It feels like life has not gone my way since I decided to recommit to eating moderately! The scale hasn't moved at the rate I anticipated. And, there have been unexpected curve balls thrown into my expectation of life's happenings.
We have been preparing for our 17 year old daughter to have her tonsils and adenoids removed today. She has long suffered with strep throat, tonsillitis and large tonsil stones. Various events have stood in her way to having them removed - generally rowing over the past four years. The recovery for this surgery at her age is 2 weeks rest, 3 weeks from any physical activity. She was so excited at the thought of her tonsils being removed and being pain free in the near future.
She also has SVT, which I thought was a harmless condition, causing heart palpitations and dizziness during an episode.
She attended her first class this morning as school is always her first priority. We picked up some lunch for me to eat at the hospital, some magazines and off we went. On our walk to admitting we saw an employee who is a friend and she gave a friendly hug. When we reached admitting, we saw another friend and although she didn't serve us, it was so nice to see a friendly face and wave. We boarded the elevator to the Peads floor and literally the greeting face was our second cousin, Nurse Danielle with a huge smile on her face! She was our admitting nurse and was amazing at preparing my daughter. She even made sure she found pants so her bottom end did not show with the hospital gown!
The next coincidence was that my daughter knew her roommate as they had gone to driving school together. She was lovely to visit with. Everything was going so well!
Once we were taken to the surgical floor, various Dr's went over her chart. She was gowned up, ready to go, waiting for her IV as a Dr. questioned her about her SVT episodes. Next thing you know, the anesthesiologist refused to perform the surgery until the SVT is looked into more closely. I explained that we were told it was not serious, but he said with the frequency of her episodes, it is. My daughter began to cry as this is her one chance to get them out before University Rowing begins, missing the least amount of school possible because of March Break. I asked for a second opinion and got three opinions! They all agreed that she must be examined in a larger region and cleared before they are willing to operate.
Life. I can't tell you how disappointed we were. Obviously I don't want to put my daughter at risk because of swollen tonsils, which is non life threatening, but we are worried there has been a huge overreaction. In the end, we have to trust that God knew exactly what would occur today.
It was about 2:00pm when we left the hospital, after being talked to by three specialists for a good 20 minutes. My daughter, who has been gluten free and symptom free of her GERD for two weeks asked if she could eat my sub!?! She had nothing to eat that day in preparation for her surgery and I thought it would be a good experiment with the wheat. Within an hour, her body was covered in a rash and she had terrible indigestion!
How ironic that the food that was to comfort her made her ill! We have worked it out in our heart and minds now and I noticed on her facebook a status that says, "Trust that everything has a reason. Look for the reason rather than focusing on the chaos. Keep your mind open to the bigger picture." I am proud of her.
She certainly learned that a sub does not solve anything! She is not in the least overweight but it was interesting to watch what she thought would comfort, make her unwell.
I cannot control how fast these unwanted pounds are going to melt, but I can choose not to turn to sub sandwiches when life doesn't go my way. Tomorrow we see our family doctor for a referral to a Cardiologist in a larger city center. I am hoping things start to go our way!
Eating less, moving more,
Dawne
