WELL THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE CALLED. WE WERE TOLD THAT TIM SHOULD COME BACK IN A YEAR FOR ANOTHER CTA OF HIS HEART TO SEE IF THE ANEURYSM HAS GROWN ANY. I ASKED ABOUT THE BLOCKAGES AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS ADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW. NO SURGERY IN SIGHT,
WE ARE SCARED HALF TO DEATH. I TOLD HER TIM WANTED SURGERY NOW AND SHE SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO IT NOW. WE WANT TO TALK TO THE DR. IN PERSON AND IF WE'RE STILL NOT HAPPY GET A SECOND OPTION.
TIM'S SISTER HAD THE SAME THING IN THE SAME PLACE AND HERS BLEW ON THE WAY HOME. IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT SHE IS ALIVE NOW. THE FLAP ON HER VALVE WAS HANGING ON BY A HAIR.
TIM'S STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS TIME HIS TONGUE , LIPS AND LEFT HAND ARE GOING NUMB. ONE TIME IT WAS ALSO THE BOTTOM HALF OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND TWO FINGERS THAT WERE NUMB. TUESDAY HIS EYES WERE MESSED UP. HE SAID IT WAS LIKE HE COULD SEE 3 OR 4 OF EVERYTHING. I'M NOT SURE THIS HAS TO DO WITH HIS HEART OR HIS BRAIN. I THINK HE NEEDS ANOTHER CT OF HIS HEAD, IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE HE'S HAD ONE. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE IS FINE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HIS BLOOD SHOULD BE THIN, THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHEN HE HAD BLOOD WORK DONE IN HUNTSVILLE. I GUESS I'LL HAVE IT CHECKED AGAIN HERE AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT TO THICK. IF IT GETS THICK HE HAS BLOOD CLOTS FORM AND GO TO HIS HEART OR BRAIN. THAT'S WHY HE HAD A HEART ATTACK IN 2000 AND MINI STROKES IN 2001. WE TRY TO KEEP HIS BLOOD THIN BUT SOMETIMES IT GETS AWAY FROM US.
AS YOU CAN SEE I CAN'T SLEEP, I'VE BEEN UP ABOUT AN HOUR NOW. TIM CAN'T SLEEP EITHER, ONE OF US IS GETTING UP WHEN THE OTHER ONE IS GOING BACK TO BED. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

UPDATE ON TIM

WELL, ALL THE TEST ARE DONE AND OVER WITH AS FAR AS I KNOW. WE'LL KNOW SOMETHING IN A FEW DAYS, THEY SAID. TIM FEELS ALRIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S ON LEVEL GROUND. HE CAN'T BREATH IF HE WALKS UP A GRADE OF ANY KIND. SO I JUST KEEP HIM ON LEVEL GROUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I HAD TO CALL THE DOCTOR ABOUT SOMETHING FOR MYSELF YESTERDAY. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AND I'M GETTING TO WHERE I CAN'T TALK. I KNOW TIM AND JOHN JUST LOVE THAT LITTLE FACT BUT I HATE IT. I FEEL ALRIGHT I JUST CAN'T TALK LOUD SO TIM CAN'T HEAR HALF OF WHAT I SAY. NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.

PRAYERS NEEDED AGAIN PLEASE

A YOUNG MAN OF 12 YEARS OLD NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE. HE HAS A RARE FORM OF BRAIN CANCER , GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME. HE'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE SURGERY AND HE'S NOW TAKING radiation, avastin cheomo therapy, and temadar CHEMO.
HE'S A VERY BRAVE YOUNG MAN AND HE'S BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH AND HAS A WAY TO GO YET. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY AND THE DOCTORS. I KNOW THIS FAMILY IS PULLING TOGETHER AND I KNOW THEY'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
I GOT PERMISSION FROM MATTHEW'S MOTHER BEFORE I POSTED THIS. SHE ADDED A LITTLE TO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE TREATMENT WAS. LOVE AND PRAYERS TO YOU ALL.

EGF DONATIONS

5 PREEMIE BLANKETS

4 PREEMIE HATS

AS ALWAYS I'LL SEND THESE THINGS TO EGF . I HAVE A FEW GOWNS MADE BUT I THINK I'LL HAVE TO MAKE MORE TO GO WITH THE BLANKETS. MY FAVORITE IS ALWAYS THE ONE MADE WITH LEFT OVER YARN. I NEVER KNOW HOW IT WILL LOOK.

I LIKE TO MAKE A LOT OF ONE THING THEN GO TO THE OTHER. THAT WAY I DON'T BURN OUT.

WORRY BLANKET

THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT MAKING A WORRY BLANKET FOR THE NURSING HOME. I'VE HAD THIS MATERIAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH IT. IT'S T-SHIRT MATERIAL AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT. I USED SOME OF THE LACE AND THREAD THAT MISS JUANITA GAVE ME THIS WEEK, SOME BOWS THAT WON'T GO WITH MY PREEMIE THINGS, SOME OLD BUTTONS I'VE BEEN SAVING FOR YEARS AND LEFT OVER PIECES OF BINDING. I LIKE THE WAY EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE MATERIAL LOOK GOOD. I LEARNED WHAT NOT TO DO, WHAT TO DO AND WHEN TO DO IT. MAYBE I WON'T FORGET IT.

CAN YOU BELIEVE I'VE POSTED THREE TIMES TODAY. OH WELL I HOPE TO GET MORE OF THESE MADE TO HAND OUT AT THE NURSING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS.

UPDATE ON TIM

WE GO BACK TO HUNTSVILLE TUESDAY TO GET THE CTA OF HIS CHEST DONE. THEN IT'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THEY DID LET US KNOW HE HAD GOOD BLOOD FLOW IN THE DISEASED ARTERY. HE FEELS PRETTY GOOD JUST WEAK.

WE SAID GOODBYE TO VICKIE YESTERDAY. WE HAVE A GREAT NIECE THAT WAS CLOSE TO VICKIE. IT WAS SO SWEET WATCHING HER GATHER A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS TO TAKE HOME WITH HER. I COULD HEAR VICKIE SAYING GO AHEAD AND GET THEM ALL IF YOU WANT THEM MADISON. JUST GET THEM ALL HONEY. MADISON'S MOTHER AND AUNT WERE ALSO WATCHING HER THINKING THE SAME THING. SHE MADE THE DAY END WITH A SWEET MEMORY. SHE HAS LONG BROWN CURLS AND THEY WERE BOUNCING AS SHE WENT FROM WREATH TO WREATH PICKING OUT JUST THE RIGHT FLOWER. THEY WERE ALL SHADES OF PINK AND WHITE.

DONATIONS

WHILE IN THE WAITING ROOM AT THE HEART CENTER I STARTED TALKING TO A LADY THAT WAS THERE WITH HER HUSBAND. MISS JUANITA TOLD ME ABOUT HER MOTHER'S SISTER MISS MAVIS WHO HAD PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO WITH CANCER OF THE OVARIES. SHE SAID MISS MAVIS WAS A GREAT CRAFTER AND CHRISTIAN. HER DAUGHTER'S DIDN'T SEW SO THEY GAVE MISS JUANITA HER CRAFTS. THIS IS WHAT SHE DIDN'T USE AND SHE GAVE THEM TO ME.
THE FIRST PICTURE IS OF A BOX FULL OF LACE. WHAT I DON'T USE FOR THE PREEMIES WILL BE USED FOR THE NURSING HOMES. AUNT JANELLE IS MAKING A LOT OF LAPGHANS AND DONATING THEM.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF YARN, HOOKS AND OTHER THINGS. AS YOU CAN SEE I'VE ALREADY STARTED CROCHETING A PINK BABY BLANKET.

MISS JUANITA SAID SHE WAS A NURSE FOR 25 YEARS I THINK. I MAY NOT HAVE THAT RIGHT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO RIGHT THAT PART DOWN, BUT I KNOW SHE WAS A NURSE. SHE SAID THAT SHE MADE APRONS FOR THE NURSING HOME WITH BUTTONS, ZIPPERS AND OTHER THINGS ON THEM. SHE CALLED THEM WORRY APRONS OR BUSY APRONS. (I REALLY NEED TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE BRAIN IS GONE.) I'M GOING WITH BUSY APRONS. ANYWAY AUNT JANELLE AND I ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME BUSY LAPGHANS. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND SUCH WORRYING WITH A CORNER OF A SHIRT OR SOMETHING. I THINK THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE A SMALLER VERSION OF A LAPGHAN TO TINKER WITH.AUNT JANELLE AND I TALKED AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY MAKING SOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS JUANITA FOR SHARING YOUR AUNT'S CRAFTS. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY TOUCH A LOT OF LIVES.

UPDATE ON FAMILY

TIM DID JUST FINE WITH HIS TEST. WE HAVE TO BE THERE AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING FOR THE OTHER PART OF THE TEST.
I'LL POST TOMMOROW ABOUT A REALLY NICE LADY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING TODAY.
AS FOR TIM'S SISTER THEY CALLED ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH TIM'S TEST TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE TAKING HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT. THEN WE GOT A CALL THAT SHE WAS GONE. SHE'S BEEN SICK FOR SO LONG, HER SUFFERING IS OVER AND OURS BEGINS.