Sunday, November 30, 2008

Needing More Prayer!!


It is snowing here today! Not a lot but enough to feel like Christmas!
Well, since I wrote my last post things got hard!! I don't think I told you all that the kidney specialist told me to drink more water.
SO I did!! Oh My!! Each evening my feet were a little more swollen until Friday night and they were so swollen that in a couple places they cracked and bled. Not good! Karen and Kelly cleaned them up and propped them up with pillows.
I called my Doctor and they told me he said to call the kidney specialist. The Kidney special is out of his office until Monday morning.

I have labs this week so Please keep praying that the creatine will go down! THANKS!! IF they don't that means you have permanent kidney damage and will have to be on dialysis in time.
I have one more deal..... My body must be making insulin! This week my blood sugar has fell to 40 twice and the worst was the night before Thanksgiving when it dropped to 31 and everything was going dark. My Doctor has decreased my insulin but it is still falling but not as bad.
I hate to make this into a medical post but I need your prayers so much!! I must get well!!
I was able to go and visit some of you a little on Wednesday but I had to stop because of the swelling in my feet.
So I need to get well for many reasons but one reason IS I love to blog!!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends!! I sure hope you have a lovely time with family and friends tomorrow.



We will go down to my son Bill's home. They fix the turkey, gravy, dressing, mashed potato's. We bring the sweet potato's green bean casserole and the corn pudding and I make a fluff salad. Kelly will make pumpkin pies!



I saw the kidney specialist yesterday and he said my creatine were still not were they should be but I am getting better. Praise God!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Good News on Friday!


Hello!! Well it is Friday and I see the family or me have been posting every Friday since I have been sick. I am feeling so much better! I was at the Dr's office on Tuesday and my blood pressure was better but my creatine are still not were the Dr. wants them. I see the kidney specialist next week. But I am so much better!!

Maybe really soon I can get out and visit and leave some comments!! Boy, oh Boy have I ever missed you!!!




But as Hootin Anni told me in no uncertain terms MY Health comes first!!! So this time I didn't want a set back.


Thank you SO very much for your prayers for me!! And for all the lovely comments! How can I ever thank you for all this concern and caring!!!
I have been in for so long there isn't a lot of news about my family! Well,as I think about it Karen flew down and visited her friends in Austin, TX. last weekend and had a really good time! They went to Houston on Thursday and San Antonio on Saturday and saw the River Walk.
She brought me back the cutest Ginger Bread Boy who is a Texas Cowboy!!
Nancy loved her tee shirt from the Alamo!



Friday, November 14, 2008

Hello All My Sweet Blogging Friends!


Since I have been under the weather Kelly has got a new do!! She has lost 3 dress sizes!! This is Kelly and her great-nephew Marcello.
Well, I don't know if I am suppose to be on here yet or not!!! But I just couldn't stand seeing my side bar with all the Halloween stuff still on it so I had to do a little house keeping on it!! While I was doing that I thought I would do a quick post!!!
I am feeling a lot better but my blood pressure is still to high. Nancy and I had labs this morning. This is to see if creatine levels have gone back to normal. I will be seeing the Dr for a visit next week and then we will know how every thing is comming along!
I sure want to Thank everyone for their many prayers on my behalf!
This turned out to be pretty rough! But I think I have turned the corner now and things are looking up!! I will post when I find out what the Dr. has to say!!
Nancy wants everyone to know she got a new hair cut, too!!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Update on mom

It's Friday night and I'm taking dictation from mom over the phone...... Here goes....

Thanks to everyone who's been praying, I appreciate it soooo much. I got to come home late on Wednesday night by promising to have lab work done first thing on Thursday morning at my primary caregiver. Which I did and found out my kidney's still haven't bounced back, the creatine level is still high, like at the hospital. Waiting to get direction from the doctor. But drinking LOTS of WATER in the meantime...

Still don't feel like myself, but getting better everyday.

Will post when I can, but wanted everyone to be updated.

Love,
Grams

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Mom's In the Hospital

Mom went in the other day for a second round of angioplasty. They did the stint thing, 2 places in her hips, both kidneys, and couldn't do the right leg, it was too hardened. She can have a bypass done, in the future, if she chooses to, but isn't an emergency since there's ancellory flow around the blockage.


She also had complications because her creatin level was high and her kidneys weren't through putting so they've decided to keep her overnight -- again.

She (we) would like your prayers.

Thanks!!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Grandma Carrie here's your adorable tick-or-treaters!!!

When I talked to my missionary daughter tonight on the phone,she told me she had not seen a picture of her new grandson Baby Marcello since the one that was posted on my Birthday blog!! She asked (begged) me to Please post some more picture of him!! So I have a ton of picture here for Grandma Carrie!! We had a lot of trick or treaters tonight!

Karen brought over these for Nancy!



Grams as a Hawaiian Princess!



Great Grandma and Valerie as Princesses




I was enjoying the kids a lot!



Nancy was Bat Woman!



Baby Marcello! He is 5 months old


Marcello


I don't know who gave him a doughnut!!



He seems to like it!


Valerie and her doughnut!



Our little princess!


The kids over at Gramps house



Valerie and Kevin, back at my house


Valerie

Sofia and Kelly

Our fireman Kevin


Gramps and Kevin



Kevin got a hold of the Candy bucket!


Kelly and Kevin


Kelly and Kevin

Fireman Kevin

Kelly and Kevin

Karen

Kelly

My Grandson, Jeremy

Baby Marcello over at Gramps house


Valerie Kevin and Daddy at the neighbor's house.


Valerie, walking up the street with daddy
Ready for a night of trick-or-treating!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Friday and its Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween! When I saw Charlie Brown and the gang's icon, this is the one I wanted to use. It was on TV the other night and it is one of Nancy's favorite Holiday Specials.

I am always amazed when they still show Charlie Brown's Christmas Special with the real Christmas Story!

Nancy and I will be passing out candy tonight. We always have a bunch of kids at our house and I love to see the little ones! I think the Great Grand kids will be going out to their church for a big Fall Festival! I told them to bring the kids over on the way!

The Baptist are having a Treat or Trunk and pulling there cars and pickup in their parking driveway and decorating the trunks and then passing out candy to the kids who come by for a safe place for them to go.

When my son live near he always brought my grand kids over for treats and that was so fun. They are all grown up now!! The time went way to fast!!

I babysit tons of kids through the years and they used to come by too! But they are all teenagers or older now!!!

Carrie has lived in Mexico all the years the other grand kids were growing up so I don't remember a Halloween with them!!! That is why I so enjoy seeing the Great Grand kids!!!



It is really pretty here! The temp. was 73 degrees today! We have leaves all over the yard and I love the sound of the kids walking through them and the crunch crunch sound!


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Karen as Paula Dean Kelly as Rachel Ray!!




What Your Love of Snickers Says About You



You are a very popular person. People can always find something about you to like.

You are friendly and approachable. It's easy to feel comfortable around you.



You are lively, playful, and sweet. But you are also substantial too.

No matter what the situation is, you are good company... and the ideal best friend.

I did one of these Deals you take to find out silly stuff about you! If you choose Snickers it says really good things about you!!! I love Snickers!! I just can't have them anymore!!
We had lab work for Nancy this morning and seeing the Dr. She doesn't have to see this Dr.again until January!! I love this! We still have lab work twice a month but that only takes a few minutes.

Karen and Kelly went to the annual Halloween Party. I shared their pictures last year but after all the weight loss they are really looking great! Karen was Miss Paula Dean! Kelly was Rachel Ray!


Karen and Myrtle



Kelly



Thanks to Karen for changing my header!!! Yeah!!! This made me so happy!!! It looks good!!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Super Sunday Scene Song Scripture


Jer. 30: 7 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord,

"Restore" means to take back to the original intended design, plan, purpose, and function.
This scripture was sent to me this week by a friend and it has been a blessing to me! So I am sharing it with you too. There are so many out there suffering with one thing or another and I think this is a very good Bible Verse to hide in your heart and to hang on to!! Go Here to join in for the Super Sunday post.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

I have awards for You!!!

My dear friend Denise has passed these lovely awards on to me! Thank you so much Denise! I am going to passed them to all the people who read my blog,if you on my side bar this is your too! If you follow my blog these are yours too! Please pass the friendship around.Thank you again Denise for thinking of me! I think I covered all the bases on this one!!!!I just hate leaving any one out!!






Thank you for your kind words in my last post! I sure appreciate you all!! The above award says it all! You all have lent me a hand with all your prayers and caring for me and for Nancy too!
I overdid on Tuesday so now I am taking it easy! I have to be ready for my next procedure, so I am thinking I had better rest up a bit! I did get a flu shot today. Maybe by next week I can get out and about and do some more visiting!! I will be reading your blogs for now, just not leaving a comment.
I talked to Glo on Friday and she is doing ok! She said to tell everyone Hello!! She misses everyone a lot!!

Monday, October 20, 2008

A lovely gift from Pea's Birthday Give a Way!!! Up date on my procedure

When Kelly came home from work she had this package with her. I was thrilled because it was from Canada and from my dear friend Pea from over at Pea's Corner and I knew that this was the give- a- way prize I had won for Pea's Birthday Tea!!! I was so excited I could hardly wait to get it opened!












Pea had enclosed an adorable card with this cute kitty!










Also a beautiful lei



Two beautiful Tea Cups




With a package of Tea!





Napkins too!



With a tiara and a lei and a lovely tea cups I

am ready for you all to come join me!!




I looked up at my hutch and there is my swan. I think it would

match my new tea cups perfectly !




Won't the tea cups and my swan look so beautiful together!!

Thank you Dear Pea for all the lovely gifts!! I love them!!!!

What a wonderful Birthday Tea you had for us!!!





Thanks for all your Sweet comments and prayers while I have been getting over this procedure. It turned out a little rougher then I thought it would be!! Understatement! I was so sick when I woke up on Friday morning with fever, chills, and nausea. The Doctor had put long stents from my hips to my knees which made my arteries go, what is that flowing through us!! SO I ached! and ached! He had to put a lot more stents in my left leg then he thought he would at first. But this is Monday and I am so much better and feeling better every day.

I will be going back the first week of November to get my right leg done and the arteries by my kidneys! The Doctor said I would be on dialysis in a year or so if we didn't take care of the arteries there!
So we will!! Thanks again!