Thursday Is The Day:)

I spent the remainder of the weekend mulling over the loan offer from my FIL. I've decided to accept his offer to loan us the money. If he can justify keeping it a secret from his wife then I guess I will just go along with it. He's the one that will have to deal with the repercussions, should she find out. I did tell him that it made me uncomfortable and I feel like it is being dishonest. If she was to come right out and ask me if he loaned usthe money, I won't lie to her. He understands my need to be honest and he has agreed that if she straight up asks I can tell her the truth. That made the decision easier for me to make. I can't intentionally lie to someone. I want to set a good example for my girls. How can I teach them honesty if they witness me practicing dishonesty?

I called another Oral Surgeon this morning and spoke with the office manager. Their office was closed when I tried to call on Friday so I had made a note to call back on Monday. I explained to her about my lack of insurance and told her that my mouth has been hurting for almost 2 weeks now. I told her about my other 2 dental appointments, my 3 extractions last week, and my fractured jaw. I told her that I was dealing with constant pain and could eat very little, mainly soup. I cry constantly and can't sleep. I scheduled an appointment for this Thursday, March 11 at 9:55. It was originally planned to be a consult appointment. I was going to go ahead and get that out of the way so that when I come up with the rest of the money that I need I will be able to schedule for the surgery. After hanging up the phone, I said a silent thank you to God for getting me this far. Just last week, coming up with that much money seemed like an impossible goal. Not even a week later, here I am taking the first steps toward getting my surgery done. Fifteen minutes later, that same office manager called me back. She had spoken with the surgeon and told him about my situation. He has agreed to see me on Thursday and will not only do my consult, but is going to do the surgery for me the same day! They usually have a stict policy of only taking full payments, but he has decided to make an exception for me. He said that 2 weeks was a long time to have that kind of pain and that he didn't see any reason to prolong it just because I was missing a couple hundred dollars for payment. I can pay them the $400 that I have and they will work with me on the balance. Praise God! There is an end in sight:) I am so happy!

On a different subject, my big girls are home with me today. They were feeling a little yucky this morning. Both were a little warm with a low grade fever and neither one of them looked like they were feeling well. I figured I better keep them home and let them rest a little today. I was just hoping they aren't trying to get a virus that's been going around the schools here. I wish I could say that they were actually resting, but I can't. Right now, they are playing in a tent we have set up in the living room. Delaney is tickled to have them home to play with. Funny thing is, the fevers are down and they are suddenly feeling just fine:) Come to think of it, I didn't even have to give them any tylenol or motrin. Maybe it was a mild case of school-itis? Ha! Hope it's just the 24 hour variety:)