DEBBIE UPDATE

For all you wonderful people who are following the Debbie posts, I received the latest update last night and things are still improving. They were able to reduce her oxygen to 50% yesterday which is down from 100% the day before.. She is now on dialysis which the doctors are still saying that it will be a short term thing. She is now showing more neurological signs such as moving her eyelids and was able to raise her arm by herself. They are going to try and bring her out of sedation today and see how she does with it. The really good news is that the transplant surgeon said on Sunday night he had considered her as having no chanceof survival. Now he has changed his mind and says at this point it is at 50%.

I continue to ask you wonderful folks to continue your prayers for Debbie. They seem to have a positive effect on her.

Thank you and God Bless you.

POWER OF PRAYER HELPS

I heard word from my friend this morning telling me that her sister Debbie who had the lung transplant had a turnaround late yesterday afternoon and her new lung is functioning at 70%. The doctors are at a loss for words as to why it had such a fast recovery. She still has problems with her kidneys and will start dialysis today and the doctors think it will be a short term situation.

Does the power of prayer work? What do you think. If you looked at my post yesterday and said a prayer I want to say thank you and God bless you. Please keep praying for her full recovery.

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POWER OF PRAYER

I am asking anyone out there to please join me in praying for two of my friends. One is Debbie and she has just had a lung transplant a few days ago and at this point things are not going too well. After the transplant certain complications set in and as of this morning her kidneys are not functioning properly. They were going to put her on the list for another lung but with the kidney problem may stop this from happening.

The other person is my friend Barb. Barb just had a stem cell transplant and at this point with all the antibiotics they put into you when they do this, she is very sick. Hopefully each day will get better for her as it did my wife. I pray that this procedure works for her.

I am asking that you take a moment from your day and say a prayer for these two wonderful people.

Thank you.

AIDDIN THE SHOOTER

As I have mentioned before in my other blot, http://ladyandie.blogspot.com, I have two grandsons in Texas. This particular story embarassed his mother to no end. She had to pick up a few things at the local Dollar Tree stock and thought as long as Spencer, the older brother, was in the car, she would leave both Aiddin (3) and Spencer in the van so she wouldn't have to deal with the boys saying I want this or I want that. Maybe she should have taken them with her. In the parking lot the van was parked at a angle to the store and the highway. As she approached the van she could see a stream of water(?) coming out of the van in a perfect arc. As she got closer she could see Aiddin, pants down, facing the highway doing his thing. Being a small town there isn't much traffic that goes by the store but those who did blew their horn in approval as to what this little guy was doing. That a boy Aiddin.

BLOG FOR PETS

Do you have a pet? Do you want a pet? Do you have questions about your pet or pets in general? Well I have found a website where you can go and it's a Pet Blog just for pets. Blog about the dog you have or tell about dogs that you think are wonderful. Blog about your cat or get information about cats. The website that I am talking about is Thoughts Fur Paws and can be reached at http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/. Read the interesting blogs from other dog and cat owners about their pet. Learn about the Un-Great Eight- Dangerous Human Foods not for dogs. I never knew that grapes can be harmful to dogs as well as table scraps, onions and garlic. Before I wrote this blog I visited Pet Blog to see what it was all about. I discovered that it is a wonderful site full of information and blogs that will keep you, if you are so inclined, reading for hours. You can find out about breeds, shelters, microchipping, cats and much much more. It is a fun and informative site. So log into http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/ to learn what's good for your pet.

SPENCER THE MUDDER

For Spencers birthday I bought him a battery powered dirt bike. Something that he has always wanted. It's pretty neat, gets up to 15 mph and gives him a lot of fun. Well being that he lives in Texas and the temperature is 87 degrees he can be in his swim suit and have the hose running in the yard. Well the other day he deceided to go mudding with his dirt bike. He let the hose run in one spot until it good and wet and muddy. He then got on his dirt bike and proceeded to run back and forth through this mud puddle with the hose spraying upward and water coming down as if it were raining. He did this to keep the ground wet. About a half hour later mom came out to see what he was doing and all she was a kid and dirt bike full of mud. All she could see of Spencer were his eyes, the rest was mud. There was a nice hole in the ground which needs to dry out and be re-seeded. His mom took pictures which are unbelievable. Of course he spent some quality time standing in the corner. But he had great memories to take his mind off of standing in the corner. God Bless you Spencer.

ONLY IN AMERICA

In reading the local paper the other day I came across an article about an increase in salary of two officials in Hammond Ind. With me getting a $29.00 a month increase in my Social Security check and trying trying to make ends meet I wonder how they justify an salary increase of $15,000.00 a year to both the Fire Chief and the Police Chief. I bet they won't have a problem paying their property taxes as well as anything else like the rest of us do.