If You Want To Make God Laugh.....

 ....just tell Him your plans, right? :)

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If you read my previous post, I should be home from surgery about now.  But the Lord had different plans for me.  I got a call yesterday afternoon informing me that the implants for my surgery hadn't arrived as they should've.  They were supposed to arrive by Tuesday at the latest and they still weren't there when my surgeon arrived at the office yesterday.  They worked on it all morning and part of the afternoon yesterday, but it was made clear that there was no way they would be here for my surgery.  It has now been rescheduled for 10:15am on July 25th (a week from today).  It was a big blow, but I knew the Lord had a reason.  His ways are higher than ours.  I am now grateful that I didn't have surgery today...there have been multiple reasons for that - one being a situation with Ezra that would've been very difficult to deal with if it would've happened at the hospital and I have been able to process it emotionally without all the surgery recovery on top of it all.  His ways are always best and I'm so glad He does what is best no matter how much we may kick and scream!  And if He would've done just as I pleaded...I would be going through so many things all at once.  As I process life, I am reminded of a sweet hymn that I came across several months ago (attached below this post)...

"When my soul is worn and weary, and my eyes are filled with grief,

When my hands in desperation reach for Heaven for relief.

Hear my cry Heavenly Father.

You have known my every pain.

You have seen all my sorrow.

Hear my cry once again.

Would I find the words there waiting if I had the strength to start?

Could a mortal tongue interpret all the sorrow of a heart?

Hear my cry Heavenly Father..."

I got my test results from the esophageal manometry & pH study.  The manometry was normal which is a good thing!  This means all the muscles of my esophagus are working properly.  The pH study showed big time reflux issues!  I don't know what all the wording means, but one number that was supposed to be less than 14.7 was 49.4 on my results.  They also suggested testing my gastric emptying because of the high AET (acid exposure time) on my pH test results.  I have had a gastric drain tube hooked up to a drain bag 24/7 for years now and lets save all those weak stomaches out there by saying it is NOT pretty any time something won't drain and gets stuck in my stomach.  We still don't know why this happens so this might've actually opened up a possibility of figuring that out.  I now have information for both procedures that could potentially fix my reflux issues and I'm supposed to read through that and let my GI know if I want to proceed and which one so he can refer me to the appropriate physician.  Please pray that I would have wisdom in making this decision!

Thank you to all those out there still reading my updates and praying!
Allison