I totally forgot to document the miracle that occurred early in December when I got really sick!
The Thursday before we went to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, I was feeling a bit under the weather but had too many things on my list to take a day off so I just pushed through and prayed that I made it through the day.
I woke up Friday even worse and Saturday even worse than that. But each day was busier than the last and I couldn’t cancel. People were relying on me. So I took the opportunity to die Saturday night and all day Sunday. When I woke Monday morning I was actually feeling pretty good and figured I could make it to Monterrey. I really didn’t want to let my kids down and I enjoy the day too.
So we went and had a fabulous time. Unfortunately though about 2pm I started fading fast. It was a combo of feeling tired, having a headache, body aches and just extreme fatigue. I figured I could just push through like I had done the other days, but my body was done and just shut down.
By the time we left the Aquarium and headed back to the park I was talking myself through how I was going to get home. Only a few minutes at the park revealed to me that driving home was not an option and I started figuring out what I should do. 30 minutes later when the kids were too cold and the sky was darkening we headed back to the van and the realization that I had to do something at that point hit me and I lost it.
I just melted. I was so sick and my headache was so bad and I was so nauseous I was afraid to drive home but didn’t know what other option I had.
***SIDE NOTE*** A few years ago my brother was visiting with his family. We had just spent the day at the beach and as I was driving home (with my brother and his kids and all of my kids in the van) I started to feel sick. I just shook it off and figured I could make it home. But a few miles from the exit something happened and I started drifting around the freeway. My brother shook me back to consciousness and asked me if he could drive. I pulled over got out and puked all over the freeway. I was ill for days afterward. This scenario played over and over in my mind. But this time there was no other adult to rescue me if I started drifting.
ANYWAY:
I realized I needed to find a store and buy some medication and then sleep in the van for an hour or so and then I could probably drive home. The only store I had recalled seeing was a Smart and Final. I’m not very familiar with Monterrey and I don’t have GPS. So off to Smart and Final I went. Note: S&F is NOT the place to buy medication to ward off whatever it was I had!
While I was in the store I got a phone call from a friend who I bumped into at the aquarium. Her daughter had hung out with us for a while and she left her jacket with us. Gloria had called me to see if we were still in Monterrey and if so could she get her daughter’s jacket from me. I was already a mess and there was no way to hide it. She was able to get my location out of me and came and found me.
Her husband had come with her and by the time they got to me they had it all arranged. All the kids piled into my van and I got into Gloria’s and she drove me home. I slept along the back seat of her van the whole way. I took medication before she got to me. How much I’m not sure but when I woke up at my house I was feeling much better (and pretty light headed….) :o)
I spent the next few days in bed pretty miserable. What I had exactly I don’t know. What I do know is that the headache was so bad, I thought my brain would explode out my ears. Seriously people, it was HORRIBLE!!
The miracle that day was having Gloria. Gloria had not taken her kids to the aquarium in years. Not only that but having her husband come too was abnormal. Then to have her daughter leave her jacket and have her call wanting it even though we live pretty close to each other. It was all planned. The Lord knew what would happen and placed miracles along the way to keep my family and I safe. What a glorious time we live in. Miracles do happen. Faith can increase. The Lord DOES love us. He is aware of us and our needs. He even rescues us when we make stupid mistakes. He knows our hearts and knows what decisions we will make so clearly. I am thankful for my Loving Heavenly Father and his knowledge of me.
I love this! I am so glad you are all safe. Being a sick mom is the worst cause kids don’t often let you take a sick day and take care of themselves. Hopefully everything is ok with you!
Oh my goodness, this is like my worst nightmare!! It sounds like you may have gotten a migraine. A lot of people get nausea with migraines, and changes in altitude/weather can trigger them. Also stress can trigger them ;-) Pretty soon Jaime will be able to be a back up driver!
I will say it was a migraine. My get bad with weather, so that could be it. You might have just been sick, but then got a migraine on top of it. I am glad that you were able to recognize the blessings. The Lord does look out for us. I am glad that every thing is well now.
Just reading this made me cry. We are so blessed. I am so glad the Lord took care of you when your brother couldn’t. :) Thanks for sharing this miracle. Steve got the flu this year (first time ever) and his biggest problem was his HEADACHE!! He thought he was going to die. He was SOOOO sick. I wonder if you had the same thing??? You know the flu is not puking? That’s the “stomach flu” the doc said. He said the “flu” that kills people is from the neck up, then it settles in your respiratory system (chest), that’s when it could be really scary, so you have to be sure you don’t let it settle. I bet that’s what you had. I am SOOO sorry!