Prayer Request

This is a picture of me, Robin Carpenter, the author of this blog. I don't who or how many people ever see this blog but I have a favor to ask of you. I have been having some back pain and my left foot has been numb so on Tuesday, February 24, I had an MRI. It showed that I have a bulging disk in my lower back that is pushing on a nerve. A bulging disk is usually not very painful unless there is a nerve involved. I was on steroids for 12 days but have been off them for several days now. Well, yesterday I woke up a different person. I was a person in significant pain. I can't remember crying over pain as an adult. I have cried for the past two days. My doctor called me in some darvacet yesterday and more steroids today. I have not been able to function. I can stand for very limited amounts of time and can barely walk. The longer I stand the more the pain intensifies. I need for you to pray for me. I can't take care of my family or my home in this condition. I see a neurosurgeon on Tuesday, March 3. I have plane tickets for my entire family to go Guatemala during spring break. These tickets are nonrefundable. We are going to visit my missionary brother and sister-in-law. Please pray that I make that trip. Please pray that disk problem is healed and that I don't need surgery. Pray that I can walk without pain. Thank you for your prayers.