Praise God!

Well I went to the doctor on Friday.  My school nurse’s wife drove me there (cause she works there).  I checked in at the outpatient area in the hospital and after registering, there was a problem with my insurance.  It was showing that it was inactive.  So I had to go back into the waiting room, and after a few phone calls to my dad we figured out that the only reason it was inactive was because they hadn’t gotten my new course schedule so it wasn’t showing in the (insurance company’s) system that I was a full time student.  So thankfully it was just a minor thing, although it was frustrating.  And after sitting there for an extra hour and a half in the waiting room, I was able to finish registering and then thankfully I was still able to be seen in the wound care center, even though my appointment time had passed.  I left outpatient and went down the hallway to the wound care center.  I cannot explain how nervous I was.  So many thoughts and feelings and past pains were running through my mind and I could not hold back the tears.  I met some lovely ladies that worked there.  They were all so sweet and so nice and caring.  When the doctor finally came back, what she had to say was so positive!  She said that she didn’t think the wound was infected and as long as it continues to be properly looked at and bandaged and taken care of, it should heal very quickly.  I was thrilled that the Lord protected me from infection and from the possible pain I was expecting to go through.  Praise the Lord!  So I was put on a new plan to get on track with healing.  I will go to the wound care center at the hospital once a week till I’m all healed up.  And every other day I will go to Nurse Paul at school and he will change the dressing and clean it.  My predictions a few months ago were right about becoming good friends with the nurse at school   And even though I missed two classes on Friday, one of them (which I was nervous about missing, since we had a quiz and its the most demanding) didn’t even meet since it was our first chapel and also dedication of the new dorms ceremony; so the Lord was just orchestrating everything in such an awesome way.  Anyway, I need to go get ready for church now, but I am so thankful that God was watching over me and allowed me, this time around, to not have to deal with much pain.  It is definitely weird though laying in the bed in the room and not knowing what to expect, of course I expect to go through what I’ve already been through, after hearing the same initial words about “infection and opening back up.”  I just laid there saying Psalm 23 over and over.  And it is amazing how much Scripture can encourage you and comfort you and remind you of the Truth of God’s character and love for you.  Praise God the procedure wasn’t as bad as before!  Thank you so much for your prayers!!!

~Sarah