When I was in about 5th grade, I was sitting in Sunday school class at church. I vividly remember my teacher was talking about his daughter's heart surgery, and he was going into a bit of detail about the tissue and the heart and other stuff like that. And...that is the last thing I remember. Next thing I knew, I was waking up and everyone in my Sunday school class was standing over me. I had totally passed out! And that is the first time I remember passing out in my life.
Over the years, I have had episodes of this...usually accompanying medical "yucky" stuff. Such as shots, getting blood drawn...even getting my ears pierced in high school!
However, I have now given birth to FOUR kids, so I thought I should be over this by now! Key word: I thought.
Well, yesterday we had a Field Health practical skills class, in which we learned different skills to use in the tribe someday. The skills included using stethoscopes to listen to lungs, taking vital signs, using an otoscope to check ears, and...you guessed it! Injections!
Well, I am VERY happy to report that the injections did not bother me at ALL!! I didn't feel even a little bit dizzy as I gave Nathan a shot and he gave me one. See how much fun we were having??
(I wasn't dizzy, but I was a little nervous! Nathan has never given shots before! He did great, though).
(just so you know...he was flexing just to be silly) :)
Nathan practicing the Epipen (no needle in it, though! He is just being dramatic) :)
Okay, now the humbling part. I'm sure you guessed it from the beginning of the post, but yes...I did pass out! But surprisingly, the injections didn't bother me a bit!
OF ALL THINGS...it was the otoscope!! I never would have guessed that Nathan checking in my ears would make me dizzy. And I don't know how I got the great idea to get up from my chair (while in my dizzy state) and try to make it down the hallway to the bathroom. But I never said I was brilliant :)
The next thing I knew, I was lying on the hallway floor with a LOT of people staring down at me, and another student holding up my legs to help with circulation. And my head hurt! I had hit it on the wall on my way down. Talk about humbling!
Now, I know what you are all thinking right now. You mean this girl, who passes out because of an OTOSCOPE is going to be a missionary in a jungle someday?? Believe me, I wonder the same thing! But I have to keep coming back to the truth that God is able--not me. If He wants to use me in the jungle someday, then He will! And I can trust Him with the details.
And in the meantime, I praise Him for a good dose of humility. It is good for me :)
8 comments:
Were will your children be when your not with them? Carrie laisure j/w
Hey Carrie! Do you mean when we go to the jungle? Because they will be with us all the time--we are very excited for them to be a big part of our ministry! :)
Oh Rache!! Sorry to do this at your expense but I laughed so hard!!!! This is a great story.
Hope your head feels better though :)
Hopefully you will grow out of this, but if not, just remember to sit down when you get dizzy. It might be a good idea to warn your "tribe" that this might happen.
Grandpa Jim
Sarah--don't worry, I would laugh too! And dad--yes, you are right...I just need to learn to stay sitting ;)
Sorry this happened...but I am seriously surprised you made it through the injection! Not sure I could've handled that so well!
gma jan
OH Rachel!! So glad you didn't need stitches for your head! i remember how humbled i felt when i fainted. Now when i feel that dizzy, nauseous, tingly feeling coming over me, i try to remember to breath deep, slow breaths. So far i haven't fainted again. On another note, it is amazing how much you guys are learning. Will they teach you how to do stitches too?
mom m
Mom--good advice, about the deep slow breaths! I'll have to try that next time ;) And usually they do teach how to do stitches...but I'm not sure if and when they will do that for us. I am thinking if I have to do any stitching I might have Nathan keep his arm around me the whole time...just in case :)
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