Mama's Girl

The babies are six months old now and their personalities are starting to really come out. Jess is very laid back and unless he is hungry or sick, is a very happy baby. Camie is a happy baby and very nosey. She has a hard time eating sometimes because she is too busy trying to see what is going on. Many times I had to get one of the older two to stand behind me so that she will look at least in your direction when trying to feed her.

Well this past weekend, we have seen another side of her. She has decided that she wants her mama over anyone else. She will "cry" ( and I use that word lightly) until I come and pick her up. She even reaches out for me which just thrills me to death. The only problem with this is if I am around no one else can put her to sleep or satisfy her. And you can tell when she is having one of her fits because Jesse doesn't get upset and sometimes just sits and grins at her. Only when one is truly upset will the other one get upset sometimes. I feel bad when others have her and all she does is cry for me.

And Yet Another Follower

Okay.. I am not much for signing up for things but a couple of friends of mine here at work signed up their blogs at Top Baby Blogs (http://www.topbabyblogs.com/topblogs/pages/index.html). After voting for them, I decided to add mine to the mix. I looked around and saw some blogs by parents of twins which I will definitely be checking out. So if you get a chance, click on the brown graphic on the right toward the bottom of the page and give me a vote. Thanks guys!

Arrangements

This is the hardest entry I have ever added to my blog, but below are the arrangements for my daddy. It's so hard to believe that he is gone. I feel lost without him.

Visitation will be at Thursday starting at 6 at Kilgroe Funeral Home in Pell City.
Funeral will be Friday at 2 pm at Cropwell Baptist Church in Pell City

In lieu of flowers, requests be made that donations be made to the Cropwell Baptist Church building fund. My daddy worked at the church all the time and was so excited about the new building at our church.

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Another bad day

What started out as a pretty good day ended in the doctors trying one more thing with daddy as a last resort. His kidneys have quit functioning and his liver is being affected. We spent all night out in the waiting room so we could be close. It's hard to go in there and see him. We are waiting this morning to talk to the doctors to see where we are with things.

I have prayed that God would heal my daddy and He will - either here or there. It's God choice for He is in control. Last night it felt as my whole world was falling apart. I feel like am losing my hero, the cornerstone of our family. I haven't given up hope that the great Physician can't still heal my daddy and restore him, but I also know that He maybe ready to call daddy home. I don't want him to go yet so I still pray and will continue to pray. I praise God in this storm.

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Monday Morning's Update

Well it's been over 3 weeks since Daddy went on the vent. Yesterday they found that he had a leak in his lung but the lung has repaired itself. The human body is an amazing thing. Everything as of this morning is the same - really no change. His white cell count has come down is around 30,000. No big progress but more importantly no steps backwards.

Last night I was telling the kids that I was going to run down to the hospital to see their Poppy. Josh asked if he could go. When I told him no, he asked why because he wanted to see his Poppy. Poor thing - I haven't told them everything that is going on and it's been over a month since they have seen their Poppy. On Valentine's Day, my daddy always gets Mama, my sister, Maggie, and me flowers. So this year, JC got Mama some flowers from all of us. As we were getting them ready, Maggie got real upset because she realized that she wouldn't be getting any flowers from Poppy. My heart just broke because I too had been upset because I wasn't getting my annual flowers from my Daddy this year. It's been really hard on the grandkids not having their Poppy around. He is a very important part of our family. He is the one that can always make you laugh and make you feel so loved. I pray that God heals my Daddy soon down here and he is back home with all 6 of his grandkids.

Encouraged

Encouraged - that is the word that the doctor used this morning to described how he felt about my daddy. The doctors started him on a new medicine last Wednesday night and after one dose his white cell count went from 43,000 to 25,000. And this morning, the white cell count was down even more. Daddy is still on the continuous dialysis and will get some blood today to help things along. He rested well last night. His blood pressure is holding its own and his chest x-ray to his primary doctor looked better. We are encouraged.

This is a far cry from where we were Wednesday afternoon when Daddy was in a downward spiral and everyone including the doctors thought we were losing him. But today we are better. We have received numerous emails, phone calls, text messages, etc from everyone. We have felt every prayer and seen the results of them. We have been blessed by so many people and my faith has grown as a result. Keep the prayers coming as we have a long road and not out of the woods yet.

I received an email last night from a good friend about someone he knew who had ARDS and the family had been called in to say their goodbyes. Today that man is walking around healthy as a horse. ARDS is a tough thing to be but as someone said "you daddy is tough, but our God is tougher".

Daddy is still very, very sick and has a long way to go but as of this morning, we are encouraged.

A Big Bump in the Road

Things are not progressing as I would have hoped and prayed for concerning my daddy. The doctors are just baffled at what caused this and why they can't seem to get him better. Today he is having a hard time holding his stats and his blood pressure is running low because of the increased sedation. They had to include the sedation since he was trying to help the machine too much and he needed his rest. His primary doctor in all of this said that things are not looking good but he is not ready to give up yet. And neither are the rest of the doctors. This is extremely hard on us since it came out of the middle of nowhere. He was in good health going in to his surgery almost 4 weeks ago and the surgery went well and now all of this. I know that my God is the great Physician and is still in the healing business. I ask for prayer for my mom. They have been married this coming June 49 years and he is her best friend. He has taken care of and spoiled her - yet he has done that to my sister and me too. It's just so hard.

Sunday's Update on My Daddy

Today I got to go and see my daddy (or diddy as I say it). His blood sugar is good and blood pressure is holding it's own. The doctor's lowered the vent to 65%. There was little change in the chest x-ray while his white cell count is coming down. But he is a very sick man. It's hard everyday to go and see him and know that he has a long road ahead of him. Some things get better and then it seems that something else goes wrong.

My daddy is a strong man - the cornerstone of our family - we all depend on him and love him so much. It's my prayer that God will choose to heal my daddy here and that he will get well and come home to us. I also know that God may choose to call my daddy Home to be with Him. It's the unknown that scares me but I know that I must trust my Saviour with tomorrow. I can only see right now - but He can see tomorrow and on down the road. It will be 4 weeks Thursday that he went in to have his surgery to fix his stomach. Never in a million years would I have ever guessed that we would be where we are today, but my Lord knew. He has placed the right doctors and nurses around us that have been a blessing and help to us. One of his doctors came in on his day off to check on my daddy and mama. My God is good.

There is a family of a man that is in ICU that we have gotten to know and he is not doing well. Please pray for this family as they face this difficult time ahead. And that the family will peace and strength during this time. As we talked to his daughter today, she had hope because her daddy was saved and knew that he was going to be with his Saviour when the time came. What a blessing and hope that she has. And it was that hope that she was clinging to. He was stable when we left today, so I pray that he will have a good night and that his family will also.