While this is minor compared to brain surgery, please pray for my son. He broke his hand Friday night and they weren't able to set it so he has to see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow... 50-50 chance that he'll need surgery or pins to get things back together again.

LIEP,

Dee

I am sorry to intrude but as a triad sister i would ask you keep me in your prayers. This is very senistive info here but i too believe in the power of prayer and my religion ( christian) means a great deal to me. I just found out this week( on my 35 bday of all days) i will have to have surgery this coming month and am very nervous about it so if you can all keep me in yoru prayers i would be very grateful.

Erin... we really missed you this weekend... it always seems like there is a volleyball thing whenever we get together. :(

I hadn't heard about the fellow Georgetonian, but I will keep her in my prayers.

Surgery isn't as bad as it is made out to be... I've been through it... really just relax and put your trust in the Lord.

As for broken bones... I broke my femur when I was in K-garten.. and was in trackion for a month on the old people ward... only floor that had nurses full time. I'll keep your son in my prayers.

Maria, I hope all is well. Your in my thoughts also... wasn't last week a rollercoaster ride for us both...

So... I don't really know where my grandmother stands right now... she isn't doing well. I'm not staying at the house by myself at night anymore because my dad and aunts don't want me to be alone if something were to happen.... so that isn't a good sign.

So just remember my grandmother and pray that it isn't painful when she does leave us.

Have a good week...
Arin

My son's surgery is scheduled for Saturday. It should be outpatient, unless there are complications.

Dee

Hi girls---

I'm on vacation right now, but I had a few minutes to check my email and GC and I wanted to give you an update on my MIL.

Her angiogram came back and she is about 99% blocked in one artery. To complicate matters, her carotid artery has shriveled. Her cardiologist said that he is amazed that she has not already suffered a massive stroke.

She will be going into surgery, probably on Monday morning. She'll be in ICU the first day and then spending a few days recuperating in the hospital. She will have to go back into surgery in a few months to work on the other artery, as the operation is too big to do everything at once.

I'm coming back into town on Monday night. My 4 sisters-in-law will be there for the first day or two after the surgery, but once she comes home from the hospital my eldest sister-in-law and I will be shouldering primary responsibility for her.

Please pray for all of us, as I will be praying for all of you!

Dee--I hope everything goes well for the little one.

Glad to hear from you, Maria. When you didn't show up for chat, we knew something must be happening, lol. !!

As I seat here in the hospital, with my grandmother just returned from surgery.... I just wanted to keep you all updated and to check in on everyone else.

My Mama Lizzy just had a schunt (sorry about spelling) put in to drain her lung and will have another one put in on Monday. These are meant to elivate her breathing problems and make her more comfortable.

I have three days left with my old job and then two days off to hopefully spend in the garden and not the hospital. So I don't know how often I will be online after this week is over.

Maria, I'm glad that they found the problems with your MIL before something really bad happened. I know that your stress will increase before this is all over. I will pray that you and your family will find a way to relieve each other so that not one or two people are shouldering all the responsiblity. The problem my family is having is that we all want to be here.

So... my thoughts and prayers are with everyone, even if I am not here.

My son's surgery went fine. He is at his Dad's house and experiencing relatively little pain. His biggest dilemma is that the hand he broke is the one that has the thumb which he sucks on it! With the splint he was able to still suck his thumb (although it looked hilarious) but with the cast he is not! Might be time to quit! He is also no longer able to play playstation or game boy, which he had managed to manuever with the splint. On the up side, he can get his cast signed now, for which he is very happy!

Dee

Good news Dee! Mary Cathryn was in a cast for 6 weeks over Xmas. I am so glad it was winter rather than now. Even though she had her wrist cast changed every 2 weeks -it stunk. We spent the extra for the waterproof so she could ski after the holidays and that one was the worst. I can't image how it ripe they would be now with the high humidity and 88* weather here.

Too bad about the thunb. Truly necessity is the mother of invention!
M

MIL went through her surgery with flying colors! Her doctors were so pleased with her progress that they let her come home last night. She is so happy to be out of the hospital. :)

Thanks everyone for the good wishes and prayers! We really appreciate them.

I'm glad she's doing so well, Maria!

Sad news..
 

I only know the bare news but I wanted to pass this on.

Angela, the other GTau Co-Chapter Advisor, received horrible news last night that her young brother passed away suddenly last night. I think he was around 24.

Please keep Angela and her family in your prayers.

Oh my God, that is horrible news. I will be praying for her and her family. It is always a tragedy when you lose someone so young. :(

I went to visitation for Angela's brother Jay. Angela was so touched her AGD sisters showed up..where else would we be.

She was also amazed with how many friends Jay had that she hadn't known about He seemed like he was a very special person.

Another quick post, lol.

Just learned that GTau's Rec. Advisor (Theta Delta alumna) has moved her Oct wedding up to this weekend in Hilton Head. New hubby has volunteered to go to Iraq!

Thoughts, prayers and congratulations to Katie (although she probably doesn't read GC, lol).