These last two weeks have been quite an ordeal for us!  Let me start 4 years ago when Todo re-injured his back, causing sciatic pain so bad he couldn't work.  His Dr. put him on opiate pain pills, not once telling us the dangers of him getting addicted to them.  We were totally ignorant about these pills, so didn't think a thing about it.  His orthopedic surgeon was a wonderful Christian man and he suggested that if Todo felt at all like he was doing better, to NOT have surgery, which now we're glad we didn't go that route!  So two years after later, his pain is totally gone and he quit taking the pain pills.  Hold it, NO!  He couldn't!  That's when he discovered that his body had become so dependant on them that when he stopped he felt like his insides were crawling out and horrible nausea, shakes and more!  It was awful!  So he went to his Dr, who by this time was a different Dr. as we moved from CA to IN in that time.  His Dr. here didn't want to mess with him, so he sent him to a Methadone Clinic to take Methadone.  Never telling us how horrible it could end up.  Methadone is the Monster of all drugs, they use it to help Heroin addict stop shooting up, and also to help people addicted to opiate pain pills get off the pills.  But now, we find out that it's virtually imposable to get off the Methadone without being off work for months if not over a year!  We can't afford that!  So we surfed till we found a method that's been found to be 100% successful in getting off the Methadone in 7 days and back to work the following week!  What a miracle!  We have been praying for some time that God would help him get off this horrible stuff so we can have a normal life again.  It's a controlling monster and nobody ever should want to get hooked on it!  Todo hates it!  I can't imagine, having never been on it personally what it must be like, but I live with him and I know it's horrible!  So anyway, we were working on figuring out how to get a loan to save the funds to take him through Rapid Detox for some time and on Jan. 3, he was called into the office at work and asked to resign until he's off the methadone.  If he would resign, THEY WANT HIM BACK!  And he won't lose his employee position, his seniority or his vacation status!  He's a star driver (milk truck driver) and they didn't want to have to do it, but a law has been made since he was hired that it's illegal for them to hire anyone on Methadone and it's illegal for him to drive semi on it.  So it really is a  blessing that they asked him to resign.  Plus this put the heat on us to get the funds to take him through the treatment.  So we have funding now and we started making plans and accommodation reservations!  I thought that part would be fun, but I've found out it can be a headache!  I talked to Todo's Aunt Bryna yesterday about getting a time share, but the only one available is an hour and 20 minutes away, all through the City of Tampa, FL.  Oh yeah, back track, we're going to the Florida Detox in Tarpon Springs FL.  We don't really want to drive that far, so we decided to keep looking.  Uncle Frido and Aunt Beth are going with us, so glad that worked out!  And after talking to Uncle Frido on the phone last night, as we both surfed the net for accommodations, and me still looking online today, I found a Condo that is perfect!  It's only 40 minutes away from the hospital and it has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, fully furnished kitchen, living area, fenced in court yard (which was suppose to be $50 extra each night, but she forgot to tell me that so she waived that fee!) And it's right on the Gulf!  It was remodeled in 2005/6 so it's basically new and it has a gorgeous setting!  We did get a pretty good deal on it, so we're excited about it! Here's some pictures....

There's a beach within walking distance of the condo!  We have a washer and dryer on premises we can use.  We can cut down on our dining expense by shopping and cooking in our condo!  And it will really be nice for the boys to have the fenced courtyard to play in! 

So we leave EARLY Saturday morning, drive 4 hours to Uncle Frido and Aunt Beth's, they'll ride with us.  We have reservations in Macon, GA for Saturday night and then we'll arrive at our Condo, Lord willing on Sunday afternoon.  Todo's the only one who's ever been to Florida and then it was just to deliver a camper, not a vacation!  So we're all excited about going!  But the highlight of the trip is, we're going to get our hubby/daddy back!  After the treatment most people feel like a totally different person and are back to work within a week of arriving home!  Had he chosen to go off of it by just decreasing his doses, which he's tried several times and it never worked, he still would be looking at months of horrible withdrawals and since Methadone stores in fat cells and bone marrow for 6 months after you're off of it, he still wouldn't be able to go back to work for months after he's off of it.  So comparing cost of the treatment with loss of income in the time he would be off to try going off himself, it's much cheeper to do the Rapid Detox.  We really feel like God has been watching over us and through searching led us to find Florida Detox! 

The rest of this week will be cleaning, packing and getting ready to go, so I won't be posting much.  Please keep us in your prayers from the 13th through the 21st, that we'll have safe travels and especially on the 16th - 18th, while Todo is in the ICU getting treatment!  Prayers are so powerful and we've felt them so far through  all we're dealing with now!  Thank you so much for your prayers and continued prayers!

Love in Jesus,  Todo, Berylla, Berylac and Olo