Life is full of unexpected things.....

my oh my!!! it's been forever since i've updated this thing. I'll make it quick and short....first of all around the 2nd week of Aug. (12 days after my ovarian cyst thing), Dean and I decided to take a fun little trip to Oakland Cali to see my ole roommate get married. well we had one fun day with my roommate and her fiance and then it was cut short cuz i was having a really high fever, my abdomen was big and in pain. So Dean, being the great husband he is, drove us all the way back straight to Logan Ut-13 hours nonstop- so I could go to the hospital. After a couple hours of tests the doctor came in and said " Well we are going to have to do surgery, your appendix has been ruptured for quite awhile." I got scared for a little bit then I just got kind of worried not because of my ruptured appendix but because school was starting a week later and I knew I couldn't miss or get behind. (I'm so dumb!) We had only a few mins so Dean gave me a blessing and we kissed goodbye as they took me to the operating room-that was by far the most scary and terrible moment of it all cuz I felt so alone. A normal appendectomy usually lasts a half hour to an hour, my procedure took 4 1/2 hours!!! My appendix ended up bursting, fusing it self to the intestines and capsulated itself and was trying to heal. So the surgeon had to remove a chunk of my colon! My scar is Awesome!!! I was in the hospital for 4 days and it was a tough recovery, after experiencing this I appreciate walking, running, eating, sleeping a full night sleep, everything! I'm so blessed to not only have recovered quickly but to be ALiVe!! Dean was my companion sleeping on the hospital floor for 3 days and waiting on me hand and foot for a week later. I'm so thankful for him and for my father in Heaven blessing me with my life. I've now started xray school and I absolutely LOVE it!!! I've never been so happy to go to school:) and we have moved to Logan and we ride our bikes to work and school-so fun!! I know I've had that trial for a reason and I've already realized what it is I needed to learn. Thanks to all my family and friends who visited me and helped and supported me! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

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