Pain Free!! Wheeeee!!

Got to talk to Emily last night after her right foot surgery. This whole situation has been just nanometers short of miraculous. Regardless of the circumstances, I am giving all the glory to God, our merciful heavenly Father. She had nothing but glowing reports of all the personnel at the clinic. Best of all, she IS truly pain free.

If you want to see before and after pictures of her foot (taken moments after the surgery was complete), look here. She is the one coded 010411EP (date of surgery and her initials). This really falls into the too-good-to-be-true category of life. I am so happy for her that I could cry at a moment's notice when I think about it.

Off to machine quilt a baby quilt I'm making for a friend. She lives in FL, and her dad is driving down there tomorrow. So if I finish it, I can send it down for her baby shower this weekend. Post pics after she sees it.

In quilty news, I received two items I ordered recently...a Supreme Slider and Little Genie Magic Bobbin Washers. They are from Day Style Designs. I happened to see some of her youtube videos on machine quilting. I test drove a Teflon-coated table for machine quilting at the quilt show we attended this past May. It was amazing. I'll let you know how I like it when I use it for the baby quilt today.

Bursting with God's goodness,
Joan

Tears of Joy

My dear daughter, Emily, has the feet of an old woman. One who has worn ill-fitting shoes. For for 80 years. The strange thing is that she is only 19. Just a few weeks ago I saw her bare-footed for the first time in a really long time. The shape and obvious pain of her feet was more than I could bear. She has never complained about her feet hurting. At once I started researching what her problem was and how it could be fixed.

To make a long story short, I found a solution. The only doctor I could find that does it the "right" way is in California. Since he probably won't come here, I'm sending her there (with her dad). We hoped to get both feet done before June. One little complication is that our insuance anniversary is in early May. That means if we did one foot before the date and one after, we get to pay the deductible TWICE. Since that is a sizeable amount, we are glad things worked out like they did.

God graciously worked out so many details. Last night my husband called to tell me that they can do her first and worse foot on January 4, 2011. I literally cried with joy because that is so soon. It's the last week of her college break. They said (and I believe) that she can walk within a couple days of the surgery. Typical bunion surgery has a 4 week to 4 month period in which the patient cannot bear weight on the foot that has been operated upon. Not with this method! I am so happy for her!!

We called her doctor this AM for an appointment (timing is of the essence with her lab work and so on). Usually it's a few days' wait. But this time, "Can you be here in 40 minutes?" Well, yeah!!

Praising God, from Whom all blessings flow...

~Joan