Road to Recovery :)

Well.... I am eleven days post surgery and I must say, it's been a bit more of a struggle than I had anticipated.   The kids ( my main concern) while I was in the hospital, did fine.  Blood sugars cooperated, which alleviated some of the "mom"stress.  The surgery was more entailed than originally thought.  What went from a supposed one hour procedure turned into a three and half hour operation.  There was a great deal of nerve manipulation and although I can walk, I am very unsteady with little to no feeling in my left foot.  I will begin physical therapy this week so, I am hopeful that I can regain some strength back.  Being home has been somewhat of a journey because, as you parents know... Type 1 diabetes does not care if mom is "under the weather."  Since I have been home...  Michael caught a cold...  (colds are no friend of blood sugars)..  His blood sugars have been through the roof!  He is finally on the up scale, feeling good and blood sugars stabilizing (for the moment). ;)  Kalee.... thankfully, has really "stepped up" while I have been down.  She has helped in taking care of her brother as well as keeping on top of her own blood sugars which has not been easy.  I want to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes.  Please keep them coming.  I have a longer road to recovery than I had hoped ( I must be a little delusional)  but I believe that in time... (who has time...  I am a mom!!)  I will get back to where I need to be.  :)

Please Say a Little Prayer.....

In one of my past posts (October)..."Take Time to Take Care of Yourself," I wrote about a back problem that I had been dealing with, which turned into a much bigger issue because I chose to ignore signals that my body was sending along the way.  We moms are famous for making light of our health here and there until something smacks us right in the face (or in my case..  in the back). Well, here I am months later, facing surgery coming up this Tuesday :(  This is so not the route that I was hoping to take.  As much as I have tried everything to avoid this...  I am now having to face the fact that this is the next step to  hopefully put me on the road to recovery.  In all honesty, I must say that I am probably just as worried about leaving the kiddos overnight, while I recover, than I am about the actual surgery itself.  Nights have not been a friend to us lately, with some serious hyper and hypoglycemic episodes.   My hope and prayer is that the Lord just puts his hands on this household and keeps those little pancreas's under His perfect control until I can get back to tend to them.  Please keep the kids in your prayers as this surgery day approaches...  and if you think of it... Could you throw a little prayer in for me too..?  ;)  Thanks so much! <3