Hi Everyone,
I need your prayers for my DF’s DD. A while ago, I wrote about the girl’s baby shower for twin girls. She had a cesarean last Monday. For the last few weeks of her pregnancy, she had been retaining a LOT of fluid. After the surgery, she was complaining of pain in her back. Everyone kept telling her it was air from the surgery. Turned out it was pneumonia. She is in ICU and not doing well. The antibiotics do not seem to be working and she is not getting rid of all the fluid.
The babies are home and fine. My friend has a large family (6 children) and everyone is helping. Her husband is torn between being home with the babies and being at the hospital with his wife.
The daughter is in her 40’s. She had been trying to get pregnant for years. She had 3 in vitro fertilizations before this one took.
She needs our prayers.
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Originally Posted by Marie
Lynn, did not taking the sleeping pills help the esophagus spasms? My fingers and toes are crossed for the B&B sale to go through.
Hi Marie,
I have been spasm free for several days. I have also been eating all soft food – no bread, meat, fresh fruit or veggies. As soon as I am finished with the antibiotics, I am going to try eating some regular food and see what happens.
Hi Rosey,
What is “report.gorking?” My DD just bought plane tickets for her and her husband to fly to Alaska this winter. There are several winter events they want to attend. This will be their 3rd trip to your state.
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Originally Posted by glynne
Two days down ~ one to go. It was such a nice day at work today. One of those rare days when it was kind of quiet ~ things going along nicely. Acutally had a chance to visit a little with my coworkers. Some people talk about being bored on days like that ~ are they nuts? When it is quiet like that I don't feel one bit guilty about it ~ there are so many days when you feel like your head is spinning off. I feel more like we deserve a day like this once in a while.
Then my daughter sent a text ~ wanted to know if I wanted to go out to dinner. Just she and I. So, we went to the Cheese Cake Factory ~ I had never been there before. I had always wanted to go. It was a beautiful evening ~ just the right temperature ~ so we sat at one of the outside tables. It got dark and the twinkle lights came on. Just beautiful. Sara has had things on her mind and needed a listening ear. Glad I could do that for her. Wish I could just make everything all better ~ or easier somehow. I can't though ~ so I will have to pray and wait for God to help.
Hi Gayle,
I am SO glad that you had a nice day – you deserve it! About dealing with our children’s problems – you are helping to make everything better/easier by being there when she needs you. One of our “gurus” in Education, John Dewey, proposed that learning occurs ONLY when you go through an experience, have the consequences of your own behavior, recognize your own responsibility in causing those consequences, and ultimately change your behavior. As parents, we devote ourselves to coming between our children’s actions and the consequences of those actions. But if we think about it, our own learning experiences are much more apt to result from tough times than from happy times. All of this is to say, maybe the best thing for us to do with our children is to be there and listen.
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Originally Posted by Riemontana
Lynn, I hope that they figure things out for you soon. I will think good thoughts for your dd sale of the Band B. Those things are a lot of work. I must have missed your comment about the Zoe retirement party and GG 5k. I think it would be great but our dear Zoe would be at the finish line in her beach chair - flowing garments on her back and a lovely drink in hand as she cheered us on! I love that mental image....
Hi Rie,
I have given up on doctors figuring it out. Unless it gets a lot worse, I am just going to use trial and error to solve. I have taken myself off Celebrex and the sleeping pills I was taking. I have totally changed my diet. So far, this is working. My plan is to re-introduce foods – one-at-a-time – until I narrow down which ones are gone forever.
I LOVE your image of Zoe in her beach chair at the finish line. Seems like we should pick a sunny/warm place for our party.
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I've decided to really ramp up my exercise, so I attended a Zumba class on Saturday morning - wow, what a fast workout, but it was fun because of the music.
Hi Andi,
I have not been to the gym since I started these antibiotics. In fact, since I did the half-marathon, I have not done a “real” exercise session at the gym. This weekend, I will be finished with the antibiotic and plan to spend time at the gym getting back into my routine.
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Originally Posted by Bobbolink
I'll find a picture to post with the new sizing site, see if that works better for me.
Hi Bobbi,
Did you have to download to use the Google Live Photo? One of the reasons I liked the site that Karen recommended was because nothing had to be downloaded. I try to download as little as possible.
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Originally Posted by glynne
Lynn ~ you mentioned one time that you had pictures that made yummy food look yucky ~ so that when you visualized those pictures it made you not want to eat the thing that was calling to you. I am ready for some of those pictures. I unfortunatly gave in to that darn evil bucket of halloween candy. And also the chocolate cake leftovers from the staff meeting. My coworkers didn't help me out and eat enough of it ~ LOL. Three days in a row it was still there and three days in a row I had a piece ~ a small piece ~ but still a piece I didn't need.
Hi Gayle,
You create the “picture” in your head. Take one specific food – my first food was a Burger King Whopper – and picture it. Now, imagine every disgusting thing you can think of mixed into that food. REALLY create the picture in your head. I have not eaten a Whopper in at least 15 years!
Carol Sue & Bobbi,
Sorry you are having problems with your computers. I HATE it when this happens. I am TRULY dependent on (addicted to?) my computer.
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Originally Posted by jess1
Rie – you’re going to be in competition with Marie soon, for ExerciseQueen! You, Marie, Mary, Lynn… I’m pretty impressed! I’m not impressed enough to JOIN you, but I AM impressed! I also apparently missed Lynn’s reference to a GG 5K along with Zoe’s retirement party… What? What?? What??? No, such nonsense would not be tolerated! I’ll be in the beach chair next to Zoe, watching you goldens run amok!
Hi Donna,
OK – we are now adding to the image we are creating. At the finish line, you and Zoe will be lounging in beach chairs at the finish line while others will be walking/running in the GG 5K. I think the walkers/runners will have signs on our backs “Zoe’s Team!”
Everyone – will you be lounging with Donna and Zoe, or sweating with the walkers/runners?
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Originally Posted by Marie
Val, I can so picture Zoe cheering us on at a 5K. If she had a strawberry dacquiri waiting for me, I could handle it.
Hi Marie,
A new element for our image – strawberry daiquiris waiting for us at the finish line – I LOVE it! When my DD ran the Lake Placid marathon, her DH had a bottle of ice wine for her at the finish line. She and her teammates went into the Lake and drank the wine straight from the bottle.
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Originally Posted by Karen3
Lynn....Drink drink drink water to flush out the UTI bugs. Antibiotics are so hard on your system!
Hi Karen,
I have been eating at least 1 yogurt/day. I probably need to drink more water. Especially because I am taking Sulfa pills. Feeling so nauseous – hard to eat/drink anything. However, I will work on it.
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Originally Posted by Riemontana
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Forgive a brief story:
I was about 7 months pregnant with my youngest during one harvest. It had been a really wet harvest. On October 31st, we were the only family that was still working. Dad had 2 tractors pulling the beet digger through the field and a tractor that pulled the trucks through because the ground was so wet and soft. It started to snow... Those big wet flakes. Soon we couldn't move anything. We had almost 2 acres left. I think dad and grandpa (he was about 80 at the time) knew that we wouldn't get back in to the field to get those last beets out. Mom and grandma had brought us food and hot chocolate. We were standing there and grandpa walked over, kicked a beet out with his foot, topped it with his beet knife, and threw it in my truck. That started it...
We spent the rest of the day, till after dark, digging those last 2 acres by hand, topping them by hand, and putting them into the trucks - 4 trucks worth. My dad and brother dug, grandpa and I topped and two drivers came along behind us and threw them in the trucks. At one point, we noticed that a bunch of neighbors were out on the road watching us. It is still known as "the time those crazy Webers dug their beets by hand". Tee Hee. We were slipping and sliding and working our tails off. Believe it or not, it is a real special memory.
Hi Rie,
What a great story. Thank you for sharing.