Ok, so I'm a looo-hoooo-ser!

I feel like I've not posted in soooo long! Oh, wait...I haven't! I got sick last week...still coughing and junk like that, but feeling much better than I did on Thursday and Friday! That's basically all I've been up to since then. Cough...sneeze...blow the nose...repeat.

I didn't get a chance until now to say HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SWEETHEART!!!! Sunday (12th) was our anniversary. We've been married for 6 whole years! It's crazy how it really doesn't seem that long, but I can't really truly remember life without him! I love you Baby!

I also didn't say last Wednesday (8th) when I posted Happy Birthday Tiff! We miss you and love you so much! See you on the flip side!

This pregnancy thing with all the fatigue and forgetfulness is killing me! I have forgotten to do so many things in the last few weeks...I'm starting to make myself little notes and put them where I'll remember them. Can I tell you...it still doesn't seem real? I'm now in week 11 (according to what my dates say) and I'm almost out of the first trimester! I don't think it'll really seem real until I start feeling the baby move. I don't want to use a Doppler to listen to the baby's heartbeat because it's just a strong ultrasound machine. And I've already talked about my feelings on ultrasounds. So, I want to use a fetoscope (fetal stethoscope), but my midwife says that I'll have to supply my own because they don't own one! So, I've got to see if I can hunt one down. Maybe if I hear the heartbeat it'll seem real, but they also say that sometimes you can't hear the heartbeat with a fetoscope until week 16-18. So, I don't know...

I've got to say to the Muffin: I knew you'd pull through it! Once you got into the swing of things, you'd get your mind off of being homesick and really see the newness of it all. Keep pushin' for your goals, it'll all pass by so quickly and you won't want to leave when the time comes. Love ya girl!

Ok, my list of things to do today:
1) Get off here so I can get my list done.
2) Weed the watermelon plants in the garden. They need it badly if we're going to want melons!
3) Take a package to the B-burg post office.
4) Empty and fill the dishwasher
5) Strip and re-make the bed.
6) Get some laundry done!
7) Try...do try to straighten up the living room today.
If I get all of these things done today, it'll be more than I've been able to accomplish in the last couple weeks altogether! Between the sickness that I currently have and the fatigue that pregnancy has gotten me down to take a nap (long nap) in the middle of the day every day, I've really been a horrible housewife. I'm sorry Superhubby! You've been so understanding. I love you!

Tiffany...

Tiff passed away on Tuesday around 4pm. We praise God that she received the ULTIMATE healing and God got the victory and all the glory! Please, all of you...don't be mad at God. We're not. We know where she is. I'm sad that I only got to spend the time that I did with her, I wished that time could have been saved...but I'm happy for the memories that we had. Yes...it's going to be tough...it already has been. But God is our strength when we are weak, our comfort, peace and strong tower when things aren't going our way. Please join us at the viewing and funeral. All of the info is on http://www.mvacc.org If you're across the country or world, you can leave us messages at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com Thank you for all your prayers and support! You are all such wonderful people!

Not out of the woods yet...

Blood pressure: too low
heart rate: normal (high end)
oxygen level: 100%
right lung: collapsed twice
heart: fluid drained, catheter in place

going to get food, more later...

Cool things I found out today...

Ok, so mom-in-law tells me today that she asked sis-in-law during the 5-6 visiting hours if she remembers Bro. Sciscoe coming in and praying for her today. She nodded her head. M-I-L asked, "Do you know that there are angels in this room?" She nodded her head. M-I-L asked, "Do you see them?" SHE NODDED HER HEAD! M-I-L feels so much more comfortable leaving her at night now because she's not alone! We knew God was there, but it was just a confirmation to hear it straight from her.
The nurses and doctors keep saying that sis-in-law's mid section is filled with "tumors"...we haven't had ANY confirmation that these "tumors" are lymphoma. They can't do a biopsy because of her weakened state. But IF they are "tumors"...God is our HEALER. So, anyways...the nurses insist that she should be in excruciating pain and she keeps telling them that she's not in pain at all. God is good!
Her heart rate and blood pressure went up quite a bit while we were visiting during the 5-6:00 hour, but I'm sure it was because of all of the family members that came in that she hasn't seen in quite some time. We all only had an hour to see her and we could only be back there 2 at a time. She is also worried about how this is affecting us all. Her aunt left her room sobbing and I think because she so worried is why she was so "bad" this afternoon. We stopped going to see her early during that hour because they had lightened up on the sedative and she was very aware of what was going on, so naturally she would be affected by that. She's worried about her family. We left around 7ish because we figured the 9-10:00 hour she really needed the rest. They are going to try and see if they can take off the ventilator again in the morning. She's still at 45% (at least she was at 5:30 today) oxygen. They said that she had an absolutely wonderful afternoon between the 1-2 and 5-6 visiting hours. So we're holding on to God's promise that she is going to have an awesome testimony and ministry through this.
Another cool thing that I heard today was: the first night that she was in KCH, the doctor didn't expect her to live through the night. He came into her room that next morning and checked her ventilator and was absolutely amazed at the progress she had made! The fact that she made it through the first night was a MIRACLE in itself! That would explain why all the hubbub about death and the "end" on Thursday night. He thought she was going to die...but God has a master plan and I believe that she has a GINORMOUS part in it! :) We're clinging to God's promises and God's word that her "health will spring forth speedily". Keep praying and we'd love to see you at the prayer service tomorrow night (see http://www.mvacc.org/) You can also e-mail her at PrayforTiffany@hotmail.com . We will print off all e-mails and read them to her, if you want to send a prayer through e-mail, we will gladly read that to her too...Thanks for all your prayers!
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. - Isaiah 58:8-9

Sis-in-law---PRAY HARD---GOD IS GOOD!

On Thursday early afternoon mom-in-law called me and told me that they were going to take sis-in-law to the ER at KCH because she said that her throat felt like it was closing in on her. So, I followed them to the hospital and they took her in very quickly. I think they felt like they were getting more than they had bargained for. In the ER, they told us that her chest x-ray showed that her lungs were full of infection which they were referring to as pneumonia. They said that her swollen lymph glands were swollen because of this infection. We all rejoiced as they took her up to ICU because we knew that God had made "a way of escape" so to speak. On her way up to ICU, they did a cat scan and a while later the doctor came into the waiting room and shut the door and basically told us that it was the "end" in his words. He said that her lungs were surrounded by swollen lymph glands that were lymphoma. That without treatment, she would have 2 weeks max! With treatment, we may be able to keep her around a little while longer. TALK ABOUT A LET DOWN!!! So, we go from pneumonia to lymphoma! HUGE difference! That night, many people came to see her. We had half the church there and many family members were there too. She has a lot of prayer cover right now. Dawn called all the people that she could think of and asked for prayer, Bro. Specht did the same. LJ put it on the church website (http://www.mvacc.org/) and many, MANY people are praying for her. The entire church campground, our entire church, both of our families, churches all over the country that have a connection with our church and families, people who listen to WNZR, people that my mom used to work with at the Naz, and who knows who else! So, we were faced with making something of a decision Thursday night: 1) give "comfort measures" and just let her have antibiotics to try to get rid of the infection or 2) begin "aggressive treatment" which at the time just consisted of giving her prednesone (sp?) which is a steroid to help shrink the swollen lymph nodes so that she could breathe better. So, we began option #2. When we came back on Friday, she had improved drastically. Thursday night her oxygen on the ventilator was at 60%, when we got there Fri. morning, it was at 50% and as I was reading her scriptures on Friday morning, it was put down to 45%. They had done a chest x-ray again and said that her lungs had greatly improved also. Her white blood count had come down too. So we got a lot of good news Friday morning. On Friday afternoon, they decided that KCH couldn't do much more for her than pump her full of antibiotics and keep her on the ventilator. So, they decided to move her to OSU medical center and we got there at 8:30pm on Friday. They began her oxygen at 55% because of the move, but it's back down to 45% now. We left OSU at 10:30 last night after we got to see her and went home and crashed at 1am until 7 this morning. We headed back down to OSU at 7:30 this morning to make it for the 9:00 visiting hours. When we got here, they said that they were going to go down the ventilator tube and take some samples of the fluid in her lungs but they decided not to do that because she was doing so well. They also did another cat scan and they found that there were "infected lymph nodes" in her stomach area as well. So, essentially they are saying that her whole torso is filled with lymphoma. Now, I know that my God is good and He's a healer and a deliverer! Bro. Sciscoe, came to pray with her earlier today and he said that his church had a prayer meeting this morning. They had focused prayer for her and after that, he felt like God had dispatched angels to her room and that God had the spirit world under control. I know that God is in control of all that is going on and the Enemy doesn't want her to live because he knows that she has a huge ministry and testimony that are going to affect so many people's lives and souls! So, here's what we're going to do. Tomorrow night, at our church, we're going to have a Faith-filled Intercessory Prayer Service for her. Anyone and everyone is invited. My mom is inviting people, mom-in-law is inviting family and friends, it'll be on the church's website, on WNZR and everyone is calling everyone. Please feel free to come! It'll be at our church (see above website) at 6 pm tomorrow night. God's going to do a great work with this!
Currently she is on the 11th floor, 1140, room 1140G (G as in God!). She's allowed to have 2 people in her room at a time over 12 yrs old. The visiting hours are:
5-6 am & pm
9-10 am & pm
1-2 pm
She is not allowed to have flowers in her ICU room, but she can have cards and pictures and things like that. Thank you for your prayers!