merry Christmas everyone! most of you know how much i hate a lack of punctuation and proper grammar so forgive me. some of you have asked for updates, but typing is not my forte right now unless i can send you a one handed text.
it is a very happy Christmas here a the hueneke home- a fractured arm and surgery doesn't change our happy circumstance of a beautiful and wonderful family, a living room floor strewn with toys, boxes and paper, and my first ever white Christmas.
th outcome of the sugery is 12 screws and two plates, and yes i will be setting off metal detectors everywhere. i am in a soft cast that extends from knuckles to shoulder until jan 4- when it will be removed and i can begin therapy.my guess is that my scar will have me wearing long sleeves in the summer.the arm seems to be doing something- and since i cant see whats going on under the cast- i can only guess that no bad news is good news. the swelling is receeding, and i am working my way off the hard core pain meds- which for the life of me i hope to never touch again. even though they help with the pain the side effects are NOT fun (note how hard i worked to get that in caps).The pain is receeding as well and can be described more as discomfort i think.
martin and i are waiting to see about my healing and what the dr saysabout our 10 year anniversary trip that is supposed to happen Feb 3. we have been planning it for 6 months and i have been so excited- if it is cancelled, i will be beyond disappointed.
this whole thing has given me a VERY new perspective and while I have fought through the frustration and even depression at the lack of my independence- i am learning things in 10 days that i think would normally take me a lifetime to learn- (i keep thinking of Jacob's struggle with God).
being the control freak that i am- it is very difficult to let someone else buy and wrap my gifts for me, clean my house and take care of my kids- differently than i would. but i am AMAZED by the love that has been shown to me by these people- cooking, bringing meals, cleaning, buying my gifts, wrapping them, driving me to the emergency room WITH a three year old in tow (on your day off from being a nurse!), watching my kids for me, cards, notes, calls... words leave me and tears come as i try to thank you all.
And my sweet, sweet husband who has shown me ultimate love as he helps me through discomfort, humiliation, and seeing the not-so-sexy-side of marriage. he has been so tired, but trudged along and shown me and the kids so much grace despite his own fatigue and needs. let me tell you that i love him with new eyes that some people don't have until the end of their lives and i am grateful for that new revelation at this young age. let's hope he still loves me after all this!
thank you, thank you for your love and prayers.
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