7-14-07
A day of ups and downs. First, we went to visit the Smith family farm and what is known as the Sacred Grove behind the farm. This is where Joseph Smith had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ when he prayed about what church to join. What an experience it was to walk in the footsteps of a prophet. There was such a feeling of peace and of a divine presence in the woods.
This afternoon we caught up on laundry and then went to the Mormon Church’s visitor’s center for the area. That was very cool also, but as we were leaving, Dad the dumb brute wrestler and good-intentioned six-year old Zac were swinging Katie to try to get her to stop clinging to Mommy. We’re not sure exactly what happened, but we think that her left shoulder probably partially separated. She went from varying levels of uncomfortable to downright crying as we drove her to the emergency room. She was obviously in pain when the triage nurse checked her out and then took us back to a room. She actually seemed to get worse during a little stretch when she was inconsolable. Then, just before the doctor had a chance to come in, Beck just adjusted Katie’s position slightly on her lap, and immediately there was a change like from night to day. By the time the doctor came in, Katie was her normal happy self and showed no signs of pain in the arm even when manipulated by the doctor. He thinks that either the shoulder or elbow was partially dislocated and then slipped back into place.
Whatever happened, we said some prayers of gratitude tonight as things on this trip seem to keep correcting themselves (the fridge, the engine overheating at the beginning of the trip, etc.) Believe me, I’m knocking on wood as I’m writing this.
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