Continuing to Recover

I haven't posted for a while about my injury. Physical therapy ended the last day of last semester. They even gave me a t-shirt! Since then, it has been like taking one step at a time on the road to recovery.

Over break I had gone to the doctor who attended to me when the accident happened. I have one more appointment coming up in a few months. The doctor had said so far, I'm doing well, but he pointedly told me that I needed to lose weight to help relieve the pressure on my hip. The activities that I can participate in are quite limited when it comes to my hip. I can't do sports or run. Walking is okay if I'm smart about it. So basically I can do the bike or elliptical. I miss playing soccer... and I hope that someday I will be able to play again with out having to worry about injuring my silly hip.

When someone chucks the crutches or whatever they had to help them with their injury, one usually doesn't think about that injury anymore because that person is back to normal. I have learned that "normal" won't be achieved for quite a while yet. It has been so neat how slowly I am getting better. I don't have to use a grabber (yes, just like an older people use) to put on my socks. I even tied my shoe while it was still on my foot the other day. This is quite the achievement since I have not done so since my accident happened. I am regaining my flexibility slowly, but it's taking work. The last week I have worked out almost every day for a good amount of time.

Does my hip still give me pain? Sometimes. Like if I over do it at a college activity (which was SO much fun by the way), or sometimes I just step wrong and the muscles around my hip didn't like what I did. Such pain, however, is nothing compared to the first months after my accident. God has been so faithful and helping me through this situation. His grace always amazes me.

So there. An update on my hip and the road to recovery. It's a long path to tread, but I have an Awesome God and great friends who encourage me as continue onward towards full recovery.

A Quick Post Between Classes

Hello all! As I have expressed before, this semester has been quite the rollercoaster of projects, homework, and tests at every rise and fall. Next week will be Missions conference already. I am super excited because the pastor from the church in Erlangen, Germany is one of our speakers. It is always nice to see the people who I met over seas.

Speaking of such people, I was able to see the couple we spent time with our first week there a few weeks ago. Ted and Becky are currently on furlough and live only a few blocks from the school. They are such a fun couple! They, of course, fed us, and we were able to catch up for a bit. Just like all the other people we stayed with, Ted and Becky have such an interest in what is going on in our lives and wanting to know what are plans are. I love knowing that there are people praying for me as I make different life decisions.

So, my junior year is almost over! Isn't that so unreal? By this time next year I will be interning, pumping up my application, and getting ready to graduate! It sometimes feels a bit a unreal, but that excitement of achieving a degree is starting to creep in as well. As of late, I have been thinking a lot about my future but I will save my musings for a separate post.

God's goodness always astounds me. You'd think that I would always remember how He is in control and remember His love and care for me. But honestly? There are times that my focus is so skewed that God has to do something to turn my gaze towards Him. He gives me the grace and strength to live each day. I will especially be relying upon that today as I finish up papers, presentations, and study for my 3rd exam for this week.

Well, it's time to head to public speaking. Hopefully the ant hill will calm down enough for me to post again soon. :)