Being a wife can be scary!

Oh how I love my husband! The past ten months have been very challenging! We haven't even been married for ten months, but they have had ups and downs for sure. May 22, 2013 is when Michael's back went out. He couldn't move, couldn't get dressed, screamed in pain whenever he tried to move. It was the most awful thing I have ever experienced. Knowing that there wasn't anything I could do to take away Michael's pain was just heart breaking. I was probably so annoying trying to do everything else for him because I couldn't do what I really wanted to do...take away his pain! 

We started off seeing the chiropractor four times a week for a while. He was still hurting so bad. We didn't have our usual summer of being outside a lot riding bikes, taking walks, ect. Instead we did very little because we could only do what he could handle with his pain. He started to have so relief from the pain late summer. He even managed to be at our wedding without his cane which we weren't sure he was going to be able to do. 

He did three rounds of injections, the first one help for about a week, the second made it worse, and the third help take about 50% of his pain away. He still couldn't stand up straight do to the fact that his whole right leg went numb. Michael also did a few rounds of physical therapy 

We still continued with chiropractor care about once a month. And he finally said, that we needed to see a surgeon and see what they see. So we saw a surgeon and he suggested surgery would be the best way to go. He would go in shave away the portion of his disc between L4 L5 that was herniated and that would take the pressure off of the nerve that was causing his leg to go numb. 

The time came! It was the week of surgery, and all along I had no bad feelings about surgery...until it was here. Early this week I started to get nervous. My husband was going to have back surgery. They took out a piece of bone, moved his nerves, and shaved away part of his disc...that is scary! 

I am reading through the Psalms right now, and Tuesday night, the night before surgery, I read Psalm 26. The first verse just grabbed a hold of me:  

 "Declare me innocent, O Lord,
    for I have acted with integrity;
    I have trusted in the Lord without wavering." 

I need to put all of my trust in the Lord that God would be guiding the surgeons hands as he operated on Michael's back! I just continued to pray for Dr. Eyke and his surgical team, and that Michael's body be ready to receive this surgery and that his body heal and be able to function as normal. 

Surgery went great. Michael can stand up straight without his leg gong numb. He can't bend, lift or twist so I help him with most things. But he is doing great! 

Today after ten long months of not being able to be outside together we went for about a half an hour walk outside! It was a slow walk, but it was so amazing! 

Praise to God for bringing healing and relief to Michael! We are blessed! God brought us closer together and with Him, we got through this injury!