Some of you may not know but my grandmother has been in the hospital since last Sunday morning.  She was placed on a ventilator and admitted to ICU at our county hospital and put under heavy sediation so that she could rest comfortably.  MCH was able to confirm that this was not heart-related but that she did in fact have an infection somewhere.  Several times while at MCH they were un-successful in trying to wean her off the ventilator so this past Friday she was transferred to a bigger hospital in Columbus that has a pulmonary specialist on staff. 

On Saturday morning she had a cat scan because they could see from xray that there was “stuff” in one of her lower lobes of her lung.  There is also some concern that her heart is weakening from trying to keep up.  The cat scan results indicated that she has double pneumonia.  At last check (Sunday evening) her fever had been gone for 24 hours and her white blood cell count was improving.  She was still on the ventilator and sediated.

I am patiently awaiting this morning’s update.  So if you don’t mind could you send up a couple prayers and think good thoughts for a speedy recovery!  I’ll try to update when I have some further information.

 

ETA - Today’s update was just received.  She is not doing any better or any worse.  Either today or tomorrow they will perform an EKG.  The doctor said he was concerned about her quality of life based on her current sedentary life style, meaning she is never going to be the same.  She is not going to bounce back from this as quickly as a healthy active person would.  The doctor’s main focus right now is to get rid of the infection and to get her weaned off the ventilator.  They have noticed at times that she will take a breath on her own with the ventilator just supplementing. 

 A lot has been going on in my world even though I haven’t posted an entry in awhile. I am finally at a point that I can write about my major change that will be happening on December 1, 2008.

 After 13 ½ years at my current job the time has come for me to move on. I went through a lot of soul searching on my end and found that this is the best move for me and my family. But change is good. I am very excited about the new path I am taking and I’m very much looking forward to the new challenges and responsibilities that lie ahead.

Stay tuned as I’m sure there will more to say once I start my new endeavor!

Lillie got to meet Dora this afternoon at the zoo!  What started out as a 45 minute wait in line turned into 1 1/2 hours due to Dora having to take 2 breaks because it was so hot out.  Ugh the things we do for our kids!  But it was well worth the wait just to see Lillie’s reaction when it was finally her turn.  She literally ran up to her and gave her a hug and then ran back to me.  It all happened so fast I didn’t even have time to get my camera up.

So I walked her back up to Dora and was able to get a couple pictures.  Being the inquizative little girl she is, she had to walk around behind Dora to check out the backpack!  She was cracking me up!  Then as we were walking away she started to get a little upset because Boots wasn’t there.  LOL

Set #2 of my flash cards are complete.  This is an alphabet set.  One side of the card is the uppercase letter and the flip side is the lowercase letter.  I’m very excited about how well these are turning out.  I’ve had a handful of friends and family members ask if I’m going to sell them.  The thought has crossed my mind but I have no idea what to charge and/or what people would be willing to pay for them.  All comments are welcome!!

 I want to make an animal set.  But for this set I want to use pictures that I have personally taken of the different animals.  So this next set might take awhile to finalize.  Thanks for looking!

A mommy friend of mine was talking about the flash cards that she uses with her daughter when suddenly a lightbulb went off in my head…..I can make my own flash cards using all the die cuts, stencils, etc that I already have for my scrapbooking supplies.  The current set I am creating is just of everyday objects ie., tree, car, school bus, chair, etc.  But the possiblities are endless. So far I am also planning to create sets of flash cards for letters, numbers, shapes, and colors.  Sure it would be easier and faster to go buy a set already made but I am having fun making them and hopefully when my daughter is old enough to understand, she’ll appreciate the time & effort that went into making these just for her.

These cards have been Lillie tested and approved!!

So far the month of July is already filled with “firsts” for Lillie. 

July 2nd she got her hair cut for the first time.  She did great.  I took her to CookieCutters, a place that specializes in haircuts for kids.  She climbed and played on the slide until it was her turn.  I let her pick which seat she wanted to sit in and she chose the old fashioned car.  She got all her baby hair cut off, which was about 1 inch long.  It was such a bittersweet moment.

July 10th she went poopoo in the potty for the first time and then she used it again on the 11th.  Gosh she is growing up wayyy to fast.

July 12th she went to her first county fair and dirt bike races.  Although we got rained on several times throughout the evening it didn’t faze her one bit.  She was in awe at watching the big rides going around and she was giggling watching the dirt bikes jumping the dirt hills.  It was hard to imagine that some of those racers were just 2 years older than her.

I’m afraid to even think about what the rest of the month might bring in ways of other “firsts”

Today I took Lillie to the zoo.  I was excited to see how she reacted this year compared to last year.  It was so much different this time around.  She could easily spot the animals in their exhibits and she would smile and giggle at them.  She really enjoyed going to the petting zoo exhibit and was less than pleased with mommy when I told her it was time to move on to see the other animals.

Her next favorite exhibit would be the aquarium, she was very excited to see all the brightly colored fish swimming by her.  Pretty soon I think I’m going to have to give in and get a small tank of fish for her to have at home.

Our visit was cut short due to a severe storm headed our direction, but I’m sure we’ll go back for another visit very soon.