Almost Ready to Come Home :)

Thank you to all who called on the power of God on Pam's behalf. Following is Pam's own journal enry.


Journal
Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:02 PM, CDT

Hi Everybody,This site amazes me. Thanks to all of you who have checked in on my progress and have lifted me up to the Lord in prayer this week. I have needed that. And the results were AMAZING. The Lord is Good, just as he says. I am feeling very woozy today. The nurses think it is due to being relatively inactive for so many days. I hope that is all it is. I have been "encouraged" (pushed) to walk and have done it. Not with the greatest of ease, but I'm getting the job done.The preliminary results of last night's CT scan were that no other tumors or cysts exist in my middle parts. I think that was to check abdominals, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, etc., etc. We will wait and see what today holds, but the doctor is not ruling out a departure for tomorrow. Is that not unbelievable!?! I am thankful to have had this strange circumstance at this time and place and not 10 years ago. The technicology and knowlege they have is so astounding. I hope all of you and yours are enjoying a blessed Sabbath day, rejoicing at the feet of Jesus.

My brother Jim, Pam's dad, called today and said he and Sue had gotten to spend the morning with Pam. Pam's husband went home to take the little girls to church. It was the first time Jim and Sue had time alone with Pam. I know Phil is her wife but first of all Pam is Jim and Sue's little girl. They had a wonderful time together. Jim said Pam was all dressed and looking like she was ready to go. I told him I think her secret thought was, "Daddy, take me home". Once a kid always a kid and once a parent always a parent. God is truly a God of families and a faithful God of the generations.

PTL

Praises to God. Pam's surgery was finished before noon and was declared by the surgeon as a complete sucess. She was awake and alert in the ICU unit. A couple hours later, Phil and the parents and some of Pam's siblings were given permission to visit her. Phil said she looked good, put up her thumbs and said, "I like these drugs, keep them coming". Praise God for his care even in medications.

We are so grateful. Thanks for joining us in prayer.

Update

I can't say it as well as my nephew......


Friday, August 28, 2009 8:18 AM, CDT

Hello Everyone,Just wanted to update everyone. They came and took Pam into the surgery room around 6:00 today to start with the prep work for surgery. We were surrounded by family, after some tears and devotions we left. Pam is in a wonderful disposition with many smiles. It is just amazing knowing where the heart is and where it longs to be, but were not going there! Reality is surreal signing a living will makes you realize what you have and how much you love those that you have. She is in the Hands of the Great Physician and also a good surgeon named Dr Boskoya. The nursing staff has been wonderful I have never been in a hospital that lifts your spirits and greats you with a smile and a positive attitude. The surgery is scheduled to start around 9:00 this morning and we will be getting up dates about every 2 hours. Keep us in your prayers.Pslam 27:13"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."

I'm so impressed with their faith. Pray.

Merrillville and More

Quite the day! By nine thirty, I picked up two of my friends, both grandmothers of a grandchild's upcoming wedding. They both needed something to wear. So to the mall we went. Both are quite satisfied with what they came home with and now they are ready for the next couple of weeks as their dates are only a week apart. Both ladies came away with deals of the century. What would we do without Carson's for dressy clothes.

Our niece Pam has surgery in the morning early....7:30. God bless each family member, guide the medical team. PLEASE remember Pam in your prayers tonight for a peaceful good sleep and then for a productive outcome tomorrow.

I got very good news on my blood test. My labs looked good and I was directed to continue the medicinal plan I am on. That was awesome news for us. Now my prayer is that God will negate any negative side effects those medications challenge. God is good and is building my trust in Him.

Pray for Our Pam (Niece)

The day is strange. Cloud cover part of the time, then suddenly bright and sunny skies. I prefer the later but I understand rain is forecast for the day sometime.

Is there anyone else out there that has a terrible time keeping the kitchen table free of papers and meer junk? I suppose others use a cabinet top or some other place. I no more than get the thing cleared off and Ken comes in with the mail. You know where that goes. A little pile of this and a little pile of that. So frustrating to me. He accuses me of throwing away the paper before the ink is dry. Ugh. I hate newpaper lying around. So I wait until morning and find sheer joy in dumping the thing in the garbage. No, Julia, I don't recycle. I know, a black mark behind my name. Then by mid morning the new paper comes and finds its place on the table....and so it goes. I'm looking at my table....there are things I need to put away.

My niece was diagnosed with a brain tumor this week. She is 37 or 38 and has a husband and three beautiful little girls. The latest is that the medical team believes the tumor is benign. The surgeon says he can get to it fairly easily. So Friday morning at seven thirty, remember our Pam in your prayers. They will do the surgery then. As my dad said when he called me, "If it isn't two things, it is three." God is faithful. I am so encouraged by the way our family has come to Pam's side in thought and prayer. I smile when I see the closeness of cousins. My dad has always been one to keep us together and I would say his children have followed his lead. We try to all get together once a year. The last two years we went to my brother's house for a fall kind of gathering. He built fires, his wife made pulled chicken, and we had a lovely hay ride after dark when the moon and stars were vivid. Jer pulls us out into fields unknown. He is the best baby brother anyone could have. Love that boy.

Sun and Skin

I took the opportunity to go to Lauri's around noon, hoping we could put a lunch together. I brought some garlic hummus (Lauri's favorite food). We took a few tortilla shells and sprayed them with a bit of oil then put them in the oven. They got toasty brown and crisp. We broke it into pieces and scooped the hummus with them. It was very good. Son in law, Elton, had made some salsa so we had some of that too. Yummy stuff. I finished my meal off with a white flesh peach, I love what flesh peaches.

The rest of the day I just plunked around at things here in the house. If I could have done what I wanted to do, I would have driven to Kendra for her last free day of summer. She starts school on Monday. One would be crazy as a loon to try to drive back and forth to Algonquin on a Friday. Soooooooo, maybe next year.


Yesterday I visited a dermotologist. I had to look one up on line since I didn't know of anyone in general area at this point. My one request was that it had to be a female. My experience with male dermotologist is negative. Horrible bedside manner. I found a PA within a group in Merrillville who just happened to have a cancellation yesterday afternoon. I have been treatinga spot on my nose with a cream given by my primary physician for over a year. A month ago it looked so good, I stopped the cream. It erupted. Scared me. Dr. Heather looked at it for two seconds and said, these are precancerous and are caused by exposure to the sun before age twenty. Well, of course, we didn't have sunscreen then. She took a long swap on a stick and froze it with instructions to follow up in six months with the comfort that these things do come back, :)

Rain and the Lack Thereof

As we drove to our daughter's birthday's imprompto birthday celebration last evening, the heaven's open for a short time and it rained really hard. I clapped my hands and said, "Yea God, thank you so much". Ken echoed, "Amen." The crops are hurting badly. There are places where the plants are so dried up, they are stunted, brown and hanging with yellow leaves. The corn leaves looks like ithey have turned in on themselves. It is very sad to watch. My brother walked a corn field owned by my dad and said he didn't see an ear of corn. Makes me sick. Like my oldest daughter said upon hearing this news, "it is always weird to me that someone would really WANT to be a farmer." There is 90% farmer in my dad and brother.

We had a mildly stormy nght and had a 1/2 inch of rain. Makes for happier farmers.


Yesterday morning I did the whole laundry. That may not sound like much but for us, it was a big milestone. Then we went to Merrillville to do big grocery shopping. It was a huge day for me and I was exhausted. That may suggest why I still sleeping at noon today.