stories of a real life wonder woman

On the health side of things this week I have been trying to get a hold of my GI doctor's office. I need to get in for my yearly endoscope since I have been in quite a bit of pain. Since they weren't calling me back I talked to my kidney doctor about talking to them. So hopefully I will get a call tomorrow about going in next week for that. That would be so nice. If you want to pray with me for that to come about that would be fantastic. Yesterday, that is Saturday, we had a work day at mom and dad's house. The floor in the main/old part of the house was started and I am pretty excited for them. I told mom that while we were working I almost started crying because I am so happy they have this house. When they first bought the house I remember saying that it seems like other people are more upset about them moving then our family really is. Not that we don't have good memories in the house they live in but I can take the memories with me. I grew up knowing that mom and...

This week contained funny stories, awkward moments, and wonderful people. But it was full of a lot of sitting around doing nothing. Yesterday I got to spend some time with a small group of ladies from camp as we all saw each other at Lisa's baby shower. It is always nice to see people from camp and to laugh with them.  Today at church a friend said to me that I am always upbeat. And though I am glad that she thinks that it is not currently that true. It is often easy for me to be upbeat at church because I get to see people that I care deeply about. But in the past couple week I have been a bit down. Though I have had a lot of practice with doing nothing because of all my hospital stays I still have a hard time with it. I don't like being idle. But since I don't have a job I am idle a lot. And I am struggling with that. Struggling with not having much to do during the day. Struggling with waiting to hear about jobs. Struggling to stay positive. I wish I could have h...

First dad is doing ok. He's home and trying to rest. Like most people in our family he is getting antsy and I think a bit bored already. But I think being bored at home is still better than being bored in the hospital. Also I have been wanting to post about this singer I started listening to her because I often have her album on repeat all week. I was going to try to incorporate lyrics from this song in last weeks post but then I didn't. Anyway this is Brandi Carlile - The Eye I like that line - "You can dance in a hurricane but only if your standing in the eye." That is my life story. I think it should be known that I listen to a lot of singer songwriter types because that is what I grew up listening to and so I will always love that type of sound and the lyrics that often come with. Anywho I think that if you like this song you should check out more of her songs. She recently came out with the album "The Firewatcher's Daughter" and most of the ...

So first I should say dad is doing fine. He is in quite a bit of pain and he still can't eat solids. The surgery yesterday went well even though it was more difficult than expected. The surgeon said dad's gall bladder was pretty tough so he imagines dad must have had problems with it for quite some time and not realized that's what it was. The surgeon also said that his gallbladder was kind of wrapped around some other things. They had to cut dad open instead of doing the surgery laparoscopically which means that he will be recovering for a longer period of time. He also lost more blood than normal since his pancreatitis made is veins inflamed. The pancreatitis should get better quicker with the gall bladder out and he will continue the IV meds in the hospital until maybe Wednesday. At the moment dad isn't trying to talk the doctors or nurses into letting him out of the hospital so that kind of gives an idea of how he is feeling. Though this hospital visit and surgery...

I don't really have any updates to give this week on my health. I did get to see my brother Gar this weekend after their big win! (Conference champs for the first time since I think 1966.) He has been helping coach the varsity boys basketball at DHS. I am pretty dang proud of him not just for the win but for the way he tries to live his life. Anywho I didn't think I would get to see him while he was home but we both ended up at Angelo's around the same time so I did get to see him. Also this week I got to talk to one of my favorite people in the world on the phone, my grandpa. Talking to him puts a smile on my face, I just think the world of him. At the house the counter tops are in and the showers are getting tiled. They have also have been working on staining wood for the trim and the doors. I think mom's excitement grows a little more each time something new is put in. I'm not really sure what else to write about. Mom gave me an idea but I feel like I don...