I Run

I'm taking a short break from the AVM story today. It will resume tomorrow. This post is for today, May 8, 2010.

Today is six months and five days after my AVM surgery. Six months and five days after an 18-1/2 hour surgery to remove a tangled mass of arteries from my brain. Six months and two days after I started waking up from a coma. Here's where I have come from:

No movement in the left side of my body.
I cannot sit or stand on my own.
I cannot eat or swallow.
Such extreme weakness from the bed rest that my "good" side is quite feeble.



I have so much to be thankful for. Many people who have the surgery that I did do not recover as full as I have.

Today, I'm running in the 10k River Bank Run. I'm running with my husband, Dan, who's been with me every step of the way. He trained with me these last few months so that I could make it today. (He hates to run too!) I'm also running with my dear friend, Erin. I have not been able to train with her as much as previous races, but she has been a great encouragement to me too. The only one missing from my training is my pooch, George. He ran every day with me. Poor boy, he's not here today.

Do you know the song, To God be the Glory? That's what I want my life song to be:

How can I say thanks
for the things you have done for me
Things so undeserved
Yet you give to prove your love for me
The voices of a million angels
Cannot express my gratitude
All that I am or ever hope to be
I owe it all to Thee


To God be the glory
To God be the glory
To God be the glory
For the things He has done
With His blood, He has saved me
By His power, He has raised me.
To God be the glory
For the things he has done

Just let me live my life
And let it be pleasing, Lord to Thee
And should I gain any praise,
Let it go to Calvary.

With His blood, He has saved me
By His power, He has raised me.
To God be the glory
For the things he has done. 

And today, by the grace of God, I run.