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"Rejoice Evermore!" ---I Thessalonians 5:16


"God sends the rain into your life so you can enjoy the beauty o' HIS rainbow!" --- Jill McFinnegan (:

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

2.1--Altoona Hospital (TUES)

Today was a nice day...I actually had three people stop to visit me. So...thanks to everyone who made the effort to visit me. You really have no idea how much it means to me. Also, to those who have called me or texted me, again, thanks! If it weren't for your calls or texts or visits, I'd be really struggling. Thanks so much! Enjoy the pictures from my Tuesday!

A St. Francis PA Student interviewed me.


The view outside my window...


See the flag pole?


Such a pretty view...


Steph spent the day pampering me!


She painted my nails...Auburn Univesity! (:



I drew special heart ones for Valentines Day.


My Valentines Day Tootsies...



Haha...the nurse thought we were sisters.


My cute li'l buddy, Jasmine...


Me and Jesse (Jasmine's brother)...


For Stephen..."Foods that boost your MOOD!"


Third time's a charge?


Great Success!!


Anchoring the catheter...




Old infiltrated IV.


I think this picture just looks cool!


Every day, the Altoona Regional Hospital's chaplin, Reverend Mark Rhodes will walk around the hospital to encourage all o' us sickies and find out if we need anything. Today, when he stopped by, I was sleeping. So he left me a note. How sweet, right?
Note from Rev. Mark Rhodes

I'm still not allowed to eat or drink anything at this point. Tomorrow (Wednesday) they will start me on some clear liquids to see how that goes. They started me on oral Prednisone this a.m. (Tuesday a.m.) and it really made my belly sick. Zofran was given to me to help with the nausea, and it did help; however, it still made me not want to eat. We'll see if it is better tomorrow. Keep on keeping on, right?

THE END!!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

1.27-31...Altoona Hospital (Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun)

On January 20th, I had a doctor's appointment. The PA, Rich determined that I was having a flair. Instead o' admitting me in the hospital, we decided to try taking prednisone (steroids) by mouth to see if that would help. I took the medication faithfully, and returned to the office after a week. Dr. McKibbin was to decide if we were going to increase the prednisone, decrease the prednisone, or get admitted with IV prednisone. Obviously, he decided on admitting me. After getting to the hospital, I was NPO, which means I couldn't have ANYTHING to eat or drink. He hoped that the IV steroids would absorb faster then if taken by mouth, he also wanted my bowels to rest completely for a couple o' days.

My honey, beside me every step o' the way.


Jasmine told me, "You're too cute to be sick!"


Yogi...we worked together at prison.


Kylie stopped by to visit.

She painted my nails to cheer me up!
Have I mentioned, I love polka dots?


Finished product...what do you think?




First time painting French Tip.


This is my sad face...


Finally ALL done. YEAH!


Thanks Kylie!


Screaming cause I kept smearing them!


During one o' my hospitalizations about 3 years ago, I met a nurse named Lindsay. We were meant to be friends. The next 17 days, Lindsay took care o' me, got me broth, made my bed, talked and giggled together, and exchanged cell phone numbers. I'd like to think I helped her preparing for nursing school, cause she quit working at the hospital and went back to school to be a RN. Since then, we've been texting buddies (a week hardly passes in which we don't text each other at least one time) and hospitalization buddies (every time I'm in the hospital, Lindsay comes to visit me).
Lindsay & Me.


We're matching!!


Us with Adam
...
he is the thorn, we're the roses!


At this particular visit, I got to meet Lindsay's Mother. Since an apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I should have known her mother was going to be amazing. It was so great to finally meet her.
Lindsay's sweet, sweet mother!


Mother/Daughter...


Thanks for the visit, girls!


So after the visitor's left, Adam crawled into my hospital bed, I laid my head on his shoulder. Later, I fell asleep and my head rolled off his shoulder and down to his chest. A li'l bit later, I woke up, only to find I'd left a BIG slobber spot on his sweatshirt! Haha...poor guy!
Funny Story...


Dr. Ryan...he's my new favorite!

I thought this picture was hilarious b/c I look like a ghost. Also, heads up if anybody asks Adam to take a picture, he does this thing where he takes a picture while everyone is getting situated, so it catches everybody off guard. This one wasn't too bad, he only was able to catch Jill!

The Thompson Family stopped by.


Now we were ready for this picture!


Kara & Kate...how cute are they?


Look...a JILL picture!! (:


Wonderful Nurse, Cornelia!




BLAAA....


My Candy Bucket...YUMMY!!



So I am not allowed to eat or drink anything, they want my belly to rest completely. To keep my mouth from getting too dry and cotton mouthed, they gave me the "Super Special Stick Sponge". I told Adam that it reminded me o' when Jesus was on the cross and they dipped a sponge in vinegar and fed it to him...except mine wasn't dipped in vinegar. So this was the only liquid I was allowed to have.
Super Special Sponge.



My IV with fishnet stocking thing...



THE END!!!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Tuesday (Day 12).

MaGee Women's Hospital.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010.


/\/\/\ IV Dressing Change /\/\/\

My IV had some leakage and bleeding, so they put a call out to the IV tech and she came back to change my dressing. It wasn't the greatest fun I've ever had, let me just tell you what. (:
Cleaning the Site.


Using peroxide...it burned, BADLY!


But I lived through it...WHEW!

All nice & clean.


Doesn't it look nice?

/\/\/\ More Sleepiness /\/\/\

Boy, I must've been really tired.

Like my bruise on my left cheek?


My Favs: Kenny, Me, & Liz.


Dr. Richard & Me.
He's totally my favorite.
Can you tell? MUAH!

Well, Dr. Richard stopped in to my room to discuss the latest update. He also wanted to discuss the newest possibilties with me. The words that were brought up were: ileostomy, colostomy, etc... These words all came as a shock to me and I cetainly didn't think in these extreme terms. So now decisions need be made and we have to figure out where to go from here. So you can pray for wisdom.

THE END!!!