Last Boggess Garage Sale!

Tim accompanied me back to CTCA August 24, 25 and 26th. Treatment # 2.Went well.

We had a family camping trip scheduled for the upcoming Labor Day weekend at Williard Bay State Park. which we cancelled due to me not feeling good. The abdomen pains were sever enough that I didn't want to be caught an hour away from a medical facility. Tim set up the tent in the back yard and so we cooked , played games, watched the Kindle and camped out back -- that was fun for us. David always likes sleeping in the tent!!

September 8th I was admitted into the hospital. God is so good! I had kept quiet all night long with the pains. Watching the clock tick tock and thinking, it will go away and I need to let Tim sleep at least until his alarm goes off.

At 5 am I calmly told Tim, I think we need to go to the hospital. He texted Laura and she immediately offered to come take care of David - get him ready for school and take him to kindergarten. We prayed with her when she arrived that the ER would not be busy and that I would not have to wait long. God answered our prayer! We arrived just after 6 am. Not a soul in the ER except staff. They took my "vital info" (insurance!) and as I was choosing a seat in the waiting room, they said why don't we just take you back to a room. Thank you God!!

From there we had a great nurse and a doc. I was admitted into the hospital around 2. The delay was due to "who's jurisdiction shall we put her under". GI vs. oncology. I was wheeled up to the 9th floor. I asked the gurney guy,  "what is the 9th floor?" Thinking he would say oncology, he said he didn't know. I think he was being kind to spare me the word oncology :-)

I stayed until Wednesday afternoon - Partial bowel obstruction was the diagnosis and a low fiber diet was given. Laura and Tim alternated between staying with me at the hospital. We turned my bed from facing the TV to facing the 15' x 15' picture window. What a beautiful view we had from the 9th floor, overlooking MT. Olympus, Murray Park, State Street, Chick Fil-A, Costco. What a great scenery to feast upon while recovering!

I was to follow up with my GP upon discharge.

The strange thing about the partial bowel obstruction is that some days I had no symptoms and other days -as quick as a flash - I was curled up in a fetal position.

So I was out of the hospital and decided to pull together one last garage sale for the Boggess household! YES, a garage sale! It had been on my mind throughout the spring and summer and now was the time. Either have it or pack everything up and take it to the Thrift Store. I had been gathering stuff throughout the house and piling it in the guest room. since the spring. I quickly assessed whether or not I had enough to make a good garage sale. I did. So I set the sale for Saturday and began dragging everything out to the garage. It felt good to have the decision made and we were moving forward!! I say "we", but really it was just me. The only thing about a garage sale Tim enjoys is shopping at them. I could hold a garage sale every month, that's how much I like being involved in them. So I had agreed with Tim, that I would not mention having any more garage sales in the future after this one!

As I worked on pricing items and borrowing tables from neighbors, neighbors brought over goods for me to sell at the garage sale. Friday night Small Group came and I invited everyone for a pre-sale peek!! Actually it was a "pre-sale please take home with you tonight" invitation.

I was able to round up some last minute helpers for the garage sale. Miss Karla - David's pre-K school teacher showed up at 6 am with her girls to help us set up. Melinda and Patti and my neighbor McKelle helped with set and up and the entire day's sale.

It turned out to be a beautiful day weather wise. Sitting with girls and chatting all day was a bonus. Tim was on duty to clean the church early in the morning so David hung out with us girls for the first part of the garage sale. Once Tim finished, he took David for their weekly library visit. Everyone pitched in to close it down at 3, pack up the van and take everything left over to the Thrift Store. The garage sale turned out to be a success!!! 10% of what we earned went toward Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes!!