Billy Fields - When I Lay My Isaac Down

I laughed out loud when I saw the mac and cheese...probably because I can relate:)

Hope Danny is feeling better this morning!  Love you all!

Jacob cooked easy mac but forgot to add WATER!

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Great news , Have a safe journey home, Love you both.

Our chariot has arrived and we are homeward bound:)

Not going home today! We are hoping in the morning for sure. He had some problems with his central line clotting off on the end and they didn't get that straightened out til late so we are still here. But otherwise he continues to improve;)

Not a bad night except for coughing. He managed to get to sleep and around 2am they decided he needed to pee so they woke him up! They are going to try and wean him off of his oxygen this morning before they talk about getting him home again. They have resumed his blood thinners and so far so good. I think our biggest problem will be his breathing and pain control when we get home. Appetite is poor but he is drinking. I have been told our puppies are missing us and as they are not used to temps in the teens on the porch we are anxious to get home, I know some of you can't relate to that but for all you dog lovers out there you know what I'm talking about. Things are starting to get busy here, will blog more later:)

Drugged out after a very long day!

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Update on Danny

Well today was a busy day. The doctor came in around 9 and asked him if he wanted to go home? Duh! So he was napping before getting ready to go and woke up choking with chest pain. His oxygen levels dropped and his heart rate went to the 130s. EKG was ok just fast. So they worked on him for a couple hours blood work, X-rays, and all that good stuff. After all that he started feeling a little better and now has pain when he breathes in on the left side which is opposite of where he had surgery. Dr. Kozower just came in and said everything was normal and he had no idea what happened so he would be here at least another day or 2. I hear we are getting snow at home and the power is out so everyone stay in and stay warm and I will update tomorrow:)

We will be praying for you both Trish, and hope he gets to come home .

Update on Danny

He has done really well today. He walked in the hall and sat up in the chair most of the day. They pulled his chest tube and took out his foley catheter, which was a big relief- He hates tubes! The only thing left is a couple IVs and he is still using oxygen, which he may have to take home with him. Every time they take him off of it, his sat drops. It was in the 70s at one point. He is going to try his hardest to talk the doctor into turning him loose tomorrow:). We'll see, God has answered many prayers this week, that one would be very simple for him!

Praise the Lord!!!  Danny, you make it look like it was a breeze :P  Love you guys :)

Well after a very long night he is up in the chair. He was in a tremendous amount of pain. They tried to do an epidural at ten last night and after 3 attempts they finally quit. He he is getting 3 differentntypes of pain meds so he is pretty loopy. The doctor came in and said the chest tube can come out so we are waiting on that. He can't seem to do without oxygen right now and his blood pressure is staying pretty low which is probably due to the meds. It is 60 degrees here and raining today. I will post more later. Thanks for the prayers.

Danny, did you have to wear a hat during surgery so your hair would not be in the way???

I, too, believe you have a grin on your face. Or is it just the drugs making you look happy?

As Mommy would say, "Praise The Lord, Praise The Lord, Praise The Lord!"

~Rita~

Yes, Praise the Lord. Thank God for a good report.

Praise the Lord! Thank you, Jesus!

Amen, God is Good, Praise his name . So good to hear that Trish, Best Christmas gift , besides Jesus.

Praise the Lord!  Keep us posted! 

Mommy just sent me this.

Just talked with the surgeon and he said he got it all. just waiting on him to wake up:)

Thanks for all of your prayers! She said she would get to see him in about 2 hours.

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OR just called. They werent able to see what they wanted with the scope. They
had to open him up. Means longer surgery time.

Shawn that does my heart good! Danny has been in surgery for about 25 minutes now. They are to call me if he is still in after two hours

Meaning of Christmas

What is the meaning of Christmas? The meaning of Christmas is about presents & gifts. Thats what society has turned. What your favorite store fails to realize is when there pushing all those gifts... those are birthday presents. Because of the birth of christ, we celebrate His birthday every december. I don't know about Hanukkah or Kwanza. So every time the friendly sales person says Happy Holidays (because there Corporate office said so, include everyone) I say Merry Christmas. I proud to celebrate the birth of Christ with my family & I hope Fulfill His Christmas list. I hope I can be what he wants for me to be. I Love You Jesus.

Shawn...

Trish~  Happy Belated Birthday!  We had a special prayer for Danny and his doctors this morning and he is in our prayers continually today.  Please keep us posted as you can.  I will be checking the blog as often as I can.  Love you all!

Janet 

Happy Belated Birthday Trish! How was it and what did you do on your special day? We pray that everything goes in favor of Danny today.

We are at the hospital. Danny's sister Anita came with us this morning. We left at 430 to get here by 730 and we are still waiting to go in. He has his pretty blue hat and purple gown and green socks on. I will post pictures later. Where we are now I don't have cell service but I can connect to wifi. I will let you know when he finally goes in. As for now, nothing to tell.

Family tree

Kids tree

Butter tree

Butter putting up the tree in her and Toot's room