I found this on my cousin Kristal's blog...pretty sweet...check it out.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/5127/
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
WOO HOO!!
I don't like the Simpsons, but I love the saying WOO HOO! One more class down...2 more to go! WOO HOO! 12 more weeks baby!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
President Gordon B. Hinckley, one of my hereos
I love President Hinckley! He's been a prophet for a majority of my teenage/adult life, the one I have remembered the most. He is and will be such a positive influence in my life. He will be greatly missed, but I know what he is having the best time in Heaven being with his wife and family again.
This is taken from the LDS.org website :)
SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008 President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from cause’s incident to age. Member of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.
SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008 President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from cause’s incident to age. Member of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.
Friday, January 25, 2008
He's home!
Yea! My dad is home! It's nice to have him home...but we still have a long ways to go. At least 6 weeks he has to get a daily IV of antibiotics. Twice a week he gets physical therapy (thankfully they come to the house), and once a week a visit by a home nurse to take blood samples to track the infection. He's doing a lot better! This week some of has have taken turns of taking off work to be with him all day. Wednesday it was my mom's turn, then yesterday my Granny came and stayed with him, and today it's my turn. I get to play nurse! We are very grateful for everyone's prayers and support! And he walked up the ramp that we built! WOO HOO! I took pictures, but they are on my mom's camera...so we documented his first steps :) Anyway, thank you all again!
On a side note...I guess he broke the record at that hospital. He was the patient who has stayed the longest (10 days) :) Hee hee!
On a side note...I guess he broke the record at that hospital. He was the patient who has stayed the longest (10 days) :) Hee hee!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Getting ready for Dad to come home!
Corey and I mixing the concrete
Stir!!!
Digging the holes (this is where we kept breaking the water lines)
Measuring???
Corey fixing the water line breaks
Platform---attaching to the porch
Michelle and Austin building the ramp
This baby is going to be so secure!
It's starting to look like something!
Pretty good eh??
Nice lookin' ramp! The Halls can think outside the box!
Austin and I stomping the dirt to pack it down to go on the ramp
Test Run #1----up up we go!
Coming down is kind of scary!
Coming down is kind of scary!
Well, we don't know when my dad will be home from the hospital, but Corey, Michelle and Austin came down this weekend to help build a wheelchair ramp for my dad and grandma. My dad won't be able to do much, let alone climb the stairs to get inside my parent's house. Anyway, we had no plans and with all of our input, we were able to conjure up a wheelchair ramp. It took 2 days because of many setbacks (waterlines busting) but we got it done! I think it looks pretty good and very sturdy! We even did some test runs to make sure it will hold us :) Can't wait for my dad to get back...but here are some pictures of it :)
Friday, January 18, 2008
My Dad
Just to let you all know...I think I have to learn a little humility and ask for some help...a little :) My dad has been in the hospital for a week with a very bad infection called MRSA (I think). He had knee surgery right before Christmas and everything was great. He has had this many times, they scope out of the arthritis, and the recovery time is pretty quick. He said that he has felt the best as he has in a very long time.
Anyway, about a week and half ago, he tripped over a box and landed on his knee, and it was so swollen! He couldn't walk. Wednesday (over a week ago) my mom took him to the doctor and he said it was a really bad bone bruise. Anyway, two days later, he couldn't walk and wasn't feeling good, thankfully the doctor's office said to get him there right away. My mom took him to the hospital where he had the knee surgery. Turns out he is full of infection, and it has got into his blood stream. It is so bad! People have to wear gowns and put on gloves, they changed his trash bags to the hazardous red ones! Then anything that goes in his room can't come out because of the contamination. He was in horrible pain, swollen, and can't really walk.
He has to get antibiotics 4 hours (2 times) a day of a very strong antibiotic, that is only done through an IV. Anyway...it's a terrible disease and very contagious. We are very scared...but things are starting to look a little better. He's still in the hospital, but we are hoping to get him home in the next couple of days.
He now has a pick line where a home nurse will have to come 2 times a day to give him the IV, and that's crazy in itself. He has this port thing that could also become infected or cause blood clots if it's not taken care of properly.
Tonight, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew are on their way down, and we are going to build a wheelchair ramp so we can get my dad in and out of the house. He won't be going to work for about 6 months to a year (short term disability will kick in soon)....so it's going to be a major life adjustment for us. It's been a rough week because he's clear over in Chandler, and we live about 40 minuets away (one-way)...so my mom and I are exhausted!
Anyway, back to the humility part...we need your prayers that all will go well and he can heal quickly. We just heard today that if they don't catch this disease within the first 25 hours of having it, the survival rate is 25%. Crazy! And my Aunt Vern Lee just told us that her husband had this disease and was a main reason how he passed away.
Well, sorry for the long post...I needed to get it out there because we need help from our Heavenly Father because we love my dad very much and we need him home :)
Anyway, about a week and half ago, he tripped over a box and landed on his knee, and it was so swollen! He couldn't walk. Wednesday (over a week ago) my mom took him to the doctor and he said it was a really bad bone bruise. Anyway, two days later, he couldn't walk and wasn't feeling good, thankfully the doctor's office said to get him there right away. My mom took him to the hospital where he had the knee surgery. Turns out he is full of infection, and it has got into his blood stream. It is so bad! People have to wear gowns and put on gloves, they changed his trash bags to the hazardous red ones! Then anything that goes in his room can't come out because of the contamination. He was in horrible pain, swollen, and can't really walk.
He has to get antibiotics 4 hours (2 times) a day of a very strong antibiotic, that is only done through an IV. Anyway...it's a terrible disease and very contagious. We are very scared...but things are starting to look a little better. He's still in the hospital, but we are hoping to get him home in the next couple of days.
He now has a pick line where a home nurse will have to come 2 times a day to give him the IV, and that's crazy in itself. He has this port thing that could also become infected or cause blood clots if it's not taken care of properly.
Tonight, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew are on their way down, and we are going to build a wheelchair ramp so we can get my dad in and out of the house. He won't be going to work for about 6 months to a year (short term disability will kick in soon)....so it's going to be a major life adjustment for us. It's been a rough week because he's clear over in Chandler, and we live about 40 minuets away (one-way)...so my mom and I are exhausted!
Anyway, back to the humility part...we need your prayers that all will go well and he can heal quickly. We just heard today that if they don't catch this disease within the first 25 hours of having it, the survival rate is 25%. Crazy! And my Aunt Vern Lee just told us that her husband had this disease and was a main reason how he passed away.
Well, sorry for the long post...I needed to get it out there because we need help from our Heavenly Father because we love my dad very much and we need him home :)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I'm a survivor!!!!
Thank you everyone for letting me know I wasn't over dramatic! :) I actually was brave and spent last night here at my house, and slept very well, until 3:45 when my alarm went off! Next time for sure I'm calling the cops! No way am I going to let that happen again! Thank you for all your comments! I loved them! I'm still a little scared, but I'm a survivor! :)
Sleep tight...don't let the bed bugs bite!
One more work day and then it's the weekend! WOO HOO!
Sleep tight...don't let the bed bugs bite!
One more work day and then it's the weekend! WOO HOO!
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