Poor Girl!

It has been an interesting few days since Alison's surgery. Poor girl has been in pain, bearable though until last night. She is also always hungry because nothing tastes good except ice cream, and the few things she can and will eat (only soft things of course) aren't always healthy and certainly not filling. So about every 10 minutes I am challenged with the words, "I'm Hungry" to find something for her to eat that will satisfy. We have tried Chicken noodle soup, normally a favorite but not now, chocolate chips muffins, chocolate pudding (chocolate is her favorite) applesauce, mashed potatoes, bread, jello, mac an cheese, yogurt and many more.

The only things that do work are Ice cream, preferably chocolate, she is sick of it but she says it helps the pain, otter pops, and chocolate Pediasure.

I wanted to cry for her last night while she was in so much pain. She had a little writing board, the kind you write on then lift the gray paper to erase, she said it hurt to talk so she would write her message and I or Tyler would read it out loud. One particular message tugged at my heart, it said "Mom, make it stop!" I wish I could.

She did better today, then tonight we went to a family baby shower and after she was in alot of pain and felt sick. When we got home she finally, on her own, asked Jarin for a blessing and also asked for our neighbor to assist. Our friend got ready and came down to help, she still wasn't feeling well but seemed a little calmer. I hope this is the hump we were waiting for. Three or so days after the surgery the scabs fall off and cause alot of pain then it gets progressively better.

Tomorrow we will try pancakes and my Cheesy potato soup she requested (doesn't mean she will eat it!) and pray for the end of this trial for her. Hopefully she can eat a sandwich soon, otherwise I don't know what to send to school with her for lunch Monday, maybe she won't go, time will tell.

Poor little girl, it is so hard to be a parent, to make decisions you know are for the best and have to be done but will also cause them so much pain! I couldn't imagine it on a larger scale of our Father in Heaven, he has made these decisions for each of us and I know he hurts when we do, I know he is there for us to lean on just like Alison can lean on us. I am grateful for my trials because I know they were given to me by a loving Father who knew what I needed to experience in my life and he will be there to help me through them. I have Faith in him.