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!!!

10.21--JC Blair Hospital (THURS)

Thursday

October 21, 2010.

Last night was the worst night o' my life. Today was an awful day as well, pain wise. The medication needs adjusted to a stronger dose...it was not cutting it.

It was so nice to have Terry stop by and visit me. She did a wonderful job o' cheering me up and we talked about LOTS o' things and it was interesting to hear some o' her "motherly" wisdom. She also was a great encouragement to me spiritually. I'm so thankful for such wonderful friends. If you notice in the picture below, I'm laying all crooked and backwards, I was in a ton o' pain and had finally found a position o' comfort!

What a blessing!!

Can you guess which is which
Grams/Fae? or Fae's/Gram?

Gram and Fae Reihart stopped by for visitation.

It was after Gram and Fae left, I started to feel really really sick. My pee, which was dark red, obviously had lots o' blood in it. Also, upon urination, I'd literally be biting my hand. It felt like I was peeing fire, not to mention the intense, stabbing pain in my back. After I talked to the nurse, who then called the doctor, who then came in to examine me; he diagnosed me with hematuria and started me on Pyridium to help with the pain.

You can watch the color o' my pee change from peach, red, dark red, orange/red...I bet you are jealous that your pee isn't cool colors like my pee!! (:

I call this color--Tinted Tangerine.

I call this color--Crimson.

I call this color--Black Cherry.

I call this color--Grape.

I call this color--Amber

Bobbi Jo and I, on her 3x visiting me!

Haha...Silly Faces...Aren't we too much?

Can I say How much I love this girl? LOTS!!!

WHOOPS, we lots mama!

We ha so much fun taking all these pictures!

This is my all-time favorite.
Dang, we look GOOD!

Crazy/Silly Faces

Silly Sistas...it's almost like we're twins!

I Love You, Ash!
(My wonderful li'l sista.)

SUM-UP:

• Visitors (Terry, Gram, Fae).
• Hematuria.
• Visitor (Ashley)
  
• Lots o' Pain.
  

THE END!!!

10.19--JC Blair Hospital (TUES)

TUESDAY

October 19, 2010.

My procedure was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. When I woke up this morning feeling achy, a pretty high fever (103.5), and extreme chills. Like to the point where my whole body was convulsing with chills. Terry Snare and Joyce Brubaker stopped by around 8:00 a.m. so that I'd have someone to comfort me right before I would be going into surgery. They stopped by and visited with me. Helped me get completely ready before transport team came by to pick me up. Because my temperature was high, they were scared if I should even have the surgery done, so they drew a few tubes o' blood, and 3 blood culture bottles, and finally a urine C&S. All the tests looked good enough, so I was on schedule...and away I went.

Joyce & Me.

Terry & Me.

They took me down to the "holding tank" or so I called it. They asked me a few questions, had me sign a few papers, and then gave me something to relax me...and relax me it did. Then they took a marker and marked up my right side. I scooted from the gurney to the surgical table, where they hooked me up to a few things, and there were two metal circles they placed on my side and belly. When I woke up, I had the feeling, that I had to pee incredibly bad. The nurses and my doctor were talking about me as well. They also kept taking my temperature, shaking their heads, and more talking. Finally, they asked me what my mother's number was that they could reach her. So I gave them my mama's cell phone, which they called her to get an ok to take me back into surgery. The first surgery, they went in and did a lithotripsy on my big stones (9-10mm) to break them up into pieces so that I could pass them on my own easier; however, even the smallest stone was too big for me to pass. One o' the stones got obstructed making urine back up into the kidney causing an infection, resulting in a fever o' 103.5! After getting the ok to operate, the doctor's took me back to the table, put me back under, and placed a stent (or tube) in to help keep my ureter open.

So I left my room at 9:30, and I didn't get back from surgery till 4:30 p.m.!! What a L-O-N-G crazy day!! They want to leave the stent in for a week; however, the last times I've had stents it just made me more miserable, and I usually ended up pulling them out. So this has caused me a whole lot o' pain, but I'm trying to leave it in! Even though the stent is in, I'm still in a great deal o' pain. As if the pain wasn't bad enough with the stones trying to make their way down, now when I pee...I pee blood. It literally feels like I'm peeing fire!! Then it hurts so bad I don't even want to pee! Hopefully this all passes quickly, b/c I don't know how much longer I can handle all o' this stuff.

THE END!!!

25--Championship Game!

Snare's Softball Game
June 25, 2010.

If you have been keeping up with my blog you will remember that we love going to baseball games and softball games in the evening. We've been to many o' the Snare girl's softball games. They do a wonderful job playing and they are really good. They made it into the final game. So I went to the championship game to cheer them on. Even though Ace was already gone at this point, he told me to clap extra for him.

If you want to see the previous post from a previous game check it out here!

Here comes the cheering section!

Jonna & Maddie Cheering.

Jackie & Marissa! I love this picture.

Trevor...eating candy!! (:

Trevor & Ryan.
Patty & Beth in the back.

The Team...in the Huddle!

The Rambunctious, Out-o'-Control Fans.

The Snare Girl's won the game! I think it was 14-8? That I'm not sure o', because I had to leave a li'l early. When I left though, they were winning! We can say a good job to Mike as coach!! Wonderful job to all the girls on the Raystown Realty softball!! YAY!!

THE END!!!