Make Up My Mind and Do It: There Can Be Joy Even in the Hospital

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by. Man, it seems like it's been forever since I was here, and it has only been a week. I guess that is a sure sign that I've had a lot going on. Which I have to say I have.

Last week as we all know was Easter, and besides Easter was my churches general women's conference, which is a night when we can get together and listen to a message from the leaders of my church, focusing on women. I will actually talk more about this in my next post.

Then on Tuesday I went to another women's gathering to celebrate the anniversary of the organization for women in my church. This to I will share in my next post.

But today I want to share and talk about what has been going on with one particular women in my life. My sister Jennifer (Jen).

Jennifer is my middle sister the next down from me and second to the youngest. She is the diva in our family, but she is also hard working and is motivated to make something of herself and is a very loyal friend and sister, and a loving and caring daughter. And even though Jen and I bump heads a lot...A LOT...she is a great sister, and I love her.

Well Jen, suffers from Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and has for years. One symptom of this condition is a substantial weight gain and having difficulties losing it. I've seen Jen work out for weeks as well as change her diet and hardly lose a thing. The other part is your menstrual cycle gets all out of wack. You can go months with out having one, but than once you do they are HEAVY and LONG. Well like I said she has suffered with this for years. Her cycle has gotten so bad that she has actually had to get a blood transfusion.

In November she had another bout of a heavy, very heavy and long cycle that she ended up in the emergency room again, but this time she hadn't quite lost enough for a blood transfusion. Well after talking with her doctor they decided the next best course of action would be to have a hysterectomy.

Now I don't know if you know of anyone who has had it done, but I have found that it is actually pretty common and the procedure is not nearly as invasive as it used to be. But for me I feel a sense of sadness for my sister. You see like me, she is single and has never been married and has no children. And now there is no possible way for her to have her own.

I know there are other things you can do like adopt, foster, love your nieces and nephews, etc. But to be able to experience a special little miracle growing in you and then knowing you will never have that opportunity has to be a hard pill to swallow. I know it was for me. Except my fate came naturally.

Well even with all this Jen knew it was the best decision and is actually pretty joyful about the fact that she doesn't have to deal with a lot of the issues she has had to deal with. So this past Thursday she went under the knife and had the surgery. (Oh, side note she also had a hernia repaired while they where in there.) So now she will be slowly healing and getting back on her feet. Sadly she won't be able to come on our vacation, but she is looking forward to not having pain and enJOYing her new cycle free life. So even going through such a hard thing as this surgery, she can find her own joy in her circumstance.

As you can see she came out of surgery in good spirits and with a little joy. And good news as of writing this paragraph my sister Danielle just left to bring her home. It's going to to be a good day.