It came off

In a attempt to see if moving to a warmer climate will help dh's health issues we went to South Carolina for three weeks. One week driving there and back and two weeks actually there. Last year early in our diagnosis and health issues and before any amputations we went to South Carolina. One of his fingers had an ulcer although it wasn't as far gone as the ones we have now. But that finger was all healed when we returned. We wanted to know if it was a fluke.

We arrived and spent some time with distant cousin's of dh. Said cousin has a friend that is a pastor. Said pastor came over and prayed over dh. The very next day dh and I have a conversation something like this.

DH: The skin on my toe came off.
Me: HUH? What do you mean?
Dh: It came off
Me: Huh? what do you mean it came off
Dh: (rolling his eyes by this time, although he is used to my craziness) It. Came. Off. The skin came off and it was pink underneath
Me: Show me
Dh takes off his wrapping and shows me his toe. It was nice and pink. Then he shows me the skin. It was like a scab and it had shades of green and black. Not pretty and I saved it. I figure I frame it and write something like "miracles really do happen" on the frame or something. I looked at dh and said
Me: You better be thanking God right now.

I most certainly did. I said a small prayer and am still astounded. We were going to amputate half a leg and now we have hope that it may not be necessary after all.

Dh: You know what this means right?
Me: Yup, sigh, I know

Dh wants to move to the sticks. I mean the STICKS. Dh's family has some 50 acres in a one horse town. Ok mabey two horses. We looked at modular homes as the home on the property burned down a few years ago. My Oh my how have these homes improved from what I remember of them. We picked this four bed/two bath 2300 sq ft. home. The kitchen is huge with a gorgeous island in the middle. There is a computer room which will house our homeschool. There is a family room and a living room with a wood burning fireplace. Wood burning? Modular homes have come sooo far. It also has a decent sized laundry and a sliding back door. Eventually perhaps we will build our dream home somewhere on the property. At any rate due to the frugal cost I am sure our plans of living debt free will be much more attainable in a much faster rate. I will miss my family very much but am hoping to come back to visit once a year.

We came back and Austin had a orthodontist appointment. He got new bands and chose red and blue. He said now I have red, white and blue for the holiday. He is so goofy. Dh went to get a check up with the doc and doc was amazed at the improvement. All the nurses and his assistant asked dh why he came back. We have a house to sell people. And it is so very not ready. So much to do. I will be checking up on all my blogs to see what everyone has been up to. I missed you guys.