Blessings! Blessings! Blessings!

The Lord has truly blessed me this week! I have so much to be thankful for – I keep thinking maybe I should wait to post until tomorrow – Thankful Thursday – but I’m sure I’ll have plenty to be thankful for tomorrow as well!

This is Spring Break and today, Elizabeth, Addy, Candace, Levi, Joey, Chance, Blake and I all went to the Little River Zoo in Norman. Michael was able to meet us at the zoo, but it was very near the end of our tour. The weather was great – just right for being outdoors. The kids got tired by the time our tour through the zoo was over, but revived themselves once we left the zoo and headed for snow cones and the park!

I had a lot of fun spending the day with the kids. There’s nothing better than having a day when you’re not on any kind of timed schedule and can spend all the time you want doing what you want! I think tomorrow will be another day of the same.

Tomorrow we all - + Toni - plan to go to the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole. It’s a “hands-on” museum and the kids love it! I know it will be a lot of fun!

Monday morning I had an appointment with my cardiologist. He is the same doctor who cared for both my Dad and my Mom during the later years of their lives. My Dad passed away 12 years ago and my Mom passed away last month. Each time I go to see Dr M, he always asks about my Mom. He was so great with both of them and genuinely cared for them.

Monday morning when I went in, Dr M and his nurse, T, asked about my Mom and how she’s doing. When my Mom died last month my daughter called Dr M’s office and let them know of her passing, but evidently the message did not get passed to either Dr M or T. When they asked about her, I told them that she passed away last month. They both had such a reaction that it made me lose my composure and tear up.

Dr M was very quiet for several minutes with his head lowered. He finally looked up and began to talk about how much he cared for both my parents. He talked about my Dad and said he still to this day could see my Dad’s face as clearly as he did the last time he saw my Dad alive. I could tell he and T both were upset by the news. I was really touched that they felt so strongly about my Mom’s passing. Dr M is a very compassionate man and it’s nice to have him caring for me as he did both of my parents!

The good news is more blessings! I’ve had several tests done during the past two weeks and have good results back on almost all of them! Dr M said I don’t have to return to see him for six months. He changed my medication a little bit, but nothing major. He said when I come back in six months he will schedule me for a stress test – yuck! He also wants to do blood work and maybe an echocardiogram then, too.

I had a mammogram last week and the results on it were normal. I had a bone density scan done last week and the results on it were good – even surprising to me. When I had my bone density scan done a year ago, the results showed that I had Osteopenia – not yet full blown Osteoporosis, but not good news either. I was afraid that I might have Osteoporosis this time, because after I finished the scan, the technician, even though she didn’t give me the results, handed me a book about Osteoporosis. My PCP said this scan was almost normal! Yay! God is Good!

I had a sleep study done which showed that I am having some sleep apnea, which I had several years back, also. I will, again, have to sleep with a CPAP machine. No big deal! I also have Restless Leg Syndrome and have now gotten some medication to help with that!

The only thing that really is a bit troublesome for me, although I guess maybe it’s not too bad – my blood work is showing an elevated level of something or other. I can’t remember what it is, but I have to have my blood work repeated again in two weeks. It was improved over the blood work done two weeks ago, but still not normal.

All in all, even though it may not sound like it, I am very pleased with the results of everything. I am feeling good and that means a lot! I am so thankful that God is working in my life and my health is good!