10.26--JC Blair Hospital (TUE)

Surgery Day

I was the first on the list for surgery...my slot was the 8 a.m. slot. The nurses took me down to the 2nd Floor, procedure room. My gurney was parked to the side o' OR #3, which 3 just happens to be my lucky number. We were all ready and waiting for Dr. Spencer Long to arrive, which he did just in time to put his initials on my right hip (so the knew which side to operate on), then they wheeled me back to my room. I scooted from my gurney to the cold operation table, and they started to hook up all my cords and wires (heart monitors, sphygmomanometer, pulse ox, etc...). They then put a mask over my nose and mouth, told me to take some deep breaths in and out, and that was the last thing I remembered before heading off to candy mountain. After waking up from the procedure, they made me stay in the post-op section for 45 minutes before heading back to my room, especially after what happen last time.

Once I got back to my room, I just took it easy, as I was in a tremendous amount o' pain. Also, I was back to my room by

After surgery...had to update everything!

Before my surgery, Mama kissed my check. When she did, she left a kiss print. I'm pretty sure she meant to leave a mark so everyone in the OR would see it and say something.
Can you see it?

My old boss stopped by for a visit.
It's Pammy Baby!!

Pam was already up here for something else, so she thought she'd stop by.

It was SO good to see her!

Linda Bee Bee and Me!

CHEESE!! We are so silly!!

Terry has been a real blessing too, she's been up to see me a couple days and we've had some great talks and it's been encouraging to talk to her as well. Also, during one o' the visits we'd take a picture together, but at the angle we were at made it look like she had a double chin.
So she had to redeem herself...no double chin!

I forget now, who was with us, but whoever was told us this "trick" to use to keep you from getting a double chin. You are supposed to stick you head up (like me in the picture), then you are to stick your chin forward (like Terry in the picture), and then you are to put your head normal and smile. According to this source (whose name shall remain anonymous...mainly cause I can't remember who it was), you won't have a double chin!! So we are posing here for what we were to do.
Aren't you glad we modeled the steps?

Mama's students from DBC stopped.



Here's our silly faced picture.

Dr. Spencer Long and Me...

Steph and I!!

Steph was supposed to take me for a walk around the halls. While we were on our walk, there was a lady on the floor that was screaming bloody murder. So in the picture below, I'm screaming in labor pains and Steph is cursing the father o' the baby for getting her preggos.
Screaming and Swearing.

Billy and Zane stopped by to visit.

Haha...love this picture.

Tickling Zane...

Stinky armpits...

Is this sanitary??

Amy, sorry for torturing Zane.

"I can't hear ya mom, somethings in my ears."

Love this picture o' Z and Me!!

Mr. and Mrs. Kidd stopped!!

Haha...they aren't going to live this down!!

THE END!!!

10.22--JC Blair Hospital (FRI)

Friday October 22, 2010.

While everyone get's so excited and says, "It's Finally Friday!" or "I'm so happy it's Friday!" Well, today was a lot better for me, pain wise; however, I'm ready for Tuesday!! I'm scheduled for my surgery here on the 26th to do another round o' lithotripsy to break more o' the stones up! My mother stopped by at lunch time after she finished teaching her classes. It wasn't real long because it's deer season so she had to rush home.

I didn't have any visitors all day that stopped by, just my nurses and doctors. So the next few pictures are my nurses from second shift, I figured I better get my picture quota for the day!! Haha...so here are:

My Medical Personnel

My Urologist...Spencer Long, M.D.

My Awesome Nurses on Second Shift.

Michelle, R.N.

Misty, R.N.

Kristen, R.N.

Finally Some Visitors

The Donnelly family stopped by for a Friday late night visit. Boy, did we have a great time. They are such a precious family. They were such a blessing, and they were super sweet! That visit meant SO much to me, especially cause they stayed till pretty late! Thanks for stopping by, visiting me, bringing the sweet gifts, and singing for me. You guys were really amazing and super fantastic!!

David & Katrina with their goodies they got me.

Kelsy coloring some signs for my door.

Kara and Me. She's growing up so fast.

Jenny, thanks darling for stopping by!

Our visit--Kelsey, David, Kara, and Me.
Please note Katrina in the background with Ace.

Kara and Me...Seriously, we're so cute!

Katrina coloring with Ace.

She is such a flirt!! (:

Katrina has always had a crush on Ace for the longest time. At church, she continually flirts with him. One day as we were walking into church and Katrina was walking passed us headed the opposite way, they started flirting. She smiled and giggled at him, so he smiled at her, she acted bashful and hid her face behind her shoulder. BAM!! She tripped an fell straight on her face. Poor girl was screaming. We thought for sure that she'd smashed her face and broken either her nose or knocked out a tooth.

Well as her and Ace were coloring together, we opened a bag o' Swedish fish that they had gotten as a present for me. These kids LOVE those li'l fishes. So Katrina walked over to the other side o' my bed where the bag o' fish were, she grabbed a handful o' fish, started to walk away, and then turn around to get another handful, but not before asking me a question. She looked up at me with her big blue eyes and said, "Miss Jill, can I get some for your dad?" I started dying laughing. Haha...she thought Ace was my dad! Haha...how cute. I said that she could totally have a handful o' fish...for my dad!! She is such a dollface!

How am I supposed to compete with her?!?

Right before they left, they sang a song.
(You can see how late it was...check out the clock!)

What was left from the BIG bag o' Swedish Fish.

Haha...the kids really loved the fishes!

That's ok...less calories to go to my hips!

A sweet present from my daughter, Shaun.

Kiley came for a visit...
(Had a great time talking...MUAH!)

Us playing with some ketchup and a straw.
(It looks like we are lookin' at a pregnancy test.)

Haha...we look so funny! Love silly faces!

Kiley love you and am so proud o' you!

I'm so thankful that God gave me such a wonderful husband. I couldn't have asked for a better guy, for real! Don't know if Ace realized what he was getting into when he married me, and he's probably rethinking everything. He's had probably enough excitement o' me on my death bed and 6 hospitalizations in our first year o' marriage! Again, God knew exactly what he was doing when he picked him out for me. Love you, baby!

Ace & Me.

Me & My Honey! MUAH...LOVE HIM!!

Jesse stopped by the hospital to visit me around 10:30 or 11:00. When he got to the hospital the doors were locked, so he had to go in through the Emergency Room Entrance and then he just walked right in up to my room! My nurses were cool about him stopping by. He stayed around here till almost 1:00 a.m. Good times with the li'l brudder!! Love him!

Word Homie!! Yo-yo-yo playa!!

My Li'l Brudder and Me...GOOFY!!

So earlier in the day, I was a li'l bit depressed that I didn't get any visitors, but they were just here later. My first visitor came around 5:30 and last one left around 1 a.m.

SUM-UP:

• Nurses.
• Doctor.
• Visitors.
• Just pain management.
  

THE END!!!

10.18--JC Blair Hospital (MON)

MONDAY

October 18, 2010.

Dr. Spencer Long and Dr. Buza both met with me. They figured out a good pain regiment for me to be on so that I wasn't in too much pain. Kidney stones vary in size. Stones 5 millimeters in size or less can usually pass on there own. I had 3 stones, and the one they were able to determine was 9-10 millimeters. Obviously I couldn't pass that stone, so we discussed our treatment options.

• Operation, they can make an incision in your back and remove the kidney stone from the kidney, but that's a real surgery surgery.
  
• They discussed lithotripsy--the least invasive and most commonly used. After the stone is located, ultrasonic sound waves are used to shatter the stone into fragments small enough to pass.
  
• Another option, ureteral stenting uses a small metal tube inserted through the bladder into the ureter to keep the ureter open so a stone may pass through it.
  
• Lastly, ureteroscopy, in which a small scope is inserted through the urethra into the bladder and looks into the ureter. Once the stone is seen it is either grabbed with a small cage like device or shattered with a laser.

Because my lab work that was drawn that morning showed severe malnutrition and other various concerns, Dr. Spencer Long recommended the less invasive procedure cause my body might not handle a full-out surgery. He also explained to me that I was scheduled for surgery tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 9:30 a.m.

GUESTS!

It's so nice to know that people are playing for me and thinking about me, but it really means the world when they stop up to visit. Especially since my stays are every other month, it can get very depressing, but having visitors really cheers me up! So thanks to all those who made/make an effort to see me!!

Some visitors.

My li'l brother...EARL!

Mama B, Earl, Anna Jo, and Me.
(Please note, Anna Jo is smiling! She likes me!)

Rachel & William Lane.

Rachel was sitting on the bed, Liam pressed a button. It the flashed Rachel's weight across the screen so all could see. Ahhh, yes, Rachel was all worried because we could all see how much she weighed! Haha...yes and now I'm posting it on the internet so everyone can see that she weighs 86.9 pounds!!
Rachel! Look how much you weigh!

Liam took this picture o' me!!

Rachel and William Lane stopped by to visit me and to cheer me up, and cheer me up they did! Haha...William had prepared a few songs that he wanted to sing for me, which he sang them so gorgeous. He sang: The B-I-B-L-E!! and Jesus Love Me! Liam can't say his "s" sound, so that just made the songs all the more priceless!! I'm so glad they stopped by, makes me mis

Rachel & Liam...What a blessing!

The Watery Eyes Story

Bobbi Jo: "Your eyes look watery."
Mama: "See mine aren't watery."

(Picture o' my eyes...)Mama: "Yeah, your eyes are kinda glassy."
Bobbi Jo: "They do look glassy."
Me: "So you're telling me that I look stoned?!"
Bobbi Jo and Mama chime in together: "Yeah." "I wasn't going to say that!"

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Bobbi Jo has been such a great support!

So...lithotripsy tomorrow (Tuesday) morning!

THE END!!!