Updates:

• Nanny is doing well. She saw her surgeon for another follow-up last week though, and he says her sinuses aren't as open as he'd like. She has to continue the flushing twice a day and go back in a few weeks. He may have to redo part of the surgery. Please please pray that's not the case.
• Kaitlyn is doing ok. Here is an excerpt from Carley's post on Sunday:

"Everything is going good although, she’s still vomiting quite a bit. We still have no idea when they may do the nissen. The GI surgeon decided not to come back Friday to let me know anything. So very nice of him, huh? So this weekend I’ve been playing the waiting game….I should be used to it by now but I’m not. It’s driving me nuts. She could be home right now, if it weren’t for that. The ICU dr. said today that he’s going to push the GI dr. to do the surgery Mon. or Tues. Hoping and praying that it gets done."

• Carley, Josh, & Kaitlyn still need your prayers though. Kaitlyn has a long way to go, plus they are moving from Louisiana here to Texas in the next few weeks. It'll be a big move, especially with all of Kaitlyn's machines and stuff, so please pray it goes smoothly.
• Randy & I re-established a relationship with his mom, stepdad, and sisters on Mother's Day. It was awesome! God really answered our prayers and the visit went well. So well, in fact, that we spent 5 1/2 hrs there! :-) I'm so happy to have gotten over the slump [caused by what I can only describe is Satan being allowed to get the upper hand.] Thank you Lord for your blessings!
• Please pray for Katy. My baby sister is growing up. She'll be applying for her very first job tomorrow I believe. Pray that God's will, will be done.
• Pray also for Katy as she starts her blood pressure medicine. She's too young to have high blood pressure [in my opinion 20 yrs old is too young] but pray that she won't have any side effects and that the medicine does it's job.
• My last update/prayer request is for me. I have a kidney stone(s) that has been giving me trouble lately. My doctor referred me for a cat scan to see how many there are, how big they are, and where they are located. I was supposed to have the scan done today, but I spoke with the office yesterday and apparently my insurance requires me to pay a $1500 deductible before they'll cover the scan, then they only pay 80% after that. In other words, I'm looking at at least $4500 out of pocket for just the cat scan. I had to cancel, of course. I don't have near that much money just lying around. Even if I did I wouldn't spend that much on a cat scan. It's ridiculous. Please just pray that God will allow me to pass these stones and I won't have anymore trouble. :)

Thanks so much to those of you who read [I know it's just people here & there who pass by.] Your prayers are appreciated!

Please pray for my dear friend Carley's baby girl Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn was born October 4 with tetralogy of fallot, a congenital heart condition. She's already spent most of her short life in the hospital and undergone surgeries. She now has double pneumonia and her heart stopped for 27 minutes yesterday. The doctors were able to restart her heart, but they don't know what inititally caused it to stop and if she will make it. Please please pray for this sweet baby girl. Pray for wisdom for the doctors, and peace for her parents.

Thank you!

I'm in a good mood today. :) We went to the Rangers game last night. Now I know, I know the Rangers aren't doing so well this season. Heck, they haven't done very well the past few seasons, but I still love em. They're my boys..even if they did get rid of Mark Texeira. Anyways, my boss gave me a voucher last week to get four free tickets to any game in April, so Randy, me, Katy, and Ryan went last night and the seats were awesome! We were right at left field, in the bottom section. We lost, but we still had a blast. I'll post pictures below.

My eye is feeling much better. Thankfully it wasn't anything serious, just overuse of my contacts resulting in symptoms of an infection, but nothing a little antibiotic drops won't fix. Thank you all for your prayers.

I also want to thank each of you who've checked up on Nanny and who've been praying for her. It is because of your prayers and God's amazing grace that her surgery went so well and her recovery is going even better. She hasn't once complained of pain since the surgery! The only discomfort she's had is congestion, which the surgeon said is normal. She hasn't had any bruising at all and she's already up walking around and can't wait to be able to clean house and get back to normal. She goes for a follow-up with the surgeon tomorrow morning so pray that he gives her a clean bill of health.

Have a fabulous day!

It's been a while...

I hardly ever post on here and I need to get better at doing it. :P

Life has been busy. I went from part-time to full-time at my job [a total blessing from God] so that takes up alot of time I used to have for blogging. Hopefully I'll start again soon and keep up with it this time.

I have a special prayer request. My Nanny [maternal grandmother, but more like a second mom] is having surgery on her sinuses tomorrow. It's a routine-type surgery, but surgery is always scary, so please pray for steady hands for the surgeon, that the surgery will be successful, and that she'll have a smooth and speedy recovery. :) She's literally one of the very most [do those even go together?] important people in my life. I love her more than anything in this world. :) I'll try and remember to update after the surgery.

It's been a while...

Well, really only a few weeks, but life has been busy. :-)

I turned 25 Monday. A quarter-century old. Lol. I had a great birthday and was very excited to have my aunt Tammy in town for the weekend and throughout the day on my birthday. We are very close and don't see each other as often as I'd like so I love that she was able to spend my special day with me. We shopped all day and then had a nice family dinner before opening presents and having ice cream. Yum. God is good for allowing me another year on this earth. I am so grateful for each day I'm able to wake up and walk, talk, see, hear, etc on my own. Each is a blessing and I try not to take any of it for granted.

Special Prayer Requests today:
-Don Casey [my dear friend Annelee's father] is in heart and renal failure. He was taken to the ER last night because his BP was 207/106 and he was dizzy and having chest pains. They're running many tests right now and doing a heart catheterization today.
-Gwyneth Lawrenson - possible infection/some fluid in lungs -- please pray for NO infection and quick relief for this sweet little miracle.

I don't really have much else to update on. I think the biggest prayers right now should be for our country's leaders and also for each of us Americans for wisdom in the upcoming election. Our country is facing some big issues and BIG changes throughout the rest of this year.

Until next time...

Good morning! =]

Congrats to my good friend Melissa on the birth of her first baby Liam!!

So, I went to the doctor this morning because I've been having these pretty severe episodes of chest pains near my heart. My EKG was normal, but he says that only shows what's going on with my heart for that short period of time, so he has me hooked up to a holter/halter (something like that) monitor for 24 hours to monitor my heart. Hopefully this will give us some idea of why I'm having these "attacks" of chest pains near my heart. He says it's very possible that my heartbeat is irregular. Also, he's referred me to a specialist for my vertigo. Please keep me in prayer that this monitor will tell the doctor what he needs to know and we can do something about these chest pains. =]

Please also keep praying for Tricia as she should be listed any day now.

Get out the tissues...

Words cannot even describe just how much this moved me. I really can't explain it...several minutes later I'm still bawling like a baby. God is so good. So so very good.

Please keep praying very hard for Tricia, Nate, & Gwyneth. Tricia could be back on the transplant list as early as Monday. Wow. You guys God is still very much in the prayer-answering business. What a mighty God we serve.