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I had switched from the updates here to doing them on the forum. I just wanted to place them here as un update.


Jul 20 2007, 07:45 AM

Just a real quick note as we are anxious to get back to see him this morning

He finally went into surgery 5 hours after we got there.

We were all tired which added to our stress.

They didn't actually start surgery on him until 7 PM. The brain surgeon was finished at 8:30. We didn't see the plastic surgeon until 12.10

We got into see Nick at 12:35 and he was waking up. He told us he loved us through motions. He shook his nurses hand. He communicated with an oxygen mask on some asking where his sister was.

He kissed him good by and told him we would see him ASAP in the morning and to get some well deserved rest.

Thanks for ALL of your prayers and well wishes.... I only broke down once after he went into the surgery, I will tell you more later. We feel very blessed

Hugs, SF



Jul 22 2007, 08:31 PM

Thanks for your support everyone. It means a lot to me.

Today I have been trying to get rid of a massive headache. I will share more as my brain begins to clear. We have been very blessed. Nick was home less than 48 hours post surgery. He will still be going into the hospital daily for hyperbaric treatments and weekly blood tests because of the antibiotics he is required to take for 4-6 weeks. The hyperbaric treatments are scheduled for 40 of them 2 hours long..... At least we were able to get out of him having a pic line for the antibiotics.


Jul 23 2007, 01:37 PM
I am currently at the hospital while Nick is in for hyperbaric treatment.

It has been amazing the events of this last week. Seriously I am on a high.

First not wanting the plastic surgeon that was going to be assigned to us. I mean I wonder how many people buck the system like I did with that. For 40 mins while in the parking lot last Tuesday with the brain surgeon. He kept telling me we are going ahead with Dr. X on Thursday. I said we don't want Dr. X and we are going to go see Dr. Y tomorrow. On Wednesday we saw Dr. Y and the spirit bore witness to me that Dr. Y was our doctor. The spirit was so strong I started crying right in Dr. Y's office. Then we had to tell our brain surgeon we had chosen another plastic surgeon and we still got resistance from Dr. B (for brain surgeon). We didn't know until about six o'clock on Wednesday night that we were going to surgery with our choice of surgeons on the very next day.

What I especially liked about Dr. Y is that he was against all foreign materials in his head. His plan was to do a craniotomy taking out a large chunk of Nick skull. Then doing a filet cut replacing the outer bone right where it came. They would use the inner part of the bone to create a sculpted bone to replace the plate entirely. Nick is recovering well. His brain is protected with his own bone. He is still very swollen but he isn't black and blue like he has been before.

We have so much to be thankful for...

My mom has now been gone for 4 years.

Today is her Birthday. I used to always buy her a new top for her Birthday. I remember how it was so hard to just buy flowers for her Birthday after she died; I used to cry telling myself that she really wanted a new top. Today I posted in the forums on the eBay thread, which caused me to think about why I bought some of the stuff I did on eBay years ago. I bought it to fill a void after losing my mom. Did it work, was my void filled? Looking back I believe that some of the stuff helped a little bit but the best thing for me was time. I am still not sure why my mom needed to die when she did or why she was taken so quickly. I do however now feel that she is more a part of me than she was years before. I still feel a great closeness to her and when I really need her I can feel her with me.

I feel that she is quite content where she is now. Last year I saw her when she came to visit me at our pool. I have told Souley this story but not many others. My daughter and I were the only ones in the pool that day and we where just sunning on blow up rafts. We had seen all kinds of flying things but this one dragonfly was especially friendly. It came zipping back and forth and even dipped into the water to drink. I wasn't used to this type of thing and it sent a bit of a chill up my spine as I jumped off the raft into the water. My daughter was shocked because I moved so quickly and said what is your problem. I said that dragonfly! It wasn't long before she too was in the water. She grabbed our cleaning pole and placed the net on the end. She then started waving it in the air back and forth. All of a sudden I shouted WAIT! She looked at me puzzled and said What? I said Don't! That's Grandma! I was serious but when I saw the look on her face we both started laughing and I went over and hugged my daughter and we laughed together for quite awhile. After that first 'sighting' we had seen her again many times. One day my daughter had come home for lunch and I told the dragonfly to go over and say Hi to S and it did!

Sad thing about that dragonfly is I believe I saw it late into the fall; it had died and was in the pool. This year I believe she has come back. This dragonfly takes the same course. It flies over the pool and lands on the same palm tree close to the pool and sits there and watches.... sometimes she will watch from the basketball hoop but those are her favorite places.

This may sound a bit kooky to you but it is something that I like. I like saying Hello to this dragonfly and I find myself looking for it. My mom always liked dragonflies.

Happy Birthday Mom.

I think I will buy me something with a dragonfly on it for my Moms' Birthday.

This morning has been very hard on us as a family.

For the past few years our dear, loyal, friend has had his health decline before our very eyes. He has always been there for us with unconditional love and always a snuggle and a kiss. We have shared some wonderful experiences with our friend and my children have known him for most of their lives. This friend was someone you could tell your secrets too and he would never tell anyone. This friend was someone you could always count on being there for you...

Today we had to help our friend of 17 years to the other side. He had become deaf and blind but he still could see our needs. Today we gave him our last gift of love. Seventeen years ago we needed a puppy in our lives because our oldest would not go to the bus stop because there might be a dog outside. We did not know that we would have him so long. It wasn't more than a year or two later that we got him a 'sister'. My children have grown up with these dogs. We have had them almost as long as our youngest child.

Beside being deaf and blind Boomer our dear friend had developed Alzheimer's and he could not sit still he would always pace back and forth bumping into things for the past few months. It had become necessary for us to block our stairs and rope off our railing because her was so skinny and could and almost fell down the stairs. This morning we let him out as usual. Something was different we did not hear him come back in.it's funny how you even get to know which dog it is by the way the walk. Hubby found Boomer; we had fallen into a window well and was lying very still. He brought him into the room were I was and he could tell he was in pain. It was time to wake up our kids. We took him to the vet and it wasn't long before Boomer was out of pain... I know this journey will not be easy but I know we made the right choice for our Friend

Boomer, I salute you for your incredible loving spirit. We will miss you my friend.

Sometimes we just need to talk to hear the sound of our voice, to know we are still alive.

Bleh.

Personality Changes? Bleh

Pain? Bleh

Be nicer? Bleh

Bleh.

After much discussion and Nick's doctor calling the infectious disease specialist, it has been determined that Nick will go off antibiotic therapy in a month. We will then see if the infection (if that is what it is) manifests itself. We will know because the soft spot in his forehead with begin to build fluid and will leak.

Dr. walks in.... Well Mr. and Mrs. Fields it's...

The funeral went very well. Nick gave a beautiful talk in honor of his best friend. Gosh I am so happy for him.





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Okay so I have been awake for hours, and I decide to get up because my jaw is keeping me awake. Ever since I can remember I have handled stress at night while I sleep. Last night before bed was hard. I rec'd some upsetting news and didn't have the opportunity to deal with it before bed. Well I woke up hours ago and could barely move my jaw. Apparently it had a work out during my few hours of sleep working back and forth, back and forth. Yes, I grind my teeth, and clench my jaw during stressful times.

Last night I learned that my dad, my hero, has been working on his DNR papers. He has had cancer for many years and we learned last fall that it had metastized to his bones. He has also been taking meds for Alzheimer's for several months. My dads' life is complicated since losing my mom almost four years ago. I know quiet a bit about cancer since losing my mom to it and now my dad perhaps is heading down the same path. How does one deal with the mortality of their parents... My mom was just 63 when she passed away and although my dad isn't on his death bed the DNR has me feeling like the reality is starring us down.

I wished I could think more clearly and I would post a song along with this like some of my friend do.

My friend told me that ppl who really matter read the blogs...I have a message for you my friend.

Satan and his followers seek control you and they are feed on power. Don't give your power away...sometimes that is all you have, the ability to say NO.

Someone who loves you will not take you away from the things you love.

Someone who loves you will support you in all areas of your life and not bleed you financially dry.

Someone who loves you doesn't need to write sweet poetry to show they care; it is in their actions and how they care for your needs including keeping you close with others who support and feed your spirit.

Don't place all of your eggs into one basket.

No man is an Island.

Simple vs Real


Anyone can stand by you when you are right, but a Friend will stand by you even when you are wrong...
A simple friend identifies himself when he calls. A real friend doesn't have to.

A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life.

A real friend says, "What's new with you?"

A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent.

A real friend says, "You've been whining about the same thing for 14 years. Get off your duff and do something about it."

A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names. A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed. A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems. A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.

A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them. A real friend expects to always be there for you!




http://www.indianchild.com/best_friend_poems.htm


I have a Friend who is my other pea in my pod and that doesn't happen every day. I pray she will make the right choice for the right reasons.

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