A Second Miracle

Lord, it's been way too long.  My new schedule makes it hard to get in here in the mornings, but truth be told, I could still find time.  But I'm here now.  I want to tell You thank You for giving us one, healthy embryo.  I know we still have trials to go through, but I don't want to miss thanking You for the ones You already brought us through.  I truly believe You want to bless us with a baby, and I think my wife is starting to believe now too.  She's even started talking about the possibility of another one!  Changing her heart is a miracle all on its own.  So, thank You for being gracious, and loving, and faithful.

"I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High."  Psalm 7:17 NIV

"Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song."  Psalm 95:2 NIV

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name."  Psalm 100:4

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Lord, You have rewarded our faith and our prayers.  When we received the call today that we had a healthy, little embryo, we were overjoyed.  Only You could make something like this happen.  Only You could have given us our heart's desire.  I never doubted You could, or even that You wanted to, so it is such a joy to see You finally bring about the right time for it.

It was a bit of a struggle as my wife constantly kept falling back on doubts and fears.  Thank You for filling me with faith and confidence, and thank You for speaking to her through me.  Our testimony grows.  I don't know what's next, but I know You'll be there.  Please continue to work in us and let us see this miracle all the way to the end.

You are an awesome God, greatly to be praised.  I know too often my prayers are just complaints, so I want this one to be of thanksgiving.  Thank You, thank You, thank You...I cannot say it enough.  My heart overflows.  I am so excited.  I am so sure You want to do this that I have started to prepare.  I found myself thinking up names.  I was at the store, and I bought a baby outfit.  I've started to ponder ideas for the nursery.  Have a mentioned how excited I am?!  This is the best news!  Thank You, Father, thank You.

"For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm."  Psalm 33:9 NIV

"We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.  In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his hold name.  May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you."  Psalm 33:20-22 NIV

Falling Husbands

Today, we went to the doctor's office for an egg extraction. This requires them to sedate my wife. Unfortunately, the nurse was having a hard time finding a vein on my wife, and it was causing my wife to scream out in pain. Between her screams and the nurse describing every minute detail of the procedure, I started to feel queasy. 

Now, it should be noted that I don't do well with any kind of medical procedure. I have fainted while giving blood (every time) and while my father stitched my torn shin back together. I have even fainted at the eye doctor when they dilate my pupils (every time). I can get squeamish just by listening to someone describe an operation or procedure.

At this point, they had finally started her sedatives, so she was starting to get drowsy. Well, I didn't want the focus to be taken away from my wife, because she deserved their full attention. So, I stood up and walked out of the little room we were in. I intended to go outside, get some air, and splash some cold water on my face. Instead, I woke up to a nurse slapping me in the face. I apparently had made it to the reception desk, though honestly I have no idea how I made it that far, before the world went totally black. All I remembered after making it to the door of the room was sleeping and having a nice dream, before I was rudely awaken.

I found out later that my wife, totally cool and chill from the drugs, calmly said, "That was my husband." The nurse asked, "What was your husband?" "That thud in the hall was my husband." Which is what alerted them to my condition.

The long story short of it is that everything went pretty smoothly after that. It was only later that I started to feel the physical effects. By analyzing my various injuries, I have been able to piece together how I think I went down. I think I hit the wall and started to slide down it, which is evident by the scratch across my right shoulder. Physics kicked in at this point, and the drag on my right shoulder slowed that side of my body down even while the left side continued to fall. This caused my body to twist with me doing a face plant into the floor directly on my left shoulder with my face following soon after. This is evident by the splitting pain in my left shoulder and the busted lip in the same side.

This marked a first in my life, to actually black out sympathetically, having nothing actually done directly to me.