KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

Monday, February 22, 2010

TIM

DR NEWTON SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE TIM ANYMORE MEDICINE SO HE TOOK AWAY ONE NIGHT TIME PILL. HE SAID HIS HEART WAS ALRIGHT AND HE'S HOPING IT'S JUST THE MEDS MAKING HIM SICK. I DON'T THINK HE COULD HAVE GONE ANY FURTHER HAD WE NOT GOT HOME WHEN WE DID. HE WAS SO SICK. I MADE HIM SOME POTATO SOUP AND HE DRANK A LITTLE OF IT NOT LONG AGO. THE DR. SAID HE WANTS TO SEE TIM EVERY WEEK FOR A WHILE SO I GUESS WE'LL BE GOING TO HUNTSVILLE EVERY MONDAY FOR AWHILE. I DON'T MIND THE DRIVE. THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS. I'M HOPING FOR A GOOD DAY TOMORROW.

PRAYERS FOR TIM

Please pray for Tim he's really sick and we have a long drive this morning to Huntsville. He's throwing up now. I don't know if his heart is out of rhythm or what.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

BLANKETS FOR THE TWINS


I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT I HAD THE BLANKETS TURNED DIFFERENT. ANYWAY THESE ARE FOR TIM'S COUSINS DAUGHTER THAT IS EXPECTING TWINS.



TIM GOES TO HUNTSVILLE IN THE MORNING FOR HIS FIRST CHECK UP AFTER COMING HOME. WE HAD TO GO FRIDAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT ONE OF HIS INCISIONS WAS GETTING INFECTED BUT THEY SAID IT JUST LOOKED ANGRY AND GAVE HIM ANTIBIOTICS TO BE SAFE. TODAY WAS A REAL GOOD DAY FOR HIM, HE DIDN'T FEEL SICK.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

TIM

WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AT 5:00 AM AND SOMEONE WAS THERE TO TAKE US UPSTAIRS WHERE THEY GOT TIM READY FOR SURGERY. HE WAS WHEELED OUT IN 45 MINUTES, GOOD LUCK WISHES AND KISSES WERE GIVEN. I THEN PROMPTLY STARTED CRYING AS WE WALKED UPSTAIRS TO THE WAITING ROOM. I WENT TO THE BATHROOM WHERE I CRIED IT ALL OUT. THEY CALLED AT 8:00 TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE STARTING THE SURGERY. WE WENT DOWN STAIRS HAD BREAKFAST THEN IT WAS BACK UPSTAIRS TO WAIT SOME MORE THEN DOWNSTAIRS FOR LUNCH AND BACK UPSTAIRS AGAIN.AT 4:00 THEY CAME TO TELL US THAT HIS HEART STARTED BACK UP AND HE WAS FINE. THEN SOMEONE CAME IN AND TOLD US THEY WERE CLOSING HIM UP. IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY.
I GOT REALLY WORRIED AT THE END I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME TO TALK TO US HE TOLD ME TIM WAS FINE BUT THEY DID HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH A BLEEDER AND HAD TO PUT HIM BACK ON SUPPORT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE ANEURYSM WAS CLOSER TO THE VALVE THAT HE THOUGHT. HE SAID THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT WHICH SAVED SURGERY TIME.
I HAD 12 PEOPLE WITH ME IN THE WAITING ROOM. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME MUCH TIME TO GO NUTS. DOT TIM'S SISTER STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH ME. HIS SISTER HELEN WAS THERE IN TIME FOR THE MORNING VISIT. WE WERE TOLD THAT TIM WAS IN ROOM 665. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY. HOW ON EARTH COULD HE BE DOING THAT GOOD? WE WENT TO FIND HIM AND THERE HE WAS IN THE ROOM.
HE HAD VERY LITTLE TROUBLE THIS TIME. HIS HEART WAS OUT OF RHYTHM BUT JUMPED BACK ON IT'S ON A FEW DAYS LATER. EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED TO GO RIGHT.
WE GAVE GOD ALL THE CREDIT. I ALSO KNOW THAT ALL THE PRAYERS GOING UP TO HIM WERE HEARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS. GOD HEARD YOU AND HE ANSWERED THEM ALL. THANK YOU.
WE WENT IN ON TUESDAY AND CAME HOME ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. A LOT SHORTER STAY THAN WE WERE EXPECTING.
TIM HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE LAST NIGHT WITH NIGHT SWEATS AND NAUSEA. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE GOT UP TO. I COOLED HIM OF AND GAVE HIM A NERVE PILL TO CALM HIM DOWN. SO FAR TODAY HE'S ALRIGHT. WE WENT FOR BLOOD WORK AND HIS BLOOD IS WAY TO THIN. NO BLOOD THINNER FOR 3 DAYS THEN TAKE HALF ON SUNDAY. WE GO TO HUNTSVILLE ON MONDAY.
ABOUT ALL HE EATS IS FRUIT, JUICE, JELLO, POP SICKLES AND YOGURT. HE DOES DRINK BUTTERMILK SO HE'S GETTING A LITTLE PROTEIN, AND HE HAD A BAKED POTATO TODAY. IT JUST TAKES TIME.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

DEB'S UPDATE ON TIM

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tim's Surgery

Hi!

I am a friend of Kathy and Tim. Just a brief update on Tim's surgery. He came through surgery great. For a while he has been out of it!! But!! He is doing wonderful. On Wednesday they actually put him in his own room!! Kathy was SO excited that he is doing as well as he is!!! We have all been Praying for this success, and it looks like it paid off!!! Thank God for miracles.

As for myself, I want to thank all of you for the Prayers that have been sent up for these two wonderful people!! They are the BEST!!! And it looks like you love them as much as I do.

We will keep you posted!!!

Deb

POOR DEBBIE DID TRY TO POST THIS FOR ME. SHE JUST PUT IT ON THE WRONG SITE. SORRY DEB I JUST HAD TO LAUGH, BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.

ANYWAY WE MADE IT HOME TODAY. I WANTED TO POST BEFORE NOW. THE HOSPITAL COMPUTERS WOULD NOT ALLOW IT. I STAYED WITH TIM THE WHOLE TIME AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL NOW.
HE DID GREAT THIS TIME AROUND, THE DR. WAS EVEN PROUD OF HIM. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE THAT IS WHY TIM DID SO GREAT. HIS CHEST DIDN'T LOOK SWOLLEN OR RED EVEN AND THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IT WAS CUT OPEN. I'LL POST MORE TOMORROW I'M JUST SO TIRED AND IT'S GETTING DARK AND THAT MEANS A NAP IS IN MY NEAR FUTURE.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

IT'S TIME


CLICK TO ENLARGE.
THIS WAS IN ONE OF THE ROOMS YESTERDAY. IT MADE US ALL LAUGH.
I WILL HAVE FRIENDS POST ON THIS COMMENT FOR UPDATES ON TIM WHEN I CAN'T POST. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS. I KNOW HE'LL BE FINE HE'S IN GOD'S HANDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. GOT TO GO IT'S TIME TO LEAVE OUT.

Monday, February 8, 2010

CAN'T SLEEP

I CAN'T SLEEP AGAIN, SO WHILE I DRINK SOME MILK I THOUGHT I'D POST ABOUT TIM. WE LEAVE AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING TO GO TO HUNTSVILLE. THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 3 HOURS TO GET READY FOR SURGERY TUESDAY. NO BAD TEST TODAY. JUST BLOOD WORK, VEIN MAPPING, E-RAYS, BODY SHAVE AND WHATEVER ELSE. WE'LL STOP AND EAT BREAKFAST , HE CAN EAT THIS MORNING, I NEED TO GET GAS AND WE SHOULD BE THERE BY 9:00.
WE HAD A GOOD DAY SUNDAY WITH FAMILY. ATE BREAKFAST AT WESTERN SIZZLER, IT WAS THE LAST DAY FOR THEM TO BE OPEN. WHAT WILL WE DO FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST NOW? THAT'S MY DAY OFF. :-) MY OLDEST SON TOLD THEM IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND THEY SANG TO ME. ONE WAITRESS WAS STANDING ON A CHAIR. IT WAS GREAT BUT I TURNED RED. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WE KNEW THERE. MY BIRTHDAY IS TODAY. WE HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR A GREAT NEPHEW AT MICKEY D.'S. ALL OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAWS GRANDKIDS WERE THERE. ( WE CLAIM THEM AS OUR GRANDKIDS). WE DIDN'T STAY FOR CAKE TIM WAS TIRED AND WANTED TO GO HOME.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO POST AGAIN BEFORE WE LEAVE TUESDAY. HAVE A BLESSED DAY EVERYONE.