Coffee? Tea? Serenity?

If you know my dad, you also know that he is a whiz at some things, but mechanically inclined he is not.  And, I never knew that he would be interested in wrestling.

Scott and Dad headed out to Carencro for the livestock sale.  The two of them enjoy that sort of outing (me too!), and today's rainy weather made a great day for it.  I had to stay in due to my crazy back issue.  As they were driving off, Mom phoned me.  She shared a few of her and Dad's recent stories.  The first being that Dad was wrestling with Buddy.  Buddy is their golden retriever; BIG dog!  Buddy has a favorite spot to lay on when he is in the house.  That spot is right smack in the middle of their little home in the hallway which leads to the restroom.  This morning, Dad and Buddy wrestled.  Guess who won!

Mom sleeps later than Dad.  She woke to a strange commotion going on.  She learned that Dad was headed down the hall when he accidently stepped upon the dog.  Realizing what he'd done, he tried to avoide harming the poor thing, but toppled over and fell into the nearby closet.  Buddy won!  When the dust settled, Dad said that Buddy was looking at him as though he would have said, "What's wrong with you?" 

The repair was a plumbing issue.  Piping, water, wrenches, and retrieving parts from the local hardware store were all things that they assisted one another in doing on Tuesday.  I didn't get a lot of details on the adventure, but I can only imagine!  Mom said she slept REALLY well last night. 

Maybe Mom should have a blog!  I am certain that the details that she would share would tickle the funny bones of all of us.

All in all, Dad seems to be doing well.  Mom mentioned that he did feel too sporty today.  Hmm... Dad not feeling sporty, but headed to Carencro with my sixteen year old.  Lord, bring them home safe and sound.

And me...still seeing the chiropractor.  Everyone that I have spoken with says that it will simply take time for all to be back in place and the muscles to feel better.  During my visit on Monday, I mentioned to the chiropractor that the back was feeling much better and that now we just needed to get my bothered muscles to stop annoying me.  After mentioning that, he worked the area of bothered muscle.  I THOUGHT the muscle was bothering me.  After that appointment, the sensations that sent me to the chiropractor were back.  Not as bad, but the sensations that I felt were ditto of what was going on prior to my first visit with him.  After that first visit, the muscle aches improved dramatically.  Today, I went for another visit and mentioned the return sensations.  As I suspected, he said that sometimes working areas that are healing will aggrevate matters.  He said that it might be better to just let it rest for a while longer.  I left from that visit improved, but it seems like I still have a ways to go before reaching a point of being back to normal activities.

The ultrasound that Dr. Foreman recommended is scheduled for the morning of Thursday, Jan. 31st.  He recommended this because of the pains that I had been having in my side (those that disappeared after my first chiropractor visit).  Until yesterday, I was not very concerned about this.  With the return sensations to my right side, I figure its best to follow through with his recommendation.  With the improvements that I feel after today's visit with the chiropractor, I am almost sure that he will find nothing of concern in the ultrasound.  I figure its better to find out that nothing is wrong early on instead of putting it off only to find that there was something of concern all along. 

If sharing the above information about my pains and appointments has confused you, you are not alone.  I, too, have been confused and unable to figure it out.  My gut feeling continues to be that I pulled a muscle (in the groin or lower pelvic area; maybe both) and yanked my back out of whack.  The improvements with the chiropractor confirms that gut feeling, but I want to make sure we rule out other possible causes as well.

Keep those prayers going.  I am certain that they are what has brought me through thus far during the aggrevations of not being able to do all that I normally do. 

Our sufficiency is from God - 2 Corinthians 3:5