understood the situation, because come to find out, she has it too. She was well aware of the pain it caused and just asked that I get better. I am truly blessed to have the job I do and work with amazing people.

So I rested and worked from home on Monday and the same on Tuesday. Then Tuesday night the baby started getting sick, and my husband starting getting sick. The baby was up all night with congestion and fussiness and had a hard time taking a bottle. We made it through the night, husband went to work, feeling bad, but still went and I tended to the baby. Wednesday she threw up all day, remained congested and had a hard time sleeping. I took her to the doctor where we found she was slightly dehydrated and badly congested. Meds, pedialyte and a lot of love were in order the rest of the day. When my husband got home he wasn't feeling well so he helped with Big B getting him dinner and in the bath while I held the baby. Several times he tried holding her so I could eat and she only wanted mommy.  At one point she would not stop crying, I put her in the bath, calmed her down and then just held her until she went to sleep. It was another long night of up and down, nose suctioning and a lot of love.

I texted my boss at 10:00pm last night telling her that God works in mysterious ways. I now believe their was a higher power at work with the pancreatitis attack. I think he knew what was happening this week and needed to make sure that mommy was here to help take care of her sick family. He knows where we need to be at just the right time. I believe that everything happens for a reason. If I had not been sick myself on Monday, I would not be here to take care of baby J and Daddy D yesterday and today. Since my mom in law is unable to help us while she heals herself, I needed to be here. God is amazing and I love him. I truly am a mom with it all!