Yesterday (Wed. 2/25) I had my follow up Dr. appointment. Andy took the day off and went with me. I got the okay to do what I want. I can drive! I return back to work on March 9th :(
Have you heard or seen the movie FIREPROOF? We have heard nothing but good about it and both wanted to see it. So after the Dr. appointment we came home and watched it. What a awesome movie. If you have not seen it, we both recommend it! This will be a movie that will be watched over and over in our home.
Update on my cousin Cathy's Surgery... surgery was yesterday, they found the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes of one of her breast. She was in a great deal of pain yesterday. My mom actually talked to her today and she was doing some better. Please continue to keep her and her family in your prayers.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Michaels, Home Depot, and The Brown's House...
Yesterday I finally got to go someplace other than this house. I have been inside since my surgery on the 12th. I was ready to get out and get some fresh air and enjoy the change of scenery.
Andy worked on Saturday and Sunday due to the snowstorm we got on Saturday. He was home before 2pm on Sunday which meant he still had time to drive me into town.
So our big outing was 1st to Michael's to buy some yarn. I thought I had bought enough yarn to keep me busy while off work, but I seem to have used almost all that I had bought in that first week, and I didn't want to be without something to do this week. I have been crocheting baby hats and donating them to the hospital.
Our 2nd stop was to Home Depot, where Andy bought some dremel piece to sharpen the chainsaw chain, and a tool box for his dremel and its parts. I found different light switch plates for the bathroom, nothing fancy but now they will match. Now I will need to save and find a different light fixture, door knobs and towel bars.
We then decide to come back home because I was tired and ready to relax after my burst of energy was gone. I have had a craving for cheese popcorn, so Andy stopped by the party store and picked up a bag and a newspaper.
When we arrived home, we unloaded the truck and walked next door to the Brown's house for a visit. Rick and Andy went to the garage (Rick's man cave), while Cindy and I stayed in the house and visited. I was nice to sit someplace else and have a person to talk to. We were truly blessed when we moved and got the Brown's as our neighbors !
Andy worked on Saturday and Sunday due to the snowstorm we got on Saturday. He was home before 2pm on Sunday which meant he still had time to drive me into town.
So our big outing was 1st to Michael's to buy some yarn. I thought I had bought enough yarn to keep me busy while off work, but I seem to have used almost all that I had bought in that first week, and I didn't want to be without something to do this week. I have been crocheting baby hats and donating them to the hospital.
Our 2nd stop was to Home Depot, where Andy bought some dremel piece to sharpen the chainsaw chain, and a tool box for his dremel and its parts. I found different light switch plates for the bathroom, nothing fancy but now they will match. Now I will need to save and find a different light fixture, door knobs and towel bars.
We then decide to come back home because I was tired and ready to relax after my burst of energy was gone. I have had a craving for cheese popcorn, so Andy stopped by the party store and picked up a bag and a newspaper.
When we arrived home, we unloaded the truck and walked next door to the Brown's house for a visit. Rick and Andy went to the garage (Rick's man cave), while Cindy and I stayed in the house and visited. I was nice to sit someplace else and have a person to talk to. We were truly blessed when we moved and got the Brown's as our neighbors !
Monday, February 16, 2009
Prayer Request Update
My last post was a prayer list, here is an update to some of those.
My brother came thru his surgery and found that it was not as bad as they had first thought. He is home recovering. He has since had a dr. appointment where they removed every other staple. Next dr. visit he will have the remaining staples removed.
My surgery last Thursday went well. I am doing well and home recovering. I see the dr. on the 25th for my follow up appointment.
My cousin Christy's friends little girl that was bit by there dog sent an update, here is part of that email:
i just wanted to update everyone. i had lunch with stacy and ashlyn today. we stopped there after our mom's group/school at the kids' insistance. their other choice was a soft pretzel at the mall. this means they really love ashlyn!! haha
she looks great considering the circumstances. the only pics stacy had of the injury day were ones from her cell phone and WOW it's a world of difference from the injury until now. she is playing and acting great and her marks are healing so quickly. the before pictures we saw with the swollen and sad little girl are now replaced with a smiling dancing girl who crawled through tunnels and mimicked my kids. the injury is on the right side of her head mainly and the little wounds from the teeth marks are almost disappearing. the stitches will come out next week and let me tell you - that dog got her good just beyond the hairline. the saving grace is that she's healing unbelievably well and that makes me sooo thankful for any little prayers you said. the bruises are still there and stacy has no idea why the dog did that to her and it's a sad situation since she had to lose her dog in all this, too. she has to keep reminding herself what he did that caused him to go. the saddest thing, too, is that it was totally out of his character to do anything like that.
she also said that the trip through the library to the fire station was so helpful since when the ambulance arrived she was familiar with one of the faces that showed up - AJ from the firestation who did the tour. what a blessing! she said seeing him immediately put her at ease and after they checked her over they said they were pretty certain there was nothing so deep that it punctured her eye or got to her brain. when they got to sparrow hospital there were approximately thirty people waiting to fix up her baby! that was also a relief. ashlyn is not bothering the stitches at all and although she had a VERY rough second nite *(first nite the sedatives helped her sleep) second nite she was up every half hour...but despite that she's back to normal and played peek a boo with me and laughed and showed off those adorably perfect dimples! i also want to add that i think that the work the plastic surgeon did on her nose will make it hard to tell this ever happened. praise God!
Thank you all for your prayers and for your well wishes.
My brother came thru his surgery and found that it was not as bad as they had first thought. He is home recovering. He has since had a dr. appointment where they removed every other staple. Next dr. visit he will have the remaining staples removed.
My surgery last Thursday went well. I am doing well and home recovering. I see the dr. on the 25th for my follow up appointment.
My cousin Christy's friends little girl that was bit by there dog sent an update, here is part of that email:
i just wanted to update everyone. i had lunch with stacy and ashlyn today. we stopped there after our mom's group/school at the kids' insistance. their other choice was a soft pretzel at the mall. this means they really love ashlyn!! haha
she looks great considering the circumstances. the only pics stacy had of the injury day were ones from her cell phone and WOW it's a world of difference from the injury until now. she is playing and acting great and her marks are healing so quickly. the before pictures we saw with the swollen and sad little girl are now replaced with a smiling dancing girl who crawled through tunnels and mimicked my kids. the injury is on the right side of her head mainly and the little wounds from the teeth marks are almost disappearing. the stitches will come out next week and let me tell you - that dog got her good just beyond the hairline. the saving grace is that she's healing unbelievably well and that makes me sooo thankful for any little prayers you said. the bruises are still there and stacy has no idea why the dog did that to her and it's a sad situation since she had to lose her dog in all this, too. she has to keep reminding herself what he did that caused him to go. the saddest thing, too, is that it was totally out of his character to do anything like that.
she also said that the trip through the library to the fire station was so helpful since when the ambulance arrived she was familiar with one of the faces that showed up - AJ from the firestation who did the tour. what a blessing! she said seeing him immediately put her at ease and after they checked her over they said they were pretty certain there was nothing so deep that it punctured her eye or got to her brain. when they got to sparrow hospital there were approximately thirty people waiting to fix up her baby! that was also a relief. ashlyn is not bothering the stitches at all and although she had a VERY rough second nite *(first nite the sedatives helped her sleep) second nite she was up every half hour...but despite that she's back to normal and played peek a boo with me and laughed and showed off those adorably perfect dimples! i also want to add that i think that the work the plastic surgeon did on her nose will make it hard to tell this ever happened. praise God!
Thank you all for your prayers and for your well wishes.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Prayer List Request
This year has found family and friends with medical problems.
Nephew - Ammi - neurofibromatosis - With NF it is a wait and see game. You can have epilepsy, scoliosis, leg bone deformities, high blood pressure, cancers of the blood, brain tumors, blindness, deafness, mental retardation, learning disabilities and it is said that there is a link between NF and autism. He also has sensory integration disorder, low muscle tone and speech delays.
Friend - Dave - Heart problems - currently on medication.
Brother - Brian - Hernia - surgery today 2/6/09
(he also has MS)
Cousin - Cathy - Breast Cancer - will be having surgery, date unknown.
Friend - Woody - Heart Attack - had 2 stints put in.
My cousin Christy has a friend that her 1 year old was attacked by there dog. This is part of the her email :
would you mind adding my dear friend stacy to any prayer list you can. she has the sweetest little one year old baby. her dog (stacy's own dog) attacked the baby today unprovoked (that we know of) she had to be ambulanced to the hospital and will have about 20 stiches on her head tomorrow and a plastic surgeon did some work on her little face today. when i spoke with stacy earlier she was still in shock. i met her about this time last year (funny story - another day!) and we instantly hit it off and i've photographed ashlyn a couple times since i love doing patriotic themes and the father/husband is in the navy. stacy is going to need strength and understanding. the dog bit her a few months ago and she intended to put him down but she had accidently stepped on him under the chair when she stood up and the dog reacted when he awoke from being asleep - which i would say WAS a provoked bite, the dog being startled like that. spencer has never done anything to worry her about the baby but when she saw what happened today it must have been horrible for her. i'm afraid the guilt might get to her (for not having him put down before) so if you could just pray for her family to trust God and for the doctors to be knowledgeable in this matter. they were home tonite but she just was having a really hard time and have to return to hospital in the morning for the headwound to be stitched.
Christy sent me another email about a friends daughter, here is some of that email: On the 10th she was having her cleft palate repair surgery. Brianna will have to eat soft pureed foods for 6 weeks and can only use a traditional cup. Nothing can go past the teeth. The first 3 weeks, she will also have to wear “No-No’s” on her arms. These keep her arms straight so she does not put anything into her mouth. Please pray that we make it. She has always been a trooper and she is resilient, but we are nervous. The Dr’s. tell us to prepare for weight loss. Ryan, and I are getting ready for a smoothie diet as well. Being that Brianna is almost 2, she wants to try and eat everything we do. We are right in it with her. Bring on the yogurt, protein, frozen fruit and blender. If any of you have any good pureed food recipes, we could use them.
So please pray for the following –
No sickness prior to surgery (so she can have it).
Successful anesthesia and surgical procedure
Smooth recovery with good adjustment to new diet
Patience
Unfortunately, we also will have to endure another hip surgery in the future. We found out 2 weeks ago that when Brianna is sitting in a “frog” position, her hips are in, but when she stands or straightens her legs out, the hips pop out. One good thing is the sockets are forming nicely. It is just the ball of the hip that does not want to stay in. This means, they will cut the bone, realign the hips, and place her in the lovely spica cast for a minimum of 6 weeks. We find out in May when this procedure will take place.
I will be having surgery next Thursday 2/12.
Not to mention all the people that have lost there jobs, or unsure of there jobs at this time.
Nephew - Ammi - neurofibromatosis - With NF it is a wait and see game. You can have epilepsy, scoliosis, leg bone deformities, high blood pressure, cancers of the blood, brain tumors, blindness, deafness, mental retardation, learning disabilities and it is said that there is a link between NF and autism. He also has sensory integration disorder, low muscle tone and speech delays.
Friend - Dave - Heart problems - currently on medication.
Brother - Brian - Hernia - surgery today 2/6/09
(he also has MS)
Cousin - Cathy - Breast Cancer - will be having surgery, date unknown.
Friend - Woody - Heart Attack - had 2 stints put in.
My cousin Christy has a friend that her 1 year old was attacked by there dog. This is part of the her email :
would you mind adding my dear friend stacy to any prayer list you can. she has the sweetest little one year old baby. her dog (stacy's own dog) attacked the baby today unprovoked (that we know of) she had to be ambulanced to the hospital and will have about 20 stiches on her head tomorrow and a plastic surgeon did some work on her little face today. when i spoke with stacy earlier she was still in shock. i met her about this time last year (funny story - another day!) and we instantly hit it off and i've photographed ashlyn a couple times since i love doing patriotic themes and the father/husband is in the navy. stacy is going to need strength and understanding. the dog bit her a few months ago and she intended to put him down but she had accidently stepped on him under the chair when she stood up and the dog reacted when he awoke from being asleep - which i would say WAS a provoked bite, the dog being startled like that. spencer has never done anything to worry her about the baby but when she saw what happened today it must have been horrible for her. i'm afraid the guilt might get to her (for not having him put down before) so if you could just pray for her family to trust God and for the doctors to be knowledgeable in this matter. they were home tonite but she just was having a really hard time and have to return to hospital in the morning for the headwound to be stitched.
Christy sent me another email about a friends daughter, here is some of that email: On the 10th she was having her cleft palate repair surgery. Brianna will have to eat soft pureed foods for 6 weeks and can only use a traditional cup. Nothing can go past the teeth. The first 3 weeks, she will also have to wear “No-No’s” on her arms. These keep her arms straight so she does not put anything into her mouth. Please pray that we make it. She has always been a trooper and she is resilient, but we are nervous. The Dr’s. tell us to prepare for weight loss. Ryan, and I are getting ready for a smoothie diet as well. Being that Brianna is almost 2, she wants to try and eat everything we do. We are right in it with her. Bring on the yogurt, protein, frozen fruit and blender. If any of you have any good pureed food recipes, we could use them.
So please pray for the following –
No sickness prior to surgery (so she can have it).
Successful anesthesia and surgical procedure
Smooth recovery with good adjustment to new diet
Patience
Unfortunately, we also will have to endure another hip surgery in the future. We found out 2 weeks ago that when Brianna is sitting in a “frog” position, her hips are in, but when she stands or straightens her legs out, the hips pop out. One good thing is the sockets are forming nicely. It is just the ball of the hip that does not want to stay in. This means, they will cut the bone, realign the hips, and place her in the lovely spica cast for a minimum of 6 weeks. We find out in May when this procedure will take place.
I will be having surgery next Thursday 2/12.
Not to mention all the people that have lost there jobs, or unsure of there jobs at this time.
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