a little detour...

This past week was one of THOSE weeks.  You know the kind.  We went from this {July 5th}...

...to this!

Sheer AGONY.  No other way to describe it.  I hurt my back...wish I could say I was skiing or zip lining or something else, but I have NO CLUE what I did to hurt my back!!! All I know is the day after 4th of July it started bothering me and when I woke up Saturday morning I couldn't stand straight or bend or squat or do anything else.  Horrible feeling!!

{Sweet get-well picture Grace drew for me}

I took a hot shower and headed straight to quick care to see if they could help me.  When the PA asked me to describe my pain, I told her this...

"With my daughter, the epidural never took completely, I had back labor, she was born "sunny side up" meaning posterior (face up instead of face down as with most babies).  With my son, I had a bruised pubic bone/slight separated pelvis.  I would gladly go through both without any type of anesthesia 10x over than deal with the pain I'm having right now." 

{All etsy orders have been shipped!  Hey, I had to do something - anything - to get my mind off the pain!}

A bunch of x-rays and 2 injections later, I was sent home with a prescription for pain killers and instructions to "rest" and "ice it down".  I think they forgot I said I was a MOTHER because rest/ice when you have littles around goes about as well as oil and vinegar.  Not to mention, I'm not much of a "resting" kind of person.  But I did heed the advice and hung out on the sofa most of the weekend.  Had no other choice.    

{I did manage to make "magic potion smoothies" with the littles to break up the boredom of couch life!}

Two visit later to the chiropractor {there's a first for everything!} and LOTS of prayers and ice packs and I'm now feeling much better.  Hated the Lortab, the Advil did nothing.  What helped was Bayer Back & Body Extra Strength {found this by accident...went to Target and the 3 rows for this medicine were all out, except for the one lonesome bottle, so I took that as a good sign!} and some exercises a PT friend recommended.

{My sweet helper folding the laundry for me. Love her!}

I'm still not 100% pain free...have developed some numbness between my right hip and right knee that I'm working with and probably need to see a doctor about.  But I'll take it over the condition I was in!  Yes, ma'am, I will!

{Thank goodness for a doting daddy to give the littles a break with some fun activities!}

Oh and the pics of me in a swimsuit...yeah, I would have never in a million years posted those - I'm so NOT in shape where I want to be, but my littles took those while we were playing in the backyard having FUN, and after the week I've had, a certain little friend called PERSPECTIVE has decided to pay me a long-time visit and the reality is IMPERFECT body and all, I feel BLESSED to be WALKING around again, so vanity has for the time being taken a hike.

{taken today}

I'm starting on a HEALTH JOURNEY that involves every part of my life and that I hope will leave me in a much better place so that I can enjoy my DEAR FAMILY and this PRECIOUS LIFE even more than I already do and I thank my CREATOR for the awakening.

So here's to catching up in the next few days...