I would be very ungrateful if I didn't try and express how blessed I felt over the holidays. Let me just try to explain how much I felt God's hand in our lives. Cam got home safely the very first day of his break - (and also got first class which is always nice). It was just so nice having him here again - and life went back to my normal for a while. He does have a tendency to stay up too late and sleep in too late, but I was the same way at his age so I really shouldn't point fingers.
I think I posted about Cam's ear problem quite a while ago - about how he needed to have surgery to repair a hole in his eardrum. He has been stressing about this surgery and wondering when we would be able to actually do it. He wants to be able to put his mission papers in as soon as possible (seeing that he is the very youngest of all of his friends) and he also wants to attend spring semester which he wouldn't be able to do if he had to have surgery. He wouldn't be able to fly for a while and the surgeon is very renowned and extremely difficult to schedule. I put him on a waiting list and hoped (and prayed) that Cam might be able to get it done over the holidays. I scheduled an appointment with the surgeon so that we could be established as a patient and get that hurdle out of the way. Our appointment was the Thursday before Christmas. While we were speaking to the doctor, tentatively planning on June (meaning Cam's papers would get delayed) for the surgery a nurse opened the door and said someone just called to cancel a surgery for the 27th and do we want it? We jumped at the chance and signed right up. Luck? I think not.
We had a very quiet Christmas, just the three of us. We are usually in Utah over Christmas - so it was a little different than what we are accustomed to - but Cam wanted to spend some time at home since he hasn't been home since August.
The Monday after Christmas we went down for the surgery. We had a long wait - and for a little while it looked like we weren't going to be able to get the surgery room - but it all worked out and we were able to get in and get it done. The procedure went well, or at least that is what the doctor reported to Cory and I after the fact. We really liked the surgeon and learned that day from nearly all of the nurses how very important he was in his field - the best! Every time Cam has had anything done I have been brought into the room after he was awake. This time they came and got me while Cam was still very much out of it - it was unnerving to be with him, holding his hand while he was still so removed - so very much asleep - it was a little scary to me and a relief when he finally came to.
Cam got home and all continued to go amazingly well. He could hear out of his ear and didn't have much pain at all. He was very tired and had a lot of drainage - but he was supposed to. It really wasn't even as difficult as him getting his wisdom teeth pulled last spring break (he could eat and talk and wasn't in as much pain).
Cory and I started working on our plans to get Cam back up to Utah (since he couldn't fly). We rented a car to pick up here and leave in Utah (so that I could fly home). We were worried about bad weather and Cam's ear pain while we drove to a much higher elevation. Let me just say - Everything down to the very last detail turned out perfect. Cam and I listened to books on tape while we drove - we made very good time. We had nearly perfect weather the entire trip (with the exception of a patch of severe wind in Wyoming). Cory was available for us to contact and get us a room over the internet when we could see how far we were going to be able to travel the first day. Cam only had one area where his ear popped and hurt a little. Cory was able to take that weekend off and meet us up there.
This might seem like a boring post - it might seem like I am making more of the situation than I should. It is hard to explain how one feels God. I felt Him during this entire break. I felt his comfort and His assistance. I felt Him intercede for us - to help us do what we needed to do.
One week after surgery - I drove Cam back down to BYU and dropped him off. It wasn't nearly as difficult as the first time (and I felt Him in that too). It also made me feel better knowing that Cam's roommate is his best friend - and I know him, and was able to ask him about helping Cam do the things he needed to do for his ear. I'm so grateful that it is done - that it isn't hanging over our heads anymore. Cam will be able to put his papers in on schedule and also attend spring semester. God is good.
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