Friday, October 31, 2014

Amber's Accident

I had started an entry about a week ago and had to stop.  Too painful.  The something even worse happened last Saturday afternoon. Amy, one of the twins, called me in tears and tells me that Amber has been  in a terrible accident and she is being flown to Mercy in Springfield.  My heart literally stopped and I told Amy to remain calm and be there for Amber - Luis and I would be there as soon as we could.  Luis and I frantically began ripping clothing out of the closet and shoving into our luggage.  I text my neighbors and left our house.  The entire drive Luis and I talked about random things to keep my mind off of things, but I still just kept thinking, god I hope she is alright, I hope she has no broken bones, and I hope she can still walk, most importantly I hope she lives.  My dad called and said she had rolled her car several times, that witness said it was at least 6 times.  I never said it aloud, but I thought to myself "my god, I hope she makes it"  Most people do not roll their car 6 times and get to talk about it later.  By the time nightfall came, my mom had called me and said she is conscious and they are going to be doing a CTScan on her to check for internal bleeding and her neck/spine.  Luis and I were both relieved to know she was awake and able to get up for a CTScan.  Then Angie facetimes us, and its Amber in a neckbrace, covered in blood, just sitting in the bed like nothing big had happened.  When I seen that I knew things would be pretty OK no matter what her injuries were because she was in good spirits.   By the time we were close to MO we got the word that she was being dismissed - and had no internal bleeding, neck and spine were good, and she would just be extremely sore and bruised.  All I know, whether you believe in miracles or Angels, she experienced both of those phenomenons that afternoon.  I know Grandma Joyce, Grandpa, and Uncle Jesse all save her during that wreck, and a miracle that she didn't have any sort of serious injuries.  I was happy to have driven 6 hours and seen my sister laughing and talking like nothing happened after just being in a terrible accident.  Thank God for that! It was a nice impromptu visit to see my family - but I never want it to be under those circumstances again.

My original post was going to be about our last doctor's visit.  I had gotten too emotional when typing it and had to just shut the PC down.  Luis and I found out a week ago that we will never have any biological children.  It really sucks to actually hear and type those words out.  We have talked and talked about it and how it would be okay.  But there was always hope in there, it wasn't a for sure thing that would be happening.  But to hear it and know it after all the progress we have made, it just sucks.  We really both have an issue with people that do not deserve to have one child, let alone be pregnant.  What did they do to deserve to be fertile, while a couple like us are paying the price.  It seems like every lowlife, crackhead, or con is as fertile as they come. It just sucks.  I am not going to say things are fine, they aren't at all.  Luis and I both are very upset and struggling with depression.

I hate to say this, but at least my sisters accident helped me to not think about it for a while.  I was prepared to spend a lot of time in MO if need be.  While I don't want to quit my job, I would have to stay in MO to help take care of Julian with my sister got better, because my mom cannot afford to not work.  I really do not want to talk about fertility anymore, so I will leave you with a few picture os Amber's car.



Sunday, October 12, 2014

Getting off track - finding your way back.

These last few weeks have been super stressful.  In the entire time we  have been on this transformation/weight loss journey I never cheated and never lost site of my goal or faith - until 2 weeks ago.

I am ashamed to even tell this, because I have been so strong all this time.  I let work stress get to me, let it penetrate and ruin my mind set and faith.  A person can only take so much beating from an individual who is completely and utterly out of touch with how the real world works.  Luis an I both ate terribly - something I reverted to that I haven't eaten or even thought of for 2 years.  And we just pitiful with it. All these feelings that I thought would be battled out - and I thought I had - some resurfaced. Once the mental stress of work broke down the barrier of faith - the sadness of dealing with our infertility reared its ugly face.

As luck would have it - the other doctor in the office needed help organizing and cleaning his office - which took a ton of stress off of me physically.  Also, gave me a break from my mental processing of work and personal life.  We have a huge complicated case I am helping with in the morning and I have been in the process of planning with all the doctors involved so that also helps me.

I have to be strong for Luis and myself.  I was relying on him - without telling him that I needed him to be strong for my decision process about food and what not. What I had forgotten was I was his strength and accountability.  The only way I am going to be successful in this battle is to get us both back on track and on our feet.  The path is there and we are both going to get back on it.  I never want to see that negativity again, and if that means that I have to make a lot of changes in my life concerning where and who I spend the bulk of my day with it - so be it.  No situation or money is worth my health and mental well being.

We traveled to Louisiana on Friday/Saturday to get the bed that we left in the attic of our old house.  The woman who purchased it from us is just a great person.  I was so happy to have gotten it back and she showed us all around the house and what she had done with the house.  You can really tell that she just loves the house - and that is great!  I got to catch up with Karen, Mickey, Carolyn, Hailey, Brent and Jenni, Jeremeh and Angie, and the Hanks.  We had a great trip and had a great time catching up with people.

Off to bed I must go!  Tomorrow will be a long and physically taxing day!