Survival mode

Family and friends,
Please pray for us! I wrote of a few of our struggles recently with the car accident and other trials. This weekend, Andy called while I was at a ballet performance for a teenager at church, to tell me he had hurt his back and couldn't move. On Sunday I had to call an ambulance to come and get him. The pain was very bad and he couldn't bear any weight on his legs, nor even his knees to crawl. So I had no way of transporting him to get the medical attention he needed. They admitted him last night to the hospital. As I was leaving to come home for the night, a tornado passed through just over our house. Sweet Mimi had to take the sleeping children in the basement. Praise God the weather did not damage our house. And I am thankful that I made it home just fine, but soaking wet!

I am now doing a few things for the children, and then back to the hospital. They will run an MRI later today and hopefully we will get some answers. I am afraid Andy will be out of work all week. Poor guy, this week his employer had paid for a week-long class out of town. A world-renown botanist was teaching outdoors a very special, once-in-a-lifetime series. According to Andy, the scientist, it was very exciting. I hate that he is having to miss. I am thankful for quiet time by his hospital bed to just look at him and talk alone. It's nice to see him out of pain, as they are giving him a variety of medications. And, it's nice to be able to show him how much I love him by smothering him with help and attention.

We are so thankful to Liz and her family for coming to get the kids and bringing them home last night. And we are so thankful to our zealous, loving Mimi for scooting across state lines to take over for Liz and spend the night(s). It's such a blessing to be loved by friends and family. Having said that, please pray for a season of health and calm for us. The last month has been crazy. And I am finding myself looking slowly and cautiously around each new corner...a little nervous about tomorrow.