Some of you might have noticed an unanticipated hiatus around here on Meri-Goes-Round in the past 5 days or so. Very late tuesday/ early Wednesday, I was awoken with searing abdominal pain. After hour of rolling around on the bathroom floor praying for vomit or nausea, wishing for something to go away, I decided to go to the ER.

Turns out my intestines had gotten themselves TWISTED upon themselves and the tissue in between had started to die. Scary stuff. Not too surprising that  it was a bit painful, I guess. They hauled me off to surgery, sliced me right down the middle, and removed part of my intestine.

The remainder of the week and weekend was spent in recovery, in the ICU, and then in the hospital. Thanks to phenomenal family, friends, and hospital staff, I was able to come home today and let man-go-round and assorted family members take over on nursing duties/ lifting duties.

I’m not sure when I can go back to work, so I might be blogging a bit more than usual in the next week or two. I won’t lie, this has really thrown me for a loop. I am daunted by the idea of having to reteach my body how to digest a potato, lift my arm to shampoo my hair, and not be in charge of everything. But as the quotes below say- I’ve got to try to see the bright side of it. It really is a new beginning. For slowing down, for doing things with intention, for listening to my body, I’m not sure. But my public service announcement is: If something seems really wrong, haul ass to the ER.

“What the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”
~Lao Tzu~

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to
see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
~Martin Luther King Jr.~

Meri