As many of you know I had my colon removed on January 23 because my bowels had shut down. The past year has been extremely hard for me. I stayed super sick, and was looking forward to this surgery because I knew after recovery I would start to feel better. Going into this I knew it was going to be tough, but had no idea that when this began how hard things were actually going to be. I am glad I didn’t because if I had known everything that was going to happen I wouldn’t have entered into this so easily. Following surgery , I stayed in the hospital for five days. However, things did not go well when I returned home. After being home for one day I became extremely sick and had to go back to the hospital where I was told that my intestines had not woken up yet. Nothing was working. This was the start of some long and difficult weeks. During this time, I was fighting for my life. There were several times we thought I wouldn’t make it but the Lord’s grace and strength kept me going. Two weeks into the hospital stay we thought things were improving but then things took a turn for the worse. I started having terrible pain that I have never experienced before and we soon found out that this pain was being caused by two blockages. On February 18, I had another surgery to remove the blockages and was told my small intestine was in the shape of a pretzel. Thankfully, following the second surgery I slowly began to improve, and was finally able to return home on March 3. That was such a beautiful day for me because for a while I thought I would never see home again.
I can’t imagine the physical sufferings that you have gone through, my dear LIzzie. Reading the email updates was always difficult. I can’t appreciate more those who went through with you along this journey to recovery. You are one of my role models, Lizzie! You rock!
My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to you my friend. Love you! Let’s catch up soon! xo