This week God was moving in incredible ways and yet again we were shown that God was completely in control. I shared a few months ago (Baby Announcement) about how in the beginning of this pregnancy we thought that Joshua David wasn't going to make it, yet God put His hands of protection on our little boy.
On Wednesday I woke up with some strange symptoms and went to the doctor. He said I probably had Chikungunya and had me do blood work to verify. My platelets were low. The doctor had me repeat the blood work on Thursday morning and my platelets had dropped to an unsafe level. The doctor had me admitted and said I had Dengue. I was going to be in the hospital for a minimum of four days for treatment. I was less than thrilled and didn't want to be there at all. My fever continued to grow and was reaching a level that could be harmful for the baby so I went for an ultrasound. We discovered the umbilical cord was around his neck, but it wasn't a big deal because he had three more weeks until his due date. Later that night I tried to lay down and get some sleep. I just felt awful from the high fever, severe joint paint and back pain. I was just crying out to God to take away my symptoms so I could feel better. Around eleven o'clock at night my water broke and I was fever free!
All night our doctor diligently checked Josh's heart beat to make sure that the umbilical chord wasn't hindering Josh from recovering from the contractions. He did great and by eleven o'clock the next morning we were ready to deliver. Due to the position of the umbilical cord we had to do a c-section after an hour of pushing, but that is the main point in this whole blog post. The doctor had all the information he needed and knew about the umbilical chord because I was in the hospital. I didn't want to be there at all, but if I hadn't been then we wouldn't have had that last minute ultrasound just a few hours before I went into labor. God had us just where we needed to be even if I didn't like it.
This is a lesson that I know I will continue to learn over and over, but God is in control. He has our best interests at heart and will never leave nor forsake us. The next time you are in hard or strange circumstances, try to look around and figure out what you can learn.
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