Do people really have no morals left?

I mean really! First there was the big April Rose hub bub of late (luckily for me something just felt off when I first visited that blog, so I never reposted it.)

Now there is this person: http://babyfatfitness.ca/Blog/?p=164 who stole the pictures from: http://myenchanteddandelions.blogspot.com/ 's esty store page.

I understand that there is nothing wrong with two different women selling the same products, or the same types of products. But using someone else's exact pictures? That they took? Give me a break!

Go over to http://myenchanteddandelions.blogspot.com/ and check out what she has to say about this whole business.

Darn Dr. Doogie* made a liar out of me...

In my last post I said Dr. Doogie Howser* had gone home.

He just came in with two other of the surgical residents to check on Jerry.

I told him that I thought he had gone home, and he just shrugged.

I reminded them that Dr. B had said they would run some tests today and tomorrow for his blood pressure and potassium levels and Dr. Howser* and company said they were.

Like MIL said, its our job to make sure that they do what we need them to do. :)

Saturday Morning update from Mayo...

We had a fairly good night.



They gave Jerry his pain meds about 11:45, and then medicine to help him sleep about 12:15.



When the nurse came in to give him the sleeping medicine, I had just started to fall asleep, so at first I thought someone was coming into the hotel room. :-o



Once I figured it out, we both slept most of the night.



I only woke up once or twice from them coming in to check on Jerry. I know they are keeping an eye on his blood pressure, pretty close.



Is it sad that the pull out couch in the hospital room is more comfortable than the bed in my hotel room?

This morning he has already had his swallow study. Of course the radiology tech didn't tell the nurse that he was back from that. So she came in when she heard MIL, and BIL talking, and said oh you're back. Then she asked how long he had been back for, which by that point was about 30 minutes. :shrug:

While he was at his swallow study I ran to the hotel and got cleaned up. I timed it pretty well, as he got back to his room right before I got back.

I brought back clothes to change into, but my gatorade spilled, so my shirts that I grabbed are now dirty.

AHHHHH! I need to find a laundry mat I guess.

They want Jerry to get up and walk today. Right now he doesn't want to because going for his swallow study wore him out. Hopefully around lunch time he will feel up to it again.


Dr. Doogie Howser* has been replaced by another Dr. Loogie Howser*. Another young doctor. This one though didn't ask as many questions or explain as much, but we were both pretty sleepy still.

In a regular room now... But he scared the h$ll out of me

Finally...

I think Jerry finally was brought down to the regular floor about 7:15 or so.

At about 5:45 or so, the volunteer that had been giving us updates since 3:30 said that they were doing the nurse turn over, and that he would be moved down shortly. MIL and I asked about going to get something to eat, and she said we had time, plus it would give them time to get him settled in.

So we walked over to the hotel on the Mayo property where MIL is staying because there is a restaurant there. BUT the restaurant is not open on Friday or Saturday night. We decided that we could go down the road a bit to get something to eat, and just as we got in MIL's truck BIL Toby pulled up next to us. We knew he was thinking about coming up earlier in the day, and he had called about an hour before saying he was almost here, but we still didn't expect him so soon.

MIL, BIL and I went to Denny's for dinner (yesterday's lunch was much better!)

When we got back Jerry was in his room, but you could tell he was in a lot of pain. He had tears in his eyes, and was gritting his teeth. The nurse was giving him his pain meds, and what not, but it wasn't getting better. We figured it hadn't had time yet to kick in, since she had just put it in his iv.

He asked if he could have a drink, or at least rinse his mouth out, and thats when he scared the H$ll out of me!

When they sat him up a bit to do that, he had sharp shooting pains in his left side of his chest, and could not breathe. Every time he took a breathe it got worse.

They checked his O2 stats and it was down in the low 80s.

The nurse called for Dr. Doogie Howser* who came and ordered an EKG, and Chest xray, as well as stayed until Jerrry was breathing normal again. Both the EKG and xray came back in the normal range (well normal compared to yesterday's EKG), so Dr. Howser* thinks that he had a air bubble under his diaphram that got shifted when they sat him up, that was causing the pain. I think between giving him another "shot" of pain meds, and sitting him straight up for the chest xray it helped. Dr. Howser* raised his pain medication, so that helps too. The plan is to stay on top of it tonight, and see how it goes.

Right now they have him on an oxygen mask, rather than the nasal canual that they had him in to start with, and its turned up pretty high, but they want to keep it there for a while tonight to make sure he stays ok. Dr. Howser* said that he will be around and in and out all night to check on him.

MIL went back to her hotel shortly after all the fuss settled down, after giving me orders to call her if we need her.

BIL went back to MIL's hotel room while I was at our hotel getting clothes for the night. I think Jerry was glad about that because BIL likes to talk and make jokes and Jerry isn't up for that.

I know Jerry is scared and worried, and in pain.

Know how I know?

Because normally he kicks me out of the hosptial room, back home to sleep.

Tonight I asked if he would be ok long enough for me to run to the hotel to get clothes to sleep in (other than my jeans and blouse I had on), and he said yes, but hurry back.

I know that normally we have the kids to think about, but this morning and yesterday both Jerry mentioned me going to the hotel to sleep, because it would be uncomfortable here.


*Dr. Howser, is a surgical resident here at the Mayo, and isn't really as young as the TV Icon, but compared to all the other Doctors we have seen this week, he is young! Kinda cute too, but thats besides the point. I really like him though, because he took the time to explain to us (Jerry, MIL, BIL, and I) what was happening and why he thought it was happening. He also explained about Jerry's stomach tube and the tests that they will run tomorrow, and Sunday, and why they will run them. That part was especially nice since everything Dr. B said earlier was a blur as far as that goes. He also impressed me because he called one of the other doctors on call and let them know what was going on, and asked if they had any other tests that they would run. As I heard him tell them, he knew that he was doing the right things, but in a case like Jerry's (the high blood pressure, and potassium issues) getting a second opinion right away just felt better.

He is out of surgery

Jerry is finally out of surgery.

The doctor said the hole in his diaphram was about the size of making a C with your thumb and pointer finger. Plus his stomach had gone up to his esphogus, so they had to do more than they would on a "normal" person. They cut one of the nerves that goes to his stomach to give them enough room to pull his esphogus where it needs to be, then got rid of the hernia, put in a stomach tube (I don't remember why, but it was something he had said he might have to do.)

Dr. B said that all of Jerry's labs came back in the acceptable range today, so that they could do the surgery, and there is a couple of syndromes that could be the cause of his potassium problems. So since they have him here they are going to run more tests and what not to see if they can figure it out. Plus he has asked a couple of the big wig specialists to check in on him.

Dr. B said with his history he will be inpatient longer than a normal person that has this surgery.

Since when has my husband been normal?

3 hours...

Its been about 3 hours since the volunteer came and told us (Jerry's mom and I) that he had been taken back for surgery.

This is taking longer than I thought it would. Not that I knew how long to expect, but I wasn't expecting it to be this long.

He is in surgery

The volunteer just came and told MIL and I that Jerry went into surgery between 11:05 and 11:35.

Now for the wait.

I have no idea how long this will take. The doctor said it depends on what he finds and how easy the hernia is to repair.

Jerry is in the back

They took him back about an hour ago, but the last update about 10 minutes ago was that he was still in holding.

It looks like its going to be a long day.

Back at the hotel

Well we are now back at the hotel.

The wait for the standby slot for the Electrocardiogram was not super long. As long as they don't call this afternoon to say there is a problem the surgery is scheduled for in the morning.

Jerry's mom is on here way here, probably will be here in the next 2 hours or so.

Jerry is taking a nap, and I think I am going to do so as well.

Cancel that....

As we were walking in for Jerry's pre-op appointment Dr. B's nurse R called. They want to run an Electrocardiogram and an Echocardiogram.

So we will be at the Clinic most of the day.

Sitting and waiting... Mayo Day 4

Well today was supposed to be a long day, chock full of appointments, one right after the other according to our schedule they gave us on Tuesday.

We arrived with pleanty of time for the first one, which was a preadmissions with the one nurse.

During that appointment Dr. B's nurse R stopped by and said that the appointment we had scheduled for this morning is a no go. She had scheduled it, as a just in case appointment, and Jerry doesn't need it. So she cancelled it.

Cool! Bonus!

Then we came down to the lab for a type and screen (even though Jerry knows his blood type.) and we have been here waiting for about 20 minutes now. Lucky Jerry can sleep just about anywhere and is taking a nap while we wait. I on the other hand can not. So I am glad I brought the laptop with me today.

As soon as we are done here, we will go across the hall so he can do his pre-op admissions paperwork. This appointment was scheduled for late this afternoon, but according to the scheduler in Dr. B's office, we can go at any time, its not a set in stone thing.

I need to go back to to the hotel before his appointment with the general doctor that does the last minute approval for surgery, and grab his medicine. The paperwork from the hospital in WR says that he is to take 40mg of something, but it says it like it is one pill, which did not show up on the computer as an option. Jerry says he takes 2 20mg pills, but the nurse wants to make sure we have it all in the computer right.

I am not sure what we will do when we get done here for the day. I crammed so much in yesterday, thinking that the next couple of days would be full here at the Clinic. Jerry is actually feeling better today than he has all week, so he may actually want to go do something with me. Novel thought! ;)

I am not sure now when we will be heading home. Our schedule we got in the mail last week said that he had an appointment on Monday, the latest schedule does not have that one on it.

I feel pretty confident saying we wont go anywhere before Sunday though.

Mayo Clinic Day 3~Kinda

Today was an "off" day from the Mayo Clinic, compared to the last two days, and the next two days.

Meaning, Jerry only had one appointment, unlike 3-5 the last two days, or the 6 tomorrow, and surgery on Friday.

We got up and headed down to Mayo about 7:45, Jerry turned in his 24 hour sample, and then we headed upstairs for his CT scan.

Jerry got taken back pretty close to his appointment time, and was in the back for about 90 minutes. The stuff they made him drink, and put in his IV to make the CT scan work made him feel pretty yucky. So when we left we went to Publix and bought bottled water (the water at the hotel is YUCKY!) Stopped and got some lunch, then came back to the hotel.

Once I had him settled in, I took off and went exploring.

I went to the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve. I saw tortise, frogs, armadillos, and lots of birds. I will post pictures later. :)

Mayo Clinic Day two....

This morning was day two of our Mayo Clinic adventures.

We were slightly worried that Dr. B would want to cancel Jerry's surgery, upon the advice of Dr. A (the kidney transplant specialist) yesterday.

All was well though, as Dr. B and his team think that they need to do the surgery sooner rather than later.

Dr. B then refered us to an Endocrologist (sp), Dr. M and Dr. G.

So we killed a few hours at the mall and went back to see Dr. M and Dr. G. They listened to what we told them. Then looked at what has already been ran and they want to run a CAT Scan tomorrow morning (so much for a day off from the clinic), to see if Jerry's adrinal glands have any problems.

Dr. G did say that there is definately something wrong when Jerry does any kind of exercise, and his potassium drops dramatically. So that is something none of the kidney doctors have ever told us.

One Day and 5 appointments down @the Mayo Clinic

Well we are one day and 5 appointments done at the Mayo Clinic.

Of course the first 4 appointments were for a gastric emptying study, so I suppose they could be considered as one really long appointment. Except that we got to walk around the campus, and actually come back to the hotel between the last two.

This afternoon was with a Kidney Transplant specialist. Dr. A did not have access to all of Jerry's medical records as far as his high blood pressure/potassium problems. So we had to go through everything in Jerry's history that we could remember. Which means that there are probably multiple medicines, tests, etc. that we either forgot about, or never knew the results of. I volunteered several times to call Jerry's tricare manager at Robins and ask her to fax the information down, and Dr. A declined. Even with us telling him honestly that we were sure that we were forgetting things. I am almost positive that if he had everything in front of him he would find something that someone else overlooked, thats how through his questioning was.

He was most amazed though that the Air Force doctors never have pushed the high blood pressure/potassium issue as far as finding out the cause until Jerry was hospitalized last year. He looked at us like we were crazy when we said that really the most extensive testing has occured in the last year. Yes he went to Landstuhl once for a week, and twice to a specialist in Pensacola, neither of which turned up with anything.

Dr. A said he thought Dr. Gupta with CNN would be amazed at the waste of resources with a case history like Jerry's. Like I said, we told him that we were sure we were forgetting tests, and the like, but he said they should have pushed it more, not moved us from Eglin until they figured it out, because all they did was push the problem off on yet another doctor.

Now the problem here arises in the fact that this good Doctor A does not want Dr. B to do the surgery on Friday. At least not until the potassium problem is solved.

Dr. A arranged for Jerry to have several tests run in the lab this afternoon (so I guess 6 appointments in one day when you add those in). When he gets the results of those he will give his formal opinion on surgery.

What is most frustrating about this, possiblity of not doing the surgery, is that most of the specialists that Jerry has seen in Georgia seem to be in agreement that the surgery will help with his high blood pressure, because of how severe his hernia is, and how far into his chest cavity it goes.

Then for us, you also have to figure in that this would once again be a wasted trip. Because it sure didn't feel like Dr. A was going to help us solve the potassium problem. It just felt like he was amused that the Air Force has let it slide for this long. It seems like the doctors all want to blame this potassium problem on Jerry's past drinking, which yes it probably is a result of, BUT its only gotten worse since he quit drinking. None of the doctors want to give us or help us discover a way to help the problem.

Oh and add in that once again my parents will have traveled (or at least my dad, again, mom for the first time) from Arizona to Georgia to watch the kids for us, for the doctors to do nothing!

We meet with the surgeon tomorrow morning, and I am praying that Jerry's potassium test that he had this afternoon will come back high enough that they will either admit him to pump up his potassium to where they will do the surgery, or that it is high enough to where they feel comfortable doing the surgery.

Of course Jerry said if it has dropped dramatically since last Friday, maybe they will admit him to see if they can figure it all out once and for all.

Never trust Mapquest again: Re: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville FL

I will never trust Mapquest again!

Finding our hotel, was no big deal, the directions were very clear and we made it without at problem.

I knew from the Mayo Clinic's lodging map, that our hotel was not super far away from the Clinic, but could not really tell how to get there from here. So I Mapquested it.

Turns out that Mapquest has the WRONG address for the Mayo Clinic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank goodness we decided that when we went out to find food for the night to find out where we were going in the morning. Because in the morning we would have been screwed and Jerry would have missed his appointment!

Mapquest has you leave our hotel, go north/northwest about 7 miles, then wind around and around a couple of side streets. We ended up in a neighborhood that has multimillion dollar homes, right on either the river or the bay! We saw cars worth $70-80 thousand, homes that resemble castles, and river/bay views to die for! There was a home for sale by Sotheby's, that just glancing at the website is $4.9 million!

Jerry and I joked that Mapquest was giving directions out to one of the Mayo Clinic's head doctors home! (We were calling him Dr. Mayo, not that there is such a person, that was our joke though!)

I really want to go back tomorrow or Wednesday when we have nothing to do and take a picture of the neighborhood, just to show on here where Mapquest sent us!

Once we found our way back to the I-95 we went clear north to 9A and back down to the Mayo Clinic because Jerry knew how to get to the Mayo Clinic that way. Talk about a LONG way around, we really aren't that far away when you know where to go, but going the way we did was about 40 miles. LOL

We stopped at the Courtyard by Marriot on Mayo property and the nice registration clerk gave me wonderful directions back to our hotel. When I told her what happened, she said it happens all of the time, because Mapquest has the WRONG address!

I also told the Dr that was checking in as I was getting directions that we could have ridden down with him, he had Bibb County tags on his car. At first he looked at me funny, and then I told him that we lived in Twiggs, and that I just happened to notice his tags when we pulled in as he got out of the car. He laughed and said you should have, I had pleanty of room!

So if you have to come to the Mayo Clinic here in Jacksonville, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT trust Mapquest! Or if you do make sure that you put in the address that is on your paperwork!!!!!!

Heading to FL soon

Jerry and I will be leaving soon for Jacksonville.

I talked to my mom about an hour ago and they were about 2 hours out.

Jerry's first of many appointments is at 7 am tomorrow at the Mayo Clinic, and our hotel is only about 8 miles from there.

I should have access to the internet at the hotel, so I hope to keep everyone updated.

Rest In Peace Matt

One of my former students from Lakenheath passed away early this morning from Stage 4 Lung Cancer.

I am at a loss for words, for once.

I was really hoping for a miracle.

Rest in Peace Matt, rest in peace. Know that you were loved, and that you will be missed.

As my friend Lori said, he was one that I can see meeting at the pearly gates, saying "What a wild ride!" :)

Matt Armjio 1986-2009.

RIP Members of the 48th Brigade. Ga National Guard

The 48th Brigade from here in Georgia only deployed last month to Afganistan. This morning we woke to the awful news that three members of the Brigade have been killed.

Rest in Peace:
Maj. Kevin M. Jenrette of Lula;
Staff Sgt. John C. Beale of Riverdale,
and Spc. Jeffrey W. Jordan of Rome.

Thank you for your service to our country and may you rest in peace.

Former Lakenheath Lancers....

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Is it a bad thing when you

Slip and fall while trying to unpack boxes in your dining room/kitchen?

My arm hurts like it did 6 years ago when I fell at the Rod and Gun and broke my elbow.

If it still hurts like this tomorrow I will go to the urgent care when Jerry goes on base to print his orders.

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Travel plans

Our travel plans have been 99% firmed up for next week.

I went and saw Mrs. W, Jerry's Tricare manager on Robins, after we stopped and saw Jerry.

Mrs. W called the Mayo Clinic and as long as his potassium stays stable next week they want to go ahead with the surgery. Mostly because the next availbilty would have been on July 8th (our anniversary), and chances are he would go through this cycle again before then anyway.

So right now the plan is for Jerry and I to drive down Sunday night, and for him to go into the Mayo Clinic on Monday and Tuesday for several series of tests. A couple of which were appointments that he was supposed to have done yesterday, today, and tomorrow at Robins, but....

Wednesday should be a down day with no appointments, then he will be admitted on Thursday for his pre-op, with the surgery on Friday. I have not gotten a straight answer about how long he will be in the hospital after the surgery. Most things that I can find on the web indicate 24 hours, so perhaps we will be gone right at a week.

The only hold up in the process right now is that the Ssgt. in charge of cutting orders for the hospital on base is hard headed, or hard of hearing, or just plain stupid. She could not get it through her head that Jerry was in the hospital and could not bring her the paperwork that she kept telling Mrs. W and myself that she needed. After about 10 minutes Mrs. W got her to understand that we have to leave Sunday, and that Jerry probably will not be out of the hospital in time to bring it to her, so Mrs. W is going to take the paperwork over and then they are to call me so I can get the orders picked up. Not sure why I am surprised, that this Ssgt. is a pita, she is the one that doesn't seem to think I need to go with Jerry to his surgery. Good thing she doesn't get to make the decision!

Hopefully Mrs. W will call in the morning and I can go pick up Jerry's orders, and we can be set to go on Monday. I have got to check out hotels and all of that fun stuff tonight, which is the real reason we need the orders cut before we go, without them we don't have acess to the government card.

My parents are leaving Phoenix tomorrow morning, and hopefully will be here on Sunday (their 40th wedding anniversary!). The kids will stay here with them.

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amazing

Amazing... the Capt. Dr. that insisted that Jerry go to the hospital last night... has not once checked in with Jerry. I am sure he has talked to the hospital, but not once to the actual patient! What a jerk.

I am trying to decide

If it is funny or sad that the fact that Jerry is in the hospital, once again, with no answers, doesn't even effect the kids or I any more.


I mean seriously, the only thing I did different last night was take the phone into the bedroom with me, and leave the bedroom door open.

Oh and turned off the alarm clock. ;)

A year ago, the second time he was in the hospital, I was a wreck, just like the first time he was in the hospital.

Now I am like, whatever, maybe they will find an answer this time to what is going on.

What gets me, is they can't even say this time that it is because he isnt taking his medicine the way he should, because he has been. Plus he has been eating and drinking things with extra potassium in it. All because of his surgery that is scheduled for next week.

Jerry got mad at me when I told him that he needed to call the tricare lady on base to find out what was going to happen now. He doesn't seem to get it, that I need to know so I can let my parents know. If we are not going to Florida next week there is no reason for them to drive out here this weekend, they can and should wait until the surgery is rescheduled. Or if the doctors decide to pump him up and send him early, I need to know that too, so we can figure out how to deal with the kids, until my parents can get here.

I guess I need to head into town and see if I can get answers.

Update to What A Day!

I had a message from Richard this morning about Matt:

"They have matt on comfort care now which bassically means give him lots of drugs and they have decided to bring him home and have a home nurse from hospise to be here. This looks to be the worst. Thank you for the prayers and matt thanks you too."

Please continue to keep the entire Armijo family in your thoughts and prayers. It hurts more than you can imagine to have to just sit here, and not be able to do something for a family that I care about.




I also talked to Jerry about 30 minutes ago. His potassium at the hospital last night was a 2.4, so they ran an iv, pretty much wide open, planning on sending him home about 10:30 last night. However he ended up getting sick, and having a horrible headache, so they kept him and gave him morphine, so instead of sending him home they admitted him. He wasn't sure what the plan or thought of action was going to be today.

What a day!

It has been a day....

I talked to my friend L this morning, who had talked to a close friend of Matt's parents either last night or this morning. It does not sound promising (24-48 hours). Please keep Matt, and his entire family (including his fiancee) in your thoughts and prayers. Pray that Matt is at peace and not in pain at this time, and that his family is comforted.

Then our lucheon at school, well, there were people that did not pay to eat, or that wanted chicken, that ate steak. So those of us that worked our tails off coordinating the event, preparing food, purchasing food, plating food, decorating, etc (ok not that I worked too hard on any of it today, my mind was in Texas with Matt and his family) ended up having to share steaks, because we served everyone else first. The committee bought 5 extra steaks, just in case, but still we (the committee) ended up sharing steaks, while others had enough to take home. I guess I am an honest enough person that if I had not paid for a meal, and someone had sat a plate in front of me, I would have said, I didn't pay yet, is there enough? Or I didn't pay yet, did you order extra, or should I get chicken. Let's put it this way, 45 people had paid as of yesterday, and 57 people ate today according to the potato count.

Sigh.

I was already upset about Matt, and this just made me mad. So I know that I said things that were not very nice, but the people I was mean about are more than likely the ones that didn't pay, or said they wanted chicken and then ate the steak. And they acted like it was their god given right to sit there and watch us all work our tails off to make this a nice meal, and look down at us.

Of course our air conditioner here at the house is still broken, so it was hotter than h#ll in the house when I got home. So I took the kids and we went to the BX furniture store, to price full sized mattress sets, which of course the BX has only the most expensive set in stock, because of course there is a sale, and they wont give you a rain check for the one that we wanted. After we left the furniture store we ran to the main BX to get a new water hose for Jerry (he ran over the other one with the lawn mower the other night).

While we were at the BX Jerry called and said meet me at the ER....

I thought he did something stupid.

Nope turns out he has a new primary care doctor on base, who believes that potassium below a 3.0 is critical (which it is, but Jerry rarely is above that.) The Capt. ordered Jerry to the ER to get potassium, and when Jerry argued and wanted to wait until the morning and have them do another draw before going to the hospital, the Capt. threatened paperwork. So Jerry, because he can't afford to get written up, took his unhappy behind to the ER, and the kids and I met him there.

Is it a bad thing when the ER nurses and doctors know your husband by name, and even joke that he is there for his monthly fill up?

Cause thats what happened when we went to the back.

The ER doctor ordered and EKG and their own potassium check to make sure that the levels weren't a lab error. But he also said that if this new doctor was going to send Jerry to the ER every time his potassium drops below a 3.0, the new doctor had better work harder than the others to get to the bottom of what is causing his potassium to drop, or else Jerry will be living in the hospital.

From there my day just got worse, if possible.

I came home and decided to hook up the new hose to the hose pipe in the well house to water the garden, its been about a week with no rain, and my peppers were looking wilted.

I hooked up the hose, and started untangling it, not even pulling on the hose pipe, when BAM! The hose pipe broke off the pipe in the well house. On the wrong side of the shut off valve.

I looked for a shut off switch for the motor, couldn't find it, so I yelled at Natalie to run to the neighbors and ask if Mr. Adam could come see if he could help me at least turn it off, until I could get the landlord out to fix it (yeah really looking forward to no water all night). Luckily Adam came over, he couldn't find the switch in the well house either, but we turned off the breaker (don't ask, I wasn't thinking about a breaker at the time!) Adam asked when Jerry was going to be home, and when I said hopefully tomorrow because he is in the hospital, Adam went home and found a new hose pipe fixture in his shop, brought it back and fixed the pipe for me. By the time the landlord got back to me, Adam had it fixed. Thank goodness for good neighbors!

Right now I am not sure how Jerry going into the hospital for potassium is going to effect his surgery next week, or if it will at all. I called and left a message for the one lady at the hospital to get in touch with Jerry's tricare manager for me about it, because I don't have the tricare managers phone number to call her myself.

I am hoping that she will take this as a sign that we need to get him down to the Mayo Clinic and let them do their thing, rather than the plan right now of having all of the tests ran here and the results sent to the Mayo Clinic. I know that will mean all of us going down, and then me bringing the kids to my parents when they get here, but that is preferable to this crap of not knowing.

Please keep Matt A in your thoughts and prayers!

Please keep my former student Matt in your thoughts and prayers.

Matt is suffering from lung cancer at the age of 22. He is in the hospital in San Antonio. It does not sound good.

New Moon Trailer!

But man thats not what happens in the book!!! :(


I still have a feeling we will be at the midnight showing on the 20th of November.

I heart faces~Birthdays and pets

I Heart Faces contest this week is all about birthdays and pets!

So here is my kid entry for the birthdays contest:

From Online Edits

And there is no Adult contest this week, instead its all about the fur/feathered/finned friends. So here is my entry for that:

From Drop Box

Not our pets, well not really at least, DJ thinks they are though! They actually belong to Z and N down the road.