Praising Jesus

Well, I wanted to take a minute to update what has been going on with my foot--yes, the drama continues, but I'm praying that it has come to an end. 

On Monday, we went to the pain management doctor, and he diagnosed me with CRPS--Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.  This is a fancy way of saying that my sympathetic nerves went into action when the horse stepped on my foot, which is normal.  The thing that isn't normal is they never stopped doing what they were supposed to.  The doctor told me treatment would involve having some injections in my back.  I wasn't overly thrilled about it, but after talking with him, he reassured me that this was a VERY SAFE procedure.  He said that pretty much my nerves are a like a computer that needs to be rebooted.  He said my nerves need to be told how to function the right way.  He felt like that this was caught early enough so I should have a complete recovery. He has patients that wait years to come see him and he said their outcome isn't as good. He feels like one round of injections is all I should need, but I go back in two weeks to see how things are going.  He and his PA did tell me NOT to go online to see what CRPS is because I would be absolutely terrified.  They told me that what I would find on the internet would be worse case scenarios.  Chris asked me if I wanted to take some time to think about it and come back.  I thought a few seconds and said let's do it.  So Monday afternoon, I went ahead and got the injections.  I won't say that I wasn't worried, but I needed to trust God in this situation.  Trust that He was the one that gave this doctor the ability to practice medicine.  God really was the one who got  me through the procedure, and I've been praising Him ever since.  Monday afternoon, I was pretty sore where he put the injections.   I didn't sleep very well because my back and hip hurt a lot as the numbing medicines wore off.  But the great news is Tuesday morning, I woke up with NO PAIN in my foot!!   I am still pain free today, so I'm thanking the Lord for that.  I know God has had His hand on me this whole time.  I know He could have healed me without the help of doctors, but I feel like I had to depend on and  trust in Him more by having the injections than if He had outright healed me.  I said a week or so ago, that I would continue to be faithful to God no matter what direction He took this, and I feel like I have been faithful to Him.  I just pray that He feels the same way.

So I'm so thankful to have relief from this pain.  I feel even closer to God through this whole situation.  I pray that the injections were the only ones I will need to receive and that I am completely healed.  I look forward to wearing cute shoes again, but Chris is wise in telling me to wait a week or so to just make sure--I'm so glad that I married a wise man.  :)   I do want to thank all who have prayed for me.  God was listening to all your prayers and for that I am truly thankful