A Tribute to My Two Dogs....

This is just as hard as a tribute to my husband! (which I thought of doing but wont) These little doggies are the best doggies in the world! I swear! I know ever body says that but this is true!

These girls are so tuned in to you, expecially Chugs she has always been there for me, she knows when I need her, even before I do sometimes!

They love to snuggle, A LOT!!!!

They are so full of LOVE....

Since others have picked up on how much I love my dogs and that they mean a lot to me I have had many give me stuffed dogs to help me get through my hospital stay, since Texas is a deep sleeper I was able get a picture of her with the animals...

The great outdoors...

Texas got on her hind legs to look out the window and it was so cute, since she stood like that for awhile I suggested to Jeremy that he get a chair for her. It worked she sat there looking out the window for quite some time, and then Chugs waited for her turn!!!!

Chugs likes to use her turn to 'fur tan' as we call it.

Encouraging words.....

I read this wonderful talk by Richard G. Scott entitled "Finding Joy in Life" from the May 1996 Ensign, here are some quotes I liked....

You are one of the noblest of God’s creations. His intent is that your life be gloriously beautiful regardless of your circumstances. As you are grateful and obedient, you can become all that God intends you to be.

Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do. The Lord inspired Lehi to declare the fundamental truth, “Men are, that they might have joy.” That is a conditional statement: “they might have joy.” It is not conditional for the Lord. His intent is that each of us finds joy. It will not be conditional for you as you obey the commandments, have faith in the Master, and do the things that are necessary to have joy here on earth.

Your joy in life depends upon your trust in Heavenly Father and His holy Son, your conviction that their plan of happiness truly can bring you joy. Pondering their doctrine will let you enjoy the beauties of this earth and enrich your relationships with others. It will lead you to the comforting, strengthening experiences that flow from prayer to Father in Heaven and the answers He gives in return.

A pebble held close to the eye appears to be a gigantic obstacle. Cast on the ground, it is seen in perspective. Likewise, problems or trials in our lives need to be viewed in the perspective of scriptural doctrine. Otherwise they can easily overtake our vision, absorb our energy, and deprive us of the joy and beauty the Lord intends us to receive here on earth. Some people are like rocks thrown into a sea of problems. They are drowned by them. Be a cork. When submerged in a problem, fight to be free to bob up to serve again with happiness.

You are here on earth for a divine purpose. It is not to be endlessly entertained or to be constantly in full pursuit of pleasure. You are here to be tried, to prove yourself so that you can receive the additional blessings God has for you. The tempering effect of patience is required. Some blessings will be delivered here in this life; others will come beyond the veil. The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not. When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you.

Your agency, the right to make choices, is not given so that you can get what you want. This divine gift is provided so that you will choose what your Father in Heaven wants for you. That way He can lead you to become all that He intends you to be. That path leads to glorious joy and happiness.

More pics....

Not much else to do but take and edit photos! Now that I have a system worked out. I have a great post in my head for next time (or as soon as I can) so check back... I just cropped these and love them....

Texas and Chugs at the Hospital...

Okay I think I got it, I think I can put some photos on the blog,Yippe! Here are some from last night, speaking of which, they havde spent the night twice so far and are really good dogs, the first night Chugs barked whenever someone came in the room (and I know you know how often that is! at leat for me it's every hour. But they have really enjoyed being up here you can tell, they love to fight and play again and just be with us, be a family again.
Hope these pictures turned out okay, remember it's a phone camera!

Testing..1.2.3.testing....

I took some pictures on my phone, sent them to my mom, had my mom email them to her and then email them to me(or maybe she just emailed me from her phone don't know), at least I have some pictures to post!

Update: I have gotten one to post, why can't I get the others???????

5 Weeks....

and yes, still counting!!!!!!! I haven't updated because I really don't know what to say! Nothing really has changed since the last time I posted, I still have one of my little 'piggy' chest tube in, still working on how long I can be off the bi-pap, really nothing new! just living day to day.

So although I said I still have my little piggy in I should get it out today!!!! fingers crossed we have been saying that everyday for half of the week! But we did a CT scan (I am getting to be a pro at them!) and there is really no air so we will pull it to day and hopefully that will help some of the pain.

Speaking of pain, we moved around some of my pain meds and boy did I feel it yesterday, not a good day, and the last few days I have been super sleepy, I hate feeling so sleepy all day, and even when I am awake, I am fight sleep! Hope that gets better.

Chugs and Texas came on Wed. night and spent the night with us and then went home with J Wed. night. they are so good at the hospital they love everyone that comes in, well except for males and the cleaning lady (poor cleaning lady, everytime she opened the door they started barking at her, she finally got an HCA, who the dogs happen to really like and came in after her, all she did that day was change the trash cans!).

Guess that's all, just a little reminder to everyone: UPDATE YOUR BLOGS! that is what brightens my day! I can't wait to get on the computer and read your blogs!

What to type?

I don't know what to type, it's been yet another week, now I have been in here four weeks!!!! That's crazy! The dr.s are happy that my chest tube doesn't seem to have any leaks anymore! They should be taking the suction off and then later will clamp it and then will pull it out!

I have good days and bad days, good times of the day and bad times of the day. I try to take naps but let's face it that doesn't happen in the hospital!

Breaking Records...

That's me a record breaker! Just not of any records that I want to break! Yesterday I totally forgot to add that I had tied my record of longest hospital stay so today I break that record!

Also yesterday I finally got my hair washed!!! Only going a full three weeks without washing my hair! I know, I know, I'm a cosmotologist how could I do that? basically because I can't wash it! They do have a 'shampoo cap' but that doesn't work, they heat it in the microwave, put it on your head massage it around and it does have some soap in it but they let it cool and take it off and that's it! a no rinse solution, therefore it is still in your hair and I feel makes my hair feel worse than before, so that's why I haven't done one this visit, but one of the HCA's here told me she could wash my hair if I could just sit in a chair, sure I said, so we did it yesterday and not only did she wash it but she blow-dryed it too! Oh it felt so so good! So now my hair doesn't look quite so bad.

As for our fourth of July, we didn't go to bed until 5am!!!!!!! but it wasn't because of a big party or fireworks, instead it was because of my special lungs! I kept getting a little more short of breath as the day worn on yesterday and finally around bedtime it was getting worse so the intern came in and we did a chest x-ray, ABG, etc.. had him call the DR. because with me it's never simple, dr. said I needed to do a CT scan, we all remember what fun we had last time right?

Well, wasn't as bad this time, came back to the room and in an hour or two told us we would be going to CT to check-out the chest tube or maybe even put in a new one, they saw a good amount of air in there, so we went down about 3 in the morning and I'm so grateful that the dr. drove over an hour to be there, he was the one that put it in, so he was able to just pull it out a little and it was in the right spot and they got a lot of air out right away, I didn't feel a major difference in breathing like all the other times, but then again it wasn't as bad, at least I did feel better and my breathing is much better today.

My little doggies are coming up to visit me tonight! Yippee!

Happy Fourth of July!

I hope everyone has a Happy, Fun, and Safe Fourth of July, I will be enjoying fireworks from my hospital room but I am grateful that I have such a beautiful view and that it will (or should) include a view of a good fireworks show.

Not much to report or say, I have a couple really good days and then a couple of not so great days, still just watching the little chest tube, may have it all weekend.

Well, just watching the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, can't wait for the Olympics, wow that's next month!

How are things now?

Well, still here, still here. I can't believe how fast time goes. Since the last update I got my big chest tube pulled so that was so nice I can move around so much better and don't have to lean on my right side so much! I am also getting out of bed everyday, need to get walking the halls, I have also been off the bi-pap during the day for a couple hours at a time so that is really good, yesterday I was off the bi-pap for 5 hours (I would put the bi-pap on occasionally for 10mins. or so) I just had a lot of visitors!

We thought my small chest tube might be coming out tomorrow but they saw a little leak this morning so now it will be delayed at least another day if there is no leak tomorrow! I don't care because I want to make sure they don't pull it if there is a leak! No going back to square one for me!

Just trying to eat and get some calories in I am burning at least twice as much as I am taking in! I have to give a huge thanks to my family for helping me out and bringing me good food and snacks. They have also been visiting a lot and hanging out with me, I have really liked getting to hang out with my brothers more and getting to know them better.

Gotta go read blogs now!