Terry provides this information:
Everything is good…pressure is good, they are monitoring the machines. She has good hearing, which was a concern last time.
I remember that now. I don’t remember why it was a concern, but it seems that issue is not occuring right now. Let’s continue to pray for a quick recovery!
Terry reports:
Mom is done. Dr. Tabulli said they put in a smaller ring. 28-26 cm. 2 cm difference. She has a connective tissue disease which caused a small hole. He repaired it. The disease is related to her shogruns. Will get more info later.
So! So far, so good!
Just texted Terry to see if I could find out how Mom’s surgery is going. She texts back this:
Mom went in at 6am. It started at 9am. Supposed to take 4 hours. She will be having her ribs cracked for this one. You can only have a minimally invasive surgery once. Her recovery will be longer because of that. They also have to take out the old ring first before they can start. Will let you know when I do.
Yesterday Mom told me it would be SIX hours, not four. Maybe the actual surgery is four hours, but the time in the operating room is six hours, including prep and closing up? I don’t know. Anyway, I will post more, as soon as I hear it.
Got a call from Terry today. She will be passing on information about Mom’s surgery, which I will post here, for all to see. This way, Dad doesn’t have to make a million phone calls. Well, I may exaggerate. Not a million, but he’ll tell Terry what’s going on, and she’ll tell me, and I’ll post it here, for anyone who is interested. So here is the first bit of information:
Mom is scheduled for surgery this coming Monday (December 5). She’s going to a hospital she likes, and the doctor is the one who did Dad’s surgery a while back, and that went well, so she feels good about his skills as a surgeon. I talked to her this morning, and she has a positive attitude about the whole thing. I’m sure she’s just looking forward to having this DONE. So Monday is good, not too far away.
I’ll post again when I know more. Stay tuned.
We had a nice Thanksgiving with lots of delicious food. We are just now getting to the bottom of it in the refrigerator. And then, of course, we had a FANTASTIC football weekend, with Alabama cremating Auburn in the Iron Bowl. Woo hoo!
Anyway, still got a few things left to do before the long weekend expires, but before I go, here are a few pics:
It was Russ’ birthday a few weeks ago. Here he is opening a gift from his folks.
Had a nice visit with Joey, and got to meet Reggie, his new puppy. I thought this was a nice shot of man and man’s best friend.
I think it was foolish of him to saddle himself with a pet at this point in his life, it will really cut back on his options of where he can stay, what he can do…but who am I to say? When I was his age, I had a cat named Zoot, and a dog named Chinka.
On Saturdays, while football is going on, Squee finds that the safest place to hide out is in the pile of laundry on the bedroom chair…far out of the way of the screaming and yelling (which he always assumes is directed at him.)
I took this photo from the car, driving down the main road at night. Thought it was pretty.
Joey is visiting us, on his way from Oklahoma to Florida. Yesterday we spent some time together doing a bunch of stuff, including getting him a haircut at the local barber. Today I’m going to have him help me with a few little projects around the house, while we also watch football, make a lasagna, and a “Four Layer Delight” for desert.
It’s good to have him around, and to hear his new plan for his life. He’s going to follow his dream of making music. I’m on board, since I think dreams are a wonderful thing to follow, but it’s probably best to follow them while you’re young and unencumbered. Later on, when he’s married with kids, there’ll be plenty of time for doing what’s “normal,” mature and responsible. I would love it if his music plans did indeed pan out! Then maybe instead of him just recommending new bands to me, he might be IN the new band he recommends! That would be cool.
I say Joey is “unencumbered,” but not exactly, because he has Reggie. Yes, he got a dog. A pug. And Terry, you’ll love this: when I asked him why a dog and why a pug, he said he remembered going over your house and playing with Corky and Peanut and deciding that someday he wanted to have a pug. As you can see, Reggie is a chocolate pug. He’s a puppy still, and a bundle of energy! The cats have been a little put off, but after 24 hours or so they’re starting to feel more comfortable about coming out of hiding and finding out what’s going on with this stranger in their house. If Joey was going to be here long enough, I wouldn’t doubt it if eventually they would all be hanging out and having fun together.
Well, that’s just a quick update. I’ll write more later. But today is going to be a busy day! In addition to all the activities I mentioned above, Russ and I also need to post our next podcast!
More later….
My brother James showed me this one. Look at the picture, who do you see? Albert Einstein….or Marilyn Monroe? If you don’t see Marilyn Monroe, just take a few steps back…she’ll appear.
Cool, huh?
First: about my new bag. It’s working out great! I love all the pockets, but best of all, the strap is perfectly shaped and proportioned. With some bags, you swing it over your shoulder, and it doesn’t seem to want to stay there, or it digs in. But with this bag, I swing it over my shoulder and it sits snugly against my back. As I said: perfect.
In other news, Joey is getting ready to make his trip back to Florida and will be visiting with us in a couple of weekends. Woo hoo! Get to see Joey! Also, I think we’ve worked out a way that the dog can stay in the house, by gating off the kitchen. I just hope the cats won’t get too freaked out about a “stranger” in their midst.
Things are starting to get pretty busy at work, which is good, because the days pass very quickly. So far, it’s busy, but not stressful.
Russ and I just watched a documentary on ESPN about the Alabama/Auburn rivalry. Most interesting and educational. At the end they did a segment about the Tuscaloosa tornado, and there’s a shot of the pile of rubble that used to be Russ’ office.
Still working on organizing the front room. Getting very close to having it completed. I’ll post pictures when it’s done.
The weather is getting cooler, been wearing my boots most days. Wonder if we’ll have snow again this winter…
Got a coupon in the mail: go to JC Penney’s and get $10 off anything you buy. Last time I got one of these coupons I bought a couple of nice decorative candles for about $3.00, and the time before that some comfy slippers for $1.99. So I thought I’d go take a look around and see if anything appealed to me.
I have this thing about purses. Bag. Handbags. Pocketbooks. Some people collect stamps, or Hot Wheels, or….comic books. I tend to collect bags. So I’m wandering through the handbag section at Penney’s and this beautiful knapsack jumps out at me. Not *literally* jumps out. But it almost might as well have. Bright colors, big pockets, not to mention the cute little monkey. My Inner Teenager just had to have it.
Actually, my Inner Teenager wanted to get the bag in vivid turquoise. I had to talk her into the more subdued purple. But I think it’s a compromise we can both be happy with.
For one crazy moment I had the idea that perhaps this bag could be everything I’ve ever wanted in a bag, and I might finally be able to stop looking and buying. I’ll let you know in a few days if this new bag works out as well as I’m hoping it will.
And if it does….maybe I’ll go back and get the turquoise one as well.
Russ and I have learned something new! Well, actually, he has learned it, and he’s going to teach me how to do this, once he gets really good at it. We have created a You Tube account, so that we can put little video clips on to our website, www.collinsport.net as a visual aid for our podcast of The Drawing Room.
Here is the first little clip, which will be added to next week’s podcast. Which by the way, will be the tenth podcast we’ve produced! To set the scene…Barnabas is just beginning to realize that Maggie is beginning to lose her mind, and…well…watch the eyebrows….
Yes, it’s very short. We’re starting simple. More to come in the future. It’s just always fun to learn something new, and add a new dimension to a creative project.
