2016

Hey friends,   Just a short update.  Since the day after Thanksgiving, I’ve been sick with low-grade fevers, a painful sore throat, swollen glands, a barking cough day and night, and terrible fatigue.  The doctor thought at first that it was a bad virus, but now he believes I have a bacterial infection in my […]

“Pain is a forest we all get lost in Between the branches, hope can be so hard to see And in the darkness, we’ve all got questions We’re all just trying to make sense out of suffering, but You say I am blessed because of this So, I choose to believe As I carry this […]

“Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering.  It is the presence of God.” ~Sam Storms     Last week, I threw up a ton again, and it never gets easier. 🙁  We don’t know what caused it this time…but my GI dr. thinks these vomiting episodes are from my gastroparesis/intestinal dysmotility.     My feet […]

Hey friends,   A lot has happened since I last posted..   For those who were on FB at the end of September, you can just pass over this whole paragraph as I’m basically saying the same thing. lol  On September 22nd, I had an adverse medication reaction that exacerbated my mitochondrial disease….I was taken to […]

Hey guys,   This week is Mitochondrial Disease Awareness 2016! 🙂   I just thought I’d go right in and share a little bit about mito in this post and how it affects so much of the body.   I have a mitochondrial depletion disorder which basically means I have less mitochondria than the normal […]

Hello friends. 🙂   I just wanted to say a huge thank-you for all of your prayers, cards, flowers, and encouragement!  I’m so thankful for all of you.  You guys brighten up my life.   I’m sorry it’s been almost a month since I last blogged.  Post-op recovery from my hip surgery and muscle biopsy […]

This past Friday, I had my Orthopedic Pre-op appointment.  I saw my surgeon’s physician assistant, and she explained what’s involved with the surgeries, the extensive rehabilitation protocol, and much more.  In addition to the hip labral and cartilage repairs, my surgeon will possibly be doing a femoral neck osteoplasty and acetabular rim trimming (this depends […]

Oscar Wilde wrote: “In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” To rephrase his thought, I suggest there are likewise only two joys. One is having God answer all your prayers; the other is not receiving the answer to all your prayers. […]