There's a new online community for Godly people who are creative.
It's called Godly Creative People.
I signed up; though how I'm creative, I'm not quite sure.
But we're okay!
Local Media Coverage.
National Coverage.
International Coverage?!?
In fact... Since it happened around 2am, I'd have slept through the storm if Alexander hadn't come into our room because he was scared of the thunder and lightning, if Rubi had woke me saying "The weather sirens are sounding! Turn on the radio!" and if Rubi's sister hadn't called us to say "There's a tornado warning on your side of town!"
Thanks to all who called/emailed/posted,etc to check on us.
A friend of Elizabeth from school, her parents lost their house and a car. An acquaintance of a friend lost the second floor of their house...
I found a leaf stuck to the side of my car...
We're definitely ok!
This second pic is also pre-op: "Oooh. Comfy Chair!"
This pic is post-op. When they brought Rubi to her room after Recovery and said to me "You have to wait outside while we put her in her bed."
I got to watch the door for five minutes.
This is after her surgery, later that night. Elizabeth came to visit. Rubi was sore, tired, and the anesthetic made her throat hurt, so her voice was raspy.
This is lunch the following day. "Mmmm.. grilled salmon!"
This one should be a "Photo Caption Contest", it's really Rubi putting some kind of girly face-lotion stuff on her face.
It's a girl-thing. I don't understand.
This one is Rubi checking out the plant my parents sent her.
A friend told her the one with the wide leaves is practically un-killable!
(so we should have no problem caring for it!)
This is Rubi... uh, trying to guess what that is on her table without actually looking at it?
And this one... again, not really sure what Rubi is up to here... But hey! Nice flowers there, from Rubi's best friend Susan!
She spent most of Wednesday evening and overnight alternately sleeping, moaning in pain, and uh... barfing. Except she hadn't had anything to eat for a day, so that was rather unproductive.
Thursday morning, after they had given her anti-nausea meds and switched her over to a different pain-killer, she was starting to feel better.
She had Jell-o and chicken broth for breakfast (not together, ew! just during the same meal).
Then they told her she could start real foods.
Lunch she had grilled salmon, rice, and carrots. She devoured it!
Then, they told her she was leaving at 4:30 that afternoon. So she ordered dinner about 3:45.
For dinner she had grilled sirloin steak, rice (again), and green beans.
Again with the devouring!
Then we went home.
Rubi's parents again kept the kids overnight so Rubi wouldn't have them bouncing on her belly.
Rubi slept most of the evening, except when we watched Smallville... and were kinda sorry we did that...
Then she slept the night, not too well cause of the soreness.
Today she's been taking it easy.
As for the biopsy: yeah, not so much. Her doctor called her late last week and said they weren't going to it (after initially saying they couldn't because of his schedule, and then saying they could). They couldn't do it because, basically, they'd just be digging around for awhile trying to find the lump. They only know about where it's at, but can't get good enough pictures of it to know exactly where to cut. They told her they'd just instead do another mammogram in six months to see if it's changed any.
Again: not so much. Rubi told them emphatically "No, you'll do it in three months." If it was important enought to butcher her last time trying to find it, take a gazillion different mammograms of it from different angles, rush a surgery date to try to biopsy, and then change their minds? No, Rubi insisted on three months (good for her!)
Then she made them mail her an appointment card so she'd remember the date, even though they don't mail appointment cards. Rubi told them they would.
Oh, I forgot to mention: one of Rubi's friends works at our church in the office, and she had wanted us to call her at work right before Rubi went into surgery. I did. Also, on Monday I had emailed our church asking them to pray for her.
When we got to the hospital to check in, Rubi had pre-op for about an hour or so. While she did that, I got to sit in the waiting room and read a book. At one point, I looked up and one of the pastors from our church was at the desk asking a question. He turned around and came over to me, introduced himself, ask how Rubi was and how I was doing, then prayed with me. That was cool.
Thanks to everyone who prayed and kept us in their thoughts while she was in surgery. We appreciate it!
Rubi had her hysterectomy yesterday afternoon.
The surgery went well, she spent the evening in pain.
They had to switch her pain meds to something different and she finally started feeling better.
She wasn't really up to having visitors, but insisted on seeing Elizabeth. So I picked up Elizabeth from her friends house and Elizabeth spent an hour or two with us at the hospital - That made Rubi feel a little better.
Rubi's parents kept the kids last night and are taking them to school today.
Rubi is probably coming home today - she's still in pain, but nearly as much as yesterday.
More to tell later...
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