A tribute to my family

These past couple of days have been absolutely horrible.  Remember the oils that I mentioned before that smelled like root beer and fruit loops?  Well, apparently my body did not like them.  They clogged my follicles and made my legs really red, itchy, oozy with puss, and feel like they were burning.  A couple of days ago I was somewhat comfortable for a grand total of about 45 minutes throughout the whole day.  I couldn't even watch tv because I was so distracted.  I went to urgent care last night and got a shot of steroids (not like I drank a shot, but like they gave me a shot... in the butt... attractive) and they gave me more steroids and antibiotic to take at home since it was swollen and infected.  As long as I can keep the swelling down and keep it from spreading much more, I shouldn't have to go to the ER (thank goodness!).

For the past couple of days, my husband and my mom have done nothing but try to help.  Jake has done things for me he should have never had to do.  He probably didn't do that well on his final yesterday because he was too busy taking care of me to be able to adequately study.  He constantly brought me things, since I was basically bedridden.  He cooked for me, he sat with me, he made strange baking soda concoctions in the bathtub, he was simply there for me.  I couldn't have asked for a more supportive and loving husband.

My mom did absolutely everything she could think of to try to give me ideas that might make me more comfortable.  I'm not sure how many phone calls have occurred between the two of us in the past couple of days, but I'm sure it exceeds 30.  I've called her and woken her up in the middle of the night, she's called me with more ideas after doing some research, she made phone calls to people, she was incredibly sweet.  And she tolerated me when I was in so much pain that I was very short with her on the phone.  I don't think I could have made it through the past couple of days without her help.  Even just hearing her voice made me feel a little better.  My mom has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know.

There have been other family and friends who have spent a lot of time in prayer and support of me too.  I'm so thankful for them.  I've had more people pray with me over the phone and in person than I have had in a long time.  So thank you.  All of you.  I couldn't have made it through the past couple of days without you.