For the first time in my 7 year healing journey…we did a thing.
We went on a Family Vacation!
In 2015 I could not longer safely travel in a car for more than 30 minutes. Or on the rare occasion, an hour max.
Why?
My body was in the fight of it’s life battling Adhesive Arachnoiditis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and, Tarlov Cyst Disease.
Are those diagnosises gone? Nah. I’m on a healing journey that may never end…and that’s okay. I am praising God because today, I am no longer where I was a month, a year or even 3 years ago.
Let the world put whatever labels it wants to put on me. God is going to keep showing me and my family what He can do through me, despite them!
Something huge came out of this Vacation you guys. I feel like a different person and in all honesty I am still in shell shock.
The ENTIRE Vacation was planned around the worse case scenario. Because that’s been our life for almost 7 years. We felt so super blessed to know that I had all the bracing I needed to make the 2 hour ride, a couch on the dock if I was confined to laying down, a bed that was chosen for people who have back issues…the list goes on. Then for the boys, the house came with ALL the toys to make it super FUN for them too. We knew it would be a perfect place to chill at the lake no matter what surprises came our way.
That first day and night came and went and I wasn’t struggling like normal. Then the next morning I woke up hurting, but in different ways than normal, so I still took all my meds and supplements. I felt really good after they all kicked in. Things just got better from there. By the end of the trip I was trying to figure out WHY everything was going so well. Then I heard the Lord whisper in my heart that it was a gift and to just receive it. OK!
So I’m done trying to figure out WHY and I am just rolling with it.
I feel like I am free from the bondage I was in for almost 7 years! I left that Lakehouse feeling like a completely different person than the one that came into it. I cannot explain it. God gets all the glory.
I was able to do something I have NEVER done in my life…Kayak! AND I did it with my amazing 3 boys!!! To think, I couldn’t even push myself in my own wheelchair 2 years ago because of how severe the Adhesions were in my neck…I am in SHOCK, y’all!!! (Did I mention God gets all the glory?!?!)
Since we have been home, the increased mobility is continuing. I have broken through previous roadblocks and still haven’t had a “put me in bed for several days” major flare up. It is truly a miracle. I am entering a season of not really knowing where God is leading me but I am so excited to see what is to come!
For now, I will continue to take this healing journey one day at a time. So thankful! Just wanted to share this with everyone who has been on this journey with us. I am so grateful for each and every one of you!!! Love you guys!
Just wow! Praise God.