Good Saturday Morning Gang!

Good Morning Cali and welcome to Saturday a day of rest, fun in the sun or however else you choose to spend your day!

I know all you Nor Cal people are suffering terribly from all the fires and I have heard that there are supposed to be more lightening strikes happening and that means there could be more fires. My heart really goes out to all of you who are suffering and have been affected by the fires.

Also please keep Steve's brother in your prayers....he is in the hospital and I have not heard an update...I am hoping that it will be positive when we do hear from Steve!

So what are your plans for the day? Anything good? I know the SD girls are giving their celebrity Vicki M the grand treatment today with lunch and partying tonight....oooooooooooooooooo la la...those girls night out!

I am on grandma duty early this morning as I will have Miss Ava while her parents are working. No day care for weekends....like I so hate it, but sometimes interrupts any plans I might have had. Ava and I are going to do some artwork today...I will post pic of her artwork when done...this ought to be interesting. The rest of the day, just plan on trying to stay cool....it is supposed to be 110+ today....ugh!!!Also going to dinner at this couples house who I just met recently....really trippy people, but most of all they seem really kind spirited and they live super close to me. We met at our new neighborhood grocery store and it was Miss Ava who was the one who broke the ice as we were standing at the deli department together.

Have a great day everyone and don't forget the H20!!!

PEACE OUT!!!!  

Good Saturday Morning to you and the Crew Janine. Let me say thank you all so much for your support the last couple of days. I have received messages here on the board, PMs and e-mails and it means a great deal to me to know you care and are keeping my family and myself in your thoughts and prayers. Brother Bob continues to straddle a fine line at this point. The doctors and nurses won't venture a prognosis at this time. It is hour by hour, day to day and all depends on how his body copes with and responds to the treatments they are doing to keep him going.  Yesterday was an emotional roller coaster for us. Trying to make a long story short he was crashing early in the morning with his blood pressure diving and his OTHER lung had collased. They woke him about 5:30am when the monitors indicated trouble. After a morning of working to get his blood pressure stabilzed and lung function to an acceptable level he was doing "OK" yesterday afternoon. He is still in critical condition but, well, he is still with us and I guess you'd say he dodged a bullet. He has a fighters attitude and is fighting for his life and if that counts for anything, and I know it does, he will hang in there.  Problem is with his liver disease and lack of kidney function it's really dicey. They needed to do dialisis yesterday but couldn't with the blood pressure problems. So we are hoping he will be able to have that today. We are told he needs at least three dialisis treatments then they will have a better idea of whether his kidney function is coming back.  He had one treatment Thursday evening. I'll be heading back to the hospital a little later this morning and hope to find things better or at least stable. I have to tell you I had an emotional breakdown yesterday. I stopped at his apartment on the way to work to pick up a few things for him and after I got to work I called the critical care nurses station and got no answer. Called three times with the same result. Called our doctors office twice after they opened and couldn't get a hold of our doc or the PA. Bob called me and said if my Mom and our other brother, Walter, wanted to visit him it would be a good day to do that. Which made a bell go off in my head as he gave me specific instructions Thursday that he did not want any visitors beside myself. OK, that's odd. So I called our doctor again and got him on the phone. This is around 10:00am... The doctor basically told me what happened that morning and said "Steven, it doesn't look good." I tried to quiz him to see if he was saying Bob was going to die. He wouldn't go there so I tried a different tact and asked should I call his son and have him come to which he said "Yes, have him come right away." I felt like I wa**** with a ton of bricks. At that moment the reality that he was THAT ill and that we could lose him at any moment hit home. Guess I was just so convinced, and in denial, that whetever was wrong would be treated and we'd keep him going. We've been dealing with his health issues related to his liver disease for 2 and 1/2 years now though the last 6 months have seen him getting ill more frequently.  So there I am at work with a list of things that needed to be done and I broke down sobbing. My boss and co-workers were so very understanding and supportive and hugged me and reasured me. My buddy Paula took my to do lists and they wanted to drive me but I got composed (sorta) and headed out to get to the hospital. Made the phone calls I needed to and D, my brother Walter and my Mom met me there. Like I said, over the course of the afternoon he was improving and when we all left him we breathed a sigh of relief. Now we wait. I spoke to my nephew last night, he and his family, who live in Phoenix, are in Redding on vacation visiting his Mom. I gave him the facts and he'll need to decide if and when to come here. Hopefully he will not need to. OK that's enough typing for me! I wish everyone a great Saturday and hope to have better news to report next time I post! (((((BigBearHugz)))))

Steve, I know I don't need to say this, but if you need me, you know I  will drop all and come running. So just let me know. All I need is a phone call, I am there. How does that song go....at no river deep enough, no mountain to high...bluh bluh.

Sending you and your family so very much love and great healing vibes.

Love you

LL