My mom has a...

" My mom has a pee bag on her leg" quote of the day from my little Dash, as told to my 20 year old sister's best guy friend on Thursday. A look of horror from said guy to me. Yes, mom has a pee bag on her leg I said. " I really like to empty it for her, it is so cool" as said by Pace to sister's said friend. Another look of horror and a quick exit to my sister's room...

A pee bag you may ask... here is the life of me over the past 7 days...

Last Sunday thought had some sort of infection as I was having a problem going to the bathroom but thought may be due to baby, so I went to the med express, they checked, put me on antibiotics and sent me on my way. Sunday night feeling ok, go to bathroom around 7 pm, watch movie try to go to bathroom before bed, cant go. Drink a full water bottle in hopes to help. Get up at 12:30 feel like I need to go, can't so I drink another bottle thinking I am dehydrated or don't have enough urine and try to sleep. Toss and turn, get a little sleep. 4:30 get up, take cold bath, hot shower and sit on toilet and still can't go. 6:15 call dr, says that I am having bladder spasms to come in at 9 am they will cath me and everything will be fine. (forget to tell dr. i have now drank almost a gallon of fluids since last night) send hubby to meeting in ft. lauderdale. 7 :10 am try to stand and can't, my bladder feels like it is tearing. call sister in-law to take me to ER. Rushed to ER, ultrasound confirms I have a full bladder (DUH!! dont need and ultrasound, cant you tell by me not being able to sit, stand or bend and the massive amount of tears and sweat I am putting out). 8:20 put catheter in 1500 cc of fluid in bag and a discharge notice with a "pee bag" attached to my leg. 8:30 home greeted by the boys with "wow, that is so cool, can we touch it"... Tuesday morning off to ENT to follow up on vertigo symptoms I had on Christmas. Diagnose me with severe vertigo in left ear. Decide to do head manipulations to get crystals back in place, have to inflict 5 minutes of severe vertigo on me, I dry heave, sweat, cry and then get a migraine from the motion sickness. Dr then tells me I need to be in a c-collar for two days to keep from moving my head and that I have to sleep upright for 2 nights. WHAT? I have three kids under 5 and a pee bag on my leg... head home in tears (and a collar)...Wednesday, totally exhausted from trying to sleep upright with a "pee bag" and collar on, head to OB to get cath out. Takes it out, sends me on my way! Yahoo...not so fast, back in the ER at 2 am for another cath, could not pee again! home at 4:30 am, into the dr at 9 am for exam. "You have a very rare condition in which your uterus is obstructing your bladder and colon (no wonder nothing was coming out the other end for 3 days either) I am going to try to flip you uterus up (wont go into details but it was the MOST painful thing other than bladder almost bursting). After 2 drs violate me trying to get it to flip, they give up, decide to leave the cath in for a least 2 more weeks until my body does it naturally...aah. In total pain, head down to see Gators win National Championship (only highpoint of week). Loaded up on Tylenol and adrenaline, feeling like I can push through. Friday, feeling a lot better cath has started to settle into my bladder. Go to perinatologist for some testing and ultrasound, get to see baby on monitor moving, sucking thumb, kicking for 45 minutes, thank God for this awesome gift of life and say a little prayer of endurance. In the end, in five months, we will have this precious gift in our arms. In the end, I would do it all over again in a second for our child.

Greatness

Yes, the Gators clinched their second national title in three years! I was there to witness greatness, not the kind you are thinking of though. Yes, their was greatness in the catches, the blocking, the interceptions, the rushing and all the pieces that came together to leave the Sooners riding their pony pulled wagon back to Oklahoma...

But the true greatness is in what you didn't see...

Tebow wore John 3:16 on his eye paint...on Friday John 3:16 was the number one most searched thing on Google in the USA.

Tebow through the game clinching touchdown, immediately pointed to the sky and prayed.

Three players that have had Tebow lead them to Christ all prayed together at mid- field after the touchdown that sealed their fate.

Tebow thanked his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in front of the entire Gator Nation and live audience before accepting the BCS trophy.

Percy Harvin spent his entire Christmas Break at UF alone to rehab his ankle, played at 80% in pain for his team.

Tebow Gator Chomped a defender from the other team that had called him "the fourth best QB in the country if that" after they had tried to injure Percy's ankle after a play, horse collared Chris Rainey causing a game ending injury and shoved Tebow after a big play... Tebow was the only one called for the personal foul, but the ref said on the next play after he was pummeled by the entire offensive and defensive line in a rush play that "Tebow was the only player that offered him and hand and asked if he was ok"

Brandon Spikes has an older brother, the only father figure he knows, in jail serving a life sentence for murder. He is the first to attend college, get a degree, become a Christian so that he can "prove that their is a reward to hard work and that no matter where you come from, you can be something".

The Pouncey Twins' father lost his leg in a tragic accident prior to the FSU game, the twins were going to miss the game but their father insisted not. Meyer and the coaching staff drove to be with the family many times between practices and the team wore bands in honor of him. Mr. Pouncey against the impossible odds, traveled to Miami to see his boys play.

Cornelius Ingram stayed for his senior season, missed out on entering the NFL draft, only to have a season ending injury prior to the first game. His stock fell in the draft, he never played a snap this year... but before the National Title game during senior speeches, he said "if he had to do it all over again, he wouldn't have changed a thing, he would have stayed to be with this team, to cheer for them on the sidelines and to witness greatness"....

That is what Thursday was, pure greatness...

as always it is great to be a Florida Gator

Self Help

Our pastor gave a great sermon on Sunday on goal setting. During this time he talked about his book list for each year that he strives to read. I have a confession to make, I watch too much TV! I used to be an avid reader, reading about a book a week. Now I am down to a book a month if that!
Yesterday I was rushed to the ER with an obstructed bladder (a rare pregnancy side effect). They put in a Foley catheter that I have to wear strapped to my leg for two weeks. It is such a beautiful sight...ugh! While I was recovering yesterday, I finished the last half of a book I was trying to get through and found myself the most relaxed I had been in a long time. So here goes my goal setting... I have cut down my TV watching to 2 shows (ouch)... and upped my reading to a book every 10 days or so. I figure with some time off for kids, they new baby and just life that should give me about 30 books this year. I need your help. Give me your favorite books, I would love to read them and post my review. I love History, Non- Fiction, some fiction, Christian writing and short stories. My favorite books are 1. A Land Remembered (Florida History) 2. To Kill A Mockingbird 3. Family Drivin Faith 4. Snowflower and the Paper fan 5. Winds from the Carolinas ( History of British Colonials trying to colonize the Bahamas 6. Prince of Tides

Cant wait to start with some of your suggestions!