Glad To Be Home

Well, I'm back home now and thankful that my father is getting the help he needs. His doctors, respiratory therapists and nurses are wonderful. He is still in the ICU with all the same medicine. They are giving him an x-ray each day and haven't noticed any change in his lungs. But the medicine does seem to be working. By Saturday evening he was feeling good enough to start making demands for his cell phone and work files! We told him he was in the ICU and that he couldn't have them. Well, that didn't set well. He has to be the worst patient I've ever seen ... Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men for sure! I was going to head out this morning, but mom wanted me to go to the hospital with her once more. I left Arlington about 10:30am. I was so thankful to have KLTY playing on the radio; I really needed some prayers. All I could think of was stopping at some church for worship, but I didn't have the proper clothes since I flew out the door Thursday and didn't know how long I was staying. Thank you for your continued prayers. He has a very long road ahead of him.

Prayer Request

After being in the hospital for pneumonia last month and having some tachycardia, my father was given a drug which should not have been administered to someone his age. He has been in Arlington Memorial since Monday morning unable to breathe. He has been diagnosed with amiodarone pulmonary toxicity and was taken from ER, to his own room to ICU by Thursday morning. Mother went to see him Thursday morning in his room to find him all packed up and not there! She did finally find him in ICU where they could monitor his breathing better. As soon as Boomer was able to get home from work, I left to come up here. It was so scary to see him unable to get high enough oxygen levels. Unable to remove his mask to eat, drink or take medicine. He is having daily x-rays and it is not showing any improvement, but he is responding to the medicine. He's being given antibiotics, 4 albuterol nebulizer treatments daily, steroids and 100% oxygen. I praise God that today he is able to go from the bi-pap machine to a bag of oxygen and has been able to eat a little easier. He removes the mask to take a bite, then puts it back on while he chews and swallows the food. Please continue to pray for his lungs to clear of this harmful medicine (that they say will take about 45 days to totally heal). God has been good to us and he is improving. Thank you for your continued prayers.

More Cute Pics

* Mama loves her baby *

I love this picture of the two of them laying together watching TV. Zane loves his big brother so much.

Oh, Precious Saturday

What a day. What a great and glorious day. We started the day with Aunt Cindy's feather pancakes, yum! Met Grant's soccer team at the park at 11am to get his uniform and take individual and team pictures.

They had so much fun playing at the park. Zane was so cute sliding down the slide. Asa was playing silly pirate ship. I think that was from Veggie Tales?!?

Then they had their first game at 12noon and they won! He had so much fun. We sat under a tree and there was a real nice breeze blowing.

There are two boys from his class on his team and they run circles around each other. :) The local C of C preacher is his coach and he's so good with the kids.

After that we came back home to regroup before heading to Austin for some shopping. We got Asa some cowboy boots for church, all three their Halloween costumes, jeans for the two oldest boys and a major Sam's run. It was $40.00 for a box of diapers! We just tell ourselves that it's just one more year and we're done. At least we don't have to buy formula anymore. Yikes!

We finally found Taco Bueno. There are only two in the city of Austin and I've tried a couple of times to find the one by our shopping area unsuccessfully. There are Taco Bells everywhere around here. We used to go to Taco Bueno every Sunday after church. Everyone had the best time. You should have seen Zane ... covered in beans. Yes, I know, baby Bean covered in beans.

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Fire, Water and Fun

My parents came for a visit this holiday weekend. It was so nice to see them again. They boy's were beside themselves with excitement. The guy's worked outside much of the weekend while mother, Zane and I stayed in to catch up. Sunday morning on the way to church we saw some neighbors with a burn pile so we drove by city hall to read the public notice board. Sure enough, the county burn ban was lifted ... "burn with caution". Boomer was so excited to have his first fire. He mowed a nice circle between the two water faucets and hooked up the two hoses. Got out the lawn chairs and gave Papa and Grant instruction for watering the surrounding area while he brought in the brush. It burned all day Monday. I was concerned about the boys going to sleep on a school night with their grandparents here, but they were so worn out from being outside all day they fell right to sleep. Well Grant did anyway, Asa always takes a few warnings. :) Bonfires and marshmallows at our house this winter!

Oh, and one of the best things is that we got a date night. It was so nice Sunday evening Mom and Bill stayed here with the boys while Boomer and I went back to church for 5th Sunday Singing. I had more fun singing than I can say. We were all in the Family Life Center seating in concentric circles. It was so nice. We sang more songs than I can count right now. We then went out to dinner and tried out the local seafood place. And what date would be complete without a visit to your local Wal-Mart. haha