NO TIME TO BLOG!

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. Been taking care of kids, Great-Grandmom (as Decovin calls her), and attending United Methodist Church Annual Conference as Alternate Lay Leader. My friend Shirley is the Lay Leader but her father died last Saturday so she asked me to go in her place. Jen and Christy have been doing the cooking so we have had some really good meals. Mom had the stitch in her eye taken out today. Christy took her for me. She has some saline drops to put in her eye when her origional drops are done. She sees her regular optometrist on July 9.

DECOVIN & CAMDEN ARE HERE!

Camden is growing so fast. Seems like he is doing a lot more since he came. He can now sit (with help), but he's getting stronger. He reaches out to things. He discovered his toes tonight while sitting on his daddy's lap. Decovin likes to hold his little brother and he also likes to help feed him. Bob came for the weekend and Decovin was so excited. He ran from the door to the living room and then when Bob came in, he made a mad dash to the door again. He was so excited!

Mom is doing great with her after surgery drops. She has been putting them in herself or her friend Juanita does it for her if we can't be there. She has two weeks left and then she will be done. She is already seeing better. The Dr. gave her a pair of reading glasses with a 2.50 strength and she said she can see close up just fine with them. I take her back on June 4th to have the one and only stitch he put in her eye taken out.

David's dad is doing better. He has improved since his stroke quite a bit. His mouth is straight now and he can talk a little better. He is working on getting the strength back in his right arm and leg.

Went to the funeral of a good church friend on our anniversary; David worked until 7:30 pm (and has just about every night since the outage started in April); but the day brightened with the help of D & C and the girls fixed us a delicious supper of "drunk chicken", garlic mashed potatoes, peas, and salad. It was our 42nd. Wow, where does time go?

Been Busy again.

Most of you know that David's Dad had a stroke last week. He has some problems with his right arm, leg, and right side of his mouth. He has to have thickened liquids and such in order to eat or drink. He can talk pretty good when he is wide awake. Anyway they sent him to St. Luke's on the Plaza by helicopter, then he was sent to Paola, KS to a rehab place. On Sunday, they thought he had another small stroke and sent him again by helicopter to St. Luke's on the Plaza. Anyway, needless to say we have been on the go a lot. They still don't know for sure what happened this second time and seem to be dragging their feet to find out what is wrong with him. Loree and Mendy have been going to be with him everyday and are wearing down. Please say prayers for them and all of us really. Thanks.

We went to Jeff & Marianne's church Sunday night for a talent night show they put on. Jeff did magic tricks. He did very good and was funny as usual. Marianne will have to play the piano or something next year maybe, or the guitar. She had to corral the girls this time. They both ran up on stage to be with their daddy which distracted him a bit but it was cute.

I have Decovin for a few days and he is down for a nap so I must get my shower done before he wakes.

I CREATED A DIRECTORY FOR MY CHURCH!

I created and made a directory, and took it to be copied and bound into books for our church members and constituants. Everyone really liked them. It made me feel good and it was exciting for me. Jen & the boys were here last week and we all went to visit Dad and Loree and then my mom came over to see them the next day. Bob and his Dad went to Warrensburg and got some of their things and took them to Burlington to the house they are renting there. Jen and Bob stayed in Burlington camping out so to speak. She is sending me pictures of their place by cell phone. It is a very small house compared to what they are selling. We need to pray that they can sell it and soon too.

NOTHING MUCH

I am waiting for something good to happen. David starts 7-10's this Saturday for 5 weeks. Boring!

I wait for pictures of the grandchildren to see how they have grown and then I miss them like crazy.

We went to David's mom's Sunday afternoon and my mom's that evening. They are doing ok. David went to his Dad's last Tuesday and Wednesday after he got off Jury Duty for the day. Dad has been a little confused lately and hallucinates but it was from his pain pills so they are taking him off them and, I presume, try something else or reduce the mg's of them.

I have been so tired lately that my Dr. has issued some kind of sleep test again. This one will be done by me at home. I will get it by ups this afternoon and take it tonight, then ups will pick it up tomorrow.

Well, that is about as exciting as it get around here.

HOW ABOUT SOME SPRING WEATHER?

It would be nice if we had a normal season for a while. It seems rather odd that the seasons are so back and forth.

We are up at Jeff's this afternoon. He needed help putting in their new microwave & stove (if they have time) so he called his Dad. Of course they don't do anything without haveing to go to Lowe's at least once or twice.

The girls were excited to see us. McKendra came running and threw herself into my arms to give me a hug and kiss. So cute, but then she was done, she wanted to eat. I guess they eat first thing when they get home from school. Katrina did the same but she was talking a mile a minute.

Jen, Camden, and Decovin were at our house Monday to Wednesday. Camden is still getting treatments with the nebulizer. He is feeling better though. Decovin is still talking Dutch with a few real words thrown in. Jen helped get our painting of the house started. She painted the hallway to the bedrooms. David & Christy helped a little. We are painting all rooms a khaki color. Looks good.

NOTHING MORE HEARTWRENCHING THAN A SICK CHILD

Bob called us Monday and told us he had to take off his last day at work to go get Decovin and take him home. Jen & Camden were on their way by ambulance to Children's Mercy South. Camden was dehydrated and very lethargic. He and Decovin were both throwing up so she took them to the base to their doctor and they couldn't get an IV in Camden as his veins would collapse. They tried twice in one hand, once in the other, and twice in his head. So they sent him on to Children's Mercy so they could do it with smaller needles. Well they did put a feeding tube down his nose to his stomach and fed him that way. Jen called and said they were on their way finally at 2:00. David took off early and we went up to see them. They put him in room 328 and fed him some more through the feeding tube. They decided against trying to put an IV in him. When we got there he was sleeping in Jen's arms and she was rocking him. She said he looked a lot better than he did in the morning. They said he has RSV which is hard on babies cause they can't cough up the mucous themselves. Jen said she couldn't get anything with her little sqeeze tube but they did with their force suction. Anyway, they ended up keeping Camden until today. I just talked to Jen and she said they are doing the paperwork but didn't know how long they would be. Monday night David went to Warrensburg with Christy and She stayed with Decovin while they went to get Jen's car off the base. David drove it back to the hospital and then we went home. Tuesday, mom went with me to my Dr. & eye Dr. apptmts. I am fine and am getting cataracts on both eyes evidently. Aging isn't fun FYI. Then when we got home, David and I packed my bags in the car. We stopped to see Jen & Camden and then headed for Warrensburg to drop me & my bags off. Christy was just leaving and took Jen some more clothes. She had taken one of her personal days off to watch D. I am going to stay awhile until Jen gets some rest. Did I mention that they were all sick? Bob included. Poor little Camden couldn't hardly squeek out a cry. He did give me a croaky "goo" last night. Bless him.

GREY'S ANATOMY IS STARTING A NEW SEASON!

I love that show! I wonder how long they will keep putting problems in the way for McDreamy & Grey. It would be nice if they could make 1 or 2 of the characters happy for longer than one season. I guess it is truly a nighttime soap opera. Always leaves you hanging.

Good Luck Jen & Bob with the house hunting on Sunday.

I feel better today, finally. I didn't go to the Dr. yesterday b/c I wasn't feeling well enough to drive and nobody was around to drive me. I changed the appointment to next Tuesday. I will be just fine by then.

Everybody have a great weekend.

HAPPY SPRING!

IS IT SPRING YET? LOL

EASTER WEATHER COOPERATED!

Thank you to all of you who helped out with the Easter dinner today. Sorry I got sick. Hope you all don't get it. It felt like flue but who knows. Anyway, thanks again!

HAPPY EASTER!

So what are your plans for Easter?

How was girl's night out?

Any pictures? How did the moving go for Melo?

DR VISITS TOOK ALL AFTERNOON!

It was a nice day but we spent a lot of it inside Dr. Offices. My bone doctor told me that the next move be mine. When pain relievers no longer help the pain and I can't stand to be in pain, then he would set up my knee replacements. David will be having his right shoulder operated on after his company outage in (April to) June. Then I went over to see the nurse practitioner who consulted with my Dr. in between his apptmts and hers. I had to go get a cbc and chest xray and come back to the office. The cbc was ok, the xray was better than the one I had last month. I had 2 nebulizer breathing treatments of Albuterol and a cortizone shot in the hip before they would let me go home. They also said they were sending out Apria Home Health Care to give me a nebulizor of my own to use so I can continue the Albuterol treatments on my own. I go back to the Dr. in 9 days after my 5-day z-pack and 10 day prednezone pills run out. They said I had signs of being asthmatic. I can't tell you what the diagnosis said because I had to leave the paperwork at the desk and didn't get a copy because all of them had gone home. I plan on being well by Easter anyway.


P.S. I called to make my appointment today and they found my paperwork. They had my diagnosis as "Bronchitis & Wheezing"! (That's what I thought.) I go back to see my doctor the last Wednesday of the month for a follow up.

Going to the bone dr. tomorrow.

So I get to explain that I have fallen out of bed a few times, etc. Hope I don't get anymore shots for awhile. I may go next door to see about having my reg. doctor check out my cough, etc.

GOT IT AGAIN!

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE GOT THE SINUS CRUD AGAIN. MY VOICE IS DEEP, I HAVE A COUGH THAT IS BEGINNING TO ANNOY ME AND IT HURTS IN MY CHEST, AND I HAVE HEADACHES! I ALSO JUMPED WHEN THE PHONE RANG THIS MORNING AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT I FELL OUT OF BED ON MY KNEES AGAIN! I CAN HEAR YOU LAUGHING AFTER YOU SAID, "OH, NO!" QUIT IT! I DON'T KNOW WHY!

I'M BABYSITTING

Jen came today with the boys and Ruthie so they could go to "Bunco" night. David went to a meeting at church and I was here with the boys alone. Jen changed Camden, put on his jammies, swaddled him and put him in his jumper seat. Well, he's been asleep the whole time and now, almost 4 hour later, she will be home soon. Probably a good thing because Decovin and I played and then I had to chase him out of behind the big chairs and the couch. Or should I say I had to coax him out. He is able to get in the darndest places I can't! Well, it is 8:30 and Decovin is in bed, and Camden is STILL sleeping! I only got to hold him for a minute or two before Jen fed him. Oh well there is always tomorrow.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Hope you are feeling ok and didn't get the nasty flue. We are crossing our fingers that we get bypassed here. Take care.

FUN WITH DECOVIN & CAMDEN

We went to Jen & Bob's to visit the boys (Jen & Bob also). Camden was 10 days old and he is filling out already. He is as cute as his big brother. Decovin loves his little brother. He loves to wrestle with his Dad, too. Jen may have to build a wrestling ring by the time Camden is old enough. Hope Decovin does ok when Bob goes back to work next week. He will miss his playmate for sure. Camden slept most of the time we were there which is as it should be. Jen said he has a bowel movement after every feeding too. Sometimes twice. We witnessed it first hand. We got a couple of pictures with him awake and had fun holding him. Decovin likes to hold his little brother and kiss him. D is starting to communicate with words now. He still jibber jabbers a little but he says it so seriously that we just know it has to mean something. lol We had a fun day! Thanks for supper Jen & Bob.

I FINALLY WENT TO THE DR.

Well, I finally called my Dr. for an appointment to see why I can't seem to get well. I've had this crud since the Thursday before Christmas. I kept thinking it would get better if I just waited it out. When I started having pressure across my chest (mostly in the middle and on the right side), I decided I'd better get checked out. I also have been getting hot and then turning cold. I lost my voice for a while too. I thought it was bronchitis but wasn't sure. Anyway, the Dr. said I didn't have bronchitis this time but it was chronic sinusitis & fatigue. He gave me Prednizone (Medrol 4MG PAK & Clarithromy (horse sized pills). He said I should feel better soon. Sorry if this was TMI.

I took Mom to the Dr. also. (LaCygne's clinic doesn't have a Dr. anymore so we changed her over to the Paola Clinic and my Dr.) Mom had an appointment set for 9:15 a.m. for a month and, when I got my appointment, I forgot about the blood work and changed her appointment time to right after mine at 2:30. Anyway, her veins weren't popping up enough so the technician said to come back on Monday at 8:15 and to drink lots of water all week end. I took her to McDonald's and then we went to WalMart to get my meds (and other things of course!), then home. A Fun Day!

So how was your day?

A NEW GRANDSON

Jen had Camden David Plummer last night at 9:51. He weighed in at 8 lb. and measured 20 inches long. He is a cutie and looks a lot like Decovin. I think he may have a little more hair. Christy is staying until Tuesday and Bob is going to be off work for 2 weeks so I decided I would go home for now and if she needs me to come later, I will. Jen and Cam are doing just fine.