Me, Daddy, and MONKEY will be leaving Washington tomorrow morning around 8 for BAHston where my cousin Jason will be marrying his woman of a million years Kim.
And now with the big to do over Ted Kennedy - well we're really excited. lol
I think Monkey is the most excited - he's never flown - and Daddy - well he's traveled more recently than I have - remember he went to Australia a few years back - so o o o o
Say a little prayer for me . . . .
:)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
OMG She's ALIVE
no - seriously . . .
I called Daddy at the house yesterday to check on our patient's condition. The question "How's Mama today?" was answered with "Frances - get the phone."
Yes - she's home - and yes - she's doing well. I will go over after school tomorrow -we had open house tonight and i just couldn't do it today - and will be able to get a visual on her.
Thanks to everyone that called and emailed. Really. :)
I called Daddy at the house yesterday to check on our patient's condition. The question "How's Mama today?" was answered with "Frances - get the phone."
Yes - she's home - and yes - she's doing well. I will go over after school tomorrow -we had open house tonight and i just couldn't do it today - and will be able to get a visual on her.
Thanks to everyone that called and emailed. Really. :)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Day Five and She's a Little Disoriented
I would like to say, first of all, thank GOD for nice nurses. Mama has had some nice ones, that have dealt with lots of stuffffffffff . . .
So at 4:30 Saturday morning the nurse called Daddy and asked him to come sit and talk to Mama as she had refused to lie still (she had to be prone while the balloon pump was still inside and then four hours after it was removed). They actually had to put restraints on her. Shocking, yes, but it reminds me that my Grandmama, Mama's Mama, had to be restrained, too, and actually pulled her catheter (pee tube LOL) out herself in a drug induced craze. So this isn't too surprising, cause if you think I'm hard headed, you haven't talked to Fran recently.
Today she says she is going home tomorrow, which of course the doctor will get straight with her tomorrow morning. LOL. Daddy came in and got a little upset at first, but he calmed down and we talked about how it was just the time spent in the hospital and the drugs working themselves out of her system.
I did not make it up there yesterday - Mary and Daddy bore the brunt of that - but the nurse said she was MUCH WORSE YESTERDAY - so I am actually glad I wasn't there to see that.
She is doing better physically - although she probably needs to eat and drink more, but they are pumping the fluids to her and tomorrow may move her out of cardiac intensive care. So, hopefully we're pretty close to getting her back home.
So at 4:30 Saturday morning the nurse called Daddy and asked him to come sit and talk to Mama as she had refused to lie still (she had to be prone while the balloon pump was still inside and then four hours after it was removed). They actually had to put restraints on her. Shocking, yes, but it reminds me that my Grandmama, Mama's Mama, had to be restrained, too, and actually pulled her catheter (pee tube LOL) out herself in a drug induced craze. So this isn't too surprising, cause if you think I'm hard headed, you haven't talked to Fran recently.
Today she says she is going home tomorrow, which of course the doctor will get straight with her tomorrow morning. LOL. Daddy came in and got a little upset at first, but he calmed down and we talked about how it was just the time spent in the hospital and the drugs working themselves out of her system.
I did not make it up there yesterday - Mary and Daddy bore the brunt of that - but the nurse said she was MUCH WORSE YESTERDAY - so I am actually glad I wasn't there to see that.
She is doing better physically - although she probably needs to eat and drink more, but they are pumping the fluids to her and tomorrow may move her out of cardiac intensive care. So, hopefully we're pretty close to getting her back home.
Friday, August 14, 2009
We can rebuild her. We have the technology . . .
For those of you that do not recognize the title - here is the entire quote -
Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.
-Oscar Goldman
Of course Mama is not the six million dollar man, but her heart is now well on it's way to being a million dollar heart I am so sure.
She is doing well today - she made it through the night. Dr. Carlson lowered the pressure in the balloon pump, and her heart took over on its own without any attacks, so that's good. They will take the balloon pump out tomorrow and then she'll be on her own. They will start her on coumadin - a blood thinner - after the pump goes and will need to keep her for two or three days to monitor her platelet levels (or something). Coumadin is something Daddy is on - and Brent's dad is on it now too. If it's not monitored - you could BRUISE yourself and bleed out - so we're hoping they'll get Mama's stuff straight before letting her leave the hospital.
She was awake and happy to see us - I think - lol - and a little out of it - good pain medications can do that to you - and of course she was craving a cigarette - but Mary talked to the nurses and they were ordering her a nicotine patch, so hopefully that is going to help out with that for a bit.
The funniest part of the trip to the hospital was Daddy telling us about where he was when we got there. He had gone to the cafe in the lobby for a piece of apple pie, and the lady said it came with ice cream, so he got two small balls of something he says was not ice cream, which only put him in the mood for real ice cream, so he went to Baskin and Robbins. AND since the best deal was on a quart, well, he got a quart. And since there wasn't anyone there to help him eat it - YES, folks, he ate THE WHOLE QUART! LOL - you just gotta love the man!
Anywho - more updates as things happen. But know that we're doing better now and are hopefully out of the woods.
Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.
-Oscar Goldman
Of course Mama is not the six million dollar man, but her heart is now well on it's way to being a million dollar heart I am so sure.
She is doing well today - she made it through the night. Dr. Carlson lowered the pressure in the balloon pump, and her heart took over on its own without any attacks, so that's good. They will take the balloon pump out tomorrow and then she'll be on her own. They will start her on coumadin - a blood thinner - after the pump goes and will need to keep her for two or three days to monitor her platelet levels (or something). Coumadin is something Daddy is on - and Brent's dad is on it now too. If it's not monitored - you could BRUISE yourself and bleed out - so we're hoping they'll get Mama's stuff straight before letting her leave the hospital.
She was awake and happy to see us - I think - lol - and a little out of it - good pain medications can do that to you - and of course she was craving a cigarette - but Mary talked to the nurses and they were ordering her a nicotine patch, so hopefully that is going to help out with that for a bit.
The funniest part of the trip to the hospital was Daddy telling us about where he was when we got there. He had gone to the cafe in the lobby for a piece of apple pie, and the lady said it came with ice cream, so he got two small balls of something he says was not ice cream, which only put him in the mood for real ice cream, so he went to Baskin and Robbins. AND since the best deal was on a quart, well, he got a quart. And since there wasn't anyone there to help him eat it - YES, folks, he ate THE WHOLE QUART! LOL - you just gotta love the man!
Anywho - more updates as things happen. But know that we're doing better now and are hopefully out of the woods.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Update on my last Tweet - Fran in Pitt Memorial
Yesterday around four in the afternoon Daddy called and said that he was taking Mama to the emergency room. She was having chest pains and pains in her back. They evaluated her and talked to her cardiologist in Greenville at Pitt Memorial, and she was transported last night to Pitt. They scheduled her for a catheterization today.
This is not too off the wall for Mama. She had the quadruple bypass in 2001 and since then has had around eight stints put in. So I was not too overly concerned.
This morning blood work reports indicated that she had had a heart attack sometime on Wednesday, and she was scheduled with the cath lab sometime between 1 and 5. They took her in at 4:15 and she did not get out officially until after nine.
They placed eight stints - yes - double now what she had before - two of which were placed in the graphs from 2001. Apparently those two were giving the doctors trouble, so it took longer to place those. Also something happened and they ripped a vein going to her left arm, and a vascular surgeon had to be called in, but this vein - which is somehow tied to the choroidic artery - is either repaired now or patched or something. As they placed one stint, another would shut down. When she came out of the lab, her stints began shutting down and more than likely that's when she started having heart attacks.
They then put her back on the table and put a balloon pump in her heart to give the muscle a break. She'll have the balloon pump over the next day or two. And as of now, she's having chest pain and will probably have small heart attacks through the night.
I was not there when the doctor spoke to Mary and Daddy, so I'm not sure what the next step is, but I AM sure it involves A LOT of waiting.
So, I'll keep you guys updated - my cell will be on if you need me - but keep checking back for tweets in the side bar.
This is not too off the wall for Mama. She had the quadruple bypass in 2001 and since then has had around eight stints put in. So I was not too overly concerned.
This morning blood work reports indicated that she had had a heart attack sometime on Wednesday, and she was scheduled with the cath lab sometime between 1 and 5. They took her in at 4:15 and she did not get out officially until after nine.
They placed eight stints - yes - double now what she had before - two of which were placed in the graphs from 2001. Apparently those two were giving the doctors trouble, so it took longer to place those. Also something happened and they ripped a vein going to her left arm, and a vascular surgeon had to be called in, but this vein - which is somehow tied to the choroidic artery - is either repaired now or patched or something. As they placed one stint, another would shut down. When she came out of the lab, her stints began shutting down and more than likely that's when she started having heart attacks.
They then put her back on the table and put a balloon pump in her heart to give the muscle a break. She'll have the balloon pump over the next day or two. And as of now, she's having chest pain and will probably have small heart attacks through the night.
I was not there when the doctor spoke to Mary and Daddy, so I'm not sure what the next step is, but I AM sure it involves A LOT of waiting.
So, I'll keep you guys updated - my cell will be on if you need me - but keep checking back for tweets in the side bar.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Meet Carrie
I had the best day on Wednesday with Leslie and her family down at Kitty Hawk! Leslie and the kids were down at the beach for a few days to visit with her folks and to enjoy the beach a little before school starts back up in Boone.
I have now actually met little miss Carrie face to face - Will was over a year old when I first met him. I have forgotten how cute babies are, and this one exceptionally so.
So - as promised - loyal readers - a couple of pics -
Leslie and Carrie
Carrie Yawning (even that is cute)
Leslie and Will
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Colin Dale Turns 5
Colin turned five on Thursday, July 30. Mary had us over for cake and ice cream and the kids went swimming. Here are a few pics from the event -
Colin with Nanny -
Colin ready to open some presents - who cares about cake -
Our Trip to the Aquarium
I took Brent to the Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores in July. I had gone with school trips at the end of the year, and I thought he would like seeing what they had down there.
We had a lovely day, got to look around at some stuff besides the Aquarium, and all in all had a good time.
Here's my favorite picture from the day -
And here's the happy couple -
Todd's New House
For those of you that do not know, Todd has bought a house in Wilmington. It's nice, needs some work, but if you know Todd, then you know that's right up his alley.
I went down this past week for a brief viewing. There are pictures on the Internet - here's hoping this link will work for you if you are interested -
I took like four pics while i was there - and the best two are of his roomies - his yard - which is heavily wooded with little grass - is currently the home of several - dare i say MANY - large spiders. Now, I'm not afraid of spiders, but DEAR GOD these things make my skin crawl - and of course - here are pics . . .
Needless to say our fearless friend Todd will eradicate them and their offspring with bug spray. All in all I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with the house. :)
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