A little bit of faith

The past couple weeks have been hard. The past couple of months have been hard!

For a while my husband has had a cough. It started out small, something you would not think twice about. Recently, though, the cough has increased, and he began to feel pressure in his chest and extreme fatigue. So of course we made an appointment to see the doctor.

First, they said it was sinus, then said allergies. We convinced them to reluctantly send us to a specialist ear, nose, throat doctor after a couple weeks on sinus and allergy medicine had no effect on Adam's health. We called to make the appointment only to find they were scheduling a month out which was disappointing.

This past weekend, Adam really started to feel bad. So bad that we felt we needed to go to the emergency room (which had been a suggestion of our doctor's office). We arrived, got checked in, only to be repeatedly asked by every nurse who saw us, "Why exactly did you decide to visit the ER today?" An unsympathetic reaction to say the least.

We got back to the exam room after having Adam's vitals checked. By this time, we pretty much knew our trip was quickly spiraling into wasted money and effort. Our final nurse came in, asked again for his symptoms, and then started to prepare us for the fact that nothing could be done for my husband. She wrote him a couple prescriptions to get us through the next several days and sent us on our way.

We somehow made it through the weekend and now have one more weekend to go to his ENT appointment, but it seems like an eternity away. I sat down at my weekly mom's group meeting when right beside me sat the last nurse from the ER. No joke. It's a pretty large group, and I obviously do not know every lady there. Seeing her made me still feel angry about the situation.

I deeply respect healthcare professionals, but nothing makes me angrier than when they say there’s nothing wrong with you {even though you don’t feel good}. It just seems like the human body is so complex there’s no way for a doctor or nurse to say with certainty that there’s nothing wrong with you. If you don’t know, then great, say “I don’t know,” but we’ve had so many people try to simply say there’s nothing wrong, and I’m not sure how they feel so confident in themselves to say that.

If you could keep Adam in your prayers, it would mean a lot to us. We have been praying for him as a family every night. Pray it is nothing serious, and that we will have strength to get through this trial. Prayer is so important. Trials like this can bring you closer to God and those around you if you allow it.