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My life has been turned upside down and I won't be able to chair this Thursday for the morning meeting.
My husband is in the hospital in intensive care and I have thrown my back out with constant spasms. Beyond that, we both have bronchitis. I'm trying to take care of me and be there for him too, it's very difficult to say the least..
I would appreciate prayers for our family. Hubby is detoxing, complete with hallucinations, tremor etcs...it' just awful and very sad.
Christy (Cjo)
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If we think that miracles are normal, we will expect them. And expecting a miracle is the surest way to get one.
Sending prayers now. Hope your back gets better hon. You are right to take care of you. Sorry I can't do the meeting. Man - it all happens at once - right? One day, one minute, one second at a time.
(((((cjo))))))) my prayers are most definetly with you and yours. I can open the thursday am meeting with the scripts, however i cant chair or close the meeting cause i am by myself here with the 3 rugrats getting them ready, then taking the oldest to the bus which comes right smack dab in the middle of meeting time. Don't worry about the meeting, alanoners have a way of surviving through anything right? ;o)
I hope you are makeing sure to practice as much self care as you can. This pain that your hubby is going through right now just might be the pain that he needs to feel to be able to hit his bottom. Maybe it's a God thing that your facing your own sickness and pain right now and cant be there to "make him feel better." As much as it hurts to watch him suffer, i hope it brings you comfort to know he is in a safe controled environment surrounded by HP who put doctors there to help him where he's at. All you can do is offer encouragement and understanding to him. Somehow that's easier to say then do for me though. lol
I know for me, when i backed up out of the way and let my hubby feel his own hurt from his own disease, boy oh boy did he feel it. Yes he hurt, yes it hurt me to watch, but he finally got himself sober, for a little over a year now at least. That's just our experience of course, but i know that if i kept being that soft pillow for him to fall on, never letting his butt hit the ground, he never would have felt the pain he was trying to feel with me in the way. Funny how that works. I cant help but wonder if that's what HP is trying to achieve now by forcing you to take care of you. I will be praying for you and your hubby that's for sure.
(((cjo))) Rest up please Take care of you and do what you need to. I don't want to say I can do Thursday for sure then fall short of it. I am sure we will all have it covered. Wishes, Get well soon and prayers Love, T
TY everyone..I suppose the meeting will get covered one way or another.. ty for kind words (((trina))) will take what you said to heart. (((hugs))) to all of you that replied and are sending prayers. Keep em coming!!!!
Christy
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If we think that miracles are normal, we will expect them. And expecting a miracle is the surest way to get one.
We will get through!!