Friday, April 2, 2010
Happy Easter
I love the spring & the longer days of daylight! That means my boys can go outside & me too!:0) The best about being outside is that it wears the boys down! Which means they take wonderful naps & sleep longer at night...which means I get to sleep in too!:0) When spring arrives, there is so much that we can do & places we can go that we couldn't do in the winter. A couple of weeks ago we went for a walk along a creek just below our house. That was cool! The creek was up & really running. I love to hear the sound of rushing waters. When it rains alot, I mean alot, the creek rises & really gets flowing, I can hear it rushing from my front porch! Now that is cool!
Have a Blessed Easter Everyone!
Love Ya'll
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Mom's progress
So, over all, mom is doing really good!!! Let's just pray that she continues to improve & get stronger! Now mom's next thing is to get her tooth taken care of, then have a yard sale, then go to Branson in May!! I think she can do it!!! Mom has come this far, she sure the heck ain't slowing down now!
Love Ya'll
Saturday, March 13, 2010
My Review of Spill-Proof Cap Combo 4-Pack
Originally submitted at One Step Ahead
Now little kids can drink from grown-up juice and water bottles — without spilling! These clever spouts turn plastic beverage bottles into instant sippy cups. No spilling, no leaking if the bottle gets tipped over. Includes four screw-on caps: two for wide-mouth juice bottles and two for diff...
Cool!!
Gift: No
Pros: Durable, Simple, Easy Use, Easy Setup, Portable, Lightweight, Convenient
Cons: None
Best Uses: Daily Use, No cups needed, Toddlers, Travel, Kids
Describe Yourself: On the go mom, Stay at home mom, Parent of Two or More Children
This is cool. I've had this for about a month. I only bought one set just to try at home, to see how well they worked. And boy did they work! I mainly got it for my 2 yr old who has trouble drinking out of a water/soda bottle. He always seem to want a drink out of my bottle while I was driving. This really helps. I can now give my 2 yr old a drink out of the bottle when I'm driving, knowing that he won't be spilling it all over him. Of course, I don't put it on while I'm driving! Since I only had one set, my 4 yr old wanted to try it too. So, now I'm back to buy 2 more sets! I just stick'em in a ziplock bag & toss'em in my truck & there are no worries if we get something to drink in a bottle. I know that I have these & there'll be no mess! It also comes with instructions on how to use them. How hard is it to read instructions & use them right? Anyway, I love them!
(legalese)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mom is home
Mom's surgery took about 3 & 1/2 hrs. Longer than was expected. They were having some trouble with 1 of the old leads. The lead had alot of scare tissue around it, so they couldn't remove it without doing more damage. So they capped the lead off & put in the new one. In one spot they were only able to go about half from where they wanted to be, but it will do it's job. I had talked to dad about 7 pm last night & he said mom was up & her supper was there, but she was in alot of pain! That was in part because of the problems they encountered while to the surgery. I guess I would be in alot of pain if they were working in about a 3 in cut!
So, as of 5:30 this evening, I still hadn't heard anything. I call dad's cell phone, he answers & then gives the phone to mom! That was good to hear her voice. Mom said she was still in alot of pain. Her left arm was in a sling. Mom couldn't remember being in a sling back in June, but I remembered her being in one.
So, over all, mom was doing good. The paddle test they do to check the defibrillator, worked! So she was all clear to go home. Now just to get through the pain & prayerfully she'll do great!
Love Ya'll
Sunday, March 7, 2010
What a Week-end
After the auction was over, we went to Fredericktown & ate supper with Jason & his parents. Today we went to church, had lunch & then mom & dad went home. So, a very calm week-end. Mom did pretty good. Since she was last in the hospital, the doctors have taken her off some of her arthritis medicine, which has made her be in more pain. But, her kidney's are doing so much better since she has been off those meds. So, she has to deal with arthritis pain, in order for her kidney's to do well. So, it's good & bad. But over all, mom had a wonderful week-end with her "boys". I just wish the week-end was alittle bit longer! Anytime they come down, I always have a "Daddy to do list" for dad! Which he doesn't mind & Jason loves it. Jason knows that he's not the fixer kind of guy, so when dad comes down, he knows things are going to get fix the right way!
Mom is having her surgery this week, on Wednesday @ 1 pm. I think it's just going to be me & the boys going up. Jason doesn't mind going, but he has some appraisals he needs to get finished up. So he's thinking he might stay home & get those done. No biggy. He's your typical guy who doesn't like to sit at a hospital! I still love him.:) After mom has her surgery, I'll let everyone know how things went.
Love Ya'll
Friday, March 5, 2010
Down in the Country!
Love Ya'll
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Mom Surgery Date
Keep mom in your thoughts & prayers. Please let others know. I told mom awhile back, that I needed her to get to the age of 60. She wants me to throw her a BIG party. You got it Mom!!! She's got about 16 months or so left to get there. Which means I need to get busy!!
Love Ya'll
Monday, March 1, 2010
Mom's Surgery
Mom wants to get this taken care, have her tooth taken care, have a yard sale, & be able to go to Branson the first week in May! We all need to be praying really hard then!!! But there's plenty of time.
Love Ya'll
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Oh
Tonight we are going to a Wild Life Turkey Federation Auction/Dinner. This is Jason's 6th yr in being the auctioneer. So we'll have a late night, again. But it is always fun to go to.
Later!
Love Ya'll
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Surgery for Mom again
So, Monday night mom & dad went to the hospital & mom got a chest x-ray. Today she got the results of that x-ray. Two of the wires for the defibrillator are not working. Which means they have to back in there & fix them or replace them. Mom was not looking forward to that news.
Mom doesn't know when this will happen. She's thinking that it will probably take place some time next week. So as soon as we know, I'll be blogging it. Mom wants to get this done & get better, because they are having a yard sale in April so they can go to Branson with us in May!
KEEP MOM IN YOUR PRAYERS!!!
Love Ya'll
Out of Shape
Then tonight, we went to a home basketball game. Justin loves basketball. He so wants to get out there & play. Joel would prefer to stay home. Basketball is not really his thing. He would rather play a game like golf or bowling, that requires thinking. I have to put cotton in his ears every time we go. He says the buzzer hurts his ears. Yeah, so does popping your gum...at least to him it does. Tomorrow night there is an elementary basketball game. That is really cute. We went to one for the first time last week. It's the cutest thing watching 5th & 6th graders play basketball. And some of them were really good!
Jason has an auction this week-end. Things should be pretty calm this week-end. I'm going to write another blog about mom. She's going to have to have more surgery.
Love Ya'll
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Big trip to Mom's
Mom had gone to one of her doctors Thursday afternoon. This was the doctor that works with the defibrillator she had put in back in June of 2009. He upped her heart rate from 70 percent to 80 percent. And now she's have trouble walking 6 ft without being out of breath! She said that happened when she left the office. That she was out of breath walking back to the car. HELLO!!! Go back into the office & tell them to change/lower your heart rate. "Yeah, I should have" was her response to me yesterday. The Doctor seems to think that one of the wires aren't doing what it's suppose to do or has become disconnected. GREAT! So, tomorrow she is getting an x-ray & has an appointment on Thursday back with that doctor. We shall see.
Over all, mom was doing great Saturday. She even got on the floor to play with the boys! Which she hasn't done in about 4/5 months! After lunch, I put the boys down for a nap & mom took one too. By the time we were leaving, she was starting to feel pretty worn out.
Plus, mom is also dealing with an abscessed tooth. By afternoon, her left jaw was looking pretty swollen. She is on an antibiotic for it & pain medicine isn't working. She's looking into finding a dentist. Hopefully she can find one & get it taken care of.
Boys are doing good. Thankfully, Justin didn't get sick this time. We have a busy week ahead of us, so I guess I better get to bed!
Love Ya'll
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Justin's better!
As for mom, she is still doing good. Again, it's wonderful to be able to really have a great conversation with her over the phone! Me & the boys are heading up there Saturday to spend the day. I hope it's another great visit.
Sorry this blog is short & sweet. There's really not to much going on here. Thankfully everyone is feeling good & doing good!
Love Ya'll
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
SHE'S BACK!!!
The worship service was just about over, when he started to get fussy. So as I'm carrying him out, here it comes....all over me, him, & his blankets! So we get out to the lobby, he does it again! So both of us got cleaned up, headed back into the service. Justin took a nap in the pew, which was good. So we decided to eat @ Crackle Barrel, but it was going to be a 40 min. wait!! Justin was getting fussy again, so we decided to head to mom & dad's & ordered pizza.
By the time we got to their house, Justin was running a 102.5 fever! Justin then threw up again on me & in the trash can. I didn't bring me any clothes to change into! Jason walked over to Wal-Greens & got some Motrin. Justin wanted to go downstairs to our bedroom & take a nap. Which he ended up taking a 2 hr nap! Then he felt much better. He ate 2 little pieces of pizza & felt fine, until we started to leave. Then his fever started going back up.
We decided to head home about 4 o'clock, in part because Justin wasn't feeling very good, but also because there was snow & sleet coming down. We stopped at Bonne Terre for shakes & Justin needed to go potty. No problem. Then we get to Farmington, & Joel needed to go potty! So it took us alittle more than 2 hrs to get home from the stopping & the snow that was coming down.
Mom was doing wonderfully! She looked good, sounded good! Just like she was back in August through October. It was so nice to finally get to see her & dad too!! Me & the boys are going up there this Saturday to spend the day, while Jason has a BIG auction. Over all, it was a great trip, even though Justin did get sick. The boys had a good time too!
Love Ya'll
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sooo Much Better!!
I know mom still has some things that need to be worked on. There are some new meds she is taking, that hopefully she won't have to take for long. Mom's feet are still swollen & not sure why just yet. But I can really tell that she is talking more "in her head" than "in a fog"! It's wonderful to have mom back!
We are planning on going up this Sunday to visit. I know it will be a wonderful visit.
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Love Ya'll
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Mom's Home!!
When I talked to her, she was working on her medicines. She hadn't really had a chance to read the paper from the hospital about the changes in her medicines. In the coming weeks she will be having doctor appts.
I asked her when could we come up & she said to come up on Sunday. Which just happens to be Valentine's Day! As of tonight, she said she would be going to church. We'll see. That will all depend on what she does the rest of this week. Mom hasn't been to church for about 3 months, I guess.
Mom did say that her kidney levels had come down a great deal. Which is a very good thing. I think when she went in, the levels were at 3. something. And when she left, the levels were at 1. something. So hopefully that will continue to improve!! And mom continues to improve!!!
Love Ya'll!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Mom Again!
Mom is waiting on one more doctor to come in & see her. This is her kidney doctor she's waiting on. As of today, no one had seen or heard from that doctor. Hopefully he will come by tomorrow & see her. He was in on Thursday last week to see her. Mom still doesn't know what they are going to do about her kidneys.
Mom did say they have taken some of her medicines out. It would be nice if they could just let her take the ones she ABSOLUTELY has to have & the other ones throw out! I know there are some meds that she really needs. Just like I know there are some meds she doesn't need.
So things seem to be looking up for mom. Hopefully she can come home sometime this week!
Love Ya'll
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Better Again
Mom sounded very good. She had sat in a chair for 6 hrs today. And when I was on the phone, mom was sitting on the edge of the bed. By the time we were about to get off, the nurse had come in w/her medicine for the thrush. It's a swish & swallow medicine. Mom says she has several sores in her mouth. Which I think that is from the shaking she had, which contributed to her biting the inside of her mouth & tongue. Which by the way, mom says the shaking has stopped.
Mom was in a very uppy mood tonight. It was a very good conversation, talking like her old self! Mom kind-of thinks she might go home tomorrow. That's the feeling she was getting & hearing when 2 of her doctors came in today. I told her that as soon as she got home , we would be there!!!
Love Ya'll
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Still about the same
Mom has developed Thrush, which they have started an oral antibiotic for that. She has had, what the nurses are calling, "3 massive bm's". They have started her on an oral laxative. Which is suppose to be very gentle.
Her cardiologist came in today also. He said they are definitely going to be looking into all the meds mom is on. But it looks like the culprit for all this mess is probably her kidneys. Since they aren't functioning like they should, they're not get the toxins out of her system. But she is not a candidate for surgery, because of her heart. Mom's heart is only functioning at 20 percent.
So nothing has really been said if any surgeries or procedures will be taking place. Not sure how long mom is going to be in there. But she is being taken care. She's where she needs to be. And hopefully it won't take long! I miss seeing & talking to mom!!
Got church tomorrow & a birthday party to go to. Maybe that will help keep my mind off of things with mom!
Love Ya'll
I WANNA GO!!
Mom's cardiologist's nurse/assistant came in today & dad told her all that has been going on. She's thinking that some of this may be from the meds & her kidney's not working together. Especially since her kidney's are doing very well. Dad still has not talked to Stuart(Dr. Mauch), which is mom's primary doctor. This all happened this morning. It's now almost 3 in the afternoon & I haven't heard anymore from dad.
It is comforting to know that there are family members, who are trying to help my out, by telling me to "listen to your dad". But at times I feel that they are taking his side & taking my side at the same time....?
I'm trying to get on with my life. Taking care of my family. But mom is also part of my family. And yet I'm told, basically that I'm not needed or wanted. Which I know is all in my head...right? I just feel like I'm being left out. Yes, dad & I stay in-touch, but it's not the same. I'm starting to feel hurt because I'm told not to come....like I'm not wanted.
Today has been an emotional day! I feel more like I'm pmsing than anything else! I'll talk things over with Jason & see what he thinks.
Later. Love Ya'll
Friday, February 5, 2010
Back to Not Good
Dad called about 7:30 pm & said mom is back to the way she was before she got in the hospital. So maybe now, everyone will understand the seriousness of things with her & get this worked out. She still is taking the same meds as she was at home. She told me that yesterday when I talked to her. The nurse brought her, her meds. She asked what they were, nurse told her, & she knew right way that, that was what she was taking at home.
So I have no clue what's going to happen now.? Mom's kidney dc. came in yesterday & mentioned that her kidney's were alittle worse than what they had thought. But they want to get these other problems taken care of first, then work on that. Some talk may be kidney dialysis.
I think there is a little depression too. When this all started several months ago, all I would hear in our phone conversations, was sadness, loneliness, how tired she was, how much pain she was in. Mom has no one who comes & visits her. Except you, Aunt Barbie. No calls her, except for 3 or 4 people. I'm one who calls her daily, along with dad. Sometimes several times a day, depending on what's going on. Mom can't go out & do things on her own anymore. The friends she does have, live to far away & have lives of their own. Not even her own son comes over or calls to see how she's doing or to offer to come over & help with things. But that's a whole other story, that I'm not going to go into.
Dad still doesn't want anyone to come & see her. My Aunt Debbie, her own sister, dad won't even let her come. I don't know why dad is not wanting any support from any one. Which is what I'm getting from him. I don't even know if Aunt Barbie has been to see her.
So needless to say, I'm sad & hurt, that my dad won't let me come & see my mom. Of course I want to take my boys too! I know they don't completely understand what's going on with Nana, but it sure would make me feel better knowing they got to see her one last time........:( I'm trying not to think the worst, but it's very hard when I'm not aloud by my own father, to come & see my mom!!! I'm not sure what he's thinking or if he is.
I guess I've vented enough for the night. We are getting more snow tonight. The 4-5 inches we got this time last week, was starting to disappear....and now it's back!:) Fun for the kids!!
Love Ya'll
Thursday, February 4, 2010
We have not see my parents for 2 wks now. I would really like to see her. I know my boys would love to see her. But I don't want to drive 2 hrs. & only stay 20 mins. So it really has to be worth the drive to stay as long as we can. So I think coming up & see my mother, who is in the hospital, is worth the drive!!! But dad says no. Yet I don't need to rat on dad by telling mom, "Dad told me not to come." Yeah, that would do wonders!? Get him in trouble? I don't think so.
Mom is making some progress, but there's still alot to do. Now that she is in one place, the doctors can come see her, instead of her going to them!!! I still want to go up there! But even being 33 yrs old, sometimes you still have to listen to your parents....I guess?
That's all I have for now. Dad says there's suppose to be snow up there tomorrow, that was another reason he didn't want me to come...so I wouldn't be driving in snow....WHO CARES? I was driving in 4 inches of snow this time last week!!! *&^$#@!#$%&*
Good Night Ya'll
Love Ya!
Doing Better!
I told her that I didn't want to sound mean or joke about this, but could all of these other issues be from being so constipated? She said it could be. Like I said I really wasn't trying to make a joke out it. But she sound so much like her real self! Maybe if they get her cleaned out & unblocked then maybe everything else will fall into place!?
She was on oxygen, but they were going to be removing that. She is on NO iv's. She was alittle OVER hydrated. Which that was a shock considering she hadn't really been drinking like she should have.
So over all, a much better report today! I'll be back later!
Love Ya'll
Mom's in the Hospital
Mom has been in the ER enough times, that when she finally gets to go home or gets admitted, she is extremely exhausted. So you don't bother her too much the next day. But dad was very excited the hear that familiar voice that we haven't heard in a long time!!
I told dad that I was planning on coming up tomorrow, but he said wait till Saturday because there was suppose to be snow coming. We'll see when I go. I would really like to go tomorrow instead of waiting.
I hope they keep her until they can get EVERYTHING straighten out! I'll be back later today to give more when I get it!
Love Ya'll
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Keep her & my dad in your prayers! Please pass the word to those who know her, so they can be praying too!
Love Ya'll
That's all I know for the moment. I'll be back when I hear more!
Love Ya'll
Another reason for blogging, is to hopefully keep my anger from going to my parents, my husband, my children, and everyone else around me. It's not their fault. I'm just tired of not getting any results from these doctors. Living so far from my parents makes it even harder.
Anthony, I wish my parents did live closer to you guys! I'm so thankfully that your mom is working so close to my parents! You guys are AWESOME!! That was a relief knowing she was going over to mom's on Monday to check on her. Of course I was waiting for the worst phone call of my life! Not knowing what she was going to find.
Like I said, I really needed to put my thoughts & feellings somewhere else besides on paper, where no one else will see, atleast for many years won't see. But also to let others know what's going on. Sometimes phone calls only go so far. Here on the World Wide Web, things seem to travel very far, very fast! And everyone is here in one place!
Love Ya'll!!!
I'll add more later today if anything changes.
Just keep praying!