Gratitude in the midst of pain

It's been a hard week physically for me and for some of my friends! My surgery was not planned, which is a good thing because if I knew how hard this surgery was to recover from and I had time to think about I would of tried to get out of it. But they knew I needed surgery any I needed it right away. I did not know that u could have such a bad hernia that they had to do an emergency hernia survey. What I mean by that is I went to the doctor at 3 and was on the table by 7pm. I told them that I had eaten that day, but that did not change there mind. This is probably the worst pain I have been in. I just hope it will be better so I can go to Alaska.
But even with all the pain and feeling like crap God is still good. I a very blessed first of all I get to do this sober. Secound I am blessed by having my dad here for most of the week. I would not have been even able to get off the couch some days if it was not for him. Third I have been blessed by all the encouraging phone calls and visits. Especially when one of my visitors brought me pizza! Even through the pain I can be grateful!
By the way I am going to be laid up for a few more days and I love visitors and phone calls :-)