Amy's 'momentary trouble'

Pain medication is interesting, as long as you take it at the appropriate time intervals and it’s of adequate strength, you can be pain free and seem almost normal. Take Amy for example, as long as the pain meds are working, except for tiring easily you couldn’t tell she just had major surgery. She has two medicines to take, one is a prescription strength Ibuprofen for muscle pain and the other is Oxycodone which is generally given to manage moderate to severe postoperative pain. The idea is to overlap the meds so that while the first dose is starting to run its course, she takes the next dose and that will start to relieve her pain. This has been kind of hit and miss as the instructions say one thing, but Amy’s pain says another (she’ll be a half hour away from her next dose and she’ll start to have some serious pain and labored breathing). So, we really try and pay attention to the time to make sure she’s on top of it. All in all, today was a good, but rather lazy day. Amy did have a hard time sleeping the night through in our bed and an even worse time trying to nap this afternoon (a combination of everyone being home and stomping around as well as the fact that we live on a very busy street with a lot of truck traffic), so we will have to re-think where she’ll take her naps. Appetite is an interesting thing for her as well; she’ll get hungry but won’t know what she’s hungry for, she’ll finally figure out what she’s hungry for, but if she doesn’t start eating it within 15 minutes, she’ll no longer be hungry…challenging! The kids have been great and understanding about not running up to and jumping up onto her; although I know it’s been tough on Amy as she LOVES their hugs!

Did you know that spiritual pain medication is available to us as well? It comforts and consoles us in our times of need; with God’s word you will never be alone. God’s word instructs and guides, is consistent, true and is as relevant today as it was when it was first written. Without reading God’s word, how can we grow in Him? How can we ever hope to achieve a deep rootedness and avoid being blown about by every wind (Eph 4:14)? Isn’t it time we stopped ‘playing’ at being God followers and started being one?

Have you had your daily inoculation?

This is Amy's story as seen and told by me - V