free from school for a week, i'm off to winnipeg, and points in between, for the next 5 days, then home to assist with leading the annual excursion from Strathmore to Edmonton that Hope Community Covenant takes around a hundred and some youth on, so that should be a solid 3 day experience of exhaustion following my Winnipeg adventure!
Manitoba is calling my name, and i'm eager to behold her beauty once again...
Friday, February 15, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Widman Family
Okay, having read this message on Bret's facebook, I find posting twice in one day quite acceptable... and the some. Anyways, here are Bret's words:
This past 6 days have been intense. We took Madeline in for a CT scan after she had been hit on the temple as a result of a Wii competition. Well, she got a bump that continued to swell for 4 weeks. The result showed a crack in her skull and we were told, "Take these CT results, pick up your girl, and get to an ER and ask for a neurosurgeon. That was last Wednesday. Well, after MRI's, bone xrays, and surgery, we have discovered that Madeline has something she was born with called histiosytosis. I'm sure I spelled that wrong, but whatever. Anyway, it's more rare than leukimia, but not life threatening. She had surgery and now has a nasty 6 inch long scar on her left side...we haven't counted the stitches yet. She will now need some treatment after this surgery and some chemo pills (easy ones, no serious stuff). Please, pray that the final outcome of all this is that Madeline is fine. The test results are good and the oncologist was elated the news was good. We just got this news an hour ago and are finally home after being in the hospital for 5 days. We're wiped out, have no energy, and are fairly numb. When she was wheeled into surgery, we felt our life sucked out of us. Please pass this on to others that know us. Pray for complete recovery and that the treatment she receives will be all she needs. Thanks
This past 6 days have been intense. We took Madeline in for a CT scan after she had been hit on the temple as a result of a Wii competition. Well, she got a bump that continued to swell for 4 weeks. The result showed a crack in her skull and we were told, "Take these CT results, pick up your girl, and get to an ER and ask for a neurosurgeon. That was last Wednesday. Well, after MRI's, bone xrays, and surgery, we have discovered that Madeline has something she was born with called histiosytosis. I'm sure I spelled that wrong, but whatever. Anyway, it's more rare than leukimia, but not life threatening. She had surgery and now has a nasty 6 inch long scar on her left side...we haven't counted the stitches yet. She will now need some treatment after this surgery and some chemo pills (easy ones, no serious stuff). Please, pray that the final outcome of all this is that Madeline is fine. The test results are good and the oncologist was elated the news was good. We just got this news an hour ago and are finally home after being in the hospital for 5 days. We're wiped out, have no energy, and are fairly numb. When she was wheeled into surgery, we felt our life sucked out of us. Please pass this on to others that know us. Pray for complete recovery and that the treatment she receives will be all she needs. Thanks
more random
i love that we all lead such varied lives, that we are all so unique, and yet that God can bind us together for his purpose and create beautiful community amongst us. this has always astounded me. perhaps it's because i'm slightly more 'weird' than many in the traditional evangelical circles i grew up in, perhaps it's because i worked at camp where i felt free to ask my questions and engage in theological debate from my early teenage years. whatever the combination of things that has lead me to where i stand today may be, i am incredibly greatful for it. just as i am ever so greatful for the people who have influenced my life this far, for better or for worse, they have helped to define the woman that i am becoming, and whom i am confident being.
i don't understand why people abuse emergency services. is it because we lack human contact so deeply that we must call for an ambulance in the middle of the night so that someone will take care of us? obviously, if you're sick or injured, it's legit, but wow, some of the reasons i have learned of people calling an ambulance are astounding to me. yet alongside of that, i have heard some of the most moving, some of the most graphic, some of the most beautiful, some of the most horrific; stories of mylife in the past month. i cannot fathom working in the emergency services, i could cry just hearing the stories, i can't imagine walking thru them with the actual people. so demanding, yet so rewarding. i have a renewed respect and admiration for all doctors and nurses and police officers and fire fighters and paramedics and whomever else...
i'll be in winnipeg sometime on the 16th, and since 80% of you who read this are in winnipeg, save a hug and a beer/dance/coffee/bowling game/sporting event for me.
i have other, deeper, posts formulating in my head, always, but for today, they'll remain where they are, and stir 'round some more. perhaps they'll bring me back here later, and i'll share some of them with you.
i don't understand why people abuse emergency services. is it because we lack human contact so deeply that we must call for an ambulance in the middle of the night so that someone will take care of us? obviously, if you're sick or injured, it's legit, but wow, some of the reasons i have learned of people calling an ambulance are astounding to me. yet alongside of that, i have heard some of the most moving, some of the most graphic, some of the most beautiful, some of the most horrific; stories of mylife in the past month. i cannot fathom working in the emergency services, i could cry just hearing the stories, i can't imagine walking thru them with the actual people. so demanding, yet so rewarding. i have a renewed respect and admiration for all doctors and nurses and police officers and fire fighters and paramedics and whomever else...
i'll be in winnipeg sometime on the 16th, and since 80% of you who read this are in winnipeg, save a hug and a beer/dance/coffee/bowling game/sporting event for me.
i have other, deeper, posts formulating in my head, always, but for today, they'll remain where they are, and stir 'round some more. perhaps they'll bring me back here later, and i'll share some of them with you.
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