The NIGH****CHMAN - Wednesday - 6/24
Update on Oleta's mother. Her spirits are up. A complete turnaround on that. She is communicating via a touchpad the hospital has put in her room. She is very alert. She is still fairly much immobile from the neck down. She is still draining fluid from the lungs and the area around the lungs. Doc said that should have stopped by now. So, she still needs your prayers. Evidently she has decided to fight now. She no longer has given up.
Mary only had the grandkids for two hours today. Then Eddie went home with her and helped her clean out the garage.
That's about it from me right now.
Our day was kind of rough after the celebrating. So I will start off with the fun part. Went to church, stopped at Brad's (they overslept and did not make church) to say hi. Then left to go to Penny's house. Mary got on the cell phone and told them we were on our way. Penny said they were almost at our house. Thank God for cell phones, otherwise they would have been at our house, while we were at their's. We ended up going to Spring Creek BBQ for lunch, then to the house to watch the Rangers together. They lost.
Brad called and said Oleta had texted him to get in touch with the pastor, she needed to see him ASAP. Her mother took a turn for the worse. Oleta spoke with the pastor, and they are going to speak to the doc's either today or tomorrow about lessening the medications her mother is on, in an effort to get her in a more coherent condition to make decisions about what to do. Primarily regarding life support.
Please pray hard for Oleta during this time. Pray for Brad that he is there for Oleta. And pray for Mary. She has had the grandkids every day except 3, for the last 3 weeks. She has had little time to herself, but she keeps on going.
Sorry to babble on so long, I may be back later with more info.
Prayer requests are listed below.
Also, please feel free to just visit here. Tell us about how your day went. Your successes. Your failures. Your fun. Whatever. When I post this thread, I do not have access to any chat programs, so this sometimes substitute as that vessel for me.
Continue to keep your thoughts and prayers for the members of our Armed Forces serving around the world, especially during this time of increased awareness. Please thank God for these men and women every day. In addition, please keep the wives and family members in your thoughts.
PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT:
Vicki V.
Avis
Jennifer - (Cruise Director Julie) - making decisions on possible positions.
Nina
Lynnette
Jeri
Those who are not yet unemployed, but layoffs are looming
Anne -(Lalocaweta) - Please pray for her as she undergoes treatment for a medical problem she is facing.
Dana - requests prayer for her sister, Renee. She had tumor on her jaw removed. Now needs jaw reconstruction on 7/23 - (10 hour surgery scheduled).
Debra - has been put on no work by doctor due to memory loss that is related to recent hospitalization. Also, with the no work comes less pay. Prayers for the financial side of the situation.
George - prayers for Oleta J., Brad's MIL. She is in JPS with pneumonia and COPD among other health issues. On 6/14 they removed liquid from her lungs and the area around her lungs. Also pray for Brad's wife, also Oleta. She is a sweetheart. Give her strength at this time.
Janet (1divaatheart) - her husband's kidney will be removed on 7/16, followed by lots of followup.
Jill - pray for Jill this coming week as she leaves for her annual 6 weeks back home, with the kids.
Karen (Misty750342002) - A friend of Karen's from work (who is like a son to her), Dustin Murphy, is 24 years old and has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease.
Meggie - friend Nancy is in assisted living home and is on her last days. Pray for Meggie's family also as they try to fight through this.
Ramon - has strayed after 15 years of sobriety. He is now sober for 32 days, but very tempted. Pray for him to make the right decisions.
SandiB - prayers for her as she has some personal concerns right now.
Vicki V. - husband Patrick has Ataxia and Neuropathy of the left side. Which basically means he has virtually no feeling in his left leg and foot. Experiencing fatigue.
Vanessa (Butterfly Reborn) - requests prayer for her family. There were no specifics, but I am sure the Lord knows.
Below are two of God's children that definitely need our prayers. These are two specific cases, we know there are others out there. Remember them too.
Gina J. - Pray for her 6 year old Marina, diagnosed with a terminal illness at age 2. She has improved, but still needs our prayers. Pray for this brave little girl.
Vanessa - We have all followed the story of Elizabeth. Here is her Caringbridge page:
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
WOW I'm home early tonight. I got to leave work at 930...thats early for me.........:)
Glad that i'll be in bed by 11 tonight. I'm on the bike now as we speak / type..........whatever we call it.......................I LOVE IT IT IS RELAXING......................cuz I know that hopefully I"m doing something...........som eexcercise..........better than NONE !!
My fur baby is wonderingwhy i'm not loving on him ! lol. just sitting here watching me..........hilarious.............
Not much going on. things are really busy at day job.......I stayed at worked until 610pm tonihgt....not suppose to do that...but i wanted to get a jump start on tomorrow's tasks...since I"ll be in a meeting tomorrow for at least 1 hour+....was in meeting today for 45 min................I chose not to go to lunch today because of that........................if they are challenging me - its working........I'M CHALLENGED..........................NOW HOPEFULLY THEY ARE NOT SETTING ME OR "US" UP FOR FAILURE !! I'M GONNA PROVE THEM WRONG..................
POSITIVE.........THINKING !!
NOt much else going on in my world...............((((((((Hugggsss)
night night
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
It's been an OK day here. We got the master bedroom taped, the ceiling and the two dark walls painted. I learned I should never pick paint colors quickly. Two of the 5 walls in our master bedroom have always been an avocado green. I thought I picked a color that was close to the color that was already there. Oh no! They two dark walls are now English racing green. If not darker. They look good, but they're really dark green. Tomorrow, we'll paint the three light walls antique white and then finish the touch up work that needs to be done in the kitchen, downstairs hall, stairway and upstairs bathroom. The for sale sign should be up before the weekend.
And between doing the ceiling and the walls, we went to the pool for a couple hours to just chill. Unfortunately, while we were there, I checked email on my phone and had a bizarre accusatory email from a "friend". My feelings were hurt by it. I wholly understand why people liked to start drama and rumors when I had a kickin' job and seemed to have the world by the ass, but I'm just about as low as I can get right now and people still feel like I haven't been torn down enough? It just hurts. Plain and simple. I responded that I had no clue what they were talking about, I have no desire to be part of anyone's drama right now and to have a wonderful life. I just won't do it...I'm too old for it.
I hope you're having a good night. I'll be around for a bit still. Prayers for all who need them.
253 / 140 (below goal)
If I were lying, wouldn't my pants be on fire?!?
Not much new here... went into work today to do some packing of the office, tomorrow is my last official day packing everything up for storeage. Hoping tomorrow will bring some closure, it's been a good run... 14 years of never ending change and challenge, but this is the biggest change and challenge of all.... no job, I've gone from a full time job, with 2 part time jobs, to nadda in the last year... this economy just sucks rocks!!
Still haven't heard back from the recuriter I met with on Monday, they did have me do an additional 3 tests to the 4 that were completed on Monday, hoping that is a good sign...
Meeting a friend in the morning to drop her daughter off at the airport, Miss Katheryn is going to a basketball camp in North Florida, where she is being actively recruited. Please keep her in prayer that she plays the game that she loves, to her best ability. Currently scholorship is her only way to a college education. She's a super sweet young lady, and a very good point guard, prayers going out to her to "shine".
Prayers for the spoken and unspoken requests. Special prayers for Oleta and her mother, Brad and the extended family. Special healing prayers for our kids, and for those that are hurting tonight for what ever reason. Prayers for all looking for employment, may God bring you the "Perfect Job". Blessings to all.
Just jumping on for a second. I'm exhausted so need to sleep! Nothing at ALL to have to get up for tomorrow so I fully expect to sleep in! Had a very rough start to the day at the hotel...woke up to a flat tire. Geez....dead battery the morning we left and then this. We did get EXTREMELY lucky though as there was a tire and muffler shop just a block down from the hotel. As soon as they found out we were traveling, they stopped the jobs they were working on and got ours done first so we could get back on the road. Didn't have any other snafu's so that was good. So now up at mom and dad's for about six weeks. Thankfully can still stay in touch with my laptop! Heck, even my sister has one that she fires up when she's here, too!
Ok, gotta go find my pillow!
