Appointments and Disappointments

We’ve been pretty busy lately.

It's been the best of times and the worst of times…. Marty is still recovering wonderfully. Last week he got his jaw unwired (Hooray!), but that ice cream cone will still have to wait awhile (Boohoo!). One of the nurses who worked with him last week had been a part of his surgical team when he first entered the hospital. She was amazed at how good he is looking and how much progress he’s made.

We spent much of today in the hospital for a procedure. We hoped it would be easy and no big deal. And that’s what it was supposed to be. But, oh, the pain! It made us both cry. I wish I could take all of his pain away. Marty’s been reading Harry Potter books lately. I wish I knew a magical spell that I could use to heal Marty. But it takes time. One thing I can do is pray. So that’s what I do. I know that we both have been blessed tremendously so far. (Thank you all for your prayers too!)

Here’s a funny story. The other night I popped some popcorn for me to munch on during a movie. But I haven’t learned how to make a batch of popcorn that’s the right size for just me to eat, so I had a lot left when I was done. Later as we were all in bed for the night I noticed that Razor started moving around. I thought she was going to snuggle in closer or ask to get under the covers, but instead I heard her plop off the bed. A few minutes later I heard some noises that let me know exactly what she was up to. Eating popcorn! The funniest thing was that when I went to the living room and caught her she tried to look all innocent. Sure she had a little pile of popcorn at her feet incriminating her, but she left the bowl on the coffee table looking untouched! Little Stinker.