2009 JANUARY HAPPENINGS

SINCE JANUARY IS ABOUT GONE AND BEFORE THE GREY MATTER TAKES OVER I BEST UPDATE MY BLOG. I WATCHED THE NEW YEAR COME IN ON SEVERAL CONTINENTS AND PENNY WAS TYPING ON MY DAD'S STORY AND OTHER TRIVIA. WE WENT OFF TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN I.F. PENNY STAYED TILL SUNDAY AFTER NEW YEARS LEAVING FOR SALT LAKE ON THE 4TH. ANDRA WAS ON HER WAY BACK FROM ARIZONIA AND I EXPECTED HER LATER IN THE EVENING. PENNY CALLED TO LET ME KNOW THE ROADS WERE MOSTLY GOOD AND SHE ARRIVED HOME SAFELY. ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FOR ME. ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AFTER SHE CALLED I HEARD THE FRONT DOOR OPEN AND ANDRA WAS HOME SAFELY. WHAT A RELIEF TO HAVE TWO OF MY LOVED ONES AS TRAVELERS ARRIVE SAFLEY.

ON THE SIXTH I HAD THAT MOLAR PULLED FROM MY HEAD AND RECOVERED FROM THAT IN GOOD SHAPE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE BUT I HAD SEVERE PAIN THROUGH MY LOWER EXTREMETY'S AND A HARD TIME WITH GETTING RID OF URINE THEN IT FELT LIKE A PASSED A STONE AND ALL WOULD BE WELL. I HAD SOME BLOODY URINE FOR WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN ON THE 17TH I WAS SO MISERABLE ACHED EVERY WHERE AND ANDRA WAS AT LANIES AND CALLED ME TO SEE HOW I WAS. SHE ASK IF SHE SHOULD HAVE CLAY GIVE ME A BLESSING SO HE CAME DID THEN LOADED ME UP AND TOOK ME TO WHAT USED TO BE COMMUNITY CARE [NOW URGENT CARE]. THE DR. PUT ME ON A SULFA DRUG SAID IF NOT BETTER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS COME BACK. ON MONDAY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY I WENT BACK STILL HAD BLOOD AND WAS STILL SO MISERABLE AND ACHING THAT WHEN THE DR.[A DIFFERENT ONE] CAME IN HE SAID I NEEDED TO BE ON SOMTHING STRONGER SO HE CHANGED IT. ALL THIS TIME I WAS NOT WANTING TO EAT IF YOU CAN IMAGINE. AFTER THE FIRST 24 HOURS ON THE SECOND SULFA DRUG I STARTED FEELING LIKE THINGS WERE GETTING BETTER. THEN EARLY ONE MORNING I WOKE UP WITH A WET BED FROM THE PERSPIRATION EVEN MY HAIR WAS WET. I THEN FINALLY STARTED FELLING BETTER TOOK MY MEDS AND FINALLY FELT LIKE FOOD AGAIN. HAVE BEEN DOING WELL SINCE I THINK..

TODAY I SAW MY DR. AND ASK IF HE GOT A REPORT ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME AND WHEN I TOLD HIM MY STORY AND THAT I WAS PERSPIRING SO HEAVY HE JUST LOOKED AT ME SHOOK HIS HEAD AND THEN SAID 'DONNA YOU HAD MORE THAN A URINE INFECTION IT WAS IN YOUR BLOOD STREAM.' NEEDLESS TO SAY HIS NURSE TOOK LOTS OF BLOOD I THINK 6 TUBES THEN I GOT A URINE SPEC. FOR JUST IN CASE.

HAVEN'T HEARD YET BUT THEY WILL CALL WHEN THE LAB GETS THE RESULTS BACK.

I DID GET TO GO TO THE OVER 60'S PARTY AT THE CHRCH THIS MONTH SINCE WE ADDED SO MANY MORE SWEET SISTERS FROM THE CONDO'S BEHIND US. THIRSA PICKED ME UP FOR THAT AND FOR THE WARD DINNER. THE HIGH PRIESTS DID THAT ONE AND WE HAD BAKED SPUDS WITH LOTS OF TRIMMINGS. OUR OVER 60'S WAS POT LUCK AND SO MUCH GOOD FOOD. HAPPY WAS WELL ENOUGH TO ENJOY IT ALL BEFORE GETTING SICK.

WAS HAPPY TO SEE BRIELLE AND BRADEN PLAYING IN THE SNOW. I'VE HAD SO MUCH GOOD HELP KEEPING ME DUG OUT THIS WINTER. DEDRIE, LANIE AND ANDRA, ANDRA ALONE A FEW TIMES. HOW BLESSED TO HAVE DEAR ONES WILLING TO DIG IN. ONE MORNING I WS DIGGING A TRAIL TO THE MAIL BOX AND A YOUNG MAN STOPPED AND FINISHED THAT AND CLEANED TO MY FRONT DOOR. HE'D HAVE DONE MORE BUT WAS ON LUNCH BREAK. HE DID OFFER TO DO MORE BUT WHEN I FOUND HE WAS ON HIS LUNCH VBREAK I COULDN'T ASK MORE.

KARA AND LANIE AND MY GOOD NEIGHBOR STEVE WHEN HE'S ABLE AND HOME. I STILL MARVEL AT HOW BLESSED I'VE BEEN HAVING SUCH GOOD NEIGHBORS AND DEAR FRIENDS AND OF COURSE FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN SO WILLING.

I'VE BEEN TO LUNCH WITH CLAY A FEW TIMES WHEN I'VE FELT LIKE IT AND RYAN AND KARA TOOK ME TO CANTON THE OTHER EVENING. I'M NOT ANXIOUS TO HAVE THEM LEAVE IN A VERY SHORT TIME BUT KNOW THEY NEED TO GO AND GET THEIR EDUCATION AS ALL HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING.

THE MONITOR WOULDN'T COME ON MON. EVENING LANIE CHECKED SAID THERE WASN'T ANY POWER GETTING THROUGH. SO CLAY AND JIM CAME AND CHECKED IT OUT. THE SURGE PROTECTOR HAD DIED. SO OFF TO BEST BUY AND A NEW ONE PLUS I GOT A BACK UP FOR THE STUFF ON THE COMPUTER I WANT TO SAVE. THERE IS ONE OTHER THING NEEDS INSTALLED BUT THE DVD WAS CRACKED SO THEY TOOK IT BACK AND WILL INSTALL THAT ANOTHER TIME.

MONDAY I GOT A CALL FROM LEVI SAUREY AND HE WANTED TO KNOW IF HE COULD DROP LORI OFF FOR THE DAY. SUNDAY EVENING SHE STARTED INTO LABOR SO THEY CAME DOWN TO BE CLOSE TO THE NICU JUST IN CASE. SHE GOT A SHOT MONITORED ALL NIGHT AND FINALLY THE CONTRACTIONS STOPPED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE. LEVI HAD A CLASS DOWN HERE SO HE ASK TO LEAVE HER HERE WHILE HE WENT TO CLASS. I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HER CARE. SHE SEES SOME DR.S THAT COME FROM SALT LAKE ONCE A WEEK AND MONITOR THESE FOLKS. I THINK SHE'S SEEN THEM TWICE AT 800 BUCKS PER VISIT. SHE IS 32 WEEKS AND SAID SHE SAW SOME THIRTY TWO WEEK BABY'S OVER HERE IN THE NICU AND DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE THEIRS RIGHT AWAY. SHE WENT TO THE DR'S OFFICE WHEN THEY LEFT HERE FOR ANOTHER SHOT AND A PRESCRIPTION SHE WILL TAKE TWICE A DAY TO CONTROL HER LABOR WE ALL HOPE FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS.

MY DR.S NEW NURSE EXPECTS TWIN GIRLS IN MAY SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID SHE'D BE SEEING THE 800 DOLLAR DOCTORS SOON. LORI TOLD ME TO TELL SCOTT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SPECIALTY FOR HIM TO GET INTO.

WELL UNTIL NEXT BLOG TIME .