Thank You to everyone that has been praying for my mom. They prayers are really helping! Today I talked to her and she sounded a LOT better. She is eating now, walked some today, talking better. Things are getting a lot better. She does still have a tough road ahead though-so don't stop praying now!
I found out more details on the infection and treatment. She has infection in her heart and lungs and a small leak in her heart. They are doing atleast 4 hrs of IV antibiotics split into 2 hrs of IV every 6 hrs. They want to keep her in the long term care for 6 weeks, but insurance may only cover 3 weeks. If they only cover 3 weeks then she will go stay with my grandparents for the other 3 and there would be a home health nurse to help.
Keep on praying! It is working!
I will update about us and the kids one day when this isn't pretty much all that is on my mind! :)
3.27.2009
3.25.2009
The News.
I talked to my Grandmother and my Mom today. The final diagnosis is endocarditis with infections in a few other places as well. They have started iv antibiotics for 2 hrs a day. Yesterday she did not react well after the antibiotics but yesterday morning and this morning she was a lot more alert and sounded much better. If she can handle the antibiotics then she should finish up the antibiotic program in 6 weeks. She would still need care afterwards, but she will be feeling pretty good by then. Please keep praying for her, her husband, and out family. Even though they know what to do now and what it is, it is a battle still and she needs to be able to handle the medications for it to work, and so far she is not reacting well.
Thank you!
Lori
Thank you!
Lori
3.24.2009
Update.
They did the test. They said the infection is in her heart. My grandmother says the doctors think they can treat it b/c they found where it is. My sister, she does not agree. I am going to believe that the doctors would tell us if it was fatal so we could be there. That is what I will believe. Still...Keep Praying. We can have a miracle here!
The prognosis...
Well..for anyone who has found me moody or out of sorts lately...this should explain a bit.
My mom is sick. We are not sure what is wrong. It is to a point that my grandmother is explaining what needs to happen if they say it is critical and they have people at the hospital chapel praying for her. She has been sick almost 2 weeks. Upset stomach, weakness, swelling, severe pain. They have her on a lot of pain meds and have done ekgs, scans, tests...yada yada yada. As of yesterday they were saying it is a staph infection in her blood. We do not know if it is "self inflicted", from the last infection (before teen challenge), or something that has just occurred. They are doing a heart scope today to see if it has gotten into her heart valves. If it has...we may be on a timeline and need to go to Bama asap. If it has not...then they should be able to treat it in 4-6 weeks with iv meds. For now, we cannot even really talk to her, she is on a lot of pain medication. I am trying not to worry until we have definite answers...but really...there is surely a great internal battle and fear going on here.
Please, pray for her. Today we will find out more about what is going on. Until they do the heart scope we will not know a lot. Even the scope is dangerous and with her being so weak, it could end up badly. Just keep her in your prayers. and our family. This is a hard time. Her husband is also having to do a lot of soul searching these days-he is not much of a believer, and he is an alcoholic. He has been putting aside his habit to be there with her. He said he did not know she was that sick and he had refused to take care of her at home so she had been with my grandparents before they took her to the er and stayed until she got admitted. He needs a lot of prayer too.
Just pray a lot, and I do not mind if you add her to any of your prayer lists. I personally do not really feel like talking about it...makes it seem too real...but I do request prayers.
Thanks,
Lori
My mom is sick. We are not sure what is wrong. It is to a point that my grandmother is explaining what needs to happen if they say it is critical and they have people at the hospital chapel praying for her. She has been sick almost 2 weeks. Upset stomach, weakness, swelling, severe pain. They have her on a lot of pain meds and have done ekgs, scans, tests...yada yada yada. As of yesterday they were saying it is a staph infection in her blood. We do not know if it is "self inflicted", from the last infection (before teen challenge), or something that has just occurred. They are doing a heart scope today to see if it has gotten into her heart valves. If it has...we may be on a timeline and need to go to Bama asap. If it has not...then they should be able to treat it in 4-6 weeks with iv meds. For now, we cannot even really talk to her, she is on a lot of pain medication. I am trying not to worry until we have definite answers...but really...there is surely a great internal battle and fear going on here.
Please, pray for her. Today we will find out more about what is going on. Until they do the heart scope we will not know a lot. Even the scope is dangerous and with her being so weak, it could end up badly. Just keep her in your prayers. and our family. This is a hard time. Her husband is also having to do a lot of soul searching these days-he is not much of a believer, and he is an alcoholic. He has been putting aside his habit to be there with her. He said he did not know she was that sick and he had refused to take care of her at home so she had been with my grandparents before they took her to the er and stayed until she got admitted. He needs a lot of prayer too.
Just pray a lot, and I do not mind if you add her to any of your prayer lists. I personally do not really feel like talking about it...makes it seem too real...but I do request prayers.
Thanks,
Lori
3.16.2009
Thank April for This!
I got this from April, who got this from her friend!
To the first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! Lucky you!
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a mask. I may sew or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!
To the first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! Lucky you!
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a mask. I may sew or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!
3.09.2009
Spring time! Woo Hoo!
I am not good at blogging regularly these days, sorry!
Chris is working close by now so he is home every night and even gets a few days off here and there. We all like having Daddy home soo much!
What have we been up to??
*We did make a SUPER FAST trip to Alabama to get Chris' Impala. It was short notice, and we were only in Alabama for one day-so if you missed us, we will be back in May. Thank Amanda Reagan for our May visit b/c she and Devin are getting married then!! :)
Anyhow, we did make the trip. Trystan can have snacks and juice now (in contrast to our November trip when he was 7 months) in the car so he was a LOT happier! Alexis-she watched movies so she did not mind. Other than a chunk of the Escalde taillight being chunked off by the Impala in Chunky, MS at this creepy gas station-the trip was ok. I have decided that I really enjoy staying at the Hampton Inn. We stayed at one in MS on the way home to treat ourselves-and rest b/c the pace we had been at for the prior few days. They have white blankets-which they have on the maid carts-which means they wash them (they were also lumpy like frequently washed blankets!). They also have cribs, excellent night staff, and really comfy mattresses. I think we are going to save up and try to stay at the Hampton in Enterprise when we go back to visit.
*We went to the Ft Worth Stockyards a few weeks ago-the family and Chris' cousin Steven (sp?). It was a lot of fun. We were passing Mexican stores and then it turned into old tyme Stockyards with brick streets and old stores. We had a snack at Risky's. The stockyards are old stockyards where they do still run the cattle twice a day and have a train that goes around it on a neat track that rotates since there is not room for it to turn on its own. The train station has been converted into stores (candy, food, wine, tx items). They have a human maze, mechanical bull, restraunts, horses, a hotel, and a lot more. There were even men in cowboy outfits riding horses down the road. Trystan got to see his first horse and really enjoyed it, Alexis got to feed goats...and we got to park next to the manure pile!! ;) It was a lot of fun though. It helped me enjoy living here more.
*Yesterday we went to the local market downtown and got some tomatoes, zucchini, limes, plums, and jalapenos. It was Chris' first visit-he said he really enjoyed it. There is also a really cool Market in Ft Worth-it has all the fun special foods that you cannot find in your local Walmart, Winn Dixie, Etc. They also offer cooking classes there, which I really want to go to a few. It is the neatest place but I will not bore you with the details. Their website is: www.centralmarket.com
*Trystan has 7 teeth now, he stands up really well holding onto things, babble and real talking, eating like a pro, playing on his own a lot more, sleeping more or less through the night-(most nights, not all of them though!). He is just growing too fast.
*Alexis is having a hard time not being around friends like she was at daycare, but she makes a new friend everywhere she goes it seems. I think we will put her back in gymnastics the end of this month when the new session starts if she has a better attitude about it. She is making friend with the daughter of a lady from mops and the library.
We are about to start birthday prep for both of the kiddos. The good news is-both are in April so we can have one party for both of them-atleast this year while Trystan is too young to care if he has his own boy themed stuff and attention. Later on I am sure they will request seperate parties. We are also probably going to get our first family photos together in April-also, getting to get both of their stuff done at the same time. I am enjoying the close birthdays! Gonna save some $ for us! :) And they are both after tax times! Double good!
Chris is really enjoying his job, which makes him happy-and me! I am soo proud of him. He is such a good man, husband, father! We are enjoying the church activies here, unfortunately Chris has to work a lot of Sundays so he does not always get to go with us. (hey April-we may visit with you guys at your church on Saturday nights some so Chris can still go to church with the family)
Well...this has gotten long! If anyone wants pics that is not on facebook then leave your email or email me ( LoriRoks@hotmail.com ) and I will link you to the pics. I have some from the Stockyards, AL trip, a trip to Chuck E Cheese with the Jones family, and more posted on facebook.
Good Day All!
Chris is working close by now so he is home every night and even gets a few days off here and there. We all like having Daddy home soo much!
What have we been up to??
*We did make a SUPER FAST trip to Alabama to get Chris' Impala. It was short notice, and we were only in Alabama for one day-so if you missed us, we will be back in May. Thank Amanda Reagan for our May visit b/c she and Devin are getting married then!! :)
Anyhow, we did make the trip. Trystan can have snacks and juice now (in contrast to our November trip when he was 7 months) in the car so he was a LOT happier! Alexis-she watched movies so she did not mind. Other than a chunk of the Escalde taillight being chunked off by the Impala in Chunky, MS at this creepy gas station-the trip was ok. I have decided that I really enjoy staying at the Hampton Inn. We stayed at one in MS on the way home to treat ourselves-and rest b/c the pace we had been at for the prior few days. They have white blankets-which they have on the maid carts-which means they wash them (they were also lumpy like frequently washed blankets!). They also have cribs, excellent night staff, and really comfy mattresses. I think we are going to save up and try to stay at the Hampton in Enterprise when we go back to visit.
*We went to the Ft Worth Stockyards a few weeks ago-the family and Chris' cousin Steven (sp?). It was a lot of fun. We were passing Mexican stores and then it turned into old tyme Stockyards with brick streets and old stores. We had a snack at Risky's. The stockyards are old stockyards where they do still run the cattle twice a day and have a train that goes around it on a neat track that rotates since there is not room for it to turn on its own. The train station has been converted into stores (candy, food, wine, tx items). They have a human maze, mechanical bull, restraunts, horses, a hotel, and a lot more. There were even men in cowboy outfits riding horses down the road. Trystan got to see his first horse and really enjoyed it, Alexis got to feed goats...and we got to park next to the manure pile!! ;) It was a lot of fun though. It helped me enjoy living here more.
*Yesterday we went to the local market downtown and got some tomatoes, zucchini, limes, plums, and jalapenos. It was Chris' first visit-he said he really enjoyed it. There is also a really cool Market in Ft Worth-it has all the fun special foods that you cannot find in your local Walmart, Winn Dixie, Etc. They also offer cooking classes there, which I really want to go to a few. It is the neatest place but I will not bore you with the details. Their website is: www.centralmarket.com
*Trystan has 7 teeth now, he stands up really well holding onto things, babble and real talking, eating like a pro, playing on his own a lot more, sleeping more or less through the night-(most nights, not all of them though!). He is just growing too fast.
*Alexis is having a hard time not being around friends like she was at daycare, but she makes a new friend everywhere she goes it seems. I think we will put her back in gymnastics the end of this month when the new session starts if she has a better attitude about it. She is making friend with the daughter of a lady from mops and the library.
We are about to start birthday prep for both of the kiddos. The good news is-both are in April so we can have one party for both of them-atleast this year while Trystan is too young to care if he has his own boy themed stuff and attention. Later on I am sure they will request seperate parties. We are also probably going to get our first family photos together in April-also, getting to get both of their stuff done at the same time. I am enjoying the close birthdays! Gonna save some $ for us! :) And they are both after tax times! Double good!
Chris is really enjoying his job, which makes him happy-and me! I am soo proud of him. He is such a good man, husband, father! We are enjoying the church activies here, unfortunately Chris has to work a lot of Sundays so he does not always get to go with us. (hey April-we may visit with you guys at your church on Saturday nights some so Chris can still go to church with the family)
Well...this has gotten long! If anyone wants pics that is not on facebook then leave your email or email me ( LoriRoks@hotmail.com ) and I will link you to the pics. I have some from the Stockyards, AL trip, a trip to Chuck E Cheese with the Jones family, and more posted on facebook.
Good Day All!
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