Update

Hi everyone. I thought I would update those who check this out on what has been going on. After tons of blood tests, a bone marrow biopsy, CT scans, the wonderful doctor taking care of D has found that his kidneys are not producing the chemical that tells the bone marrow to make red blood cells. That is the cause of his extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, and very pale color. She had him come to the hospital and get a transfusion. That took about 6 hours, but was so worth it. He immediately felt better, and was even able to walk to the other end of the parking lot to get into the truck. This past weekend, they did more blood work, and starting him on a new medicine that is supposed to replace the chemical his kidney is not producing. So far, he is doing well, except he has nausea every morning. He should be talking to the doctor tonight, and he will ask her about that. This doctor is amazing. D is working in South Bend now, and she has him call her in the evenings, and she tells him what she has found out, and what the next step is. Our family doctor also has been great, he even called us at home to see how he was doing. My daughter had an appointment with him yesterday, and he told her he had received some of his results from the hematologist. I can't imagine doctors anywhere that have been more caring than these.
Last Thursday I was getting ready to leave for work, and it was pouring rain. For some reason I decided I had better check our basement since we had the problem with the sump pump earlier last month. When I opened the door and look at the bottom of the stairs, there was a little nerf ball floating by the steps! Yup, we had about 4 inches of water. I called the plumbers that had put the pump in last month, and they came right over. Long story short, it was a faulty valve in the pump, and they are paying to have the basement cleaned up! They even replaced our hot water tank because water had gotten in it. They were so nice to me, which was great since I was dealing with this by my self. D always handles this kind of stuff, so this was new territory for me. So I got to use a vacation day and stay home and play with my dogs while the guys worked on my basement. The dogs loved it, everyone who came in stopped and talked to them and petted them, so they thought it was the greatest day.
I am so ready to get the move going. It's only been two weeks, and I hate living like this, D up there and me here. Hopefully we can get to working on our house, get it on the market and get 'er done!
Thanks for stopping by and listening.

Thanks

Thank you guys so much for all of your support and all of the hugs. Now, we have a new hurdle to overcome. D had to go to the doctor again Monday, bronchitis again. That is 3 times since Christmas. The doctor did more blood tests, and they called him this morning. His red blood cell count has dropped again. Our doctor called a hematologist and they worked him in this afternoon. This doctor is very busy, and hard to get in with. So that is good, but it also scares me as this could be very serious. He has had several tests in the past weeks to see if he was bleeding anywhere, and so far they have all been negative. I am taking off work at noon to go with him. So please, any prayers are greatly appreciated and needed. I will post again when we find anything out. Thank you all my dear friends.

HE GOT THE JOB!!!

Well, D is now employed! He starts next Monday. One minute I'm excited, the next nervous. We will be moving from where we have lived for 14 years. That is the longest either one of us have lived in one place. We told our kids Saturday night. The two oldest were fine with it, which I thought they would be. Our youngest, well lets just say I think we put her in therapy for another 15 years! She was not happy. She grew up here, and she is very sentimental. Saves everything, and I mean everything! She doesn't want to leave our house. She helped put the fence up, helped her Dad put the french doors up inside. Anyway, by the time she left last night, she was doing better. The good thing is, it won't be for about 6 months or so, so she has time to adjust to the idea.
But on the good side, D is very happy. He really likes the owner of the company, and that is who he will be reporting to. No one in between them. Here in his job, it was just him, trying to start up an office for the company he worked for. He had no help, no secretarial help, and he is not a typist at all. He hunt and pecks. They expected him to market, do proposals, and put them together by himself. They wouldn't even buy a copy machine for the office. He made many trips to Kinkos. So this will be a big change for him. A good one.
I want to thank all of you that have been sending me good wishes, hugs, and prayers. It has helped so much having you to vent to. I really appreciate you guys!

The snow is melting!!

Good morning everyone! The snow is starting to melt, and the temperature is going up. I am so excited. No more slipping and sliding , getting my jeans wet, ruining my shoes. Life is good!
D has an interview tomorrow. It sounds really promising. The guy who called him, called on Saturday! He is really interested in him, already talking money! The bad thing is, it's 2 hours away. But if the job is right, we'll deal with it. It is so good to see D excited about something. He has been so sick, and still doesn't know what's the cause of his red blood cell count dropping. He had another test yesterday, but we don't know the results of it yet. The other tests have been fine. Hopefully this last one will too, and they will just give him iron pills and all will be fixed.
Our youngest saw the sleep doctor Friday. She said he was really nice, but there is not a magic pill to help her. He is having her stop taking the sleeping pills, and he increased the medicine she takes for restless leg syndrome. He told her to take it every night, not just occasionally. He also told her no lights, no music, to TV with the sound off. That is very difficult for her. But I told her she had to do it. The doctor is a specialist in sleep problems, so I'm sure he knows a lot more than she does. She goes back to see him in 2 months, so I've told her to do what he said, and if it hasn't helped in 2 months, see what he has to say. She doesn't have al ot of patients when it comes to doctors not giving her the answer she wants to hear. I guess a lot of us are like that. But most of the time they are right.
You know the saying when it rains, it pours? Our garage door broke yesterday. The opener is 10 years old, so we have to replace it. I guess there could be worse things than that.
Do any of you watch Grey's Anatomy? What do you think about Meredith? Will she survive? I hope so, I don't think I can take another day of McDreamie crying. He loves her so much. I love that show!!
Well, that's all I have for now. Please say a prayer, and keep your fingers crossed for D tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens!

Man, do we have snow!

Happy Valentines day all!
We got bombarded by snow, around 12-13 inches. We're used to some snow, but not this much. Of course, heaven forbid work is canceled. Today was horrible getting here, thank goodness we have a 4 wheel drive truck. I drove my little car home in this mess, and almost didn't make it. The snow drifts are terrible, some of them close to 4 feet. The sun is out today, so at least it's not snowing. Really cold temps. are coming though, that is almost as bad as the snow. There are a bunch of people that couldn't make it in, including our boss! I thought the least he could do is cancel work for all of us, but no way. Oh well, that's the way it goes I guess.
Still no luck with the job for D, but he is starting to feel better. The test he had last Thursday showed nothing bad, and he goes back for another test to see if there is any bleeding in his stomach. I don't know what will be next if they find nothing wrong there, hopefully just iron pills to raise his red blood cells.
Our basement is water free, and all dried out. The dumpster is still in our driveway, D called them yesterday to remind them to come and get it. We really need the parking space, especially with the snow. They said they thought it had been picked up, but unless we are imagining a big red dumpster taking up half of our driveway, it's still there.
Our youngest daughter goes to see the sleep specialist to see if they can figure out why she can't sleep through the night. Hopefully they will be able to come up with an answer.
Not much else happening here in the snow bank, so I guess I am finished for now. Take care all!
Thanks for reading.

I'm still around

Sorry I haven't posted for a while. So much has been going on, I just haven't been in the mood to talk about it. Still no job for D. But right now, I think that is a good thing, for now. Last week, I had to drive him to the doctor. He is a diabetic, and his blood sugar dropped to 50, his normal range is 110-120. No matter what he ate or drank, we couldn't get it any higher than 64. For a few minutes, he lost his vision. I wasn't home from work yet, and our dog Alix knew something was wrong and went over to the computer where he was sitting and put her paw on his leg, making sure he was ok. I know, how sweet! Anyway, the doctor did blood work, and he got the same range that D had. He took him off one of his medicines, and told him they would call with the results of the other tests. Since he's been off of the one pill, he is doing much better. Still tired, and kind of pale. The doctor's office called yesterday, and his red blood cell count is very low. The doctor is concerned that he may be bleeding internally. So I take him Thursday for some more tests to see if they can find anything. This scares me so bad. It's like one things after another. He has lost 48 lbs. now, and he looks much better. Now if he could just feel better. On top of that, our basement flooded over the weekend. Out sump pump went bad. So we had the insurance company out, they sent a crew out to dry things up and they brought a huge dumpster out for all the things that were wet. Luckily, I don't think we lost anything important. Lots of boxes from where we had moved in, old carpeting, padding, the kids old board games. But nothing valuable. So that was good, got the junk carried out of the basement, and D. didn't have to do any work. Just instructed the workers what to carry out to the dumpster. They left a bunch of dryers in the basement to dry the walls out. They will be back in a few days to replace the insulation they had to cut out, and it will be ok.
I know things could always be worse, but I am getting so tired of this. I need my husband back healthy, and then working!
It is freezing here. When I left for work, it was 4 degrees, and we're supposed to get 5-6 inches of snow. I drove the big truck to work today, so I'm not worried. But we're all really tired of this cold. We were so spoiled by the mild weather in January.
Hope you all are keeping warm, and doing well.

Yea! It's Thursday

Thursday! That is Grey's Anatomy night. I love this show, and it means that the weekend is almost here.
I am sort of happy and sad today. My aunt Catherine passed away Tuesday. I lived with her for 6 years. In 1968, my mother died of a brain tumor. That left me and my Dad. I stayed with another aunt, Georgene, for the next year. I loved living there, she has 3 daughters around my age. We were like sisters, still are to an extent. A year later, my aunt Catherine, and her husband built a big house and my grandmother, (Nanaw), an uncle that had been kicked out of his house by his psyco wife, and my Dad and I moved in together. It was great. I was back with my Dad, and he didn't have to worry about me when he was working. He worked different shifts every week at a steel mill, that is why I couldn't stay with him after Mom died. He was a great Dad. I lost him in 1995 and still think about him everyday. After Mom had been gone 7 years, Dad started dating again and married a woman with 2 little boys. It worked out pretty good. She was always good to me and my Dad, and a great grandmother to my kids. She drives me and my sister in law nuts though. But that is another story for another day. Tomorrow is the funeral, and D and I are leaving early in the morning to go. It's about a 4 1/2 hour drive, not too bad since I always fall asleep in the car anyway. It will be good to see my family again, I don't get to see the aunts and uncles, and all of the cousins much anymore, usually when there is a funeral. We used to have family reunions every year, but they have kind of gone away.
The happy part is, hubby has an interview Monday!!! And he has a couple of other firms interested in him, so maybe more interviews! He is still struggling to get his strength back, but I know he will get there. But the cough!! Oh My. I hope he doesn't get a coughing fit while in the interview. They will think he has lung cancer!
Anyway, things are starting to look up. At least I think they are, hope it isn't the rose colored glasses I'm wearing today!
Everyone have a great weekend, and I'll talk to you next week.
GO COLTS!!

Happy Tuesday Y'all

Not much happening right now. Still no job for D. The recruiters are working, there just isn't too much out there they say. So, all we can do it keep looking, praying, and waiting! He's coughing like crazy, and it is so getting on my nerves. He has a really loud cough, it sounds like he's going to cough up a lung. I know he can't help it, so I don't say anything. On the up side of him being so sick for so long, he has lost 35lbs. That was greatly needed. He has been living in sweat pants since he has been sick, and when he took our daughter to the concert he put on his jeans, and they are so baggy! That made him feel better. Thank goodness he has kept all of his smaller clothes, so he doesn't need to go out and buy any new dress clothes for work, (or interviews). That has inspired me to get back on my diet, so I started Saturday. I wish I had the same will power as our oldest daughter. She is a size 2! She also struggled with anorexia for a couple of years, which was horrible. She got down to 79 lbs., but now is a very healthy 105! I think it is just terrible seeing all of the young girls/women on TV and in magazines that are so thin they look sick. Nicole Richie, Lyndsey Lohan, the Olsen twins. What is wrong with some curves! Men don't like girls that they are afraid to touch because they might break. But you can't convince them of that. It is indeed an illness, and a hard one to overcome.
Any American Idol fans out there? I love that show. It starts tonight, but I don't care much for the first few shows, until they get to Hollywood. I get tired of seeing all the stupid people that really think they can sing. I know some do it just for the hopes of being on television, but some of these people honestly think they can sing. Well, off to get my yogurt out of the fridge, I forgot to have it this morning for breakfast, and lunch is about an hour and a half away, and I'm hungry! Take care, and have a great day!

I am a dieting failure.....

Well, my New Years resolution to get back to my diet has bombed so bad. I'm telling myself it's because of all the stress, but that is just an excuse, not a good reason. D still doesn't have a job, although he has had a couple of calls this week from recruiters that have a couple of openings they are checking on for him. We'll see. He has been really sick, but is getting better. I think now the anti-biotic he is now on is making him feel bad. He's not coughing near as much as he was, he's just sick at him stomach now. I hope he's better tomorrow, because he's going to a Fall Out Boy concert in Cleveland. That is about 5 hours from here. No, he's not into that band. Our daughter is a member of their fan club and had bought tickets months ago. She also got picked to meet them before the concert. She had a "friend" that has said all along that she would go with her, but yesterday backed out. So D, being a good Dad, agreed to take her. I'm so glad he is, our daughter does not have the best sense of direction and could easily end up in Michigan, or New York! Since he's not working, it will be good for him to get out of the house. I just hope he feels like it.
The girls went back to school Monday, so the house is pretty quiet. The downstairs is starting to look good again, except the living room. I'm going to get the tree down and get our son to put the stuff back in the attic. I know, it's late to have a tree up. We were late getting is up this year, so I left it up a little longer. But I will be glad to get it all put away.
We got a bill for our daughters hospital visit. $5300.00 They never asked for insurance, we thought that was kind of strange. Usually they ask for that the minute you step in the door. The bill said she didn't have insurance, so they "discounted" it $1,000. Wasn't that nice of them?? That whole fiasco is still making me mad. I know, I need to let it go. I would love to talk to all of the doctors and nurses involved in that mess, and ask them why it happened the way it did. I know she is over 18, but she didn't request that we not be told anything. She wanted us there, and agreed for them to talk to us whenever they asked her. I just don't understand sometimes. I guess that's why I'm not working at a hospital.
Well, I'd better get back to work, and finish my little chocolate donuts! Everyone take care, and have a great day.

It's not getting better!

Hi ya'll!

Well, it's the third day of the new year, and so far, not so good. My husband is really sick, he has been to the doctor again today. He took chest x-rays, and thinks he might have a little bit of pneumonia. He gave him a different anti-biotic, and said if his fever doesn't go away in 72 hours, he wants to see him again. He's been sick for over a week now. I know he can't help it, but it's driving me crazy! He has been in bed almost the whole time, so he hasn't exactly been able to job hunt. The insurance company has re-instated our insurance, except they can't seem to get our youngest daughter back on it. I don't know what the problem is, but it's enough to make some one go psycho! It's almost time to pay for another month, and they haven't even got it right for this past month. They say they will reimburse us for the expenses, but that is such a pain trying to get it back. Our daughter saw a therapist yesterday, and she really liked her. So hopefully she will be able to help her.

I'm starting to get our house back to normal. (what's normal??) I cleaned out the refrigerator, that was a huge undertaking. But it looks so good, you can actually see what is in there now. It also shows I need to go shopping. Our living room still looks like it did Christmas morning, that is my next big project. D was going to take care of that since he's not working, but since he has been so sick, I get to do it. Besides it bothers me much more than it does him. But, the tv room and kitchen do look pretty good, if I say so myself. One room at a time I guess.

Did anyone make New Years Resolutions?? I did, as usual. 1. Loose weight (that is top of my list every year) 2. Stop putting things off, do them as soon as I can 3. Quit watching so much television. I have been reading a book by Matt Rolloff, he is on the TLC show Little People/Big World. He is so inspiring. If you ever get a chance to see the show, you should. But in is book he talks about not wasting time. And that tv is one of the biggest time wasters. And I agree, there are so many other productive things I should be doing with my time, and I am going to try to cut back. But it's so hard, I love my tv's!

Well, that's all for now. I hope you all had a great New Year.
Take Care.