ER Visit

On the afternoon of November 14th I was subbing the Kindergarten at the school when I got a phone call from Ryan saying, "I'm going to need a ride to the ER in about 10 mins!" Luck for me the bell was ringing in about 10 minutes. As soon as the kids were out the door I jumped in my car and headed home. I found Ryan in the laundry room with his pants around his ankles and one boot still on with his head on the counter and he was crying. I knew this was something serious! So I helped him get out of his pants/boot and into some sweats and we headed to the ER. After a CT scan it showed that he had hernias on both sides. One had been pinched off, but in the time it took to get to the ER and wait for a doctor to see him it had eased up and he was no longer in pain. So we went home and called the next morning to schedule a double hernia surgery.

*One quick sidenote on this story....This happened on a Thursday and I had committed to sub for that same kindergarten class through to the next Thursday for a teacher who had also had surgery that morning. I was in a little bit of a secret panic (I didn't want Ryan to know) because I am one of those people that if I say I'm going to do something, I do it! So I prayed like crazy and thanks to a tender mercy of the Lord, Ryan's appointments and surgery all lined up in just a way that allowed me to keep both my subbing commitments for before and after surgery. I'm thankful for the little things in our lives that the Lord is aware of.