Hey all! I know it’s been a bit but the last month has been crazy. We left on July 23rd driving to AZ for a friend’s wedding I was in. Anna is like a sister and we’ve known her family for years and it was so sweet to celebrate her, meet her husband, and see her so happy and see the answer to prayers. Jord didn’t have a ton of vacation time so we made the drive in 2 days….a choice, Lord willing, I don’t ever want to make again lol. We stayed with dear friends in Denton, TX, just outside of Dallas as our overnight point each way. One of their daughters was a flower girl in our wedding so it’s crazy seeing her at 24 now! They were so gracious to host us overnight and fed us well. It’s an 11 hour day one day and 15 1/2 the other and let me tell you, it was brutal and exhausting. Jord did all but 20 minutes on the way there and an hour on the way back as I was still recovering from my surgery and got sore pretty quickly still at that point.
We stayed with my brother in Tucson and got to see my family and some friends while we were there, even though it was a whirlwind, especially with the bachelorette day, rehearsal, and wedding, plus trying to see people all crammed into 5 days after an exhausting drive. Here’s a few pics:
After the wedding, we picked up my dear friend, Candy, in Phoenix, and all headed up to Prescott to stay with Jeremy and Jenn and their kiddos for a couple days before heading home. We went to the cute downtown that’s been in a Hallmark movie and saw a nearby lake one day, but mostly just ate, talked, played some Mariokart in person and ate some more.
Then it was the LONG drive home. With just two weeks before my surgery, we hit the ground running getting back into the groove of things and having some ministry things come up and here we are the day before sinus surgery.
It’s been a rough week physically and emotionally leading up to it. Menopause hormones are no joke and I’ve been battling being easily irritated and then crying over what seems like no reason. Hot flashes have been increasing and I also ended up going to my PCP last minute yesterday as I was getting a lot of pain in my bladder over the weekend and have a UTI…I think it’s been there for a little while as I’ve been having symptoms but with my high pain tolerance and still healing from the female surgery, it was masked, or I didn’t put it together until it got really bad yesterday and by really bad it was debilitating and I was in tears and in bed trying not to move most of the day. Thankfully it subsided in the evening and I was able to get some sleep and started antibiotics for it this morning.
I just heard from my ENT and surgery is at 7 tomorrow. I’m supposed to be admitted today, but beds are tight so it could be late this evening or I show up at 5 for surgery tomorrow and then will be admitted afterwards. Please pray that I get a bed today so I can get settled in before surgery tomorrow. Thankful that we can bring all these things to the Throne of Grace to find mercy and help in time of need and we can trust His perfect timing and plan. His ways are higher than ours and He is my Abba Father and I can rest in Him. Thankful for the army of prayer warriors God has blessed me with—please remember Jord in your prayers too as it’s hard to watch me suffer and hold down the fort at home while I’m hospitalized. Thankful again and again for our precious church family and His provision and for Julie and Monica sacrificing time to come stay with me and for all the ways God provides “exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or imagine” through the body of Christ—He is SO good to us and all of your prayers mean so very much and are felt! I will do my best to keep you all updated after surgery!
In His Mighty Grip,
Rachelle
PS—edited to say they said I will have a bed tonight and Julie is graciously taking me down and staying tonight as well as tomorrow night since surgery is so early tomorrow…we just don’t know a time yet, but so thankful!
