For Today:

Outside My Window: Christmas Lights are on!!! How holidayee!!!! Rob just walked out and the bells on the front door started playing Christmas carols. I love it!!!!!

I am thinking: That I really shouldn't be shocked about anything Bobby drags home anymore, but last night round about midnight, here comes a scooter. A SCOOTER........what in heaven's name is that boy gonna do with a scooter? He can't wait to show it to his grandmother, she always told him when he was little that he would get a scooter as his first car, lol!!! First he bought a 4-wheeler. Then he bought another 4-wheeler he liked better, so he gave the first one to a friend who was supposed to make $100 a week payments till he paid it off. Then some kind of crazy story about the friend needing the money to buy his girlfriend a Christmas present. Now, this morning, Rob tells me that the friend traded the 4-wheeler for the scooter and something else before he ever paid Bobby off. Then he gave Bobby the scooter as payment in full for the 4-wheeler. Need I tell you that Bobby's friends are just as CRAZY as him, lol!!!!

That's okay, I tell him to get it out of his system before he gets married, cause all that wheeler dealer stuff will stop when he has REAL bills to pay!!!!!!

I am thankful for: the fact that Sarah's fevers have finally stopped. The unique way we have figured out to be able to change her bandages with just one person. It's not pretty, but hey....whatever works!!!!

From the Kitchen: Pork Chops of some sort, and maybe another dessert (close your eyes Rob, you didn't see this!!) He's trying not to gain his weight back but I keep baking goodies, lol!!!

I am hoping: To get to Wal-Mart before the rain starts. Don't know when that is supposed to be, but I'm trying to get out of here by 7:30.

I am reading: A Life that says Welcome, Through the Bible in a year, NightLine Devotions for couples.

I am creating: A new "Normal" for Christmas this year. Since we won't be having our 2 parties on Christmas Eve, I have to come up with something else to fill the time. It'll probably be baking goodies, which I never have time to do right before Christmas.

I am praying: that Sarah continues to heal. That she won't have to have the second surgery. I'm amazed at how fast the wound is closing, and I'm hoping the Plastic Surgeon will hold off and see if it closes completely. I'm praying for several family members and friends who are having family difficulties. I can't imagine being at odds with my family, and I know it must be sooo hard. I just pray that everyone can put their hurt and anger behind them and move on. One day it may be too late.....

I am hearing: The Clock ring out 6 times, and a car going down the street. Otherwise, silence, yay!!!!

One of my favorite things: All of my Snowman decorations. I almost got rid of the dining room stuff, but Rob talked me out of it. I'm so glad he did!! I did pare down the other decorations, there's just no sense in having 30 Christmas storage buckets!!!!

Around the house: Still have to put the Snowman Shower curtain up before Sarah has to take a shower today, and still have presents to wrap. But right now, everybody is sound asleep, even Rebels, so it's just me and the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. It's sooo pitiful.......

A few plans for the rest of the week: Wal-Mart this morning. Maybe the mall. Gotta shop while my Mom is here to be with the girl. I need to address Christmas cards, finish wrapping presents, and put away the empty Christmas buckets. Other than that, who knows. A date with my hubby would be nice......

A Cup of Encouragement: There is so much beauty and wonder in the world around us. Sometimes we get so busy we don't take the time to notice. When your life is stressful and your problems seem overwhelming, remember that pleasure lies in your heart. Your attitude affects your perception! Take time to reflect on the small blessings in your life. That bag of groceries, an encouraging phone call, a special friend, the love of your spouse. It's all the small blessings that add up to an abundant life full of grace and mercy, and reflective of God's love for us.

Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! Psalm 107:8

Here is the picture I am sharing: I had LOTS of pics to post, but it won't let me for some reason. I guess I'll post them to Facebook :-(

Sarah Beth Update!!!!

Yay, we are finally back from the Doctors visits and things went very well.

The first visit was the infectious disease Dr. He's been having the nurse check her blood twice a week, and everything is looking good. Small improvements, which is what he expects. It will take time to get back to normal. He said she may get her Picc line out for a Christmas present, but don't hold him to it. If she does, it will be RIGHT before Christmas. She's still a little anemic, which he expected also, she just has to keep taking a vitamin with iron for a while. Her kidney function was good, Praise God!!!

Overall, news from the Ortho surgeon was good. He took the stitches out. Said things were coming along nicely. Wound looked good. Still doesn't want to use a wound vac, which would be soooo much easier.

Also, the nurse said we should be packing the wound 3 times a day instead of once. She said she told the home nurse, but it's the first we've heard of it. That's the biggest problem right now. One person cannot do it, and now we have to have help 3 times a day, OH NO!!!! We're busy enough as it is! But, you do what you gotta do.

We go back to see him in 3 weeks, and also see the Plastic Surgeon the same day, in the same building, Thank you Lord for small favors!!!!! He said they may or may not have to do the "flap" surgery, he may just want to watch it since it's healing so well. That's our prayer!!!

I just talked to hubby and we have a special prayer request. The terrible wreck down the street from us was Rob's friend's daughter. She has a broken back. Please pray for healing. Her name is Tina. She has a little baby to take care of. Pray for the other lady also, she's in much worse shape.

I think that's all for now. Gonna finish dinner and chill out till the next meds are due. Shopping (very little) and eating doughnuts wore us all out, lol!!!

Sarah is dressed and eating!! YAY!!!!!!

Thankful Thursday

Well, Well, Well, look what today is!!! I'm sooo Thankful it's Thursday. One week till Thanksgiving! One week till I see my Baby Alex (and the rest of the family of course!!). I can't believe she's gonna be a year old next week. Time flies when your little brother keeps having babies, lol!!!!! I'm thinking maybe one more, just to even out the number?!?!?!?!?!? How about it Bridget?

Anyhoo, I'm thankful that Sarah is starting to feel a little better. Her worst complaint now is all the sweating she does whenever she sleeps. No matter what time of day, if she falls asleep, she's gonna wake up drenched. That's something new for her, and she hates it. You know, girls don't even like to "glisten", much less sweat like a linebacker!!

But I have to say, she has the cleanest bedclothes in town! Pillows and all are getting washed a couple of times every day. Sure am thankful I got that nice BIG washing machine! I told her it would save some time if we could just put a kiddie pool on her bed and lay her in water to keep the sweat down. Hey, bath, bed and fun all at the same time, who wouldn't go for it?? Sarah, that's who!!!!!!

I'm thankful that I was finally able to find a new Internal Med Dr. for Sarah. She's all the way up at St. Mary's, but it will be worth it. She already has several patients that she works together with Sarah's Ortho Surgeon on, so they are familiar with her. Now to find time to go see her.....

I'm thankful that I was able to schedule both of Sarah's hospital follow-up appts. on the same day next Tuesday at St. Mary's. Since it's so close to Thanksgiving, I only wanted to drive up there once. Thank you Lord for working that out!!!!

I'm thankful Bobby hasn't caused me to lose my mind yet, lol!!! He brought another hunk of junk (4 wheeler this time) home the other night. Guess where it's sitting? Ok, not in my driveway, but in the back yard where I see it (along with his huge tires and boat) when I look out the kitchen window, grhhhh!!!!!!! Ok, Rob has junk out there too, but at least his is being productive. One day that siding will be on the house instead of in the yard!!!!

I'm thankful I finally got some work done on eBay. I listed a bunch of women's dress winter clothes yesterday that I got at a yard sale for $1.00 each. A lot of them still had the tags on, so if I sell just one, I've already recouped my investment. That makes me VERY thankful!!!!

I say this all the time, but I have to say it again. I'm soooo thankful that I am able to stay home and work on eBay, and not worry about having a job. I would have been so stressed and worried about that while Sarah was in the hospital. Mostly because I've always worked in small Drs. offices, and if someone is out, there's nobody to fill in for you, and it throws everybody off and makes them work harder and longer. I know lots of people have to face that every day, but I'm so thankful that I don't right now!!!!

I'm thankful that God has blessed Sarah with so many great friends from her Church. I don't know what she would have done without all of them. They have called, visited, kept her spirits up with encouraging words and cards. They are just amazing!!! Especially her Facebook buddies! What a blessing Facebook has been to us through all this. All you people know how to lift people up, make us laugh, and help us forget about all the medical stuff for a while!!!!!

I'm really not so thankful for all the sugar that's been in this house this week. Just when I tell the world I'm starting a diet, here comes Tirimisu (my fault), Key Lime Pie (Bobby's fault), those huge fund-raiser Cinnamon Buns and Carrot Cakes (Rob's fault)!!!! But I am thankful that I've been able to contol my consumption of said sins pretty well. Sharing half a slice of Tirimisu with my Mommy works out pretty well. And eating a 1/4 of the carrot cake then leaving the rest for Rob, that's okay. Still get the taste without the bloat. Okay, that's just TMI I think. Let's move on.....

I'm thankful for my wonderful husband, have I said that before? Just so you know, he's the most thoughtful, considerate man on the planet!!!!! And sexy too. Okay, I'll shut up. Let's not get out of hand this morning Crystal :-D But I do love me some Rob Jeffreys!!

Well, I wrote a lot more here, but somehow when I went to publish the blog, it disappeared, so I guess it wasn't meant to be. Maybe that was God's way of telling me to "zip it" and get to work!!!!!

Here's a corny Thankgiving joke for you:

"I was going to serve sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, but I sat on them."

"Now what are you going to serve?"

"Squash".

Baahhaaahhhhaaaa!!! Whatever......

Don't forget to be Thankful this week!!

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

For Today

I'm a little sad today. Rob and Bobby went to close up the camper yesterday and bring everything home for winter. I didn't get to go. If I had, I would have NEVER let them throw all the refrigerator and freezer food away. HOW COULD THEY, lol!!! Cooler or not, I'da brought that stuff home and used it somehow!!!! Rob sent pictures of my porch covered in leaves and the beautiful sunset from the trash dumpsters (honestly!!) from his phone, but I miss my place soooo bad. I'm sad that's it's over for now, but relieved that we finally got it done. Can't wait till Spring.....


For Today:

Outside My Window: My hubby just walked out to go to work. This weekend was toooooo short!!!

I am thinking: It's so good to be up at 5:15 again. I've missed our morning talks and prayer time before Rob leaves for work, but I've just been too tired to get up that early since Sarah got home.

I am thankful for: The nap I got yesterday. It was so nice not to fall into bed exhausted last night, lol!!!

From the Kitchen: Broccoli & Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts that I've been trying to cook since Saturday! Baby White Corn, Spinach Salad and Crescent Rolls.

I am hoping: That Sarah's temp will stay down. That her drainage will continue to decrease like yesterday, hardly any. That I can finish cleaning out the clutter around my fireplace so I can get my Christmas Tree up soon. Uuhhh, let me explain....I usually put my tree up in front of the living room window, but since we are remodeling, and that area still needs work (not to mention that all my eBay buckets are there for now!), I'm borrowing my Mommy's skinny Christmas tree this year and putting it on the fireplace mantel. Lots of things are different this year. We'll see how it turns out. Smaller Christmas tree, not having the 2 parties I always have on Christmas Eve because of our circumstances, not doing all the cooking I usually do (I'll try not anyway!) This is going to be a unique Christmas, but I hope it's only for this year, and things will be back to normal next year!! In the meantime, I hope I will enjoy not being so stressed out for a change!

I am reading: Not much of anything recently, but can't wait to start devotions back with Rob! And catch up on my Through the Bible in a year. I've come too far to get behind now, I can see the end in sight.......

I am creating: A high protein diet for Sarah, and a low fat diet for me. This should be interesting.....

I am praying: For healing for my baby girl of course! For me to be able to get everything done that needs to be done without burning out. For the same thing for Rob. For Bobby to find a job with insurance still!!!!!!!!

I am hearing: The traffic from I-95. Usually I don't notice it, but it's pretty loud this morning. As I typed this, the bomb went off at the Nursing Home!!!!!!!

One of my favorite things: Well, it certainly wouldn't be the PIG mug I have to drink my coffee out of this morning. All of my coffee cups are in the dishwasher, so I had to use the only other mug in the cabinet, Sarah's Pig Cup! I told Rob last night that I was starting my diet (again) today because I'm so miserable, but I'm not off to a great start when even the coffee cups remind me of how I feel, lol!!!!!!!!

Around the house: Oops, just noticed it's 6 am. Gotta hook Sarah up to her drug fix. Be right back....Man, I just don't understand why she is sweating so much. Is it the fevers breaking, is it the IV's? We have to change her pillows, blankets and clothes 2-3 times a day. I just went in and she felt like she'd just got out of a swimming pool with her clothes on!! She hates it :-( Usually she wants to sleep, but she can't wait for Nanny to get here this morning and help with her bath!!

A few plans for the rest of the week: More Christmas shopping, Thanksgiving Food Shopping, House cleaning, Changing out the summer clothes for winter ones, Digging through Christmas decorations.....the list goes on and on!!!

Here is the picture I am sharing: Haven't taken any lately, so I'll share some of my favorite fall pics!


What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Deut. 10:12

It's all about my favorite Daughter!!

Going Crazy!!!

Cute Flowers from Crystal & David

Today is Thankful Thursday!! I'm writing this at 12:45 in the morning, because we are up putting this antibiotic in for the last time till morning. I'm VERY thankful that this schedule will change tomorrow. It was supposed to change today, but the second port in Sarah's Picc line has clotted, and we still have to do the meds one at a time until they unclot it tomorrow.

I'm so thankful that we serve a God who knows our every fear, and hears our every cry, and never leaves us comfortless when we need Him most!! Oh how He's been there for us these last few months! This has been one tough trial, but we know that with God and our great family and friends who have prayed and sought God on Sarah's behalf, we have seen miracles happen!!

Sarah has struggled with a lack of mobility and therefore independence all her life, and to be told that those limitations might increase was just devastating. I couldn't imagine her being dealt such a horrific blow after all she's already been through. God saw our pain and answered those prayers in a way only He could. He is our great physician and healer, praise His holy name!!!

I'm so thankful for a wonderful husband who worked 12 hours a day, then spent every night at the hospital. Even when I tried to get him to stay home and rest, he couldn't stay away from us. He's been my rock as usual, letting me cry on his shoulder, listening to me complain, and giving me encouragement when things got too overwhelming.

I'm also thankful that Bobby was old enough to be able to care for himself right now. He's been so good about doing what needs to be done, helping me move Sarah's (tons of) stuff from one hospital to another, feeding himself without complaining even though he is sick of fast food!!

I'm thankful for my Mom and Dad! Dad brought Mom to the hospital almost every day, and Mom stayed several times so I could go home for a little break. I'm also thankful for my Robin & David who brought Rob's Mom up almost every day. What would I do without my two Moms?????????

I'm thankful Sarah has started eating like a pig!! I had forgotten what it was like for her to actually eat something, much less finish it. The infection and the antibiotics she was on constantly took her appetite away, and it's been a long time since she felt like eating more than a bite or two at a time. Now she's wanting to eat in the middle of the night even. It's GREAT!!

It's now 1:35 a.m. and the antibiotics are done, yay!! I'll finish this after some sleep, nighty night ;-)

My Portrait of Sarah Beth in her hospital room

It's now 10:00 on Thursday morning. The six o'clock IV went fairly well until I fell asleep and put us and hour and a half behind. This is gonna take some getting used to. I set my alarm, but in my sleepy stupor, I guess I did something wrong.

I'm thankful for the 11 packages I had to ship out today. God is blessing us even in our sleep! That's what we were talking about yesterday. While I napped last night, I sold three things. How awesome is that!!

Well, I better go for now. It's time for Mom and I to work on Sarah's wound care. Thank God for Momma!! More updates later. In the meantime, enjoy the rain....or not, lol!!!

We had beautiful sunsets out of Sarah's hospital window
Bobby standing under plastic working on his truck in the rain!!!
Nice Wheels Man!!!

And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. Exodus 33:12

God is Great!!!!!

Cousin Jimmy from Georgia

Vicki and Pastor Collier

This man has been a great source of comfort & strength for Sarah!!

Awesome card from Naomi in California!!

Sarah's favorite Food Service worker at St. Francis. He sang to her every time he brought her tray in, and came by just to say goodbye before she left! He was AWESOME!!!

It's 9:00 Thursday night, first night after surgery. I've decided to blog a little at a time. Partly to keep everybody informed, and partly just to help me remember what all of these Doctors say.

So, what I write up here could change by the time you get to the bottom of the blog!! That seems to be the way things have been going. One tells you one thing and another tells you something totally different.

The bad news today was that they had to take the whole top of the hip out, but the good news is that she can still sit up, maybe with some adaptive equipment. They will get her up tomorrow see how that works out.

I have to say that I have never been as freaked out by any of her surgeries as I have this one. This makes number 18, and I've gotten pretty used
to seeing all sorts of things, but I just couldn't bear to look at this one. When I first went in to her room, I thought I was gonna to pass out, I was so nervous. When we couldn't cath her and had to call special nurses in, I had to sit down while they worked on her. The one nurse was leaning all over her and putting her weight on that hip, and it just made me sick, even though I knew Sarah couldn't feel it. That's the blessing in all of this, she has no feeling from the waist down, so she is not in any pain, except for the extra IV line they put in her shoulder and a bad headache.

I finally did look at the surgical site, and it's not as bad as I had envisioned. The hip incision has about 12 stitches, and they had to make the actual pressure sore a little bigger, but it was small on the outside to start with, so it's not that bad. That didn't worry me as much as the fact that her leg was laying in a position it had never been able to lay in before. That was VERY freaky!

I still have a little problem with the leg. I'm just not used to it being so loose and moving in odd ways. But we both were really worried that there was going to be some type of disfiguring "hole" where her hip was, and that's not the case. To look at her, it looks the same as usual. PRAISE GOD!!!!!

Today is Saturday, 2 days after surgery. My what a change in our outlook!! God has moved mountains and performed miracles (again), and we are soooo thankful!!!!!!!!!! Sarah can sit up, she can move around in the bed by herself, she even transferred off the bed with a little assistance (that's normal for right after surgery). Even though things were so touch and go for a while, it's actually been one of the easier surgeries for her because it was below her line of feeling, so she's had no pain associated with the surgery.

There have been so many questions and uncertainties, but the major ones have proven to be no contest for God. The last test will be sitting in the wheelchair. Hopefully she won't need any adaptive devices, but if she does, we can deal with it now, knowing that that's the worst of her problems!! We had asked that nobody visit until we had more answers and were more comfortable with dealing with the outcome of the surgery, and I think that time has come. Sarah was talking everybody's ears off tonight, and texting all of her Facebook buddies. She says she's ready for company!!

She's doing well enough that she let me come home today to wash clothes, ship out eBay stuff, and post this blog. Even though my store was on "Vacation", I've still sold a ton of stuff. The only difference was that they got a notice that I wouldn't be able to ship out right away. Thank God I had that option!!

My precious little boy sold the only reliable vehicle he had while we were here, then sold "ragabomb", the junker Rob aptly named that was trashing up my driveway, lol!! Yesterday he bought a new Junker, but this one is a little better than the last few. It's a 4runner, not an embarrassment Rob says, I don't have to worry about it parked in front of the house. That's the good thing I guess :-) I've lost count now, but I think he's had about 278 vehicles in his 3 short years of driving!!!!!!!!!!!
(I only exaggerate a TINY bit)

As I type this I am itching to go Christmas shopping. I've read magazines and seen commercials and everybody is talking Christmas, but I haven't bought the first gift yet. We've already decided that both holidays will be very simple this year. There's no time or energy for the "all out" decorating and cooking, and we will be so busy this next month with Drs. appointments and nursing care leading up to the next surgery, so the simpler the better in this house.....thank goodness my kids are old enough to pick out their own stuff, and usually do, so that's all I'm concerned about right now, taking care of them!!! But I still want to SHOP!!!!!!!!!

I guess I better go for now, I don't think there will be any changes in Sarah's routine today since it's Sunday, but we should find out a little more about when she can come home and what type of care she needs once she gets here tomorrow. I'll keep you posted on Facebook, as usual!!!

The hotel St. Mary's

P.S. One more little surprise for Sarah when she reads this blog: Bobby just got back from Best Buy with your Brand New Laptop!!!! Now......can we have ours back????????? Love ya girlie!!!!!!!!!

Sarah Update

Well, since the surgery has been scheduled for tomorrow, I was able to come home one more time to ship out sales. I'm finally going to put my store on "vacation" because it's just too much right now.

Things have changed yet again. The only sure thing is that nobody knows exactly what's going to happen until they get in and look at the hip.

Tomorrow the surgeon will go in and clean out the bone and joint. Now they are saying they may have to remove most of the hip. That will be the worst case scenario, as she will have learn to sit up all over again, and there will have to be some adaptations to her wheelchair.

The Plastic Surgeon came in and talked with us, but he won't even touch her until all of the infection is out and the tissue has started to heal. Once that happens, she'll be admitted for another huge surgery where he will do a "flap", taking the skin off her leg and using it to close the fill in the sore and close it. She'll be in the hospital at least a week at that time. I still don't know how long she'll be in here this time.

After tomorrows surgery they will have to leave the wound open. She'll have to have frequent visits to the Infectious Disease and Wound Care Specialists for months and months, plus more involved Home Nurse Care.

Sarah's trying not to think about it too much. She just wants to get this first part over with so we know what we're dealing with. I second that!!

She had lots of visitors today, so that kept her mind occupied most of the day. Of course Mom and Dad, Sandy and Robin were here because we thought she was having surgery. Then Pastor Collier and Bro. Dale came to visit. Then Amanda Pursley. Then Ruby and Donnie. Then Georgia and Don. Now Dreama, Ashley and Sophie are staying with her while I get my work done at home. She's been VERY happy today!!!!!! Thanks everybody :-)

I've started this blog at her bedside, and right now she is napping. She finally got her hair washed. It hadn't been washed since Friday, and it was stuck to her head. NOT PRETTY, lol!! It took four of us but hey, whatever it takes to get the job done. It was more like a spa visit than a bedside hairwashing!!!!! Oh to have that kind of pampering, lol!!!!

I don't know what she's dreaming about, but she has a smile on her face! Must be somebody good!!!!!! I'll give you one guess, you South Hopewell people. I think he's called your shephard, lol!!!! (Oh, I'm so gonna get it now!!!!!) But most of you know how Sarah is about "Her Men", hahaha!!!

Well, gotta run. I won't be able to do anymore blogs for a while, because I have to post them at home, but I'll keep you updated on Facebook. Unless I can email the blog to Bobby at home and have him post it. That might happen!!

P.S. Naomi Bussinger: Sarah got your card and she LOVED it. I meant to take a picture so I could post it on here tonight. That was sooo cool how you put her picture on it, and everybody talked about how pretty it was. Ya did good girlie!!!

Until tomorrow......

Update on Sarah

Today's blog is just a quick update about Sarah and the awesome way God has put people in our path during this hospital stay. Sarah has had the most incredible night nurse! Her name is Elizabeth Gee (shortened version of a loooong last name!!) She happened to hear my cell phone ringing (it plays Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone by Chris Tomlin) and said she's been wanting that song, then told us what her phone plays (can't remember, but it was a gospel song).

That first night she talked to Sarah for sooo long, and reassured her. They talked about their faith in God and lot's of different things. She is the sweetest!!

The second night, we started talking again, and found out that she was raised pentecostal (not sure if she is from India, but she is of a similar nationality), and now attends West End Assembly of God, the same church that Sarah's friend Doug goes to. It's such a small world. We have had the best time with her. She is a GREAT nurse. Another great nurse was Ivone, her day nurse. She was soooo great to Sarah, sitting and talking with her forever, and promising she would be there when they put her Picc line in. I've never seen such caring nurses, and I've seen plenty!!

Monday we got some news that we weren't expecting, and was a little hard to take. Not only is the infection in the bone, but it has spread to the hip joint. The doctors at St. Francis don't know what to do for her, so she's being transferred to St. Mary's where the Spina Bifida Ortho Drs. will do major surgery to clean all of the infection out and maybe fuse the joint. It's a very complicated surgery, and they just can't handle it here. We really hate to leave, we're so spoiled now, but we have to go where she can get the care she needs.

We also found out that she is losing protein through her urine or kidneys (?), so she is malnourished. After all of this infection is taken care of, she will have to have tests for kidney disease.

As I write this, Sarah has calmed down, after a second visit from her wonderful Pastor Collier, and has decided that she's well enough to kick me out of the room, so I'm sitting in the lobby typing this blog until she calls and tells me I can come back. Can you believe that? It's 10:00 at night, and she wants some "alone" time!!!! I think it's great! She also kicked us out at dinnertime. When she told Rob "I love you, Goodbye, Get Out!", he said it was sooo good to hear cause he knew she was feeling better, lol!!!!

Hopefully she will be transferred tomorrow, but it could be Wednesday. Then we have to wait for another consult, and schedule the surgery, so we are in for a long ride this time. Nobody can even begin to tell me how long she'll be in after surgery, and I'm tired of playing the guessing game, so I'm just preparing for the worst and anything else will be A BLESSING!!!!!

Sarah got to talk to her Facebook buddy, Donnie Cox, tonight and he and Ruby prayed with us over the phone. It meant sooo much to her!! Donnie sent her the cutest email that looked like a Facebook status update because he knew she was having Facebook withdrawals!!! She loved it!!

She also got to talk to her CRAZY cousin Jack! That made her night! He knows just how to crack her up and he was telling her what a wonderful mother she had! Hahaha, Jack, if you don't get Facebook soon, I'm gonna keep putting words in your mouth! You keep telling me you're not old, but only old people aren't on Facebook!!!!!! No wait, even THEY are on here, you have no excuse man :-D

Thanks to everybody who has called, visited, sent cards, prayed, etc. It means the world to Sarah and keeps her spirits up. She had to call the school today to let them know she would be out indifinately and that was sad for her. She waited so long to start this new job, and she's hardly got to be there at all. So all the encouraging words keeps her going!!!

I will keep everybody posted. I try to post updates to Facebook by using my phone, but I never know if the text actually makes it through, sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. I will try to keep up with the blogs. I don't know if St. Mary's has internet access, but we'll find out soon!!

It's now Tuesday morning, and I'm home for a few hours to ship out sales and pack some more clothes. During the night we found out that her Picc line is not working properly, and they can't draw blood. Not sure what they will do about that, she may have to have a new one put in. I've got to hurry and get back to the hospital in case they move her, so I'll keep in touch and let everybody know what's going on as best I can.

Sarah with her new "Room Decorations"!!

This is her "I'm going crazy, get me out of here" look!!

Thanks again for your prayers, and keep them coming.....

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear.....Psalm 45:1-2

P.S. Just got a text from my mom saying the Picc line has been fixed. Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!