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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 7:36:13 AM
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Pengie
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Thanks for all the prayers everyone. Yesterday was nuts. I spent 3 hours at the cardiologist just getting ready for the cath test today. I had more bloodwork and a chest x-ray. This morning before they do the cath they sre doing an ultrasound on the caratid arteries in my neck and one other test which I simply can't remimber just now ,(brain overload). If they find a problem, I will be admitted and we will go from there. Best case is they find nothing and I come home after a very long day. I may need a stint which requires an overnight hospital stay. Then after all that is done the dr ordered a sleep study . Why, I don't know.
I'm trying to stay calm and focus on Jesus. I know He will bring me peace. I just am not very patient and would love to hide my head in the sand.
In the middle of all of this, I am concerned that my daughter will forget her meds and will forget to give Little bit her seizure meds.
I am teaching my daughter how to use the forums so that she can relay info.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 8:04:04 AM
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Jesus, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Most Merciful God, Our Saviour and Redeemer we exalt you oh Lord . . you have been so good to us, granted us mercies and favors beyond what we are even aware of, forgiven us when we have sinned, comforted us when we have hurt, sustained us when we are weak . . . for that we are eternally grateful. I come to you know, Lord, lifting Pengie up in prayer, asking for your divine intervention, healing for her body, her mind, her marriage. Thank you for enabling her to keep her mind focused on you, and for giving her the strength and peace to continue on in such circumstances.
Please, Dear God, sustain her today and throughout the following days as she battles this disease in her body. Give her peace as she goes in to the hospital this morning. Be with the doctors, surgeons, nurses, all those who are seeing to her care; keep their hands steady and their minds focused. Enable them to find the problem, if there is one, and to repair what needs to be repaired today so that no further procedures are necessary.
Be with her family today, Lord . . help her daughter to come to you in prayer, to focus on staying well, taking her meds, and to see to the needs of the pets and the home while Pengie is away so that Pengie can come home to a peaceful, clean home.
We give you all the glory and all the praise . . . in Jesus' most precious, holy name . . Amen.
Pengie, you have so much going on and so much to think about . . I really appreciate that you are finding a way to let us know what is happening if you can't get to a computer. I'll keep you in my prayers today.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 4:49:56 PM
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(((((((PENGIE))))))) I'll continually keep you in my prayers dear sister. I'm so sorry you're having to go through so much right now in your life. But putting our faith and trust in God, assures us of our victories! May all your fears and unanswered questions, be calmed by the Savior's hand!
To Pengie's daughter>>> Hi Sweetie! Let me take this time to assure you that your mom is being lifted up in a streamline of prayer. We'll be praying for you also. Try to be brave and remember to put your trust in the Lord, during this difficult time of your life. I'm gonna do your mom a favor and ask you to try to remember to take your meds. every day. As sick as your mother is, she is more concerned about your health and well being! So, show her how responsible you can be and take this worry off her mind. Be brave, be strong and be of good cheer Sweetie. God is on our side!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 5:28:24 PM
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Zondie, you're so smart! It never occurred to me to say something to encourage Pengie's daughter. I'm praying for you too, Miss Pengie (as opposed to Mr. or Mrs. who are your mom and dad). Please DO remember to take your meds.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 6:23:54 PM
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Thank you for doing that, Zondie . . no, it never occurred to me to do that either. Please know we are holding you all up in prayer, Pengie's Daughter.
Hope to hear from you soon {{{{{{{{{{{{PENGIE}}}}}}}}}}}}
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 11:55:25 PM
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I made it home. I started out at the hospital at 8 AM Thurs and had an untrasound of the arteries in my neck and of my heart. It was explained to my husband an I that part of my heart was not glowing as brightly as the rest, indicating a blockage. This was from the stress test.
They did the cath test and found nothing! My heart is just fine! Whatever blockage that was there is gone now. I don't even need a stint! So, after waiting in recovery I finally came home around 4 PM. I am to do nothing for 2 days and take it easy for a week allowing the artery in my groin to heal. I am convinced that God removed any blockage that was there. Thank you all for your prayers! Now I can focus on the tumor and my kidney function.
I am exhausted after such a long day. I am looking forward to sleeping tonight.
Zondie, Thanks for chatting to my daughter. She mentioned it to me and said it helped her take her meds today.
I really do appreciate everyone's kindness and prayers. You are all blessed friends.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/24/2008 11:59:12 PM
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Oh, my what wonderful news, Pengie!!!!!!!!!!
{{{{{{{{{{{{{PENGIE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}. . . it is so great to hear from you!
Yeah God!!!!! . . . Thank you, Jesus!!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/25/2008 12:01:52 AM
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Wooo Hooo! That's awesome that your heart is fine (said that already over in my thread) AND that Zondie's post helped your daughter remember to take her meds. Wow!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/25/2008 6:39:06 AM
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Morning Leah!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/25/2008 8:40:19 AM
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Morning Denny!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/25/2008 8:51:26 AM
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Thanks again for all your prayers everyone. I slept so peacefully last night. I am convinced it was all the prayers that removed that heart blockage. You are all so special to me. God bless each one of you.
God is so awesome!
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/25/2008 1:45:44 PM
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Zondie, I don't think I see you in any other thread but this one but reading your very few posts in the last 24 hours tells me a lot about who you are. I think I like you. You are so thoughtful and considerate of Pengie's daughter even though you've had no interaction with her at all. And the things you thought to say in your last post! God has given you a gift. Not sure how to define it but I hope you're using it lots.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/27/2008 4:57:49 PM
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Thank-you for the kind words Maggie & Pengie. I just love God so much that, I want everybody I get acquainted with, to experience His great love and mercy. And the only way to realize His love for us, is to have a personal relationship with Him! (After all, we all NEED Jesus! Right?) I try to treat everybody the way I want to be treated. And in order for me to try to understand other people's problems; I ask myself how I would feel if I were in the same circumstances that they're in. (That also helps me to pray for them more sincerely). I'm human too though, and I make my share of mistakes. But thank God I have an advocate with the Father! So if it's a gift...then it's through loving people as close as I can, the way Jesus loves us all! We're all uniquely different; yet so much alike when we're bonded by the blood of Jesus. His workmanship is so amazing and beyond explanation, (to me)! Thanks again, for your words of encouragement (to keep sharing my love for God and His people).
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/27/2008 7:01:40 PM
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Zondie, I went checking out what other threads you post in (not many) and found the thread you started about you mom. You are carrying a big load between that and your son. Wow! It's nice that you take the time to come here.
My cousin's son (about the age of yours) became a quadraplegic two years ago when his car was hit from behind by a semi on the freeway and pushed into the path of an oncoming semi that also hit him. I saw a picture of the car and it's amazing that anyone could have lived through that. His brother happens to be an occupational therapist and has changed his life around to be his chief assistant (with the help of their mom). I was talking to my cousin recently and was surprised to learn that the quadraplegic often goes hiking in the woods with his brother, manuvering his power chair on his own. I was very impressed.
{{{{{{{{Zondie}}}}}}}}}
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/28/2008 1:13:25 PM
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((((((((((((((((((((((((PENGIE))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/28/2008 3:17:04 PM
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Maggie (BTW I love your name), I'm sorry to hear about your cousin's accident and that he now lives as a quadriplegic. I'll pray for him and the whole family. This big of a change in a persons life, is something so hard for themselves and their family to adjust to. I hope he knows the Lord.
A lot of people actually starts avoiding you because they say, "I just can't stand to see him in that condition". Or, "I don't know what to say or how to act around him". My son's attitude is such an inspiration to me! He still makes people laugh and he has a way of making them feel more comfortable around someone in a chair. I don't think (but one really wouldn't know unless it happened to them), that I could adjust as well as he has, to this new lifestyle.
For almost 14 years now, the Lord has given me enough strength and emotional stability to endure the task of being his personal care attendant. As I'm getting older (nearing 50), instead of it becoming harder for me to do; God is actually making the more strenuous jobs easier! I don't have to lift on him as much as I use to for transfers. God made that possible by making a way for us to get a battery operated lift (for getting into and out of bed). The only lifting I have to do now is actually in and out of a vehicle. And I've never failed to ask for God's help 'before' I lift on him.
I owe the Lord so much praise and thanks that I'll never be able to repay Him! I thank Him for the 'much needed' physical strength, but mostly for the emotional strength! Being a mother of an only child (now handicapped), takes it's toll on your heart. His limitations are heartbreaking. But don't take me wrong 'cause the Lord has opened up new doors for his life too! He designs websites for companies and even has one of his own (it's not about him being a quad. And I help keep the games forum active on his site)! He types with a cuff on his left hand with a pencil turned upside down. Oh, I could go on and on, with the amazing stuff he's taught himself (through God's guidance) but this has already become quite lengthy. (Sorry Leah.) Maybe I'll get to drop in on your thread someday Maggie. I guess I tend to stay around, where I feel accepted and familiar with others. Do you think any of your posters would mind a stranger dropping in?
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/28/2008 6:27:47 PM
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Wow, Zondie, thank you for sharing all that. It's cool that your son has taught himself to do many things. I can tell that you are very proud of him. It's awesome that he is able to do computer work. Wow!
You are most welcome to my thread! Strangers aren't strangers for long once they start posting. And no, no one will mind. {{{{{Zondie}}}}
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/28/2008 7:20:33 PM
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Hi Trish, Maggie, Pengie & Zondie! Thanks for dropping in today . . it's been a little busy here. In fact, I've tried to post in here earlier and Garrett's little fingers managed to erase my post twice before I could finish, so decided I might as well wait until he leaves. I think me pecking on the keyboard fascinates him & he's just gotta get in on the action 
Zondie, thanks for sharing again abotu your son . . please feel free to share about him as often as you like -- besides wanting to share your struggles & triumphs in your life, I find stories like this so inspiring -- as is the one about Maggie's cousin. Some people can overcome so much . . . I wish that ability were transferrable to some of us who complain about life's simplest challenges  . . and I'm talking to myself here, lest anyone think any differently.
I found a window for my room I'm fixing up. It's a 48x48' awning window. Really wasn't crazy about the screen being on the inside, but decided that would make it easier to remove when I have no need of it, and I DID want the convenience of being able to open the window without removing all the plants I'll have in it. So this afternoon was spent 'peeling' the paint off the wall (with a friend's help) . . yep, that's how bad that paint job was. Most of it is peeled off -- really, the only places it didn't want to peel were in the corners & around the trim. Gotta find an easier way to get that off.
I'm tired, and nothing fixed for supper. Just finished sweeping & mopping the living room -- wanted to do it after Garrett left and before Bill got home. But now I'm beat 
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/29/2008 1:10:59 PM
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Hi everybody. Sounds like people have been keeping busy.
I had my first exercise session with the rehabilitation physiologist yesterday. I'm feeling pretty sore right now, and apparently it's going to be like that for the next few weeks. Hopefully the exercises will be good for me though, and will help me to lose some weight.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/29/2008 3:12:56 PM
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Trish, even if you don't lose weight with the exercises, they will strengthen you and make you healthier. They might help with mood too.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/29/2008 3:18:31 PM
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Thanks for the invitation Maggie! I'll try to drop in a say hello. And yes I'm very proud of my son's accomplishments! I wanted to let you know some of them in case you'd like to help encourage your cousin. Disabilities, don't always mean that life 'stops' here. They just have to find other interests and ways of performing certain tasks. Although he's not a 'daddy' yet (still praying for a grandbaby), he did get married (after) his accident. So no matter how discouraging others and life may seem; God can make amazing things happen! Sometimes, way beyond our expectations!
Leah, you're always so kind. Thanks for allowing me to lighten some of my burdens and share the blessings that God so lovingly gives to me!
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I wish that ability were transferrable to some of us who complain about life's simplest challenges.
I agree completely! That's only one of the many lessons I've learned, through having to witness the challenges a handicapped person faces everyday!
I hope you get the rest of the paint removed. I used a small 'copper' brush tool, that came with my sewing machine once, to remove paint in some corners and small crevices. If you have one...you might want to try it.
Trish, I'm glad you've started your exercise rehabilitation! How often do you have to go, within the week? I'm sure the soreness will lessen as the program progresses. I'll be praying for you. Keep us informed of your progress, o.k.?
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/29/2008 6:19:08 PM
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Wow, Zondie! That's amazing about your son. And thanks for thinking about encouraging my cousin.
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RE: Leah's Stories! - 4/30/2008 2:59:05 PM
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Maggie, after living the life of a quadriplegic for two years...I'm guessing he needs all the encouragement he can get! (I've talked to nurses who've told me of several, who'd taken their own lives.)
Leah, I hope you're getting some rest between all the work you're doing!
Pengie, are you doing o.k.?
Trish, is the soreness worse or getting better?
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