The Spirit is my Helper and Comforter

Well life continues to be adventurous over here in the Thomas household. Jord had a long day of work moving a bunch of equipment and boxes in and out of warehouses and operating a forklift etc and then drove me to Bible Study last night since night driving still gives me an almost immediate migraine, even with the night driving glasses. We had changed things to a fellowship and prayer night because we were missing a lot of our ladies but last minute Sarah decided to do a short teaching on how the Holy Spirit helps and comforts us as she wanted my last time at ladies study for awhile to be helpful before I was admitted. We read through some verses and talked about how God uses the Spirit to comfort and encourage us and empower us to obey Christ and the sweetness we have with the Spirit of the living God indwelling us. We then had a very sweet prayer time and there were some serious prayer requests in addtion to everything going on in our lives, but it was an encouraging time with my dear sisters in Christ. We were laughing and joking and Jord called me and I assumed he was just tired and ready to go but he needed to use the restroom but the second he walked in the door we all knew something was wrong. He had projectile vomited in the yard and that was the first time he had thrown up in 28 years--yeah you read that right--he hadn't thrown up since he was 12....Initially he was going to just drive us home, but thankfully Sarah and Jonathan offered to drive us home but on the way he got diaphoretic and so we ended up going straight to the same Micro-hospital ER I went to last week for my allergic reaction......................We saw some familiar faces from last week and the nurse was starting his IV and he started throwing up again--she couldn't get the IV coverings to stick because he was so sweaty and so she needed coband but I was holding a bucket and trying to help him so she was finally able to call someone else in to get some coband to get the IV secured and then was able to push some Zofran which stopped him from throwing up. Initally we thought it might be heat stroke because it was 80 here yesterday and he was out in the heat all day and he got sunburned but they said he was too cold for that, so they gave him fluids and ran some tests and it ended up being viral gasteroenteritis.....and can last anywhere from a few days to 10 days............in the meantime, Sarah and Jonathan had gone home but when we were there for awhile, Jonathan stays up super late so he offered to go let Blue out and they ended up going together and getting my phone charger and some snacks and water for me and bringing that to me after they had already driven all the way home once they called Jord back into a room. They discharged us at 2:30 so we came home and I started looking online for the nearest 24 hour pharmacy and called the only one that popped up in Huntsville and someone answered and said they were a nuclear medicine pharmacy. I apologized and called the ER back and apparently there is no 24 hour pharmacy in all of Huntsville....so our only option was to drive an hour North to the CVS in Columbia, TN. The meds they gave Jord while he was there helped so he managed to drive us there so I could rest my eyes from all the lights and we got there at about 3:45. He was exhausted but got his meds filled and he was in no shape to drive at that point so he took his meds and then I started driving home. Lots of prayer and focusing to not be dizzy and nauseous--at one point there was a semi in the left lane surrounded by emergency vehicles and flashing lights and by God's grace I didn't get the sharp stabbing pain in my head from that. Driving home I was so thankful for the driving background I have having been raised in the country and starting early. My Papa put me in his old Chevy pickup on a farm in between two irrigation ditches when I was 8 and said "back up and don't fall in". You learn to pay attention and be real careful when the stakes are that high! I also learned to drive a tractor my freshman year in high school through my agricultural education class and then of course my Daddy was a race car driver and I remember one time when I still had my permit and was learning, we were on the frontage road straightaway he told me to slow down to 45mph and made sure I had both hands on the wheel correctly and then said, "This is what a right front blow out feels like!" and he grabbed the wheel and jerked it. Jord is an incredible driver too and I've learned a lot from him over the years and last night I used all of those skills to get us home--with lots of prayer! I was also behind a driver that was all over the road coming into Huntsville when we were almost home and as it turned to two lanes and I started to pass, I had to hang back cause he was coming into my lane. I was finally able to get around him but it was definitely dangerous! So thankful for God's hand of protection--throughout the whole thing I did not get one abdominal pain. That is the first thing that happens when my body is exhausted and pushed beyond it's limits, especially now that the endometriosis is back.......... We got home about 5:30 in the morning so at that point we had been up a full 24 hours. I got Jord in bed and then my lungs were screaming at me so I knew I needed to do at least a short set of treatments so I took my sleeping pills and sat down and did that and then crashed. Throughout the ordeal, God used His Spirit to comfort and sustain me every step of the way, just like we had talked about in study. From the kind nurses and staff at the ER to the pharmacist who filled the prescriptions talking with me about the body of Christ to those who stayed up way past their bedtime and texted me and left their phones on overnight in case we needed them, and all those who were covering us in prayer. I got about 4-5 hours of interrupted sleep and then Mom and Dad came to help pack the rest of the kitchen. We did end up deciding to postpone the move from this Saturday because Alabama is under a significant severe weather threat starting Friday night through Sunday morning so the excitement just keeps on coming!........In the midst of all this, I got to video chat my Mom while my nephews, Hunter and Gunner, showed their 4-H pigs and also chat with Justin and Josie and wish Rhett a happy third birthday today. Jord is still feeling pretty miserable but I'm so thankful for modern medicine and those meds that are helping him get through this and for God's protection over me as well. My lungs and head were certainly angry today, and you know it's bad when I'm looking forward to getting to the hospital on Monday and getting some pain meds and then getting Ativan which is the only thing that I can take that stops my throwing up (all pain meds make me throw up, especially when my head is already sensitive) but I HATE taking it because of the short term memory loss but I'm so beyond exhausted at this point and ready to get to the bottom of things and sleep through the hardest parts..............So in a nutshell that was the last 24 hours.....I don't even know what day it is at this point lol. I just wanted to do an update so you can be praying for Jord--I got a small taste of what it's like to see your beloved hurting and wishing you could do something about it---it was definitely hard for me not to be the one in the bed, but I also got a chance to serve him the way he's served me on numerous occasions sitting in an uncomfy hospital chair by my bed, making me as comforatable as possible. And for that I am grateful that I could show him just a little of the love he has shown me..........My brain is scattered and all over the place but thankful none of this shocks or surprises our great God--in fact He ordained every single nanosecond of this before time began and He is trustworthy! In His Mighty Grip, Rachelle :)