Grandad Airlifted to Wichita

Grandad was taken to the ER in Vernon last night and after an EKG, blood work, four nitro pills and morphine he was airlifted to Wichita Falls. He spent the night in pain. They currently have him on a Nitro drip and are working him in for an angiogram. He is still in pain and they feel like something else is going on. Just got a call from mom: Grandad's dr., Dr. Samuelson, said he definately had a heart attack. They do not know the extent or the damage yet and gave him two options: 1) Get over this one and go home or 2) Perform a Cardiac Cath (angiogram) to see how much damage has been done and go from there. Grandad told the Dr. that he was in the Dr.'s hands and to do what he thought was necessary. Dr. Samuelson said going home would NOT be a good choice. Mom informed me that they had already signed the paper work to do the Cath so Dr. Samuelson had ordered it before talking to Grandad. Dr. Samuleson does not perfom Cardiac Cath's so he has recommended Dr. Desiree (sp). Dr. Desiree is the Dr. that performed Albert's surgery and is an excellent surgeon. Mom said Grandad was still NOT comfortable and they had increased the Nitro drip 3 times with no relief so they have ordered more morphine. The Cath will be performed sometime today. They are waiting on Dr. Desiree now.

VETERANS DAY !!

Veterans Day is a day to reflect and remember those men, women, children, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and friends who serve the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !! They serve and sacrifice so that we, the people, have the freedoms that we have. Here is a paratroopers prayer I found:

FORGET-ME-NOT

A poem by Peter S. Griffin

Death found us, on the battlefields of freedom,
Duty, Honor, Country, the noblest of reasons....
Fallen Screaming Eagles, we paid the toll,
Our sacrifices, etched, forever, on our souls....

Engaging battle, from the sky,
Looking death, straight in the eye....
We feared no enemy, on this earth,
On righteousness, Fallen Screaming Eagles perch....

Now we lay silent, in fields of green,
Our children, in FREEDOM, frolic in our dreams....
Eternal peace, granted, by a loving God,
Our highest decoration, the FORGET-ME-NOT, to cover our sod....


Hug a Veteran. Take the time to THANK him/her for everything that they have done so that you and I can have the life that we live. The FREEDOMS we have would not be possible without the life of a Veteran.

THANK YOU !!!

Loss

Susan went to her father's funeral in Amarillo and then on to New Mexico but Big Ronnie was sick and couldn't go. Grandad, Freddie, and Debbie all "baby" sat with him to try and get him back on his feet. He was vomitting and couldn't keep anything down. From what I understand, Ronnie had been in severe pain for a few days and that's what he thought was causing all the vomitting..was the pain. Hopefully everything is back to "normal"....I know "normal" and Big Ronnie in the same sentence is a hard thing to grasp !!! ha ha

Little Ronnie and Pam went to Hobbs for her mother's funeral over the weekend. I think the service was to be on Monday. Maybe Little Ronnie will send me an e-mail to let me know how Pam is doing...hint..hint..

I hope everyone had a safe trip !! We are thinking about each and everyone of you in your time of sorrow.

SYMPATHIES

I have been talking (e-mailing) to Little Ronnie this afternoon and have found out a few things...since NO ONE will bother to tell me anything going on in their lives.

Pam's mother is in the hospital with cancer and is not doing well. Little Ronnie is still working on getting his blood pressure under control but he is doing ok. He said it makes for some craziness in his household right now. We are thinking of you Pam and your family !!!

After I confronted my mother about knowing any of this information she informs me that Susan lost her father yesterday. So Big Ronnie and Susan are headed to Amarillo to be with her family in their time of need. Susan we are thinking about you and your family. Be safe while traveling.

HOME !!!

Well, LaShae is at home. Dad has gone to get her medicine prescription filled and get something to eat. The Dr. told her to eat something with carbs like a baked potato. Mom said she was in some pain and is still groggy and a little nauseated so she went straight to bed.

Out of Surgery

LaShae is out of surgery and in recovery. They removed the gall bladder and a lot (more than expected) of scar tissue from the apendectomy that she had on July 13th. They were able to remove the gall bladder lapriscopically. She should be able to go home in a couple of hours after she wakes up and gets moving around.

LaShae in Surgery

LaShae had to be at the hospital this morning at 8am for gall bladder surgery. I will try to update when I have more information.