What Did You Do Today?

[gja1000]

Yep Betsi, I bet you have a great time.

We had a busy time here at the hospital this morning. They took Gary to another floor to a shower room with a chair. It's the first time he had been out of bed since last Fri, so he was very weak, but he did really good. He was able to transfer from bed to wheelchair and then when we got to the shower room, there was a toilet inside, so he sat on the toilet and had a bowel movement (he's been on the bedpan since last Fri -wouldn't he just DIE if he knew I told you that. LOL!). Then he transferred to the shower chair, did his shower himself, and then transferred back to the wheelchair. Needless to say, he is passed out asleep back in his room now, but he sure feels a lot better after a good shower and head scrubbing.

His procedure to place the catheter is at 3:00 and they will do dialysis after that. He will have to stay in ICU at least till tomorrow, and maybe till Fri. It just depends how he does with dialysis. The plan is to have cardiac rehab get him up and around tomorrow and through the weekend and then get him out of the hospital the first of next week. His cardiologist would like him to go to a rehab center for a week of rehab, but he probably won't go for that. We'll see.

[Lindsey]

Diana, there was mayonnaise on the sandwich. The meat was cooked well (I checked that with my first bite!) so it must have been the mayonnaise. I don't even like mayo and I normally order things without it if I know it comes with it! But I didn't know, because I never eat at Burger King.

Luckily my face was all that burned! I was wearing a hoodie with the hood up , and sunglasses on. I do have a sunglass tan now! You can't see it too badly when I wear makeup so it should be easy to keep covered until it evens out lol! Luckily there was no tan on my neck or my hands lol! The rest of me was well covered in a bunch of other sweaters, and a sleeping Kash It was his first boat ride!

Gayle, what sort of rehab would Gary do in a rehab centre? Would it be just to get him up and moving?

[gja1000]

Whew! Lindsey, I'm glad your tan is easily managed! I know you will be spectacularly beautiful, no matter what.

The rehab will just be to get him stronger, just walking, showering and the like. He had not been doing much of anything for a few weeks before he came into the hospital so he is very debilitated now. He just needs to get his strength back.

[2tiredmom]

Gayle, I hope Gary is doing better tonight. That has to be hard on you too.
I am keeping you all in my prayers.

[gja1000]

He is doing better tonight. They pulled off a lot of fluid from the dialysis so he should feel better soon. He had some trouble breathing this evening, but I think that is resolved.

[DianaB]

That's good to hear. I'm sure Gary feels better with the fluid off. I hope that he's able to get his strength back quickly and get back home. I'm sure he's very weak after being in bed for several days.

Gayle, make sure you're taking care of yourself. Start drinking some Ensure and carry some granola bars or something like that with you. Thanks so much for the updates on Gary. Just remember that Gayle is important too!!!


We had our last Alley with the kids tonight. It's our last for a couple of months. We went to a park and played the Mass Organized Chaos game!! It's so crazy!! Everyone has a card that tells them something to do......like find three friends and play leapfrog.......or pretend to make a phone call with your shoe......or get shaving cream on you and give someone a hug!! There's lots of shaving cream, water, bananas, and other things!! Even the adults are part of the game so......yes, I ended up with shaving cream all over.....I did miss out on the water part because I was in charge of the camera......taking a video of what was going on and also the kids had to come to me and act like a monkey while eating a banana!! It was a perfect evening for doing it and I had a blast!!

[Janet]

So glad Gary is feeling better and they got so much fluid off. Has anyone from PT been in to exercise his arms and legs? Praying for you both and wish I could be there with you.

Diana...you always have so much fun doing the craziest things with the kids. I don't think I've been anywhere even as a kid that did what you all do. I'm glad you have such a great time.

[gja1000]

Hi All! Gary is making progress! He got up in the chair for about an hour and a half. He was really tired but he did good. They got off another 2 liters today. His abdomen is still pretty distended, but it should go down in time. He gets his IV stopped tomorrow and gets to move to a regular room.

Yes Janet cardiac came by today and gave him some chair exercises to do. They will probably get him up to walk tomorrow. He's finally making progress!

[Janet]

Yay!! I'm so glad! Doing the chair exercises will help build him up. Mom would always refuse unless I was with her and made her do them.

[DianaB]

Janet, we do have fun!! Glen and I have both tried to be fun when we were raising our kids and now it's our kids who are fun.......and we tag along. The game we played is just that Chaos!!! There's nothing like having a kid come up with shaving cream all over him and he wants a hug!!! Cool!!

Also, in the Alley skit I played an old woman who continually was harassed by some young kids. I loved it!! On the last skit I took three other older women (my Mom was one) and we got the skit kits back with silly string, wet toilet paper balls, and a squirt gun.....that had LOTS of water (I had that one!!) The kids loved it and we got them as well!!

Karley and Kiley go to Wichita tonight to run one of their races. Glen and I aren't going. I would love to but Glen's busy working and we have other things going on.

I worked on the hosta beds yesterday and was so sore that I didn't sleep well last night and took ibuprophen first thing this morning. In a little while I'm going to Jaci's and we're going to plant a few hostas in her yard. She's really gotten into flowers and planting things. I'm planning on spending some of the day at her house.

[Janet]

I went to the pee dr. this morning and they did this test where they fill my bladder up and make me cough to see about leakage. Looks like I have to have that mesh thing put in to hold my bladder up. Not really looking forward to it. Once the dr. gets the results then they will call me with the details.

I have to go to a funeral viewing this evening. Our neighbor (my husband's life long friend), his father passed away. I knew him very well and it is just going to be so sad there. His birthday was the day before mine so I always remembered it. He was a very nice man.

[DianaB]

Janet, I have some mesh in me. After Jaci was born I had my tubes tied and a few months later I developed a hernia......after a year it came back......it was soooo painful!! Anyway, the doctor put mesh in so it wouldn't happen again. I don't have any problems with it.

[Janet]

Sorry you had to have it done, but it's great you've not experienced any problems. I know I will have it done, this peeing everytime I turn around is getting old. I want to be normal again....well for me anyway...lol.

Yesterday I had such a great time. I drove up to Logansport (about 30-35 minute drive) to my friend Diane's house. From there we went to Kokomo shopping. She is getting ready to go on vacation next month and her son is getting married in September and she was wanting some new clothes. I'm surprised she didn't fall exhausted on the floor. We went to quite a few stores and she tried on soooooooo many clothes. We just had a really great time. We also went out to lunch at the Outback. I really screwed up too...I ate almost a whole bloomin onion myself, ate my tilapia and veggies and drank a really cold beer. I felt fine the rest of the day, but boy this morning.....I feel so stuffed. Don't know why I do that. Seems like if I'm going to pay to go out and eat...I get what I want and suffer later. I'm learning that this feeling is not of my liking and it's just not worth it in the end. I had finally broke 240 and weighed 239, now...I'm back up to 242...what a dummy I was. Hopefully I will remember how I feel this morning and not let that happen again.

[Lindsey]

I had such a busy weekend!

On Saturday we got the flower girls measured for their dresses, and did tons of shopping! We had them help us pick out some kid toys at the dollar store for some kids' activity baskets at the wedding We got little plastic maracas, feather boas, animal masks, some coloring books and crayons, and we have some glow bracelets at home for them too!

After we dropped the kids off at home, we went to the mall for some power shopping lol! We had two hours on the parking meter and managed to get gifts for the bridesmaids, flower girls, groomsmen, a little tux for our ring bearer, and a gift for another friend's wedding in a couple of weeks!

Then we stopped at a spa for another set of gifts for our MC's (two female friends of ours, about my age)

There was one more stop for our wedding cake topper and thank-you cards for my bridal shower, and then we decided we had another hour to spare, so we test drove some vehicles We were not interested in the Buick Enclave anymore but the salesman had one at a "great price" so we gave it a try. We still love the ride but are unsure about the issues!!! We also test drove a Ford Edge which was more comfortable for me because I feel like the Enclave is gigantic! I'd be more comfortable in the Edge to drive in the city for sure. But at almost the same price, the Enclave has so much more room and luxury. So we'll keep thinking about it!

On Sunday I went through all my shower gifts finally! I wrote all of the thank-you's which took a couple of hours because I tried to make each one personal. It's tough when you're writing 30 of them one after the other! Anyways, then I washed all of the kitchen items and put all of the new towels in the wash. Scott and I spent the evening going through the kitchen, rearranging, and taking out old stuff to throw out or put in next year's garage sale, to make room for all the new stuff!!

[DianaB]

I'm proud of you, Lindsey, for taking the time to send thank you notes. It's something that is dying out here. Personally I think that it's a very appropriate thing to do so Good for You!!!

It sure sounds like things are coming along rather quickly!! The wedding will be here before you know it!!

Yesterday afternoon Amy and Dae Lynn planned an afternoon at the river. So they went with the kids, Feyn went with Elijah, and Glen and I went. I went late because I ended up taking a nap with the house being empty!! They swam and cooked foil packs in the coals.....plus smores!! Yum!! It was so nice outside!!

Today, I went and took flowers to the cemetery. I have my Dad, and both sets of grandparents at our city cemetery. It's so hard to believe that they've been gone as long as they have. I miss them all so much and I wish that they could all see the kids and grandkids and how we're doing. I had the greatest grandparents except for one grandpa that I really had no respect for and don't miss. I also have a baby that I miscarried before I had Jaci and it's buried at the old farm house so I also took flowers there. Glen went with me to the cemetery where his parents and grandparents are buried. They had just set a headstone for his parents that looked really nice.

Dae Lynn's with Damon so I have the whole house to myself!! I'm working on laundry.......and in a little bit Reuger's getting a haircut!! I gave Jazzi one on Saturday and she doesn't even look like herself!! I cut her short because she was so matted. Everything was catching in her hair and was making it a mess. I've got a dress on her today and she looks so cute......like a girl again!!

Glen and I went out to eat on Saturday evening at our favorite steakhouse. Our 38th anniversary is on June 1st and since we were dressed up (we went to a wedding) we decided to just go ahead and celebrate. The steaks were yummy!! And then we went to Wal-mart (you always go to Wal-mart if there's one nearby!!!). Oh.....and then we went to Cherry Berry!!! It's an ice cream store!! So good!!! Today......it's back on the diet!!!!