This is a 'big' week at our house.
1. Tomorrow I am having oral surgery. My bottom two wisdom teeth are fully impacted and, therefore, are being extracted. I have never had a surgery of any kind before and have never been under with anesthesia so I am nervous. When it comes to doctors, dentists, and the like, I have definite white coat hypertension and generally suffer from anxiety leading up to and during my appointments. This time has been no different. This appointment was made several weeks ago, and I have been dreading it from the start. Thankfully through lots of prayers this past week, I have felt the calmest I have since making the appointment. I just pray that I have a continued sense of peace going into the office tomorrow.
2. Wednesday is Josh's selection. For all of you non-military people out there this is the day in flight school where he selects with airframe he is going to fly for potentially the rest of his career in the Army. This is also the day where he will choose 3 posts that we would like to PCS to next (Permanent Change of Station AKA "move"). He, like the rest in his class, goes into a room not knowing exactly what airframes are available for him to choose and not knowing what posts are available for our next duty station. With all of those unknowns come big decisions - what does he want to fly and where do we want to go? So he has to make some big, somewhat impromptu, decisions on behalf of our family Wednesday that will have a significant affect on the 'next' stage of our lives. No pressure.
3. Thursday Josh is having oral surgery. We just found out today that he, for sure, has to have all 4 of his wisdom teeth extracted. (All four of his came in and aren't bothering him, but when the Army tells you to do something you do it.) During his consultation today they told him it might somewhat difficult because the roots of his wisdom teeth are pretty deep... And this will be 48 hrs after my surgery.
Hence my blog post title "Big Week = Prayers Please."
Please pray that both mine and Josh's surgeries go correctly and smoothly and that we would both have quick recoveries. Please pray for Josh's selection that Josh would feel confident in his decisions and that God's will for him and us would be done .
Thanks!!
Oh my gosh! I didn't know that Josh was having his out too...holy cow. You two will be so cute with your matching chipmunk cheeks and liquid diet :) (Just teasing! It's not that bad, I promise!) :) Why does the Army object to wisdom teeth, as long as they are in place and not causing any problems??
ReplyDeleteSelection sounds like a big scary process but the two of you have talked it out and I'm sure that your trust in him will be reaffirmed when you guys get sent to sunny Hawaii ;) Good luck! I'll be thinking of you guys this week!!