Ringing In The New Year

  All my posts have been about my personal life lately and I promise I will give you an update on my crafts very soon. My whole entire apartment is covered in a fine layer of gold glitter currently. I told Aaron he better feel lucky that he isn't here cause otherwise he might be covered in glitter as well. I have a slight obsession with gold glitter and pink as of late and I'm not for sure where it came from but this post isn't supposed to be about glitter it's supposed to be an update about Aaron and my mom.

An update from warmer weather Texas:

  Even though Aaron swears it's pretty cool down there I remind him that 30 is better than 1 whole degree here in Iowa. I don't know about anyone else but I'm sick of all this snow. The week of Christmas Aaron had to run a mile or two and noticed his leg was sore and he was limping slightly well then a few days later he was made to run a 3k which ended up with him on crutches. The doctor has looked at his leg and they found several stress fractures around the metal so they decided to put him on medical hold which means he is no longer with his fleet and will not graduate on time anymore. He is stuck in a building with other soldiers that are on medical hold and is being forced to stay off his leg.
  The only plus side to this situation is that I have been able to have numerous 40min phone conversations with him that we have both been enjoying immensely and it helps to keep us updated on the situation.
  So everything is basically up in the air right now for him. They basically have to decide if he will be able to continue or if he will be honorably discharged because of his leg. Aaron's "case manager", not for sure on the correct term but that is what we have been calling him is leaning toward Aaron being honorably discharged because they have found older stress fractures that have healed which shows that this is a problem that will more than likely keep reoccurring. He is seeing the doctor in another 3 weeks that will be making the decision. As sucky as the situation is Aaron and I have been staying in high spirits about it and already have a game plan for if he does come home. Aaron has already talked to the Air Force about coming home to find a doctor to remove the metal and then he will try joining the Air Force again but it will have to be all done before July when he turns 27 because 26 is the cut off date. I also suggested to Aaron that if he does come home we can just go ahead and start making babies (joking, we still want to wait a couple years).
  We are not giving up just yet thought because this whole entire Air Force experience has just been a miracle. It just seems if Aaron has a slim to none chance it works out in our favor so who knows, maybe the doctor will just let him continue.

Meanwhile back at home:

This past Saturday my parents invited me out for lunch and a walk around East Lake since the weather was so nice. We were all very happy and having a lot of fun, throwing snow balls and enjoying the sunshine. After my parents dropped me off and headed home they stopped to get the mail out of the mail box and things went down hill from there. When my mother reached in to grab the mail she couldn't get her hand to grasp the mail and she noticed her fingers were tingly, not saying anything to my dad they headed into the house and dad noticed my mom was be very, very quite. At that point her right hand was tingly, her whole right arm felt heavy and the right side of her lip was tingly. She stated that she thought she was having a light stroke and asked my dad to take her to the ER. In Mount Pleasant they did a cat scan and saw something on the left side of her brain and decided to send her up to Iowa City. Once we got to Iowa City we did a whole lot of hurry up and wait. She had a MRI done around 8:30 Saturday night then was admitted to the hospital at around 2 am then at around 5 am we found out the results. She has a mass about the size of a golf ball on the top of her brain on the left frontal lobe which is causing her brain to be inflamed which caused the effects of what she thought was a light stroke. After a string of different nurses and doctors and more scans, including a body to make sure there were no other masses inside her body she was sent home Monday afternoon and will be returning tomorrow bright and early to have surgery. The game plan is for them to go in and try to remove all of the mass and then they will test it to see if it is cancerous which will take us about 2 weeks to find out the results.
  I never in my wildest dreams would have thought this was how I would be ringing in the new year. It's surreal and very, very scary. We are all staying positive and hoping for the best. A lot of friends and family have been asking how they can help and the only thing we are asking for right now is prayers and positive thinking. I'm feeling very selfish right now and wish I could beg Aaron to come home. I would feel a whole lot better with him by my side.
   No matter what I know God wouldn't give me more than I can handle and with Aaron I know I can take on anything.

  With everything going on I haven't given much thought to my new years resolution until PostSecret posted one the other day on Facebook that really stuck with me so I'm stealing it and sharing it with you- Consume Less; Savor more.




"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7