Chris is back in the hospital. Her blood pressure bottomed out at 70/50. They aren't sure what is causing it, maybe some of her medications..............
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It is Christmas eve and my sister just got home from the hospital...YAY!!!!!!!!!!
That was all I wanted.
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| You Are a Christmas Sweater! |
Over the top, colorful, and totally flashy.
You're not afraid to be a little tacky. |
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(Stolen from Angie's Blog)
Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Lose all my baby weight and wear my size 7's again
2. Renew my vows
3. Travel to Holland
4. Watch my 2 kids graduate from college and become famous
5. Play with my grand kids (Angie I am not as ambitious as you!)
6. Finish my degree
7. Master the art of patience
Seven Things I Cannot Do:
1. Anything artsy (not my side of the brain)
2. Snow ski
3. Remember life pre-family
4. Erase my past as much as I would love to
5. Spend lots of money even if I had it
6. Ever vote for Republican
7. Be happy working for someone else
Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.)
1. His sense of humor
2. His intelligence.
3. His kindness
4. His love for me and Lexi
5. His desire for a simple life.
6. His patience
7. Just being himeslf
Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. Asshat
2. Fucktard
3. I know right?
4. Whatever!
5. I don't think so
6. Can you clarify that?
7. I need to vent.
Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Not really a book reader.
Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Grease 1
2. Titanic
3. Matrix (all of em)
4. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
5. Caddy Shack
6. Nighmare on Elm Street
7. Star Wars (all of them)
Seven People I Want To Join In (Be Tagged)
1. Leslie
2. Shawnie
3. Highland Gal
4. Kristie
5. Jen
6. Micha
7. Oscar
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11- Lexi getting her cast removed!
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These can be either personal or otherwise:
1- My sister getting her transplant
2- Lexi's Hip dysplasia diagnosis and casting
3- Lexi's Torticollis and Plagiocephaly diagnosis and helmet
4- Hurricane Wilma
5- Gas Prices
6- War in Iraq
7- Rising Prices of EVERYTHING in Florida(electric, insurance, gas, etc.)
8- The Terry Schiavo Case
9- Re-Inauguration of President Bush (What is wrong with this country?)
10- Selling of our house and potential move out of state (actually renting here for a while first, but renting again is gonna take some getting used to!)
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| The Keys to Your Heart |
You are attracted to good manners and elegance.
In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.
You'd like to your lover to think you are flexible and ready for anything!
You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance.
Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered. |
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It went ok except for one major thing. Our a/c is shot and is gonna need to be replaced. The outside handler isnt even attached to the concrete anymore. It works great though. When we bought the place they told us the same thing and that was 3 years ago. The guy estimated 3500 to replace it. We are selling it as is, so I am definitely not giving the buyers a $3,500 credit. They also will be happy to keep any furniture that we want to leave behind. So after talking, Oscar and I agreed to give them a $500 credit, our dining room table (we were gonna sell it anyway), our microwave, our old entertainment center and table that are used in the office.
The other things on the inspection were cosmetic and they can fix those so I am not too worried about that. The wife really loves the house and wants it so I dont think that will be too much of a problem.
This afternoon they are doing the appraisal. If it doesn't appraise where we need it to we will be forced to drop our price. If that happens they will not get a credit for the a/c thats for sure!
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| Your Career Type: Conventional |
You are orderly and good at following a set plan.
Your talents lie in working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly way.
You would make an excellent:
Bank Teller - Bookkeeper - Court Clerk
Mail Carrier - Post Office Clerk - Secretary
Timekeeper - Title Examiner - Typist
The worst career options for your are artistic careers, like comedian or dancer. |
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| Your Blogging Type is Kind and Harmonious |
You're an approachable blogger who tends to have many online friends.
People new to your blogging circle know they can count on you for support.
You tend to mediate fighting and drama. You set a cooperative tone.
You have a great eye for design - and your blog tends to be the best looking on the block! |
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| You Passed 8th Grade Science |
Congratulations, you got 6/8 correct! |
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Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review".
No Blogging until March :)
MarchMy first post
So I decided to start a daily journal, and what better way to start it on my 36th Birthday!
AprilNo Posts
MayI am miserable
I was so happy when I found this new job. I was finally out of that bankruptcy crap and now working my own cases in divorce accounting. Well I have been doing this for 2 months and I totally despise it! My boss is a real jerk and he bitches whenever anyone is out sick.
JuneI had a serious scare last night
So my "period" came early . Usually its starts off not heavy but not light. Thought wasnt due till next week. Well it started off really really light and was like that all day yesterday. It freaked me out a little bit because when I got pregnant that is exactly what happened. I thought I had an early period and wound up pregnant!
JulyI hate dentists
I have to have a 3 tooth bridge put in my mouth. I am missing a tooth and the gum where the hole is keeps getting infected from food getting stuck in there. It's gonna cost $1,500!
AugustThe Shedding Must Stop!!!
I know pets shed. But the hair in my house is extreme! Its not bad enough that I have 4 cats that shed, but I also find my hair all over the house too!
SeptemberI want to do more
I made my donation to the redcross but I dont feel like it is enough. I want to do more. I keep seeing this image that haunts me. A woman at the New Orleans Convention Center holding her nakes 11 month old son who is in and out of consciousness. I actually emailed CNN to find out what has happened to her and the baby. It breaks my heart to see these babies dying because they cant get water or food of any kind. How much longer must these people suffer, especially the children. I pray for that beautiful little boy and his mother. Let them get through this...................................
OctoberBeen MIA
With everything that has been going on with Lexi's hip surgery, I really haven't had much time to write nor the desire. the surgery went well but the first week was really rough. She did nothing but, cry adn wouldnt sleep. The only time she wasn't crying is if we were holding her.
NovemberI have been neglecting my blog
With Hurricane Wilma making things a mess down here I have been totally neglecting my blog. But I promise now to take the time to update it.
DecemberI am totally in shock
The day my family has waiting so long for is almost here. My sister got the call about the transplant. She is the back-up on the list but she could very well get the transplant is the first on the list is unable or their blood work doesnt come back that great.
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1) Was 2005 a good year for you? A resounding no.
2) What were your favorite moment(s) of the year? My sister getting the news that she would be gettign her transplant
3) What was your least favorite moment of the year? Realizing Lexi had inherited my hip dysplasia.
4) Where were you when 2005 began? Asleep
5) Who were you with? Oscar and Lexi.
6) Where will you be when 2005 ends? At home
7) Who will you be with when 2005 ends? see above
8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2005? No.
9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2006? Get our asses in gear and moved to TN.
10) Did you fall in love in 2005? Nope
11) If yes, with who? N/A
12) Are you still in love with them? N/A
13) Did you breakup with anyone in 2005? No.
14) Did you make any new friends in 2005? Not really
15) Who are your favorite new friends? My Board mommies
16) What was your favorite month of 2005? September 21st (Lexi's birthday)
17) Did you travel outside of the US in 2005? No
18) How many different states did you travel to in 2005? 2
19) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2005? No.
20) Did you miss anybody in the past year? Yes
21) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2005? Episode III
22) What was your favorite song from 2005? None Really
23) How many concerts did you see in 2005? 0
24) Did you have a favorite concert in 2005? N/A
25) did you drink any alcohol in 2005? Yes (my once a year drink)
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| You Passed 8th Grade Math |
Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! |
I guess that Associates degree I got taught me something huh?
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Chris had 3 seizures this morning. One of the seizures happened when she was walking down the wall with one of the nurses. It is most likely from one of the medications that she is taking.
They also believe she has an infection as her white blood cells are really high, but that is not the worst news.
When she fell it did some damage and now she is having some internal bleeding. She is in surgery as we speak so they can assess and fix the damage.
We are still praying for you Chris.
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| You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish |
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. |
This one is dead on. Ok I think I am done for the night.
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| In a Past Life... |
You Were: A Greasy Fortune Teller.
Where You Lived: Mexico.
How You Died: Dysentery. |
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| Your IQ Is 95 |
Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average
Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Above Average
Your General Knowledge is Average |
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| You Are 40% Weird |
Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it! |
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For getting me totally addicted to Blog Things!
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| Your Daddy Is Darth Vader |
What You Call Him: Pa
Why You Love Him: You don't love him, you just love calling him "daddy" |
Buahahahaha if only you all knew how true this is LOL!
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| Arty Kid |
Whether you were a drama freak or an emo poet, you definitely were expressive and unique.
You're probably a little less weird these days - but even more talented! |
you have to be kidding! I was a geek but not for artsy reasons!
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Oscar now doesnt wanna move to TN right after we sell the house. We have to be out of the house by January 20th so we most likely will rent an apartment here and keep our current jobs. It's going to be real hard to find work in TN while we are living here but I guess we will do it for a few months and if nothing is happening then we will decide what we are going to do.
I don't want to stay in Florida long term and I made him well aware of that. So I guess its a waiting game right now. But at least we will have the house sold so we wont have any ties here and we will still have like 100k in the bank.
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Chris is doing really well and they finally got her blood pressure leveled. She has been moved out of ICU into a normal room which makes us all very HAPPY!!!! She still has a few tubes sticking out of her but she is more alert and seems to be doing much better.
The organs are continuing to do well. I probably wont get to see her this weekend but I will call and check on her once she is settled. I am so relieved that things are going as well as they seem to be so far.
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and it finally happened. Yesterday at about 3 p.m. my sister got the call. They had a donor to giver her a kidney and pancreas and she was a match. I left work at 4 and went to my mom's to pick up my step dad and went down to Jackson memorial.
It was a really long night. I got to the hospital at 8 p.m. and they were doing tissue tests to make sure that her tissue wouldn't react with the donor's. They had a really hard time getting an IV in as her veins are so shot from all the wear and tear. The test came back about 10:30 and we went over to pre-op. At midnight she was taken into surgery.
after 6 long exhausting hours and a night of no sleep the doc finally cam out at 6 a.m. the kidney and pancreas were working and she was outputting urine. She will have a breathing tube until tomorrow. She will be out of it for the most part till then. They have her on blood thinners so there is no clotting around the organs. It is dangerous but necessary from what the doc says.She will be on immune suppressing drugs the rest of her life and they are EXPENSIVE, like 1500 a month
The donor was a 31 year old male and my mom as silly as she is tells my sister "I know a guy who is really into you!" Yep, thats my mom for ya
My dad stayed around and saw her in icu and found out that her blood sugar was 100 so that is good.
My mom and I left after we found out how the surgery went. We got to her house around 7:30, I slept for like 3 hours then came home. I got home and lexi was napping so I napped for another hour, but am still wiped out and find my house wrecked
I did have a scary experience at the hospital. It was at Jackson memorial in downtown miami. Well there was a homeless crazy person in the lobby when we were leaving. He kept following us. I went to a security guard and asked him where the exit was (and making him aware of the psycho). the homeless dude asked me if I had a car and I replied "I am NOT taking you anywhere"! The security guard walked out with us to make sure the homeless dude didnt keep following us. My mom was very impressed with how I handled it I guess living in miami for so many years served its purpose!
I will keep everyone posted with Chris' progress. She is in ICU and stable. They are watching for rejection so we are all keeping out fingers crossed. Thank you all for the prayers.
I also want to urge everyone if you are not an organ donor, become one. You never know when it will affect you or when you might need one.
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First off my sister did not get the transplant that she so desperately needs. She was not a match with the donor.
Secondly, why the hell do people make offers on house that they know they can't afford? A couple came to look at our house and loved it. They have a daughter Lexi's age and loved her room. Well they were pre-approved for the mortgage but that didn't take into consideration the the monthly association fees and taxes. Their mortgage broker does not feel they can afford it. The realtor is sending them to another mortgage company to get their opinion. This is so frustrating. I am ready to get from underneath this damn house. I know the monthly fees are what is going to hinder the sale of this place. Our monthly fees are 240 a month. Who the hell can afford that long with a mortgage payment? It is just insane what is happening down here. I am so tempted to just call companies that buy houses and be done with it.
Can you tell I am a little frustrated?
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