Down and Out... For Now...

Hola Todos!

So no one is going to believe the week I have had. Its kind of a joke almost.... you know some thing that would come out of a move or some thing like that... the truth is... as a result of all the things that happened this week I am living with members in Chitre... my companion is in Santiago with a mini missionary... and I might need surgery in my ankle...

Before anyone freaks out I want you all to breath and just listen to what happend... si? Perfecto... vamos pues..

So we went in on Wednesday to get my cast taken off.. two doctors looked at the X Ray... confirmed that the ligaments were pulled and told me to rest for five days in bed before going out to work like normal again.. then they referred us to the orthapeda (I cannot remember how to say it in English... lo siento!). They took off the cast and all I could think was how embarresed I was about my leg... my first instinct was to step off the table and start walking.. it was really comical when the two doctors there and Hna Gaete (my companion for the day... she is from Costa Rica and speaks perfect English and perfect Spanish) all said... no!... at the same time. 

At that point the doctor decided to look at my X ray from three weeks ago... and told us that the bones in my ankle are completely separated... he sent us out of the room to consult with two other specialists and when he called us back in he explained  to us that he wanted to do surgery.. basicaly he wante dto go in an put in a pin that would unite the bones together the way they should be.. it would be like a fifteen minute surgery with a five week recovery minimum... so he told us to come back the next day to talk about specifics and we left calling everyone from the mission president to our Zone Leaders to expalin what was happening...

We went back the next morning and he told us he wanted to schedule the surgery fro the following day...¿que rapido verdad? so we said okay but that we needed to get the surgery approved with the doctor of the mission and my mission president... well at 8 o clock that night President Carmack called me and told me that he did not want me gonig through with the surgery... that next morning we went back to let the doctor know and we learned that there was some kind of protest and so we could not do it anyway.. God works in mysterious ways... 

So they decided to take another X Ray at which point they found that the bones were a little closer together... not the way they should be but a little bit so they gave me a brace... with orders to the not touch my foot to the ground and an appoitment for Thusday... 

So you guys are getting  really watered down version but basically my options at the moment are four weeks of intense physical therapy without surgery... or surgery with a minimum of a five week recovery... I am living with wonderful members and doing my best to stay focused on the things of the mission.. Hna. Chavez is helping a lot... she calls me a lot and tells me what happening in my last area to make me feel like in some way I am still apart of this work...

I know that God gives us trials for a reason... I know that there are things I have to learn about myself and even more things that I have to learn about Him through this experience... I hope that through this trial I can know my Savior better... that I can truly to understand the man aquinted with grief... I know that there is a light at the end of all of this... and I am doing my best to keep my focus on the Lord...

I love you all so much... I will let you know next week what is happening... likely I will be in Panama with a different family but only time will tell... the Church is true... God loves us and he sends us trials because He loves... always remember that... keep on keepin on... never forget who you are. 

Con Amor, 

Hna. Wilson

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