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Just sent a text to Tracy. Hope to hear from her soon.

Just got up a little while ago and no word from Tracy. Hopefully she is home sleeping. Michelle, that reminds me of a trip we took when I was about 9 years old. On that trip I did a lot of fishing and I was pulling them in like crazy. However, I will not touch fish so someone had to be close by to take them off the hook. We did take them all home and my grandma cooked them all up. We stopped in New Mexico on our way home to visit some relatives and they took me fishing in a river. I caught trout like there was no tomorrow. Later that night they cooked it up for me to eat. I'll fish, just don't ask me to bait the hook or remve fish from the hook. LOL. Not much to do today. Later is our shift at the hospital. I'll probably do a few things around the house here till then. Make it a good one.

I just got a text from Tracy. She asked me to post for her. "I am in the hospital for observation due to chest pains. So far so good. Post for me please". As soon as I hear something else I will post it also. Keep her and the family in your prayers.

WOW, nobody was home today??? I know I was busy all day. Worked than took Sis to her Docs. Grocery store, took Sis home. Came home for an hour. Took Sis to the Docs and then home. Went back to work. We have had storms all evening. Lots of lightning, pretty but scary. I told hubby if I'm up in the morning I will go to the gym with him. We'll just have to see. My butt is really hurting and the hip is too. Seems like the only time I get relief is when I workout. If I go I will ride the bike for a couple of hours and do upper body strength training. Kat and Terri, did you guys get a chance to meet up? I hope so and that you guys had a great time. Hi everyone.

I don't know how to Multi-Quote. How exciting that Kat and Terri will be meeting up. I hope that her enthusiasm does rub off on you and if you have any left over can you spread it our way???? I did tell hubby if I keep going at the rate I'm going that I will be about 8 pounds lighter by my surgery. I'm working a double shift tomorrow plus older sis has 2 Doc appointments. It will be late before I check in. Have a great day and make it a good one.

Update. Cardiologist appointment this friday afternoon. Surgery is tenitively set for June 17th. Keep your fingers crossed.

Welcome Terri. So glad that you have joined us. Angela. That is such a scary story about your son. Please don't blame yourself foe any of it. It was truly an accident. Math was the one subject that I was very good at, it was everything else that I struggled with. I will keep him in my prayers. Ok girls, lots of running around and numerous phone calls and this is where we stand right now. The Doc that ordered the test has read the report and is not concerned and has signed off, she however is sending the report to my GP for him to decide if I need to go see a Cardiologist. She said that my valves and arteries looked good. There is a slight diminish in the heart beat but nothing that should be of any concern. She would just like for me to do a quick follow up with a Cardio Doc. In a little bit I will call my GP and talk to the nurse. She has already been informed about what is going on. But I will check with her and see if she can get me in as soon as she can. Not sure I will get all of this done in time for surgery this thursday, looks like it will probably be next week. I'm feeling better already.

Wow, Haydee is pregnant. How cool. I kinda hope she has a girl that looks just like her. I have always thought she was so pretty. Good Luck to them. Sitting here in a funk, I think I'm still trying to wrap my brain around all that has happened. Looks like I have a real busy day ahead of me tomorrow trying to get my Docs all in a row. This is going to be interesting. Kat, your trip sounds like a lot of fun. I have never been to SA and hope to some day. Glad that you guys decided to go because it is very important to visit all the people you can. That's one reason why I am looking forward to our trip this summer. But the family needs to know that you guys can't and shouldn't be taken advantage of. Hopefully they will see this time around that they need to respect you guys more. Good Luck. Michelle, Pregnant? LOL. I felt that way after my surgery. All bloated and I would keep my hands on my belly like I was protecting it from anyone hitting it. So I'm sure it probably looked like I was pregnant. We had a nice quiet day just hubby and I. We were sitting out on the deck enjoying the afternoon and listening to the ball game when a hand shot up over the fence. It was Daniel from down the street. Kat and Tracy know about him. He's 22 years old but has the mind of a 7 year old. Everyone in the neighborhood watches out for him. Well, he was standing there in his bathing shorts and a towel. We allowed him to come in to go swimming and he had a good time. We said we would give him an hour but he got out of the pool after 30 minutes and said he was done. Just in time for my nephew to call and ask if he could bring Abby over to swim. All 3 of them came over and we cooked hot dogs and had chips and fruit. So all in all it was a good day. I'll take it. I hope I was pleasant enough tho, my ass was killing me the whole time and I tried not to show it. I haven't worked since last Tuesday. I'm going back in tomorrow morning and working a 3 hour shift. I'll work till we get this all figured out. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Hi Jenn.

We turned our air on Thursday morning when we left for the hospital. They were calling for it to be really hot Friday and Saturday and I told hubby that I didn't think I wanted to be sweating while I was recuperating. Little did we know. But the air is still on because it has been really hot here. But tomorrow it's supposed to cool off and stay in the low 80's for the week. So we may just turn the air off for the week. In California we had a swamp cooler. I really miss that. This AC is too cold for me. Went to mass this evening and it was pretty emotional. Everyone asking how I was doing. I did have a long talk with Father and that made me feel better. Kat, how funny that the family is starting to realize what a gem Rick is now that they won't have him there to do all the things that he does. What a good kick in their butts. We are having spaghetti for dinner. I haven't fixed it in a long time. The house smells wonderful. Have a good weekend.

Kat, I'm so glad that you are feeling better. I've never had a UTI so I'm not sure how painful one is. But that sounded really scary. That is funny about the roller derby butt. A friend of mne has one of those slide things. I'll have to ask her how she's doing with it. I went and got the boys and brought them over to swim for a while. When I went to take them home they wanted to know if I was going to feed them. lol. So we stopped at McDonald's for Connor and then went to Wendy's for Ben. Good thing they have dollar menu's. Came home and my BIL grlled some burgers for us. What a treat for us. Dinner was really good.

I'm up and moving, although not like I'm worth anything today. Still a big puddle of mess but at least I got a little sleep last night. This waiting thing is going to suck. My nephews live-in is having her gallbladder taken out today. They were in the ER most of the day yesterday. So I told him I would come over and sit with him during the surgery. Later today I will run over and get all 4 kids and bring them over here for a few hours to swim. That will give her a little time to get some rest. Having the kids will help me keep my mind off my problems. So I'm looking forwaard to having them. They are a lot of fun anyway. I'll check in soon. Everyone have a great day.

Thank You Kat. Thanks for the kind words and wisdom. My friend Bob said that the way my sisers keep my blood pressure up that he was really surprized. He thinks Hubby and I need to exercise my heart tonight. He's a hoot.

You guys, Thanks so much for the PM's. Right now I am a huge puddle of mess. I haven't eaten since dinner last night and hubby is trying desperatly to get me to eat. I just can't do it. I have to dry the tears up first. He even offered to go get me some ice cream. Ok, you know I'm not doing good when I turn down ice cream. I told him maybe later after the sun goes down. I am also hoping that it's just a misunderstanding and that they read the report wrong. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for that. Angela and Tracy, did you guys get a chance to meet? I hope so, even wish I was there. Thank You so much for all the kind words and for being there when I need you. You guys Rock.

Hi Jenn, so good to hear from you. We miss you alot. When I read that about you and George I had a sigh of relief. So glad to hear that things are running smooth in a relationship for you. It's about time. And great job on the weight loss. Check in soon again. I'm up and so desperately want something to drink. I will take a little sip but would really like my hot chocolate. Last load of laundry is in. When it's done I will shave my legs and then take a shower. I'm supposed to scrub my back and use clean towels to dry off. I'll head to church and then come home and grab my stuff. I packed a little overnight bag. A robe, slippers, gameboy and a few other little things I'm thinking I might need. I got to meet some of my scrub nurses last night. I showed them me on the board. They gave me some good info. The girls that we work with said they would check in on Hubby. Said they will go into the waiting room and ask "Has she had that baby yet". We talked about getting ballons and streamers and confetti to decorate the OR with so I feel at home. We made all kinds of plans. It was really funning but most of all it eased my mind. Took a little relief off. At one point I was back in the DeCon room talking with Laura and they brought in equipment to be cleaned. It was from a knee replacement. I actually had to walk away. It was turning my tummy and making me nervous. Hubby said he would have a big cup of iced tea waiting for me in my room when I get there. I wish I could have it now. My sister will text you Tracy, so will you post to everyone that all is ok? Hubby is not a typer and I'm not taking my lap-top. I made a small list of people's phone numbers for my sis to text. It will be from my phone so you should recognize it. Everyone have a great day and hopefully I will be home tomorrow afternoon and be back on here. See you soon.

Home from the gym. I rode the bike for 2 miles and it felt good. I didn't go near the treadmill but I did upper body weights. So I'm good for awhile. Now off to the shower and then to the hospital for my echo. See ya soon.

Oh Kat, I hope you got a good nights sleep. I know how stressful that must have been. But you did good. I too am hoping that both sisters will find out in the next few days that they can pull their weight a little more around here. Younger one I'm not so worried about but older one is the selfish one. You know since I told her what was going on, she has never asked me how I'm doing. It's always, "I'll be fine". All about her. I have my echocardiogram this morning and then I will pick up both sisters and head to the grocery store. I'll get them stocked up and then they are on their own. Oh that felt good to say that. lol. Storms are headed in here in the next hour or so. Then hot steamy weather after that. I think I will have hubby turn the AC on before I get home from the hospital. I don't want to be laying in bed miserable. At least get the humidity out. Have a great day and I will check in later.

:confused:HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Angela. Hope You have a Wonderful Day:thumbup:

The Hospital called and I am all set to go. I just need to go to admit and then on to Pre-Op. Count down starts now.

Hey Girls, Home from work and running around. I'm really pooped. I went to me Band Docs to get some fluid taken out. It was his assistant who did it. She wanted to know if I was having problems with a too much fill. I told her "No", I was there because I am having surgery Thursday. She said, "OH, you're finally getting your Hiatal Hernia fixed"? No, again. So we told her what was going on and she agreed that I should have some taken out. She asked how much I wanted taken out and I told her I didn't know anything about this and that I would leave it up to her. She shoved the needle in and and said that my band was full. She goes "look at this". I look down and the plunger is moving it's way up. It was filling on itself. She finally ended up taking out 4cc's. By the time I got to the car I couldn't believe the relief was having. I could actually bend over and not have all that pressure. I'm feeling really good but know I am going to need to watch my portions from now on out. She told me to come back in a few weeks for a fill. I told her that I think I will wait till my Hiatal Hernia surgery, no sense in running back and forth. She did remind me to tell the anesthesiologist that I have a band, that way he can give me some meds to keep me from throwing up. They have OATS here for people to use but you have to give them a 2 weeks notice to use them. She does have someone to come and get her for her phsycotherapy classes. But other than that I would have to find an Adult daycare. Not sure I can talk her into that one. She's an "All Me" person. Bethany, I have never heard that about your hands. That has got to be really hard to live with. You use your hands for everything. Good Luck. Michelle, That is very sad about the yarn shop closing up. I have a little store here I use for all my cross stitch. I would be lost without them. Angela and Tracy, can you please keep the heat that way? Actually the last 2 summers I went thru that period of losing the weight and my internal thermoastat was out of wack. I've been cold all the time. Wearing sweatshirts in the summer kinda thing. Lately I have been back to my normal "Geez it's hot". Not looking forward to it. Think I'll go take a nap.

Kat, Good Luck tomorrow. I'm thinking that is why I don't get involved in working the polls. I remember years ago my parents were stongly involved. Tey actaully used our house as a polling place. I remember people coming and going all day long. Not sure I want to get involved with all of tht again. Tracy, over on FB I posted some pics of my Dad and his nephew from when they were drafted. I also made reference to my FIL who served in WWII in the south pacific. None of my family said one word about the pics, not a "Hey Suzanne, thanks for posting those". "look how young they were". Not a mention. But I make one statement which was my own opinion and a cousin remarks to it. I know next time I see her she will be apologizing for it. I get a lot of crap like that from that side of the family. They are die-hard Dems and so totally look down their noses at anyone who isn't. You could be an independent and they would still think you are scum. I gotta work in the morning and then I will come home and get hubby. We will have to go to his old work and pay our life insurance policy and then we will go to the Band Docs to have some fluid removed. I hate that I am doing that but I don't want to suffer after the surgery. Went over to the sisters today to tell her the whole story. She cried and then said, "who's gonna take me to my appointments?". (bangs head against the fireplace). I'm so glad this is all about her. What was I thinking. Anyway, I reassured her I would take her grocery shopping Wednesday and somehow I will get her to her Doc appointment next Tuesday. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Happy Memorial Day. I hope all of you have a great day and hope that you all had a great weekend. We are just gonna hang at the pool today. Gosh, kinda like we have for the last 3 days. LOL.

Cindy, that is scary. I've been in those storms before. Nothing you can do put pull over and pray. So glad to hear that all of you are ok.

Tracy, I never could understand why women or men for that fact would do things like that. Don't they understand that at some point their child is going to find out what a complete ass they were. Poor kids act more like adults do. So far we have had a lovely weekend. The weather is beautiful and warm, so lots of swimming. For the last 3 days I have gotten in the pool and stayed in my floaty chair. Well, today I got in and put the goggles on and did some swimming. I'm paying for it now. My butt and leg are killing me. I took a shower and then took 2 vicodin. I told hubby he is incharge of dinner. I'll be loopy here in about a half hour. Angela, so sorry to hear about your friends mother. How sad. Cindy, I was so glad to hear that about Keith Urban. Someday I will go see him. I'm not a big Taylor fan. She may be a very good song writer but I don't think she is a very good singer. I hope the guys have fun at the other concert. Kat, I love to do stuff like that. We have a Fall Fun Fest here and I go every year even if I go by myself. I love to walk around and see all the stuff. Have a great evening.

Two weeks ago I had an unfill. This Tuesday I am going in for another unfill. This morning I had a slice of pizza for breakfast. :cursing: This unfill thing is not working for me. Looks like I'm going to have to get the brain in check.

I took a muscle relaxer last night and went to bed at 9pm. Woke up at 8am. I'm all refreshed and ready for the weekend.