DAY 56

Pain is necessary, it makes us thankful for the moments we are pain-free.

Some days you just need chocolate, today was one of those days. My mom was discharged from the hospital today. She was admitted on Saturday for severe abdominal pain. Prior to pain medication, her blood pressure was 194/104 (for those who don’t know, that’s stroke city). She is in PAIN. The ER doctor orders pain medication, 15 mins later her blood pressure is 124/74 (perfection). Why am I telling you this not so exciting story? I have a point…I promise. She was admitted and given pain medication every 2-4 hours to control her pain. Today she was discharged, and the doctor (one who did not see her at all except to discharge her) writes her NO orders for pain medication. NONE. Zip. Zilch. I was livid. It takes a lot, and I mean A LOT, to get me angry. You have to put in effort. We go home and not even three hours later my mom is back to where she was on Saturday, the reason we took her in the first place.

This story is a picture of life…I told you I had a point. As we continue our sojourn of life, we will encounter pain. All pain has a root cause, being something or someone that inflicts it. No pain is random. All pain hurts. All these statements about pain are true. Here’s another truth. Most times, instead of dealing with the root cause, we take pain medication that deadens the pain, but doesn’t cure the problem. So, what happens? We get sent home and two hours later the pain is back. If they had figured out the root cause of my mom’s pain, we could fix it. Same in life, except most times we know the root cause. However, we are too scared to fix it, so we walk around medicated but not healed. I am pushing through till my mom finds a solution and not just a quick fix. In life we should do the same…push through the pain, find the cause…eradicate it. Pain medicine eventually wears off. The cure lasts forever.