Wow, I missed my 100th post and now here I am writing my 200th post. Who knew???
I know that once before I said this was the week that was.....I take it back, THIS is the week that was.
Matt did well with his lithotripsy! The doctor told us he would hurt badly, like he had been beaten with a bat. Well, not a member of the bionic superfamily! Honestly, I'm not sure they even feel pain! It's amazing. We got home and I kept asking how do you feel and he kept saying fine....and I would say no pain? and he would reply no. Amazing, simply amazing!
He even wanted to go out tonight! It is his spring break. His dad said no...you may be 22 but no. So he's here with us.....Today we had 2 in the hospital....while Matt was in the recovery room, we ran up to Russell's dad's room and ate a bite of lunch with papa and mema, then we ran back down to be there when Matt came out of recovery.
On our way home from the hospital, son #2 called to say he had a mole taken off and the doctor said it looked very suspicious! I'm praying not!
O.K. I am so ashamed that my 200th post has been spent talking about our health problems....but I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to have so many blog friends! I'm so thankful for women who pray!
And tonight we will think only positive thoughts. Russell came home early :) we sort of know where all our children are and that they are all o.k. So for tonight, we will be positive and sleep deeply, knowing that whatever happens, we are held safely in the everlasting arms!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Breathing easier
Thanks to God for a better day for Russell's dad! They drained a LOT of fluid from around his lungs, in fact it is still draining and he's breathing so much better. While I was there today, he said I've been laying here thinking about all I'm going to do now that I can breathe better and I think I'll take up golf again!
He is a very positive thinker! His cancer is active again and we are praying that it will be very slow growing. Not sure how long he'll be in the hospital.
Tomorrow Matt goes in for his lithotripsy so we're praying that does the job on his kidney stone!
AND I got a call from the oldest son today and he sounded good! He's going to church! Mama's so thankful.
He is a very positive thinker! His cancer is active again and we are praying that it will be very slow growing. Not sure how long he'll be in the hospital.
Tomorrow Matt goes in for his lithotripsy so we're praying that does the job on his kidney stone!
AND I got a call from the oldest son today and he sounded good! He's going to church! Mama's so thankful.
Monday, March 10, 2008
What do you mean it's only Monday???
Returning home from a women's conference Saturday, I was expecting our youngest to be home. When I got home I knew he'd been here because the mail was on the kitchen bar, so I called his cell phone. Russell's dad who has been battling lung cancer for a year and 4 months....a mere year longer than the doctor's originally told him he would live!!! , had gone to the hospital with shortness of breath. Matt told me where they were and I went to the ER. Papa was admitted and today had a chest tube inserted and drained 2 litres of fluid and still draining. If all goes well, he will get the tube out tomorrow and be breathing easier!
You may remember that Matt had gone to the ER in the town where he attends college last week. Well, last nite he began having pain again. Today we sent him to our family doctor who in turn sent him straight to the urologist. He came in and said "you are too young to be having a kidney stone!" we agreed. Then they x-rayed him and not only is he too young to have one....but this is a big one! Too big to pass! So Wednesday he will have outpatient Lithotripsy, a procedure where sound waves pass through the body and hopefully break the kidney stones into passable objects!
At the end of the day, NOW, several things have been established.....
No one knows how long we will be on this earth but God! He ordained the number before we were born, before the foundation of the earth!
My mother in law is indeed a bionic, superwoman! She has stayed most of the time at the hospital, leaving only for short periods of time. She doesn't seem tired. She's 80....she looks like she's on a cruise, not sitting at the hospital. She's wonderful!
My father in law is a fighter with a sense of humor! O.K. he's a little grumpy, but after all~!
Matt is NOT a complainer and can take an enormous amount of pain, where I on the other hand, want to go to the ER if I have a stomach ache...no, this is really true!
My husband is quite simply the greatest.
My family members are always concerned and thinking and praying for us.
I am indeed a blessed woman!
But really is this only Monday??? What in the world will Thursday bring? Cause we have Tuesday and Wednesday covered!
You may remember that Matt had gone to the ER in the town where he attends college last week. Well, last nite he began having pain again. Today we sent him to our family doctor who in turn sent him straight to the urologist. He came in and said "you are too young to be having a kidney stone!" we agreed. Then they x-rayed him and not only is he too young to have one....but this is a big one! Too big to pass! So Wednesday he will have outpatient Lithotripsy, a procedure where sound waves pass through the body and hopefully break the kidney stones into passable objects!
At the end of the day, NOW, several things have been established.....
No one knows how long we will be on this earth but God! He ordained the number before we were born, before the foundation of the earth!
My mother in law is indeed a bionic, superwoman! She has stayed most of the time at the hospital, leaving only for short periods of time. She doesn't seem tired. She's 80....she looks like she's on a cruise, not sitting at the hospital. She's wonderful!
My father in law is a fighter with a sense of humor! O.K. he's a little grumpy, but after all~!
Matt is NOT a complainer and can take an enormous amount of pain, where I on the other hand, want to go to the ER if I have a stomach ache...no, this is really true!
My husband is quite simply the greatest.
My family members are always concerned and thinking and praying for us.
I am indeed a blessed woman!
But really is this only Monday??? What in the world will Thursday bring? Cause we have Tuesday and Wednesday covered!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Visiting Choir
Right after the choir concert, as we were sitting casually with our girls, my husband says very calmly, "oh, Matt had to go to the hospital with a kidney stone last nite." My head spun around on my neck and I said "what?!?"....and I didn't know why???? You'd have to know Matt. He 's a very quiet, I can take care of myself kind of man....that isn't a bad thing, but you also don't know a lot about what is going on with him when he's away from home. He's also very shy, and for him to have woken the mother he rents from at 3 a.m. to go to the hospital, he was in a LOT of pain. I called and he seems o.k. now. His daddy has passed 2 or 3 kidney stones, so I know it is no walk in the park. O.K. now to the choir story....
The choir from Cono Christian School in Iowa was wonderful! The did a very inspirational concert and then we gathered our 4 girls and came home. They were such neat girls, from all over the country and even one from Korea. A lot of the kids come here from Korea apparently, and many from Korean Presbyterian churches. Hubby went to bed and the girls and I sat up and talked for a long time and each one checked their email. I've found with all visiting groups, they are so excited to be able to check email.
I offered them cookies and snacks of all kinds, but they weren't hungry....therefore, forcing me to eat lots of chocolate chip cookies. We found out at the concert that they needed to be back at the church at 6:30.....that's a.m. So.....they all assured me that they could get up on their own. They didn't. At 5:26 a.m., my husband turned to the clock and said honey, you may need to see if they're up. That's 4 girls to take showers, eat breakfast and make lunches....load luggage and trust the driving of one old woman who's not used to being up that early, much less driving a vehicle!
Just as we were ready to load the car, one of the girls became very ill....so....I panicked a teeny bit, but she got o.k. enough to get to the bus. Bless her heart, they will be on the bus for over 8 hours .
It was a good experience for us, and I pray for them.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Sing to the Lord
This is a pound cake....I know it looks like
I tell you truthfully, this is the first frosting I've ever made from scratch and is it yummy....but that wasn't what I cared about, I just wanted to cover up the mess I made of the pound cake. So even though it isn't beautiful, I will say it tastes good.
Now, I need to finish my dishes and get moving! Can't wait to hear these young people sing to the Lord.
Psalm 33:3 Sing to the Lord a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Works better under pressure....
That's me....if I know something's happening, or someone is coming to visit, I will wait until the day before to really get busy cleaning! That's today! Tomorrow nite, our church is having a choir come sing and then families will take some home with them. We'll have 4 girls here. Which means that today I was cleaning like crazy!
But first, I wanted to mow the grass while it is dry. We had an old lawn mower that I dearly loved. It cranked right up...it mowed just right....but after many years of faithful mowing, it died. Really, it just died. So after giving the poor dead thing to our neighbor who will probably be very successful at resurrecting it, we bought a new mower. The one I was using today to mow the grass. The one that WOULD NOT crank. I do not love the new mower.
After trying and I mean really I did try to get it cranked, I called my oh, so busy husband at work and said, if you don't want me to beat this new mower with a baseball bat...(we don't even own a baseball bat)...then you'd better come home and get it cranked! He came and he cranked. First time, first pull, it cranked. I think I have it figured out, the new lawn mower doesn't like me. I don't think we will be best friends. If rain wasn't in the forecast for tonight, I would have just let the grass grow.
But I got that done, cleaned one bathroom and have a pound cake in the oven. We're having a pot luck dinner for the choir tomorrow nite, and I'm taking a pound cake. Cooking sweets right now is really bad for my diet! Maybe the mowing will offsetthe gobs of little tiny bit of cake dough that I ate.
P.S. as a tribute to my husband, he didn't even fuss at leaving work to come home and crank the mower! He's really sweet!!
But first, I wanted to mow the grass while it is dry. We had an old lawn mower that I dearly loved. It cranked right up...it mowed just right....but after many years of faithful mowing, it died. Really, it just died. So after giving the poor dead thing to our neighbor who will probably be very successful at resurrecting it, we bought a new mower. The one I was using today to mow the grass. The one that WOULD NOT crank. I do not love the new mower.
After trying and I mean really I did try to get it cranked, I called my oh, so busy husband at work and said, if you don't want me to beat this new mower with a baseball bat...(we don't even own a baseball bat)...then you'd better come home and get it cranked! He came and he cranked. First time, first pull, it cranked. I think I have it figured out, the new lawn mower doesn't like me. I don't think we will be best friends. If rain wasn't in the forecast for tonight, I would have just let the grass grow.
But I got that done, cleaned one bathroom and have a pound cake in the oven. We're having a pot luck dinner for the choir tomorrow nite, and I'm taking a pound cake. Cooking sweets right now is really bad for my diet! Maybe the mowing will offset
P.S. as a tribute to my husband, he didn't even fuss at leaving work to come home and crank the mower! He's really sweet!!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
A Different kind of Meme
My friend Leslie over at http://leslieinvancan.blogspot.com/ known better as The pedalogue has tagged me to do a very different kind of meme. I'm not the deep reader that I think some of you are, except for the Bible and related books. But here goes.
Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.2. Open it to page 123.3. Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.4. Then invite 5 friends to do the same.
Many of you may have read the Mitford series about Father Tim Cavanaugh and his adventures in the town of Mitford. If you haven't go get the series, they are wonderful, I can't put them down, kind of books. After much groaning after the last book (which was supposedly "the last book"), Jan Karon has written a new book which will be the first in the Father Tim series. In this book he is called to his hometown in a mysterious note. So here goes.....
She was still beautiful. "Timothy." She held out her hand and he took it. "Thank you for coming." "Thank you for having me."
Now those were some short sentences! I can't wait to read this book....Jan Karon's style of writing is easy to read and she just knows how to write a story.
So, I'll tag:
Dawn, http://grandmaofthree.blogspot.com/
Tonja at http://tonjasgatherings.blogspot.com/
Theresa at http://yewnorkbabe.blogspot.com/
Janel at http://janel-forhim.blogspot.com/
Momrn at http://momrn2.blogspot.com/
Have fun! And everyone have a good weekend! It is mostly sunny here in Florida. I really need to cut the grass and today would be the perfect day! Will I.....ahhh...that is a good question! :)
Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.2. Open it to page 123.3. Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.4. Then invite 5 friends to do the same.
Many of you may have read the Mitford series about Father Tim Cavanaugh and his adventures in the town of Mitford. If you haven't go get the series, they are wonderful, I can't put them down, kind of books. After much groaning after the last book (which was supposedly "the last book"), Jan Karon has written a new book which will be the first in the Father Tim series. In this book he is called to his hometown in a mysterious note. So here goes.....
She was still beautiful. "Timothy." She held out her hand and he took it. "Thank you for coming." "Thank you for having me."
Now those were some short sentences! I can't wait to read this book....Jan Karon's style of writing is easy to read and she just knows how to write a story.
So, I'll tag:
Dawn, http://grandmaofthree.blogspot.com/
Tonja at http://tonjasgatherings.blogspot.com/
Theresa at http://yewnorkbabe.blogspot.com/
Janel at http://janel-forhim.blogspot.com/
Momrn at http://momrn2.blogspot.com/
Have fun! And everyone have a good weekend! It is mostly sunny here in Florida. I really need to cut the grass and today would be the perfect day! Will I.....ahhh...that is a good question! :)
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