An Ohana Reunion...The Waterless Cruise...

[Stepht5]

Hi everyone!

I am home from the hospital and attempting to sit up for a bit. The best part..I had a real sandwich today! The offical weight loss with my exciting diet was 17 pounds in 2 weeks..I'll take it.

The surgery went great. No complications and my other procedure will be in Feb/March to remove the stent. I should feel back to normal by Saturday or Sunday.

Take care!

I am so happy to hear this!

 

[Downrivermama]

Yeah! Desiree! Glad to hear all went well. Take it easy.

 

[allshookup]

Hi everyone!

I am home from the hospital and attempting to sit up for a bit. The best part..I had a real sandwich today! The offical weight loss with my exciting diet was 17 pounds in 2 weeks..I'll take it.

The surgery went great. No complications and my other procedure will be in Feb/March to remove the stent. I should feel back to normal by Saturday or Sunday.

Take care!

That's excellent news! So glad to hear it all went well!

 

[cruisin'Mike]

That's excellent news! So glad to hear it all went well!

Hey Diane! I was just thinking of you, Mary Ann and Chrissie. They just showed Leominster (I think?) Massachusetts on our news. Stay warm and safe!

 

[Stepht5]

Our dd & SIL have now interefered with our vacation plans...... We are going to have a grandbaby in August (due sometime the week of the 15th!).

AS happy as Jon and I are we did consider not missing our trip with y'all. You should have seen the look of horror that came over our dd's face! LOL! I think that was mostly because she realized that would mean that her MIL would be the main person there to help her!

 

[arlenesp]

Hi everyone!

I am home from the hospital and attempting to sit up for a bit. The best part..I had a real sandwich today! The offical weight loss with my exciting diet was 17 pounds in 2 weeks..I'll take it.

The surgery went great. No complications and my other procedure will be in Feb/March to remove the stent. I should feel back to normal by Saturday or Sunday.

Take care!

Glad you are feeling better. Lousy way to lose weight tho. Keep up the recovery

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Our dd & SIL have now interefered with our vacation plans...... We are going to have a grandbaby in August (due sometime the week of the 15th!).

AS happy as Jon and I are we did consider not missing our trip with y'all. You should have seen the look of horror that came over our dd's face! LOL! I think that was mostly because she realized that would mean that her MIL would be the main person there to help her!

Congrats on the new arrival!

 

[Stepht5]

Congrats on the new arrival!

Thank you! My brother and I both think it is a girl so, I'm thinking about starting to buy girl stuff! LOL! It is so much more FUN then boy stuff!

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Hi everyone!

I wanted to thank everyone for the calls and emails and cards! Today is the first day I actually feel human. I can't believe it's only been 5 days recovering..it feels like 5 weeks. Along with my recovery..I managed to pick up the stomach flu. I have had trouble eating since I got home so my pizza is still on hold

Anways..I feel like I have missed a lot on all of the boards so I will try and catch up. I hope everyone is having a terrific holiday season! Today I get to make the shopping list for our Christmas meal and Richard said he will do the shopping.

Have a great Sunday!

 

[Stepht5]

I know that some of you know this...But, would y'all keep my cousins' children in your prayers?

A cousin, that is younger then me, died in his sleep last night. They don't know why.
His 10dd went to wake him up this morning and she found him. He also has a son that is around 14.

My cousin was the Godfather of my youngest child. So, this is one that I was fairly close to --- I have ALOT of 1st cousins...even more then Tom.

My cousin lives in MO (an hour West of St Louis) so, I am not going to be able to go to the funeral. Even forgetting that it is Christms week, I just can not leave my brother right now.
Speaking of my brother......he had a set back this afternoon. His red blood cell count went back down again and the Dr can't figure out why...SO. Another dr is being called in to see him tomorrow.
This is really disappointing to Greg since he had been told this morning that he could come home tomorrow. Now he is going to be in the hospital.

This is going to seem trivial but, his dog is also dying and it doesn't look like he is going to make it much longer....... We just really NEED for him to hang on a while longer...... I just don't want this to be one more thing that Greg has to deal with....
Greg's S/O is taking care of the dog. I do not *do* dogs. I did go buy the dog *stuff* (diapers -- he is having *issues* now that it is close to the end-- and food) but, I don't take care of animals if I can help it.....

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

I know that some of you know this...But, would y'all keep my cousins' children in your prayers?

A cousin, that is younger then me, died in his sleep last night. They don't know why.
His 10dd went to wake him up this morning and she found him. He also has a son that is around 14.

My cousin was the Godfather of my youngest child. So, this is one that I was fairly close to --- I have ALOT of 1st cousins...even more then Tom.

My cousin lives in MO (an hour West of St Louis) so, I am not going to be able to go to the funeral. Even forgetting that it is Christms week, I just can not leave my brother right now.
Speaking of my brother......he had a set back this afternoon. His red blood cell count went back down again and the Dr can't figure out why...SO. Another dr is being called in to see him tomorrow.
This is really disappointing to Greg since he had been told this morning that he could come home tomorrow. Now he is going to be in the hospital.

This is going to seem trivial but, his dog is also dying and it doesn't look like he is going to make it much longer....... We just really NEED for him to hang on a while longer...... I just don't want this to be one more thing that Greg has to deal with....
Greg's S/O is taking care of the dog. I do not *do* dogs. I did go buy the dog *stuff* (diapers -- he is having *issues* now that it is close to the end-- and food) but, I don't take care of animals if I can help it.....

All of your family will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers..I am sorry to hear of Greg's set-back..I know he was looking forward to being home tomorrow. I am not a dog person either (actually..against my better judgement...it has been a long time coming but on Christmas - we will be surprising Tori with the fact that she is finally going to get the dog she has been asking for) but for any animal to be passing away just breaks my heart.

 

[allshookup]

I know that some of you know this...But, would y'all keep my cousins' children in your prayers?

A cousin, that is younger then me, died in his sleep last night. They don't know why.
His 10dd went to wake him up this morning and she found him. He also has a son that is around 14.

My cousin was the Godfather of my youngest child. So, this is one that I was fairly close to --- I have ALOT of 1st cousins...even more then Tom.

My cousin lives in MO (an hour West of St Louis) so, I am not going to be able to go to the funeral. Even forgetting that it is Christms week, I just can not leave my brother right now.
Speaking of my brother......he had a set back this afternoon. His red blood cell count went back down again and the Dr can't figure out why...SO. Another dr is being called in to see him tomorrow.
This is really disappointing to Greg since he had been told this morning that he could come home tomorrow. Now he is going to be in the hospital.

This is going to seem trivial but, his dog is also dying and it doesn't look like he is going to make it much longer....... We just really NEED for him to hang on a while longer...... I just don't want this to be one more thing that Greg has to deal with....
Greg's S/O is taking care of the dog. I do not *do* dogs. I did go buy the dog *stuff* (diapers -- he is having *issues* now that it is close to the end-- and food) but, I don't take care of animals if I can help it.....

Steph what a very difficult holiday season this has been for you! I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. How very very sad! I will keep his family & your brother in my prayers. Hang in there!

 

[cruisin'Mike]

I know that some of you know this...But, would y'all keep my cousins' children in your prayers?

A cousin, that is younger then me, died in his sleep last night. They don't know why.
His 10dd went to wake him up this morning and she found him. He also has a son that is around 14.

My cousin was the Godfather of my youngest child. So, this is one that I was fairly close to --- I have ALOT of 1st cousins...even more then Tom.

My cousin lives in MO (an hour West of St Louis) so, I am not going to be able to go to the funeral. Even forgetting that it is Christms week, I just can not leave my brother right now.
Speaking of my brother......he had a set back this afternoon. His red blood cell count went back down again and the Dr can't figure out why...SO. Another dr is being called in to see him tomorrow.
This is really disappointing to Greg since he had been told this morning that he could come home tomorrow. Now he is going to be in the hospital.

This is going to seem trivial but, his dog is also dying and it doesn't look like he is going to make it much longer....... We just really NEED for him to hang on a while longer...... I just don't want this to be one more thing that Greg has to deal with....
Greg's S/O is taking care of the dog. I do not *do* dogs. I did go buy the dog *stuff* (diapers -- he is having *issues* now that it is close to the end-- and food) but, I don't take care of animals if I can help it.....

I'm so sorry to hear about about your cousinn. We'll add him and his family to our prayers. We'll continue to keep your brother and your whole family in our prayers too.

I know it may sound a little weak, coming across the internet from far away, but if there is anything that we can possibly do, even if it's just give you an ear to talk to, please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Last minute Christmas shoppers? Guess where they are!

It's the shopping area on a cruise ship.....sure..it's not Disney but it's a cruise ship....I bet it's someplace warm and tropical....

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

This is really disappointing to Greg since he had been told this morning that he could come home tomorrow. Now he is going to be in the hospital.

I hope that today is brighter for your Brother. I continue to pray for your family each day!

 

[Stepht5]

All of your family will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers..I am sorry to hear of Greg's set-back..I know he was looking forward to being home tomorrow. I am not a dog person either (actually..against my better judgement...it has been a long time coming but on Christmas - we will be surprising Tori with the fact that she is finally going to get the dog she has been asking for) but for any animal to be passing away just breaks my heart.

Steph what a very difficult holiday season this has been for you! I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. How very very sad! I will keep his family & your brother in my prayers. Hang in there!

I'm so sorry to hear about about your cousinn. We'll add him and his family to our prayers. We'll continue to keep your brother and your whole family in our prayers too.

I know it may sound a little weak, coming across the internet from far away, but if there is anything that we can possibly do, even if it's just give you an ear to talk to, please don't hesitate to ask.

I hope that today is brighter for your Brother. I continue to pray for your family each day!

Thank you all so much. It really means alot to me that I can post/vent here.
Jon listens to me but, then he wants there to be a *fix* he can do to make everything better. And I know how upset he is about Greg being sick.
And when REAL tragedy hits (like my cousin dying) Jon makes jokes. Yes, they are funny.....and sometimes that is what you need to break the sadness up. I know he does it as a self protection thing -- so, that he doesn't break down.
And I don't want my younger children to be upset (or to see me get too upset) so, I don't say much when they are around --- are mine the only children that ALWAYS seem to be around???

Thanks again. And if any of you have prayer request send them to me! I have quite the list going --- I keep lists for everything because I am always afraid I will forget someone/something!

 

[micmse2003]

Merry Christmas!!!​

 

[Downrivermama]

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We had a nice quite day, except being woken up at 4 AM! I went back to sleep!

Hope everyone is doing well. Stay safe and warm.

 

[Stepht5]

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We had a nice quite day, except being woken up at 4 AM! I went back to sleep!

Hope everyone is doing well. Stay safe and warm.

Tina,
Jon & I were woke up about 4am also.....Because ouy 2 youngest kdis were fighting! ACK!!!
Elvis was mad because he didn't see Guitar Hero World Tour in the gifts. And instead of just being grateful for what he had -- he got the Lego Mindstorms NXT!!!! He was being a jerk to Claire - why????? So, she started hitting and kicking him! UGH! Samantha was trying to break them up.
We separated everyone and sent them to bed.

And then when we got back in our room I turned to Jon and said *The ONLY thing you had to do was go out to the 1 car garage and get the GH World Tour box and put it in the Family room!!!* I had already set everything up -- the Santa gifts, the stockings, etc...... I'm even the one that bought/ordered EVERYTHING. He turns to me and says *I forgot.* WTH????

I even picked out and bought the gifts for his parents!!!

 

[tom31b]

Tina,
Jon & I were woke up about 4am also.....Because ouy 2 youngest kdis were fighting! ACK!!!
Elvis was mad because he didn't see Guitar Hero World Tour in the gifts. And instead of just being grateful for what he had -- he got the Lego Mindstorms NXT!!!! He was being a jerk to Claire - why????? So, she started hitting and kicking him! UGH! Samantha was trying to break them up.
We separated everyone and sent them to bed.

And then when we got back in our room I turned to Jon and said *The ONLY thing you had to do was go out to the 1 car garage and get the GH World Tour box and put it in the Family room!!!* I had already set everything up -- the Santa gifts, the stockings, etc...... I'm even the one that bought/ordered EVERYTHING. He turns to me and says *I forgot.* WTH????

I even picked out and bought the gifts for his parents!!!

Thanks for the story, tell Jon I'm laughing, feels good with everything else going on.