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Where was God? Part 1
Part 1
I have to go back almost 19 years to begin this story. My walk with the Lord was very strong then. As a matter of fact I didn't even drive my car without asking God with way we should go. I can remember that it was a clod winter day. I was working in the basement of the business I owned with four other guys. We had just received a delivery of machines and I was stacking them. Each box weighed around 43 pounds. I had been having another headache and this one had lasted for five days. I tried not to let them change my actions towards other people, but I guess they had gotten the better of me. The headaches had been going on for about a year now and I was at my wits end trying to get them to stop. I had been going to the doctors for over tow months trying different medications to stop them. Because nothing seemed to work my doctor asked me to go for an X-Ray of my head. I laughed it off saying that they wouldn’t find anything in there.
Around 10 o’clock the phone rang. Someone yelled down to me that it was for me. I answered on the extension down stirs. It was the doctor’s office. Not only that, the doctor himself had called me. He told me that they saw something on the X-Ray, but they needed another test to be sure. He didn’t want to worry me because he said it could be nothing. I was to go to the hospital and get a cat scan. The doctor said he called ahead an order it. I should go on my way home to get it done. I called my wife and told her I’d be late for dinner because I had to stop and have this test done. Bobbie ask what it was for. I told her that they weren’t sure and it was just to make things clear for them.
The next day I got another call from the doctor telling me to go for an MRI. Back then MRIs were just coming out. I ask what that was and the doctor explained that it was the most advanced test they could do with actually be admitted into the hospital. He told me the test was already setup and that I should leave work and have it done. Things were starting to weigh heavy on my mind and I guess the doctor knew this. He told me to stop by the Pharmacy and pickup a prescription he had called in for me. When I ask what the script was I was told Valium. Valium hadn’t been around very long and when I ask about it I was told that it was the BEST thing on the market. I was told not to take it until I got home.
I went for the MRI and on the way home I took one of the Valium. They were the 10 Mg. Ones and needless to say I slept like a baby that night. When I woke up the next morning my headache was gone. I felt great and headed off to work. Once at work I had just sat down with a cup of coffee and was informed to call my doctor. I thought this was strange because his office didn’t open for another 20 minutes. I called any way and he answered the phone. He told me to come into his office and bring my wife.. I called home and told my wife to get the children ready and herself ready. We had to go to the doctors office to talk with the doctor. When she ask me what was wrong I couldn’t tell because I didn’t know. The doctor told me to have someone drive me home and NOT to pick anything up over 10 pounds.
My partners drive me home and wished me well. I picked my family up and we drove to the doctors office. By this time it was packed. We had no sooner sat down and I was called. The nurse said to leave the children with her and go into the doctor’s office. We did and the doctor was waiting for us. He sat us down and this was the following conversation…
I was informed that I had an Aneurysm in the pain center of my brain. He said to picture a bubble in the sidewall of a car tire. The more weight that got placed on it or the more miles place on it, it would sooner or later burst. The good news was that they had found it in time. The bad news was that it was in an area that they knew little about. It was going to take time and money to figure out. We were to go home and call the insurance company and talk with them about what kind of coverage I would have with this problem. Then call the doctor back and he could start working from there.
Needless to say, we were devastated by this news. Bobbie was crying, I was crying and the doctor was patting us both on the back trying to consol us. We gathered our composure together and left the office. I was numb and couldn’t even think. I take that back, a million things were going through my mind. I was told to stop working and stay home. I was to do Nothing….. What was I going to tell my partners, what were we going to say to the Insurance company, what would we say to the children- would we say anything to the children.. A million and one questions, with no answers.
Written by Richard
Part 1
I have to go back almost 19 years to begin this story. My walk with the Lord was very strong then. As a matter of fact I didn't even drive my car without asking God with way we should go. I can remember that it was a clod winter day. I was working in the basement of the business I owned with four other guys. We had just received a delivery of machines and I was stacking them. Each box weighed around 43 pounds. I had been having another headache and this one had lasted for five days. I tried not to let them change my actions towards other people, but I guess they had gotten the better of me. The headaches had been going on for about a year now and I was at my wits end trying to get them to stop. I had been going to the doctors for over tow months trying different medications to stop them. Because nothing seemed to work my doctor asked me to go for an X-Ray of my head. I laughed it off saying that they wouldn’t find anything in there.
Around 10 o’clock the phone rang. Someone yelled down to me that it was for me. I answered on the extension down stirs. It was the doctor’s office. Not only that, the doctor himself had called me. He told me that they saw something on the X-Ray, but they needed another test to be sure. He didn’t want to worry me because he said it could be nothing. I was to go to the hospital and get a cat scan. The doctor said he called ahead an order it. I should go on my way home to get it done. I called my wife and told her I’d be late for dinner because I had to stop and have this test done. Bobbie ask what it was for. I told her that they weren’t sure and it was just to make things clear for them.
The next day I got another call from the doctor telling me to go for an MRI. Back then MRIs were just coming out. I ask what that was and the doctor explained that it was the most advanced test they could do with actually be admitted into the hospital. He told me the test was already setup and that I should leave work and have it done. Things were starting to weigh heavy on my mind and I guess the doctor knew this. He told me to stop by the Pharmacy and pickup a prescription he had called in for me. When I ask what the script was I was told Valium. Valium hadn’t been around very long and when I ask about it I was told that it was the BEST thing on the market. I was told not to take it until I got home.
I went for the MRI and on the way home I took one of the Valium. They were the 10 Mg. Ones and needless to say I slept like a baby that night. When I woke up the next morning my headache was gone. I felt great and headed off to work. Once at work I had just sat down with a cup of coffee and was informed to call my doctor. I thought this was strange because his office didn’t open for another 20 minutes. I called any way and he answered the phone. He told me to come into his office and bring my wife.. I called home and told my wife to get the children ready and herself ready. We had to go to the doctors office to talk with the doctor. When she ask me what was wrong I couldn’t tell because I didn’t know. The doctor told me to have someone drive me home and NOT to pick anything up over 10 pounds.
My partners drive me home and wished me well. I picked my family up and we drove to the doctors office. By this time it was packed. We had no sooner sat down and I was called. The nurse said to leave the children with her and go into the doctor’s office. We did and the doctor was waiting for us. He sat us down and this was the following conversation…
I was informed that I had an Aneurysm in the pain center of my brain. He said to picture a bubble in the sidewall of a car tire. The more weight that got placed on it or the more miles place on it, it would sooner or later burst. The good news was that they had found it in time. The bad news was that it was in an area that they knew little about. It was going to take time and money to figure out. We were to go home and call the insurance company and talk with them about what kind of coverage I would have with this problem. Then call the doctor back and he could start working from there.
Needless to say, we were devastated by this news. Bobbie was crying, I was crying and the doctor was patting us both on the back trying to consol us. We gathered our composure together and left the office. I was numb and couldn’t even think. I take that back, a million things were going through my mind. I was told to stop working and stay home. I was to do Nothing….. What was I going to tell my partners, what were we going to say to the Insurance company, what would we say to the children- would we say anything to the children.. A million and one questions, with no answers.
Written by Richard
