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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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Thursday, February 3, 2011

2.3...Altoona Hospital (Thurs)

After finding out that no one was planning on coming up to visit me, I felt a li'l neglected. Adam was going to come up, but he told me, he'd rather work on cleaning the house tonight so when I come home tomorrow, the house will be clean and I can RELAX! You can't argue with that! Then my phone rang around 4:00 p.m., it was the Donnelly family. They had practice up in Altoona and wanted to stop by for a visit! YAY!! VISITORS!! When they came I told them that I barely took any pictures because either nobody has come to visit me or I was in too much pain to take a picture, Jen made sure I had plenty o' pictures.

Kara, Katrina, Kelsey, Me, David

Haha...don't think we were ready for this one.

On Tuesday night, I got a roomie--Jean. She came to the hospital because she was having trouble breathing. I took one look at her and immediately thought o' Mrs. Weldon. I'd watched Mrs. Weldon all through middle school and high school. She was 90 when I first started watching her and she lived to be 97 (I think). I'd get to her house around 9:00 p.m., lock her door, check to make sure her phone wasn't off the hook, check the basement for bugs/water, help her take her medicine, take the garbage out, help her get ready for bed, put her hair net on, paint her finger nails if she needed it done or clip off any hangnails or anything, then I'd check the toilet, brush my teeth and go to bed! Every night that's what my evening consisted o' for those 7 years! Sorry to get side tracked there for a minute, but back to the original story...GENE! Gene reminded me o' Mrs. Weldon. The way her false teeth clicked together when she talked, the way she can't hear her loudly, ringing phone when it's laying not even an arm's length away, and the way we get along and I'm always having to do everything for her and helping her out. She's so sweet! Couldn't have asked for a better roomie! (:

My Roomie--Jean!

Me & Jen...Thanks Jen...this was SO sweet!

Jen's silly face...

My silly face...

Me and Kara's silly face...

Me and Kelsey...our silly faces.

David proposing to me!

He was really nervous to ask me...

He got on one knee...I was SHOCKED!

Eh...kinda blurry!!

Haha...Kelsey had just fallen...


There...now THIS is a silly picture!!


*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*
I got a brand new BOYFRIEND!!

I needed to blow some stink off myself. So, after they gave me my pain shot, I unplugged my IV pole, and away I walked. They wanted me to try to get up and get moving. As I began walking around the hall, I passed an elderly gentle man in navy blue sweat suit. I came around the next turn and behold there he was walking towards me again. As we passed each other, he slowed down as if he waned to engage in a conversation with me.

He asked, "Hey, they making you walk too?"

I chucked, "Yes."


He then proceeded to ask me if I was interested in walking a few laps together. I excitedly agreed, for if there is something I hate, it's being by myself! We began walking and talking, I learned his name was Gene, which just happens to be my gram's name, and also the name o' my roomie here in the hospital.

As we started walking closer to passing his room, a nurse came walking out and yelled, "Look out! The Hellion is getting up out o' his bed!! I turned to Gene with a quizzical look. Gene told me that "the Hellion" was his roommate. Through the open door I sawl a very tall, skinny old man. His white, bushy beard looked like he had lost his razor for a couple month. He moved rather quickly towards us as he pushed his squeaky wheeled oxygen tank. When he caught up with us he gave a toothless smile and said, "Hey pretty lady, can I have the honor o' walking through the halls with you?" I was flattered so I said, "O' course you can!" Our walk continued as we were quite the sight to behold--Two old, hairy men walking with some cute li'l girl. The nurses were laughing at us. Well, after a couple more laps, I told the boys I better get back to my room, my legs were getting tired. So the two old med, who felt like they were young again, walked me to my door and asked if they could walk with me tomorrow. How could I resist these sweet old men!

After I got settled back in my bed, one o' the nurses came into my room and told me, "We have been trying to get "the Hellion" to get out o' bed and walk for the past couple days with no success. You walk by his room twice and he is running out o' his room. Girl, if we would've known that was all it took to get him out o' bed, we'd have made you been walking days ago!" Haha...it was so cute and really just made me giggle. I had really needed that laugh!


My BF--Gene.

He wanted to be about 60 years younger!
Oh what a funny funny story! Thanks Jen, Kara, Kelsey, David, Katrina for stopping by to visit me. It was so much fun! Thanks for doing a mini photo shoot with me so I had a few pictures.

THE END!!!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

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!!!