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I don't know about everyone else but every day seems the same to me. Whether it be Monday or Saturday or Wednesday it really doesn't make a difference. All of my days have seemed long lately and Jax has been giving me a run for my money as of late. The whole duct tape thing is looking better by the hour on most days!!!
Last weekend Stacy, Michele, Steve, Jeff, Christy Ronda and the Solt's got to see Jax in action as he tried manipulate me - HARD CORE! One thing that is not working in his favor is that my will is WAY stronger than his! The whole strong-willed thing is only beneficial when we become adults! Anyhow, he seems to try my patience EVERY SINGLE DAY without giving me a break! It is wearing thin but thankfully I can refocus most of the time and stop and pray and gain that extra measure of patience that saves him from having a rather large piece of duct tape plastered across his mouth! This too shall pass and I can wait. I have patience and I think I was a little bit like Jax growing up. I know this is very hard for anyone of you to believe but I was less than perfect as a child! :)
All three of our boys have weathered these circumstances amazingly well and they are so glad to have Gary home. Jax loves Brownie the Bear that the boys made for Gary and he has dressed him up in his official Angels uniform! All 3 boys have been so helpful and loving and caring with Gary. Hopefully this is a foreshadow of what kind of husbands and fathers they will all be someday. What a gift they all are to us! Our beautiful boys are incredibly sensitive and we thank God for them every minute of every day (even when they are manipulative)! :)
Gary had his first outing this afternoon and we went to Stacy's house for dinner. I think he hung in there but I know he was uncomfortable even though he got to hang on the couch and the dogs were all kept on the outside of the gates! I am hoping he is tired enough to have a great sleep tonight. He really needs it! He is actually asleep on the couch and I do think I hear some soft snoring! Finally - maybe a deeper sleep for Gary!
Home Group is coming over Sunday night and we are looking forward to that. Right now it is easier if people come to us!
Both of the boys have their baseball games tomorrow at Noon at different fields. Since I watched Zach play in the Sandlot all summer I told Nate that I would go to his game and Zach would have his own cheering section consisting of Michele, Jenn, Monica, Kayla, Hailey and I am sure other parents on the team. I feel bad not being at Zach's game but I know Gary is not ready to sit for a few hours to watch a game quite yet and I can only be in 1 place at a time. Next week!!!
I am off to bed. Sunday mornings start early for me at church and tomorrow is our first time doing full set up all summer. I got used to being able to store things at Tesoro. I am grateful we got to do it as long as we did!
Once again, we love you all and thank you. Please know that if we have not sent a thank you note to you (FYI - no one has received one) or returned your calls it is not that we aren't thankful. I honestly have not had the time to sit down yet to begin eityher one of thess things. I will eventually do it but know that we are thankful and you are truly an answer to prayers for our entire family!
Have a great night and we will talk again tomorrow night!
Love,
L
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
Elvis Was In The House
Elvis was in the house last night! He appeared around 6 PM. He came through our front door and ran into the family room where Gary was reclining on the couch. Hobie caught sight of Elvis and came bounding in after him.
Can anyone guess where Elvis landed after he jumped??? Anyone????
If you guessed right on top of Gary you are the winner! Right smack on his ENTIRE abdominal region - the WHOLE AREA! I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere I hear a LOUD YELL - it was Gary!
I really thought we would have to go to the hospital to get Gary checked out but so far he seems to be okay.
If you haven't figured out who Elvis is, Elvis is a Boxer puppy that weighs in at around 35-40 pounds! He is Hobie's best friend (when they are together) and they love to swim together in Stacy's pool! Elvis belongs to Stacy, Carson and Kendyl and we love Elvis! He definitely Shook everything up last night!
Gary had a 4 hour visit with his RN John yesterday at the house. John was super nice and gave Gary a stern talking to about his insane notion of how ready he is to the laundry and wash dishes and other household duties! Yeah for John!
Gary seems to be healing well and he has a Dr. appointment next Thursday. He is in fairly good spirits but I know he is getting sick and tired of sitting around the house all day. Hopefully as he gains more strength he will be able to go on short car rides and run a few small errands.
I am getting his temporary handicap placard tomorrow. That baby will come in handy at Angels games, the beach, shopping at the mall, etc.... The sky is the limit! I guess in order to use it I just have to have Gary in the car! Rats!! Plan B......
Anyhow, he watched Top Gun today and many cooking shows! He also watched the Discovery Channel and snuggled with Jax when he got home from school! Jax has been glued to his side when he is home!
My Mom is leaving us tomorrow! :( We will miss her and we love having her here. She got to spend lots of time with her friends and that is so good for her! She misses everyone and her girlfriends are great! Maybe the airlines will cancel her flight tomorrow and she will have to stay another day! The boys want her to stay for at least another 2 weeks. We love our Nana and she will be missed. She is planning her next adventure in October to England and Scotland for 28 days with friends! How great that will be for her!
Well, the boys are going to the Angels Game tonight - GO ANGELS - and my Mom, Kendyl, Jax and I are going out to dinner! I am sure Jax will want Rubys which is fine. I love their turkey burgers!
Gary and I are talking a little at church this weekend and we are both looking forward to it.
Baseball is in full swing and both boys have games this Sunday at 12 Noon - same time different fields - of course!
Love to all of you and sorry Stacy for not posting sooner! I did not think anyone was interested in still reading this thing!
Love, Lisa
Can anyone guess where Elvis landed after he jumped??? Anyone????
If you guessed right on top of Gary you are the winner! Right smack on his ENTIRE abdominal region - the WHOLE AREA! I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere I hear a LOUD YELL - it was Gary!
I really thought we would have to go to the hospital to get Gary checked out but so far he seems to be okay.
If you haven't figured out who Elvis is, Elvis is a Boxer puppy that weighs in at around 35-40 pounds! He is Hobie's best friend (when they are together) and they love to swim together in Stacy's pool! Elvis belongs to Stacy, Carson and Kendyl and we love Elvis! He definitely Shook everything up last night!
Gary had a 4 hour visit with his RN John yesterday at the house. John was super nice and gave Gary a stern talking to about his insane notion of how ready he is to the laundry and wash dishes and other household duties! Yeah for John!
Gary seems to be healing well and he has a Dr. appointment next Thursday. He is in fairly good spirits but I know he is getting sick and tired of sitting around the house all day. Hopefully as he gains more strength he will be able to go on short car rides and run a few small errands.
I am getting his temporary handicap placard tomorrow. That baby will come in handy at Angels games, the beach, shopping at the mall, etc.... The sky is the limit! I guess in order to use it I just have to have Gary in the car! Rats!! Plan B......
Anyhow, he watched Top Gun today and many cooking shows! He also watched the Discovery Channel and snuggled with Jax when he got home from school! Jax has been glued to his side when he is home!
My Mom is leaving us tomorrow! :( We will miss her and we love having her here. She got to spend lots of time with her friends and that is so good for her! She misses everyone and her girlfriends are great! Maybe the airlines will cancel her flight tomorrow and she will have to stay another day! The boys want her to stay for at least another 2 weeks. We love our Nana and she will be missed. She is planning her next adventure in October to England and Scotland for 28 days with friends! How great that will be for her!
Well, the boys are going to the Angels Game tonight - GO ANGELS - and my Mom, Kendyl, Jax and I are going out to dinner! I am sure Jax will want Rubys which is fine. I love their turkey burgers!
Gary and I are talking a little at church this weekend and we are both looking forward to it.
Baseball is in full swing and both boys have games this Sunday at 12 Noon - same time different fields - of course!
Love to all of you and sorry Stacy for not posting sooner! I did not think anyone was interested in still reading this thing!
Love, Lisa
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Couch Potato
Geez! All Gary does is lay on the couch and watch TV! It gets annoying hour after hour watching him veg and not be a productive member of our family! Does he think that major surgery gives him the right to be exempt from all family activity?
Hey, I squeezed out 3 kids, had a bowel resection, hernia surgery (7 months PG) and had double pneumonia (PG also) and I was up doing everything within a day or two! Get going Gary!
After reading the paragraph above to Gary he simply shrugged his eyebrows as if to say - wait I definitely can't repeat what he said here!! Let's pray for his salvation for that comment!
All kidding aside and let's get serious! He is doing GREAT and it is SUPER GREAT having him back home! The kids love him being back and woke up this morning wanting to wake him just to say good morning!
In his words - I am processing nicely! I am sore but not taking any pain meds and I have even done a few loads of laundry and washed dishes! I got the kids ready for baseball, got their beds ready, yelled at them from the couch and I even took a shower and shaved away my Grizzly Adams look!!
Now is a time for healing. We will see the doctors every 3 months for the first year and every four months for the 2nd & 3rd year. Then every 6 months until the 5 year marker and then 1X a year after that point! I think we should have the UCI Urology staff over for dinner to get to know them better since we will be spending so much time with them in the years to come!
We have NEW PRAYER REQUESTS! All of your prayers have been answered so we would like to enlist all of you once again for some more! Most of you seem to have a direct line to our Creator so WE REALLY NEED the following prayer:
1. Continued healing for Gary - everything goes perfect with the new bladder
2. Quick recovery for Gary
3. A job for Gary - Please pray for God to bring Gary the perfect job opportunity - Pray for a company to come his way that desires a knowledgable, loyal, hard-working, wonderful, skilled man to be an important part of their company!
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS FOR GARY and we have to patiently wait on the timing of it all!
4. Protection and peace while we wait for Gary to go back to work.
We have 100% faith in our Father that He will provide for us - healing, peace, patience, and a job. Look what He has done so far! He placed all of you in our lives and for that we are eternally grateful and you could never realize how much we cherish your support and kindness and love and awesome meals and everything else!! Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
PRAYER WORKS! Please remember that!
Love,
L&G (G is back!) YEAH!!!! I just love my hubby!
Hey, I squeezed out 3 kids, had a bowel resection, hernia surgery (7 months PG) and had double pneumonia (PG also) and I was up doing everything within a day or two! Get going Gary!
After reading the paragraph above to Gary he simply shrugged his eyebrows as if to say - wait I definitely can't repeat what he said here!! Let's pray for his salvation for that comment!
All kidding aside and let's get serious! He is doing GREAT and it is SUPER GREAT having him back home! The kids love him being back and woke up this morning wanting to wake him just to say good morning!
In his words - I am processing nicely! I am sore but not taking any pain meds and I have even done a few loads of laundry and washed dishes! I got the kids ready for baseball, got their beds ready, yelled at them from the couch and I even took a shower and shaved away my Grizzly Adams look!!
Now is a time for healing. We will see the doctors every 3 months for the first year and every four months for the 2nd & 3rd year. Then every 6 months until the 5 year marker and then 1X a year after that point! I think we should have the UCI Urology staff over for dinner to get to know them better since we will be spending so much time with them in the years to come!
We have NEW PRAYER REQUESTS! All of your prayers have been answered so we would like to enlist all of you once again for some more! Most of you seem to have a direct line to our Creator so WE REALLY NEED the following prayer:
1. Continued healing for Gary - everything goes perfect with the new bladder
2. Quick recovery for Gary
3. A job for Gary - Please pray for God to bring Gary the perfect job opportunity - Pray for a company to come his way that desires a knowledgable, loyal, hard-working, wonderful, skilled man to be an important part of their company!
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS FOR GARY and we have to patiently wait on the timing of it all!
4. Protection and peace while we wait for Gary to go back to work.
We have 100% faith in our Father that He will provide for us - healing, peace, patience, and a job. Look what He has done so far! He placed all of you in our lives and for that we are eternally grateful and you could never realize how much we cherish your support and kindness and love and awesome meals and everything else!! Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
PRAYER WORKS! Please remember that!
Love,
L&G (G is back!) YEAH!!!! I just love my hubby!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
HOMEWARD BOUND
He is coming home! It is official and we are all so excited! All of his pathology reports are clear and things are progressing well! He is coming home with my Mom and Gay!
I will do a more in depth posting tonight but right now I have baseball and karate detail!
Love and Hugs!
Lisa
I will do a more in depth posting tonight but right now I have baseball and karate detail!
Love and Hugs!
Lisa
Sunday, September 2, 2007
It's a Double!
It is official! Gary had an entire double cheeseburger today and it only took him 20 minutes to wolf it down! He opted to skip dinner because the burger was more than enough for his stomach - which is probably the size of an acorn at this point!
Gary got his IVs out today and we also removed his super sexy white thigh high compression hose! I know he was sad to see those babies go!
The boys got to spend a couple hours with Daddy today and we walked several laps around 5T for the first time without an IV cart! He did a great job walking around on his own. His sciatic nerve is still bothering him but that's an easy fix! Gary has to use a walker at home for the first couple of weeks. I thought I would go buy him one of those baskets we used to put on our banana seat bikes and fasten it to the front of his walker! This way he can carry drinks, food, remotes, his phone, etc. in his little basket. Maybe I will get him one of the little bells that I used to have on my bike as well!
Hopefully Gary will get to come home Tuesday. We miss him soooooooo much!! I hate sleeping alone. I haven't minded not waking up to seriously loud snoring but even a small part of me misses that too! We are waiting for pathology results and for the doctors to give him the test to make sure his new bladder is working completely.
I can't believe summer is ending and school is beginning. I know this is going to be a great year for all of us!
I will let you know what we hear from the morning rounds (1st shift MD's)! We are off to T-street in the morning for a few hours of body boarding!
Have a great night and remember to thank God even for the smallest things in life! Acknowledge Him in everything you do and for everything you have!
Love,
L :)
Gary got his IVs out today and we also removed his super sexy white thigh high compression hose! I know he was sad to see those babies go!
The boys got to spend a couple hours with Daddy today and we walked several laps around 5T for the first time without an IV cart! He did a great job walking around on his own. His sciatic nerve is still bothering him but that's an easy fix! Gary has to use a walker at home for the first couple of weeks. I thought I would go buy him one of those baskets we used to put on our banana seat bikes and fasten it to the front of his walker! This way he can carry drinks, food, remotes, his phone, etc. in his little basket. Maybe I will get him one of the little bells that I used to have on my bike as well!
Hopefully Gary will get to come home Tuesday. We miss him soooooooo much!! I hate sleeping alone. I haven't minded not waking up to seriously loud snoring but even a small part of me misses that too! We are waiting for pathology results and for the doctors to give him the test to make sure his new bladder is working completely.
I can't believe summer is ending and school is beginning. I know this is going to be a great year for all of us!
I will let you know what we hear from the morning rounds (1st shift MD's)! We are off to T-street in the morning for a few hours of body boarding!
Have a great night and remember to thank God even for the smallest things in life! Acknowledge Him in everything you do and for everything you have!
Love,
L :)
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Unlimited Liquids
Tomato Bisque, coffee, "mystery custard", sherbert and juice - just what a man wants to eat after involuntarily fasting for 7 days! Well, this was his first official "meal" and after eating it he told the nurse not to bother bringing dinner!
Anyhow, he has now graduated to an unlimited liquid diet for the time being. Hopefully they will add some soft foods soon!
Let me tell you that every doctor and every nurse LOVES Gary's room! One of the Urologists told us that in the 4 years of being at this hospital he has never seen such a HAPPY & COOL room! We had so much help with all the decor and we are so thankful to everyone who made posters, sent E-mails, brought balloons, brought flowers, brought stuft animals and brought cards!
I would venture to say that Gary had a pretty good day today. He never asked for pain meds (he is officially off ALL pain meds) and Don brought some holographic disks to place on Gary's body to help with his sciatica. Today I tried to help ease his sciatic pain and instead after slightly applying pressure to his "tender area" he squealed like a little girl! Hey, I tried.
Gary did a few laps today around the 5T and he had lots of visitors. Gary is really becoming super social - which surprises most! Remember God can do great things through trial.
Thank you for all your prayers! Keep them coming!
Signing off for now. I need to take a shower and watch Wild Hogs!
Love, L
Anyhow, he has now graduated to an unlimited liquid diet for the time being. Hopefully they will add some soft foods soon!
Let me tell you that every doctor and every nurse LOVES Gary's room! One of the Urologists told us that in the 4 years of being at this hospital he has never seen such a HAPPY & COOL room! We had so much help with all the decor and we are so thankful to everyone who made posters, sent E-mails, brought balloons, brought flowers, brought stuft animals and brought cards!
I would venture to say that Gary had a pretty good day today. He never asked for pain meds (he is officially off ALL pain meds) and Don brought some holographic disks to place on Gary's body to help with his sciatica. Today I tried to help ease his sciatic pain and instead after slightly applying pressure to his "tender area" he squealed like a little girl! Hey, I tried.
Gary did a few laps today around the 5T and he had lots of visitors. Gary is really becoming super social - which surprises most! Remember God can do great things through trial.
Thank you for all your prayers! Keep them coming!
Signing off for now. I need to take a shower and watch Wild Hogs!
Love, L
911
If I were smart enough I would be able to post a picture with a post next to it! However, I do not know how to do this and hopefully my dear friend Michele will fix this for me!!!
So, the elevator opens at the hospital while Gary, my Mom, the boys and I are out for a stroll around the fifth floor and out comes a police officer. Let's rewind one minute before when we caught the boys playing with the pay phone and found out that they dialed 911 - Nate & Jax of course. The police man walks our way and somehow knows it is these innocent looking boys who had dialed this forbidden number! He gave the boys a stern talking to and I am hoping this will never happen again! For those of you who are snickering - HA HA!!! Not funny!
Anyhow, Gary had a fairly good afternoon and is completely off of pain medication. No srip and no IV meds. He has a painful sciatic nerve and is on 8 ounces of liquid (TOTAL) per day and is still not eating anything (NOT BY CHOICE) and other issues we won't discuss here and now! On a positive note he is recovering nicely and is VERY anxious to come home! We are hoping maybe Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.
PLEASE keep praying for the pathology results to come back CLEAN! Also, pray that Gary continues to heal and keeps positive!
Once again I am feeling the need to thank everyone for EVERYTHING! We are so insanely blessed by everyone and we love all of you and thank God for you every hour of every day!
A shout out to the girlfriends - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I love all of you!
I need to go to bed and will update you tomorrow. My Mom and I are watchng What Not To Wear and I love that show! Beats ICE TRUCKERS!!! :)
Love, L
So, the elevator opens at the hospital while Gary, my Mom, the boys and I are out for a stroll around the fifth floor and out comes a police officer. Let's rewind one minute before when we caught the boys playing with the pay phone and found out that they dialed 911 - Nate & Jax of course. The police man walks our way and somehow knows it is these innocent looking boys who had dialed this forbidden number! He gave the boys a stern talking to and I am hoping this will never happen again! For those of you who are snickering - HA HA!!! Not funny!
Anyhow, Gary had a fairly good afternoon and is completely off of pain medication. No srip and no IV meds. He has a painful sciatic nerve and is on 8 ounces of liquid (TOTAL) per day and is still not eating anything (NOT BY CHOICE) and other issues we won't discuss here and now! On a positive note he is recovering nicely and is VERY anxious to come home! We are hoping maybe Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.
PLEASE keep praying for the pathology results to come back CLEAN! Also, pray that Gary continues to heal and keeps positive!
Once again I am feeling the need to thank everyone for EVERYTHING! We are so insanely blessed by everyone and we love all of you and thank God for you every hour of every day!
A shout out to the girlfriends - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I love all of you!
I need to go to bed and will update you tomorrow. My Mom and I are watchng What Not To Wear and I love that show! Beats ICE TRUCKERS!!! :)
Love, L
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