Appendicitis and Other Facts
I started a long blog in the hospital last weekend, but so much has happened, I just decided to skip the flowery writing and get to the facts. Sorry. :)
Fact #1: Our third grade teacher, Pamela, woke up about 3 a.m. Friday with lots of vomiting and stomach pain. My guess was appendicitis (from my own personal experience of it), and one of the nurses who is teaching here agreed. We took her to the hospital, and to make a long story short, she had surgery to remove her appendix, and it was confirmed—appendicitis. It was a good thing we didn’t wait! Whew. What an adventure. I was so worried for her in the “E.R.”—at first I wasn’t confident that they knew what they were doing. They wouldn’t give her any pain medication until the surgeon finally came in. It only took him a few minutes to diagnose possible appendicitis, and schedule surgery in 30 minutes! We all did a lot of praying that day. As I was waiting outside the surgery area, praying that she wasn’t in pain, that the surgery went well—a nurse finally came to a little opening and called me over. “Everything went fine,” she said, and then asked if I wanted to see the appendix! “Sure!” So she showed it to me! I had kind of wished they would have let me keep mine, but they never asked me. Pam didn’t want hers. Maybe I should have asked for it. ☺ I spent the rest of the afternoon, the night, and the next day (Sabbath) until I finally let Lorraine take over for the next evening shift. The Yap Hospital is definitely it’s own experience. For the most part, they were really nice and attentive, but I would still recommend taking a friend if you are staying over night, just to make sure they don’t miss anything. We are praising God that she was released from the hospital on Sunday, and has been resting in the apartments since then. Other than being very sore, she’s been recovering normally, it seems, and has a check-up tomorrow, and a possible trip to Guam for a final check-up.
Fact #2: This is the fourth week of school, and I’ve been teaching for almost three of those. I can now add 3rd grade to my K-4 teaching experience here in Yap. Good kids, but wow. They take a lot of energy and discipline. Mercy. We had a good time though, but I’m still quite happy and relieve that…
Fact #3: Finally! We have all our teachers! Our last one arrived from Canada/California to teach 2nd grade, so our 2nd grade teacher can teach Kindergarten/High School P.E., and our Kindergarten teacher can sub for 3rd grade until Pamela gets back, and then go back to the office. Which also means I can go back to the office (while checking on all our transitioning teachers). Ahhh. God is good. But keep praying. A lot of transition is hard, and we really need Pamela to get well soon (but we are NOT telling her that! She’s already having a hard time keeping still and resting. ☺)
Fact #4: Our school is running quite low on funds. Our tuition is about $65 a month per student, which barely keeps up with basic expenses, but we've had a lot of extra expenses this year--especially with maintenance of buildings and cars. Please help us pray, and if you feel impressed, donations are welcome. You will also be sent a receipt if you need it to be tax deductable. After all the challenges we have faced so far, I know God hasn’t brought us through this to let us run out of money. He will provide. Just help us pray, and see if God wants to let you be part of the story.
That’s enough facts for now. Thank you for all your prayer support. It’s literally how we are conquering the world each day, and the attacks that Satan likes to throw at us. God is so much bigger, and it’s so amazing to see Him come through all the time.
Fact #1: Our third grade teacher, Pamela, woke up about 3 a.m. Friday with lots of vomiting and stomach pain. My guess was appendicitis (from my own personal experience of it), and one of the nurses who is teaching here agreed. We took her to the hospital, and to make a long story short, she had surgery to remove her appendix, and it was confirmed—appendicitis. It was a good thing we didn’t wait! Whew. What an adventure. I was so worried for her in the “E.R.”—at first I wasn’t confident that they knew what they were doing. They wouldn’t give her any pain medication until the surgeon finally came in. It only took him a few minutes to diagnose possible appendicitis, and schedule surgery in 30 minutes! We all did a lot of praying that day. As I was waiting outside the surgery area, praying that she wasn’t in pain, that the surgery went well—a nurse finally came to a little opening and called me over. “Everything went fine,” she said, and then asked if I wanted to see the appendix! “Sure!” So she showed it to me! I had kind of wished they would have let me keep mine, but they never asked me. Pam didn’t want hers. Maybe I should have asked for it. ☺ I spent the rest of the afternoon, the night, and the next day (Sabbath) until I finally let Lorraine take over for the next evening shift. The Yap Hospital is definitely it’s own experience. For the most part, they were really nice and attentive, but I would still recommend taking a friend if you are staying over night, just to make sure they don’t miss anything. We are praising God that she was released from the hospital on Sunday, and has been resting in the apartments since then. Other than being very sore, she’s been recovering normally, it seems, and has a check-up tomorrow, and a possible trip to Guam for a final check-up.
Fact #2: This is the fourth week of school, and I’ve been teaching for almost three of those. I can now add 3rd grade to my K-4 teaching experience here in Yap. Good kids, but wow. They take a lot of energy and discipline. Mercy. We had a good time though, but I’m still quite happy and relieve that…
Fact #3: Finally! We have all our teachers! Our last one arrived from Canada/California to teach 2nd grade, so our 2nd grade teacher can teach Kindergarten/High School P.E., and our Kindergarten teacher can sub for 3rd grade until Pamela gets back, and then go back to the office. Which also means I can go back to the office (while checking on all our transitioning teachers). Ahhh. God is good. But keep praying. A lot of transition is hard, and we really need Pamela to get well soon (but we are NOT telling her that! She’s already having a hard time keeping still and resting. ☺)
Fact #4: Our school is running quite low on funds. Our tuition is about $65 a month per student, which barely keeps up with basic expenses, but we've had a lot of extra expenses this year--especially with maintenance of buildings and cars. Please help us pray, and if you feel impressed, donations are welcome. You will also be sent a receipt if you need it to be tax deductable. After all the challenges we have faced so far, I know God hasn’t brought us through this to let us run out of money. He will provide. Just help us pray, and see if God wants to let you be part of the story.
That’s enough facts for now. Thank you for all your prayer support. It’s literally how we are conquering the world each day, and the attacks that Satan likes to throw at us. God is so much bigger, and it’s so amazing to see Him come through all the time.
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