Dave Ogren...ah, the memories

Last night I paid a visit to the ER at "HH". When I woke up Sunday morning, I thought I was just sore from Crazy Bounce. But as the day went on, I started to ache in more places than just my neck. At 10:30 p.m., when I could only lift my arms a couple of inches, my mom thought it would be a good idea to head to ER to figure out what was wrong.

As the car pulled up to the main entrance, I was filled with a bittersweet feeling. This was the same block where the old church stood and I where I spent a lot of my time as a child. The church where my parents were married, I was baptized, and went to school. I walked slowly(partly because I was in pain) and everything looked SO much smaller than I remember it: the block, the houses across the street, and the hospital building. I really miss the old church.

I had more memories as I was waiting to see the doctor. It was really interesting to see how similar the process of ER was to how we run the medical clinics in Thailand. I waited in the waiting room --> went to triage --> waited to get checked on my the doctor --> got check up on(x-ray) --> and got any medicine I needed. Of course there were the differences like 4 people in the HH waiting area vs. 100 village people and being in a beautiful enclosed building vs. underneath makeshift tents. More memories entered my mind when Dave Ogren walked in the room to check on me, followed by Mr. Evans to see how I was doing. It's amazing to compare two similar medical processes in two COMPLETELY different locations and situations.

After I got my x-rays, the doctor came in and said that there was nothing serious going on. I have some strained muscles and a big muscle spasm by my neck, which is affecting the rest of the upper half of my body. Needless to say, I won't be involved in any arm wrestling competitions for the next couple of days. My mom and I thought it was funny when the nurse asked if we stilled lived on W. Fruitport Road. That made me realize that I have truly been blessed with amazing health so far. My mom said this morning that the past two injuries I've had were during youth group activities. hhhmmm...