A 10cm Mass on My Liver & Healing from the Great HEALER!

 

 

"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be on my mouth.  My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad.  Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. 

I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.  They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.  This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.  The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.

Oh taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!  Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!  There is no want to those who fear Him.  The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing."

Psalm 34:1-10

 

            

                                   

For those of you who did not know, about three weeks ago I went to the doctor because of pain I was experiencing in my back and upper abdomen (right under my chest).  I had already been to the chiropractor thinking the pain was from something wrong with my back.  Everything was fine for a few weeks after seeing the chiropractor until I had another episode.  So I decided to call my doctor and when I explained my symptoms to her she suggested that I had gallbladder issues and that I should get an ultrasound done to see if I had gallstones. 

 

About 2 weeks ago I went in for an ultrasound and the results came back with some scary news.  I did have gallstones but they had also found a 10 cm mass on my liver.  From what they could tell it seemed like it wasn't too serious, maybe a cyst or hemangioma.  But I needed to get an MRI to find out for sure. 

 

This past Wednesday I went in for the MRI.  During the 30 minute MRI I was able to listen to praise music and I had such a sweet time of worship with my Lord.  A time of prayer and calling out to Him.  A time of turning my heart to Him, putting my trust in Him no matter what the results showed. 

 

Well, today I got the call from my doctor with the results.  The mass was not there! My doctor hardly knew what to say to me.  She commented about how crazy it was that this was happening again, where they had found something wrong and upon further investigation it was gone.  (This happened with this previous pregnancy when the Lord healed baby Elijah from any trouble with his kidneys and moved my placenta out of the way so that I could have a natural birth)  My doctor hardly knew what to say, but I knew.  The LORD HEALED ME!  All I could think to do was praise and thank Him for healing me and in such an incredible way.  The 10 cm mass did not show up at all in the MRI, it was gone.  And the gallstones, she mentioned, were small and quite insignificant, no need for surgery to remove my gallbladder, even though I was going to suggest not having surgery anyway.  Everything looked normal and good!

 

PRAISE THE LORD!!  He heard our prayers and chose to heal me.  I am so thankful!  And thank you for those who prayed.  Know that the Lord preformed a miracle and deserves all the glory!! 

Lifestyle Photography {Play Time}

Someone Got A Haircut

My vote to keep Zeke's hair long was vetoed as tick season is upon us, and oh it is SO gross!! 

I love his long hair, I think he looks so cute and handsome.  It makes me think of the beach.  Long hair fits him.

But he's wanted his hair cut short for a while now so he could match his dad.

Up till now I've said no but with tick season upon us I think it's a good time for a change.  Less hair to search through every night, the better.

But I was still reluctant.

And I have NO IDEA WHY I was reluctant.

He looks SO handsome with his hair cut.  Apparently short hair fits him too.  Nathan has been laughing at me while I've been working on the photos telling me that I'm swooning over Zeke's hair.  haha! 

I think he'll be a little heart breaker.

Anyways, here's the transformation that took place this morning.

The new and improved Zeke hair cut!

 

 

 

Thunderstorm Destruction

Spring has finally sprung around here, finally, and it came in with a bang.  Or at least temperatures that made it feel more like Summer instead of Spring.  There are no more freezing temperatures or blizzards and 5 ft snow banks to shovel out of but now there are thunderstorms.  And being on our hill makes those thunderstorms pretty exciting!

The other night I woke to the sound of a storm raging outside.  I quickly turned to Nate and woke him up, he can sleep through anything, and told him to get up and bring out patio furniture inside because there was a storm and I didn't want the furniture to blow off our hill and down into our neighbors house below us.  But by the time he was up and dressed it was too late to head outside.  The storm was raging and it was completely unsafe to go outside, let alone be near any of our large windows.  We went around and closed all our curtains in case any of the windows broke and waited for the storm to pass.

As soon as the thunderstorm passed it was completely calm with clear skys and we decided to head outside in the dark to see what the damage was.  We were shocked.  Our garage door had buckled over and our house was completely covered in mud on the front.  I thought window cleaning would be on my spring cleaning list but I didn't expect exterior house cleaning would be on it as well. 

The following day brought the strongest winds we've experienced yet on our hill and Nate had to come home early from work to save our roof as we had shingles flying off left and right. 

The whole ordeal was a little wild and we're thankful all the 'damage' was repairable and nothing severe. 

But it did make us wonder what we were thinking when we decided to build a house on a hill in North Dakota!