Some good news,,,,,

Well, Good News!!! The blood work looks bad, but not critical,,,that's good news in my book. The lymph count dropped back down to a 6.4, that's still high but not critical,,,good news. I go back that last of the month for blood work and August to see the Dr. But,,,,,,,,I had the MRI done on the toe,,,and guess what,,,,,,,,,,bone deterioration,,,,,what???? What caused that????,,,,,Drs not sure,,,she said a possible bone infection,,,,,what???? How did I get that??? Could be because of the Leukemia,,,she's not sure,,,wants to do a biopsy,,,,(another side effect of the chemo-suppressed immune system,,,,my body just can't handle bacteria)----IN MY TOE??? I've never heard such stuff,,,,,,,,,(they never explained what a suppressed immune system was,,,,,or what it could effect, I just thought I had to be careful around sick people,,,,,I was wrong!) So I asked her to talk to my cancer dr and see what he thinks I ought to do,,,,,,she wants a biopsy and if it is an infection,,,,a pic line put in and daily doses of antibiotic for 6 weeks (oboy) I thought maybe something was going on with the bone marrow,,,that's why I wanted her to consult the cancer dr,,,,so I am waiting to hear from her,,,,,,,always something,,,the platelets were 67,,,,,I'm holding my own there.......then there's the lung dr,,,he wants a sleep study done to see if I have sleep apnea,,,,,I had the appt for tonight,,,but had to cancel,,,I went to revival instead,,,I rescheduled for next tuesday nite.

Please remember this revival,,,It is First Hardin Church and some of my kind are supposed to attend,,,Bro Freddie Vertrees and Steve Doyle are helping.......my cousin Chester Brooks, we are hoping will attend,,,,,,Oh and I hope he gets saved,,,,he is 89,,,,yes I said,,,89. Please remember him,,,,I would love to see him make it,,,,,,,,I'm trying to attend,,,,but stay awfully tired,,,,but wouldn't it be worth it, if he got saved,?????,,,he's 89,,,,gosh,,,he needs to get saved,,,,,,,89!

A New Roof,,,,,,,

Well,,,,it's been a week for sure,,,,,,they have started on the roof,
(a new metal one, cocoa brown) they have both ends and tomorrow they will start on the middle,,,,also they will do the lean to on the barn, and then hopefully the closet over the stairs and banister. So much to do.

The Annual Day for homemakers was thursday and turned out really well. Our club was in charge of entertainment this year. We made up a trio of Judy Guy, tenor, Natalie Vincent (dil) on alto and me, lead. Sue Bell, Judy's mom played the piano for us. We sang a few funny songs, and then a few church songs. We had a pretty good harmony going. It was lots of fun, and I hope we have the chance to sing again some day. Food was awesome and seemingly fun was had my all. We got first place on our name tags.

As soon as I get the roof taken care of I am going to try and get the basement leak fixed,, I'll just have to see if there is any money left!

This week I go back to the Dr. The lymph count has gone up to an 8.4, so if he wanted to do chemo at 7.4,,,,guess what????? But that is on Friday, I'll just have to wait and see. The toe Dr said she wants an MRI on the middle toe,,,,what??? Yep, that's what she said,,,she said the x-ray showed deterioration from the nail,,,,,,to the bone,,,a possible bone infection. Possibly 6 weeks of antibiotics. Oboy!!! That would postpone chemo for a while, since I can't do both at the same time. Will let you all know at the end of the week.

Ain't God Good,,,,,,,,,,,

Homecoming was good,,,,,,the funeral was good,,,,,,,well, ain't God good,,,,,,,,,What a weekend it has been,,,,,,, with visiting the funeral home, church meeting on Saturday,,,,,, homecoming services and the funeral,,,,and God showed up at all of them,,,ain't God good!!!! The Sego family from Fairdale church in Louisville came and sang,,,,,,their son, Ryan preached,,,and it was soooo good!!! The food was good. Aunt Elva always put out her food next to mine on the table,,,and next to hers was Virginia's (Rich),,,and both has passed away since last year's homecoming,,,,,,how sad. Again,,,God calls and we will answer. Aunt Elva's funeral was good,,,,,a huge crowd,,,she was loved very much,,,,,please keep Uncle Howard in your prayers,,,,,I don't know how it will be for him,,,,and he is so frail. As for me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I am exhausted,,,and in need of much needed rest,,,,which I plan on doing after this post. The kids have just left after eating leftovers,,,,(yummy). It's going to be another busy week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Annual Day for homemakers is this week and a couple of Dr visits.

I feel the need to talk,,,,,,,,,

It's been a very busy week,,,so glad everything turned out well at the drs and I believe the medicine is helping,,,I'm begining to slow down some,,,,,,,,,,but on thursday I received a phone call that Ronnie's Aunt Elva has passed away,,,,,(tears, tears) I just can't believe it!!! So unexpected,,,,,she would have been 80 on July 1. I just loved her and her husband Howard who is a minister,,,Even though they were Ronnie's family,,,I felt as if they were mine,,,,and she treated me that way to,,,always sooo good to me. They lived less then a mile from me and I would go with them to the Drs when they needed to go,,,,,Howard baptized me and married me and Ronnie,,,,,they are just soo special and such good people...But God calls and we all will answer,,,,,whether we are ready or not,,,but I believe she was ready,,,such good memories,,,everyone tonight at church were remembering the precious memories they had of her,,,,Tomorrow is our church homecoming, she always put out her dinner next to mine,,,,I will miss her,,,,,,,and tomorrow is her funeral (after the homecoming) and I have been asked to sing,,,,,what an honor!!!! It's such a small thing to do for someone so special. I'm cooking for homecoming and just wanted to stop a moment and to talk about her,,,,I loved her so much,,,and in my younger days,,,her house was the gathering place for kids,,,,she had two girls (around my age,,,and were Ronnie's cousins) and we would gather there and have the best time,,,,,I mentioned that Howard was a minister,,,,he has preached all over and was pastor of Owensboro church for years,,,,,traveled all them miles,,,,,, for years. He is in failing health and has just started taking dialysis,,,,and grows weaker and weaker,,,I wonder what will happen to him. Remember us at the funeral tomorrow that the Lord will bless and that God will comfort Uncle Howard and his family,,,,oh I will miss her sooo much.

Woo-hoo!! No blockages found!!!

Well, it's over, and no blockages were found,,,the Dr said my heart just would not slow down and prescribed another blood pressure pill to go along with the one I am already taking to slow it down. Now, how do you like them apples???,,,,hard to keep a good woman down, ain't it?? (ha) He said I was under severe emotional stress,,,,,,hmmmmmmm,,,,wonder if it could be stage 4, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and facing some major chemo at the end of the month???,,,you think that might be stressing me out just a little bit????,,,,,,probably so,,,,get a grip on things Shela,,,before it gets you. Since I am allergic to the contrast dye, they gave me a massive dose of benadryl and steroids and yesterday was an awful day,,,,and I would say it was coming off the steroids that made it so bad,,,,,nasty day!!! They left a little disposable plug in my groin area, (yikes, I feel like a dam!!) should be dissolved if 60 to 90 days,,,,and seeps a little,, but not bad. Thanks to all who called and thought about and said a prayer for me,,,,friends are priceless at a time like this. Thanks to my sons that helped me out so much, and Natalie and Matthew that came and sat, and sat, and sat, What would I have done without JDV?????,,,,I stayed with him that night and he took excellent care of me and waited on me alot.....He'll make someone a good little husband some day.

Tomorrow's the Big Day!

Well,,,tomorrow's the cath test,,,don't know if I should pack a bag or not. It's just a test,,,right? BUT,,,,,he said if they find that I need a stint,,,,they possibly will go ahead and insert it, at this time and save a procedure,,,,,and that means an overnite stay in the hospital for sure. So,,,,I better pack the PJ's for safety measure,,,,safety meaning,,, I won't be showing my hiney in those hospital gowns and scaring someone to death. I have a million things to do before tomorrow,,,just in case there is surgery,,,,,,,she said I couldn't lift more then a gallon of milk for a few days,,,,so gotta get a move on,,,,,,,,,

Oh,,,,What a Day!!!!!!

Well, I had my appt with Dr Pribble today,,,,bad news,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a possible blockage,,,,,,I'll have a cath done on Monday, and if it is a blockage,, they may go ahead and put in a stint.........would you believe my #3 son,,,,laughed,,,,,,,HE LAUGHED!!!!! He said, "how can one person have so much wrong with them!" I know,,,,I know,,,,,,,it's heredity I guess. Mom was the same way,,,,it made doctoring her, very difficult,, the Dr's would fix one thing and then that thing would affect something else,,,,,Oh well,,,,something to look forward to, come Monday. Hope everything goes well. At least I know I'm not crazy,,,,about the shortness of breath and chest pain. Remember,,,I went to Dr Avula and the ER and they couldn't find anything. The ultrasound,,,I believe they call it, an Echo test, is what showed it. This has just been going on for about 5 months now,,,, and what started out as an occasional pain (but stayed with me 24/7 ),,, now my chest hurts almost constantly. Which the Dr said that by the time there is pain, it could have already done some damage.....so,,,,,,,we'll find out come Monday. My Dad's heart just gave away, he had obstructive lung cancer and mom had a massive heartattack due to sepsis and my brother Eddie has had by-pass surgery,,,,so I guess I'm a good candidate do some kind of heart problems...............whew. Thanks again Jonathan, #3 son for taking me and staying with me today.

So the day hasn't started out well........then my brother (Jimmy) calls and he has me a "free" boat dock!!! Did I say FREE!!!! Someone he knows was getting a newer and bigger one and tossing this one,,,and he was trying to get it for me for our pond. And on this day,, that guy got his and (guess what?) this one needed to be disposed of. Great!!! So I commence to call the boys (and hope this is a good time for them) and get the truck and trailer rollin, (before someone steals it, because it is diffidently a floating dock now). So we round up Jason's brother-in-laws trailer and truck and pick up Jonathan and head to Peters Cove at Rough River to pick it up, (did I mention that today is Wednesday and we have prayer meeting and Jason is song leader at our church,,,,,, whew,,,,) so we are trying to make a quick trip and get back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,wrong,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,we didn't leave there until after 7:00, so no church tonight,,,and did I mention, it is raining, raining, storming, lighting and thunder, (oh, my gosh)! So anyway,,,,,we get the boat docks home and pull them beside the pond until we get time to work on them (it's still raining) and we go to the house to get some towels,,,the boys are soaked,,,,,,and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,no electric,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,neighbors all have electric,,,I don't........so I call WRECC and report it and he sends out a truck,,,I stay at the house and the boys commence to take the truck and trailer home and pick up my van and bring it back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I had unplugged everything before I left because I knew there were to be storms today and didn't want a repeat of the lighting thing again, (new PC,,,remember?)...so I checked everything,,couldn't find anything wrong (like a fuse or the main breaker throwed,,,,,nothing,,,,,,,,,just waited for the truck,,,,,,it wasn't long,,,,must have been a fuse on the transformer or something,,,only took them 15 minutes and "Viole" the electric is back on,,,,THANK YOU GOD!!!! nothing has been struck by lighting again,,,,,and no repeat of the Ice storm again (being with out electric is what I'm talking about). What an eventful day!!!!! A broken heart,,,,,,,,a new dock (2) and no sparks at home,,,,,,,,,,,still blessed,,,,,!!!! A big THANKYOU to my brother Jimmy for thinking of Sis and getting a dock for her pond,,,I know I will enjoy it SO MUCH!!!!! Thank You!!! And to my sons,,,,,"what would I do with out you??????" You try to take up the slack in my life,,,,,,,the things Ronnie would have done,,,,,,,,Jason, Jeremy and Jonathan,,,,Love you all,,,,,, sooooo much!!!!! And a big thank you to Jason's brother-in-law, Jeromy Doyle for the loan of his truck and trailer, we couldn't have done it without you. Thanks!!

I don't know a thing,,,

Well it took 4 hours for all the test,,,,and I don't know a thing. Two scans, one ultrasound and a stress (treadmill) test,,,,,whew,,,,and was I tired!!!! The ultrasound hurt just like a mammogram, I guess the density of the breast obstructs the view of the heart and that is why they have to press down so hard,,,,man,,,that was painful. I came home just exhausted!!! and took a 3 hour nappy poo, feeling some better now and looking forward to bedtime. I stay soooo exhausted anymore. I couldn't see anything wrong on the test, myself, but hey,,,I'm not a Dr. I go back at 1:00 on Wed. to find out results. I want to say thankyou to my #3 son,,,thanks for taking mom and staying with me today. He stayed about 4 hours in the waiting room,,,of course he had his laptop and I touch,,,(I think it's called)....You're a good son, Jonathan!!!