A grateful heart

I am starting this new years with a grateful heart listening to Mark nap in our room. This week has been a crazy week( I know I am behind on blogging on Christmas and will get to that this weekend). Last Saturday Mark's back was tight and throughout the day it got worse and worse until he and I ended up in the emergency room that night after a torturous ride for him to the hospital over railroad tracks and snow piles in the road. We were given some medicine and sent on our way. Sunday he slept most of the day but by Sunday night was in tremendous pain and I thought that I was going to have to call and ambulance to come get him since he was not able to move at all. Our awesome nephew Phil came over and gave Mark a blessing and muscle relaxants(both were definitely needed) and Mark was able to get some sleep through the night. Monday morning we headed back to the hospital and Mark ended up getting admitted after becoming really relaxed on pain meds (his blood pressure dropped to 89 over 40). He spent the next day and a half very drugged and barely alert. They gave him an MRI and eventually we were told that he has a herniated disk and just needs to walk and take some medications to get it calmed down. He will eventually need some physical therapy most likely. Last night we were able to come home from the hospital. Mark is actually starting to be able to walk around a little and not in the pain that he was before. We were really blessed to have great family support to help us this week, so that the boys were not totally abandoned and bored during their trip here. I am also grateful for the priesthood blessings that Mark was able to receive to bring him comfort during this difficult week!