Thursday, October 29, 2009

I wanted to get this written before it gets to late and I also need to get busy on my costume for Saturday. I haven't even started it yet and I need it by Saturday evening. I guess I better get busy. Enough on that.

Mom is doing rally good. They moved her to a room the first of the week and they are talking about her being able to go home in a few days. She is still having trouble with retaining fluid. Johnny told me that she was even losing fluid through on of her arms and they were having to keep a bandage on it. They don't seem to be to concerned about it. They also said that they will probably be able to control he heart problem with medicine. That is good to know. She is in no hurry to get out of the hospital, which is unlike her. She can't stand to be away from home and her dogs. Just continue to keep her in your prayers and thoughts.

Tomorrow is my long day. I have to work my regular job and then off to the bowling alley. I went by there on Wednesday and we had our lights put in for our cosmic bowling. It looked really cool. We can do different kinds of music. Maybe it will help getting people in the alley because everyone we have talked to in the past few weeks thought we were closed and we never have been.

Well, I better get off her and get some things done. Have a great weekend and I will keep you posted on my mom. I appreciate all your thoughts and prayer for her.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Well here goes another day. It has been a long day. We left this morning around eight-thirty and headed to moms. We had to go get Riley a movie and then some breakfast. Then we were off.

Alan said that he really had a hard time going this morning because he was afraid that she was just waiting to see him and she was just going to give up. This is going to be hard on all of us but we will take one day at the time and just pray that she will get better.

She was better this morning than she was at the beginning of the week but we still have a long way to go. She ate pretty good today and this is the best that she has eaten in several days. That was very encouraging. She is still retaining fluid which is not good. They had to up her medicine to get the fluids out. She is getting it every four hours. She is having a hard time remembering things and I think that upsets her more than being so sick. I think that part of that is from the medicine.

She was trying to tell me something this afternoon and she just got really frustrated when she could not remember what it was or how to explain it. I hope that will get better as she gets stronger. It is going to be a long haul.

I talked to Johnny after we got home and he promised me that when he found out something from the doctor that he would let me know. Johnny said that if he was not able to talk to a doctor in the morning that he was going to go hunt the doctor down and get some answers and he will. Not knowing is very hard. Mom told us today that the heart doctor told her that if her heart rate stayed as good as it has for the last few days that they may consider putting her in a regular room. I just what them to do what is the best for her.

I sure hope that my tomorrow starts out better than last week. It has been a long week. I will be off next Monday to go to the doctor in Birmingham for my final checkup for the cancer. I am going up on Sunday night and spend the night with Michael. I am looking froward to that. It will be good to see them. We have also talked about doing Christmas at his house this year. We will talk about that later on.

Well, I better get off her and hit the sack. Tomorrow is a long day with work and bowling. GO BAMA!!! They are still undefeated.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

I thought I would update on my mom so those who read and care will know what is going on. I talked to my sister this afternoon and her heart rate is still up and she is still in ICU. They said that they could possibility shock the heart but they don't really want to do that because of here breathing problems. It is going to be a long road this time but we will take it one day at a time. She has started eating a little. They gave her something for anxiety on Tuesday night because she was afraid to go to sleep because she was afraid that she would forget to breath. Johnny told me that Wednesday morning that she looked better because the dark circles were gone and that she looked rested.

Alan and I are planning on going up on Sunday. He was going to go up on Saturday but I talked him into waiting until Sunday and I would go with him.

I did my post bowling on Wednesday and the first two games were not so great. I bowled a 103, 107, and then on the third game I blew it away with a 180. I was shocked with myself.

Tonight was a busy night because we had our fall festival at school tonight and I ended up in the obstacle course helping children up the wall to slid down on the other side. I told my boss there was a reason that I signed up for the popcorn machine and that was because I was to old to be pushing and pulling all those kids and that I was going to be to sore to come to work tomorrow. Yea right> I will be there but I probably will be one sore girl. I had to show them that I wasn't to old to give it a try myself. The first time I didn't make it and down I went but then I gave it another try and I did it. Hurray for me and I will be paying for it tomorrow.

Well, I better get myself up from here and get myself ready for bed. Have a great weekend!!!!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

What a busy couple of days. This is going to be short and to the point because I am tired and ready to hit the sack, but I wanted to let you know how thisngs went with Christopher. His surgery went well and he is doing grsat. He was not happy with them when they told him that he had to pull off his underwear. He told them that he wasn't going to take his underwear off and they let him wear them int surgery and they took them off after he went to sleep. When he got into the recovery room he tried to stand up in the bed. He was ready to get out of that place. They finally got out of there around eleven thirty.

I was at the hospital when I received a phone call from my step dad about my mom. He took my mom to the emergency room early Monday morning. When they got to the hospital the doctor told Johnny that he did not think she would make it through the day. She was retaining fluid and was swollen really bad. The did an EKG and it showed that she had a heart attack but they did not know how long it had been since she had it. They also said that she has congestive heart failure and pneumonia. She was one sick lady and she still is. I left yesterday around noon to go check on her. She got unto me for not being at work and I told her that my work was taken care of and I was right where I needed to be. She had a good night and when we came in this morning she looked a hundred percent better. They gave her a lunch tray and took her off of clear liquids so I sure hope she is on the mend. They had to give her medicine to get her heart rate down because it was staying around 155 and they want it under 100. Within a couple of hours it dropped to 145 so we were encouraged about that. Little by little she is getting better and we will take what we can get.

I know that the more times she has these issues the closer we come to losing her and that is why I cherish every moment I have with her because I don't know how much longer I will have her. She was so bad this week that Johnny even went to talk to someone at the funeral home to get some idea how things would work out. We know that sometime we are going to have to facew this issue but for now she still has some fight in her.

She has got to be one of the strongest woman that I have know in my lifetime and I hope that I could be half as strong as she is. She is special, shes my mom.

I better get off her before I end up in tears. Keep her in your prayers. Her name is Sandie.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Hey everyone. The weather here has gotten cooler and it is a nice change from the hot weather. The bad thing is that the wind is blowing and making it a lot cooler than we like. We can handle the cold but not the wind. These Bama people don't do wind well.

Tomorrow is Christopher's big day. He will be having surgery around seven in the morning. He is not excited at all. They have to be at the clinic by 5:30. I will head by there in the morning before heading to work and check on him. I will probably be there by seven.

Dennis, I have not met the man from Mobile yet. It is in the planning stage. I first have to make a trip to Mobile and right now there is no time to go. I am a busy woman right now between bowling, work, work, and more work. I will probably go down around the middle of November if it works out. I will be sure to let you know if it works out.

My mom hasn't been doing real well. She is having a really hard time with breathing. She went to the doctor on Monday and she still doesn't sound any better. She promised that if she wasn't any better that she would go back to the doctor. She says that she doesn't like to go to the doctor's office because there is to many sick people and she doesn't want to get any worse. I told her that she needed to get better so that I could come over and take her out to eat at Chili's. So maybe by the end of the month. Even if we don't get to go eat I am still going to head that way with in the next couple of weeks. It has been awhile since I have been over there.

Jason and Michelle have gotten settled into their new place and Jason seems to like this store a lot better. I sure hope it works out for them this time. They are about the same distance as before but in the other direction. I will have to make a trip there before to long also. In two weeks I will be going to Michael's to spend the night. I have to go to the cancer doctor in Birmingham on Nov.1st so I am going to spend the night with Michael. I have a lot of traveling coming up with in the next few weeks.

Bama is doing well again this year so far. We still have some hard teams to play. GO BAMA!!!!
I was listening to the game on the radio and telling everyone at the bowling alley what the score was.

Well, I better go. I need to get ready for church. Have a great weekend and week.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Everyone else had a busy weekend except for me. I was going to go to a wedding but I found out on Friday that it had been postponed until November. I told them it was nice of them to let me know. So instead I decided to go look for me some work pants. I did find some at Burks and it was the cheapest that I found them so I bought three pair so I am now set for work. So other than that my weekend consisted of working and church.

Jason and Michelle got moved on Sunday and they are in the process of getting things squared away. I told them if they had told me when they were planning on moving in that I would have helped them out but no one told me so I just went to church. I talked to them on Sunday night and it sounded like they had everything under control.

Christopher will have his surgery on Monday morning and that little guy sure isn't looking forward to it.

We are suppose to be getting some cooler weather bu this weekend. They say that is going to be in the forties. Time will tell. You never know what it will be here. I think most of us are ready for some cooler weather considering it was in the nineties today and very humid.

It looks like I may be making a trip to Mobile in a few weeks. My first cousin and my aunt want me to meet a guy that is retired from the Coast Guard. They tried to get him to come the day we were all at the lake but it didn't work out. So I think I will make a trip down there to meet him. Who knows if it will lead anywhere or not.

Well, this southern gal is going to call it a night and yall have a great day and look for more updates coming.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I guess I better do some updating since I haven't done any in while. With working two jobs and other things that have been going on I just haven't had time to do any updating.

I guess I will start with me. I have joined an adult/child league at the bowling alley on Monday nights. We bowled Monday night and we had a good time. I didn't do to bad. My scores were 105,118, and 138. Not to bad for an old woman. I bowled against one of my co-workers, which was even more fun.

Jason and Michelle are moving again. This time they are going to Florida. They will be moving to Tallahassee this coming weekend. It has been an ordeal. It will be a little closer than Montgomery but not much. Maybe this one will work out. The company is going to pay for their expenses to move but they still have to come up with the man power to get the truck loaded. It looks like they will be loading on Saturday evening and driving here on Sunday.

Christy has to take Christopher to the doctor on Friday to see about having surgery on his hernia. His surgery will be on the 16th of this month. What a way to spend her birthday. I am going to take her out tomorrow for lunch for her birthday.

I talked to Michael on the computer this morning and he is doing well. I am planning on going up there on November 1st and spend the night. I have to go to the doctor on Monday the 2nd so I want have to get up as early. It will be good to see them. I haven't seen them since Christmas.

I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. My niece is getting married at a park in Ozark. I sure hope it doesn't rain. The wedding is at ten in the morning. The dress code is come comfortable and that is what I plan on doing. Maybe I will even try for a little sexy look.

Well, I better get off here and hit the sack. Have a wonderful evening.