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keep on keeping on

This past week was tough, but I am over my sickness. I saw my doctors on Tuesday and told them what the plan is potentially with our surrogate, so everyone is on the same page. All my blood work came back good as usual and hope that it keeps coming back good.
Wednesday night I had a indoor soccer game, Thursday I went to the gym and rode the bike, Friday after work I did a leg workout and Saturday morning I woke up legs kinda sore went for a run and worked on our yard. Our yard is looking pretty spiffy by the way. After I was spent, it blows my mind how being sick can affect our bodies. My doctors did explain to me to expect to be sick for a week longer than normal or more because of the immunosuppressant's I am on. I am so used to be able to go right back to what I normally do after being sick back in the day. Now I have to remember that I am borrowing this heart and I am feeling amazing except for being sick :) I think sometimes I am back in college playing soccer. It is crazy how much my mindset has changed over the past 2 years. I might be repeating myself, but since I received this gift of life I thought I would be a table tennis player for the rest of my life. Now I feel like I can do about anything, but obviously not I just have to try. There are no word to express my feeling of being here and what I just said is what makes me realize that I can't do everything and that is fine by me, because who cares. I just want to be the best I can possibly be. God will always love me for whoever I am, but since He has given me some more time here on this earth I feel like I owe Him to be the best I can become.

"Keep trying. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow and forever" -Jeffrey R. Holland


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