You would think that I would be used to this view by now.

Every time seems like it’s a surprise though.  Our expectation is that everything will always get better.  When things go the wrong way there is always something surreal about it, which is crazy because we live it everyday.  If you have not heard, Tammy’s first back surgery did not take.  She was doing really good and then boom everything turned and she started heading the wrong direction again.  Her pain started to ramp up again.  The last two weeks she has been in extreme pain and back to not being mobile again, spending days and nights in the sanctuary of the recliner where she could find a small amount of relief.

She had been in contact with her surgeon and today she finally had her appointment.  Dr. Whitlow is great doctor and a great person.  After he saw her and looked through her MRI he generously got her into surgery this afternoon.  Basically he did the same surgery over.  The same disc had ruptured again.  There is always a small chance that this might happen, and wouldn’t you know it Tammy was one of the lucky ones.  She is resting now.  She is still in some pretty good pain but Dr. Whitlow is hoping that after a few days the nerve will settle back down.  We hope that happens as well.

Its been a pretty crazy week so far.  Our oldest daughter Kylee has been having issues all summer also.  Mainly battling nausea and some pain and discomfort in her abdomen.  After running multiple tests to try to figure out what was wrong, it was determined that is was her gall bladder that was acting up.  Monday, she had surgery to remove it.  She is recovering well so far and is starting to feal much better.  Wow, Its only Wednesday.

Tired is really the only word that comes to mind right now.  I know Tammy is tired of the pain.  I know it is just exhausting for her to live with it every day.  For me, I am just tired.  Mentally and physically we are both pretty run down.  For now we will keep doing what we always do.  We will keep moving forward.  We got knocked back a step or two but we are still here.  As Rocky said,  “It’s not how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit , and keep moving forward.  That’s how winning is done.”  So that is what we are going to do,  Keep moving forward.

Thank you all for your unending support.  We will get through this, and a big part of the reason we are so confident is because we know that there are thousands of you holding us up when we don’t think we have enough strength to hold ourselves up.  We love you all, thank you.