Monday, February 23, 2009

THESLOW HORSE IS BACK.

HI TO ALL. WE SNUCK AWAY AGAIN AND DID THE BLOOD CHECK THING LEAVING THE GIRLS WITH DAD. WE THOUGHT WE'D COME SAY HI TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT KEEP ME IN THEIR PRAYERS.I HAD MY WALKING EVALUATION AGAIN LAST TUESDAY & I HAD IMPROVED ON EVERYTHING ,YIPPEE. BUT MY ARM IS TURNING OUT TO BE JUST AS STUBBORN AS ME. STILL NOTHING FROM IT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY A NEW KIND OF BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY SOON WHICH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO. I WILL TRY ANYTHING BY NOW. IT IS NOT COVERED BY MY INSURANCE SO WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. BUT WE HAVE HEARD REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT & I AM HANGING IN, BUT GETTING FED UP WITH MYSELF. I AM ABSOLUTELY READY TO BE DONE WITH THIS CRAP! I LOVE TERESA DEARLY BUT I KNOW SHE IS GETTING TIRED OF BEING OUR 24 HOUR NURSE, NANNY, & TAXI. WE GOT TO SEE GREAT GRANDMA RITA & UNCLE STEVE LAST WEEK WHICH WAS LOTS OF FUN. WE WILL MEET THEM AGAIN IN MESQUITE TONIGHT. SO MUCH FUN TO SEE FAMILY INSTEAD OF THERAPY. WE LOVE YOU ALL. MY NURSE IS NOW LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MAKE MISTAKES .THE FUN IS OVER. SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL HOVERER. THERE I GOT HER TO STEP AWAY FOR 1 MINUTE. I WON'T DO ANYTHING CRAZY I PROMISE. ALL IN LOVE. MY GIRLS ARE STILL MAKING US LAUGH THEY ARE TOO SMART FOR KIDS. WE ARE AT THE STAGE OF SPELLING THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO SAY BUT THEY CATCH ON AND KNOW WHAT WE SPELL NOW, DAMN. I WILL HAVE THE FIRST 1 YEAR OLD THAT CAN SPELL ICE CREAM. GOD LOVE EM. THEY REALLY KEEP ME GOING, IF THERE WERE A TIME OUT BELL I WOULD'VE RANG IT BY NOW FOR SURE. THEN THEY COME OUT IN THEIR" SNOW WHITE" DRESSES WHICH MY LITTLE LILLI WORE FOR A WEEK. SHE EVEN SAYS HER NAME IS NOT LILLI ,IT IS ARIEL OR SNOW WHITE NOW. AND I FIND THE PATIENCE TO CONTINUE FOR A WHILE LONGER. I AM SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO BE A MOM I SHOULD HAVE HAD KIDS EARLIER IN LIFE, EVEN IF I'M SLOWER THAN THEM NOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEIR 60 TO BE AS SLOW AS ME .I GOT IMPATIENT APPARENTLY.. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO COME WITH US ON FRIDAY TO AN APPOINTMENT SO I INTRODUCED THEM TO MY PT & TOLD HIM THAT WAS HOW FAST I NEEDED TO BE. I WILL WORK ON IT. THE COMPUTER HAS SPELL CHECK TERESA IS MY SPACE CHECK. AND PUNCTUATION MONITOR.SHE'S BACK ...PERFECTION NOW, NO MORE SMART ASS TAMI.OK SENT HER AWAY AGAIN, I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON THE COMPUTER. THANK YOU !FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. COME TO MESQUITE AND DO SOME GAMBLING & I WILL COME SEE YOU IN PERSON. LOVE TAMI & TERESA. WATCH FOR A SHORT LADY WITH A SKINNY TALL GIRL HANGING ON HER SHOULDER. THAT'S US. OUT OF TIME NOW FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ANYTIME. 801-520-4907

Monday, February 9, 2009

Straight from the "Horses Mouth"

WELL HI TO ALL THOSE THAT KEEP CHECKING ON ME.THIS IS TAMI. I GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY APOINTMENTS TO GO TO.Today I actually got a few minutes to read through the blOG. MY grandma had printed it for me. HOLY COW!IT IS ALL SO SUREAL EVEN TO ME. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR ME AND HELPING MY LITTLE FAMILY. I AM SO INCREDIBLY BLESSSED AND GRATEFUL FOR MY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. I KNEW THIS BEFORE, BUT IT IS JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN MY MIND NOW HOW LUCKY I AM, AND FOR ANYONE THAT HASN'T GOT TO MEET MY GIRLS THEY ARE SO AMAZING! TRULY ANGELS ON EARTH AS LONG AS THEY GET A NAP. THANKS TO MY GRANDMA ANN. WHO HAS BEEN DOING THE UNFORTUNATE TASK OF ORGANIZING ALL MY FINANCES ,SHE IS AWSOME!SHE ALREADY HAS A MILLION OTHER THINGS SHE DOES EACH DAY. WHAT A WOMAN!I COULD BE HERE FOR HOURS THANKING EVERYONE. BUT I AM OUT OF TIME AND TERESA IS HOVERING MAKING SURE I PUT IN ALL THE CORRECT PERIODS AND COMMAS SO FORGIVE ME IF ITS NOT PERFECT I JUST ASKED HER TO LEAVE ME ALONE FOR A MINUTE. GET READY FOR CHAOS. IM UNSUPERVISED!
LOVE TAMI

Mon. Feb.9th

From Teresa... We've been doing the blood thinning/thickening act. Tami finished the antibiotic a week ago Friday. Last Monday we checked her level and it was 5.5(still too thin). So she ate salads with a lot of dark leafy greens and went without the cumidin a few days. On Wed. it was back down to perfect at a 2.5. So back on a small dose of cumidin. We checked it again today(Mon.) and it's too thick at 1.1. So now we increase the dose a little more and check again on Thurs. The spot where they gave her a shot of vitamin k two weeks ago in her stomach, developed a reaction. We were in to the doctor to have it checked the other day and had to get a strong cortizone cream for it. I guess we will need to avoid anymore shots of it and just get the vitamin k in foods.

Tami came to the library today with me.(the first time since her stroke) We left the girls home with Albert. She's getting around fairly well with my shoulder as her cane. More later...Teresa.