News from Sarah!

On Monday, January 12, 2015 1:53 PM, Sarah White wrote:

   I wish I could send you a picture of the X-ray! The doctor kept on telling us that Sister Fry's stomach was huge but it wasnt until she finally said "come look at the X-ray" and I got to SEE, that I started to get that it wasn't just a cold Sister Fry was down with. Her stomach was over two times as big as it should have been and the X-ray was spotted all over with trapped air. They did lots of tests but they still had no sure idea of why Sister Fry had this constant chest pain and occasional back pain. So they gave her some medicine that MIGHT work and sent her on her way! They did schedule a Xray of her stomach at the hospital. 

    They Xrayed her stomach and even with the magic drink she had they couldn't see anything to worry about. Other than that it was huge! We kept waiting hoping that somebody somehow could get us some answers. But nope! It was SUPER frustrating! I didn't know whether to make her do work and keep going like nothing was wrong. Or if I should let her rest and sleep! You may be wondering "well what did Sister Fry want to do?" The little stinker was NO help at all in the decision! She was so ready to go and do work anyway! So I had to be the one who said "no, go take a nap" or "Sister Fry we are going to the doctor!" Even though they couldn't really find anything wrong, all week I felt so strongly that we needed not to push it. So when an appointment fell through we would go back and rest. We tried to take it hour by hour and that if anything got worse or changed we would go to a doctor or let her lie down.

    IT HAS BEEN SO STRESSFUL AND SO MUCH FUN!! Sister Fry is so much fun to take care of! She lets me cook for her and bring her stuff! And that means..duh duh dahhhh!! I GET TO TAKE NAPS TOO!! One night we called the ward mission leader and Brother Johns commanded us to do something fun. SO. We played Uno. I can tell you that it not anxiety causing this because we were having so much fun and laughing so hard. Her chest STILL hurt!

    Finally this Sunday , (the day before we were supposed to go back to check up with her doctor) the chest pain got really bad and I began to feel REALLY concerned. I would see her wincing out of the corner of of my eye. So when our appointment fell through that was near the hospital I asked "is this a sign we need to go to the ER? The doctor did say if anything changes to go in!" Sister Fry "I don't know...do I really need to? I feel like I am being a baby!". We pulled over into the pharmacy by the hospital and said a prayer. Sister Fry looked so exhausted and confused. After a while I just looked at her and said "okay, come on Sister Fry lets go to the ER" after some nudging and some phone calls we went in. They did more tests. And after sitting in a small concrete room, acting like a nut because I am still out of ADD medication! After five rubber glove balloon animals! They still really don't know what is wrong with her!! They gave her some medicine that sounds a lot more promising than anything else. But this journey has been so unbelievably frustrating! I just want them to fix my baby!!! 

   The church ran out of propane on Sunday and they ended church early because it was so cold! HILARIOUS! I never thought EVER that was even possible in Mississippi! But it was! It was around 12 degrees last night!

    I love you so much! And I am having a great time in Mississippi! I am sad that I will probably have to leave the delta (cotton country/the DEEP south) soon but I will always remember my beloved...segregated...fairly racist city of Greenville. 

Sorry no spiritual stories! 

p.s we knocked on the door and this young lady answered, we asked if we could share a special message that "I know you have NEVER heard!" and she told us "well no, I am a Baptist and I was told to run from you guys!" I asked "Why? We believe in Jesus Christ?" "uhhh well that's good...I don't know. Have a good day." and closed the door. I love and hate experiences like that! I love them because I just feel so strongly and at peace with the knowledge that this is truly Jesus Christ's church, and the Spirit has NEVER confirmed any of their bashing. But I hate it, because of the hate! Their preacher in their church told them that we were bad people! He taught them to be unkind to other children of God! Which is why, I KNOW that which church you are a part of DOES matter. I want to the place I go to learn about God and Christ to teach EVERYTHING that God and Christ would want to me to know.