Whew!!!!!! Busy busy Year! Thanks for all your prayers this year has been full of some scary times but also many many blessings.
Brian had his pacemaker implanted in January, that was my last update and it has been crazy since then.
Brett made us over the edge excited and happy when he asked Kelly to marry him!! She accepted, Yeah!!, and they have planned a destination wedding to Mazatlan Mexico for the 14th of August. We get to spend two weeks all together with friends and family.
The wedding is getting close and we are so excited.
Quite unexpectedly his younger sister Mary passed away in February. She lived in Spokane so we went up to Washington with Kim, his older sister, and we cleaned out her apartment. We were able to donate everything even food to the domestic violence program. Normally they don't have the space to store furniture and just take household goods and clothing. We were blessed to be able to move Mary's furniture and belonging right into and apartment of a young mother who left a violent situation with the clothes on her and her children's backs. It was awesome to be able to provide in tragedy- a fresh start for a young family.
We ended our time up north by going to Seattle to be there for Will's 1st Birthday!!!!
I think it was what the Dr ordered for grandpa! We are so blessed to share that time with Brianne, Scott and Will. Thanks to Mike and Kathy, Scott's parents, we had a lovely place to stay and a wonderful time with family.
Back home we waited for Brian to form scar tissue around his pacemaker leads since that stubborn A-Fib was still causing havoc.
In the meantime I busied myself with helping with several weddings and proms doing over 29 different alterations!!!!!!
Brian's leads finally healed enough for him to undergo his hopefully last surgery, an Ablation. The surgery was done May 21st and during the 7 hour procedure he had leads threaded up from his thighs into his heart and the tissue around the vessels in his heart were cauterized to form scar tissue to prevent the electrical impulses from jumping from the vessels and causing the chaotic havoc that was leading to the A-Fib.
The great news is that he has been in regular sinus rhythm since surgery!!! The answer to many many prayers. He is getting stronger and feeling better everyday! We are looking forward to Brett and Kelly's wedding and spending time with family and friends. Grandpa is ready to make pancakes for Will and take daily naps with him.
Love and Blessings to all
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Hi!!!!!!!
Hey everyone it has been FOREVER since I have updated my blog. I guess this has been a VERY BAD year for keeping in touch. I thought it was time to let you know what has been going on since the last update of Will's Birthday.
Brianne and Will came out for a visit in May. It was the best gift a grandma could get for Mother's Day. Brian's Mom got to see her little Great Grandson while she was still able to visit and hold him. it was a very special visit and Will was a trooper to be such a good traveler for his mommy.
Brett graduated from Tabor College in May. We are very proud of our Business & Marketing Man.
Go BlueJays!!
He is now working for Coke as a product merchandiser. He works hard 6 days a week and on his limited time off spend lhis time with his very special girl, Kelly. They met at Tabor and we love her to pieces. She works in a Drs. office and wants to be a physicans assistant.
I had surgery in June on my throat to dilate my esophagus I guess trying to swallow thru a straw is not the best!! I was able to travel to Seattle in July for the Annual Dental Convention. It was a super visit, part work back at Dr. Rossi's but mostly fun. I also got to see Brianne, Scott and Will before I headed home. Always amazed at how much he is growing!! I am blessed to be a granny.
Brian's Mom passed away from lung cancer Sept 26th. We were able to care for her during her last days and she was able to stay home surrounded by her family as she went to the Lord
Brian went to the Phillipines October 11th to be the keynote speaker for the 50th anniversary of the Church of God in the Phillipines. He had a very busy and fruitful week. He came home on the 19th after many hours of travel and was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrilation and Bi-lateral pulmunary embolisms. His heart was in congestive failure and had thrown a blood clot to his left kidney. He spent a week in the hospital to get his blood thin enough to lessen the risk of the clots moving to his brain and causing a stroke. The Drs were amazed that he survived all the travel but we know that God was protecting him.
Brianne and Will came out to check on grandpa for 2 weeks. It was the BEST medicine EVER. Brianne took such good care of us and Scott came out for the week of Thanksgiving. Brian's sister and her family also came for Thanksgiving so we had a wonderful family time.
During that week there was a fire in my office building and we sustainted major smoke damage and had to move out. Thankfully we had an offer to work in an orthodontists brand new office so we missed only 6 working days.
The next order of business was to try to get his heart out of afib, which is an irregular beat. His heart was racing at 100-180 beats per minute but they weren't productive beats. He tried a regimen of meds but ended up having his heart shocked. On Decemember 16th his heart was shocked twice but unfortunatly his rhythm didn't convert. He went back on the 29th and this time his heart behaved and went back into regular sinus rhythm!!! it was a gerat way to finish the year.
BUT...this last friday it was back to the ER because Brian's heart was not beating fast enough!! He had a heart rate of 33 beats per minute which just isn't enough. His Dr. took him off one of his meds hoping that it would respond and beat in the normal range of 65-80 beats a minute. We were sent home only to come back Saturday morning as he was beating at about 35 bpm. He got to spend the weekend being monitered and amazing the nurses that he didn't feel dizzy or icky. Several times they brought the 'crash'cart around "just in case"!!
Tomorrow morning he goes down to Wichita and will have a pacemaker inplanted. It seems scary but we have faith in the care he is receiving and trust that God is in control and placed him in the hands of a very well respected Cardiologist who just happens to specialize in electrophysiology of the heart which is exactly what Brian needs. He gets to come home soon after the surgery and we will let you all know how he is doing. Thank you for your prayers, we love you all.
Brianne and Will came out for a visit in May. It was the best gift a grandma could get for Mother's Day. Brian's Mom got to see her little Great Grandson while she was still able to visit and hold him. it was a very special visit and Will was a trooper to be such a good traveler for his mommy.
Brett graduated from Tabor College in May. We are very proud of our Business & Marketing Man.
Go BlueJays!!
He is now working for Coke as a product merchandiser. He works hard 6 days a week and on his limited time off spend lhis time with his very special girl, Kelly. They met at Tabor and we love her to pieces. She works in a Drs. office and wants to be a physicans assistant.
I had surgery in June on my throat to dilate my esophagus I guess trying to swallow thru a straw is not the best!! I was able to travel to Seattle in July for the Annual Dental Convention. It was a super visit, part work back at Dr. Rossi's but mostly fun. I also got to see Brianne, Scott and Will before I headed home. Always amazed at how much he is growing!! I am blessed to be a granny.
Brian's Mom passed away from lung cancer Sept 26th. We were able to care for her during her last days and she was able to stay home surrounded by her family as she went to the Lord
Brian went to the Phillipines October 11th to be the keynote speaker for the 50th anniversary of the Church of God in the Phillipines. He had a very busy and fruitful week. He came home on the 19th after many hours of travel and was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrilation and Bi-lateral pulmunary embolisms. His heart was in congestive failure and had thrown a blood clot to his left kidney. He spent a week in the hospital to get his blood thin enough to lessen the risk of the clots moving to his brain and causing a stroke. The Drs were amazed that he survived all the travel but we know that God was protecting him.
Brianne and Will came out to check on grandpa for 2 weeks. It was the BEST medicine EVER. Brianne took such good care of us and Scott came out for the week of Thanksgiving. Brian's sister and her family also came for Thanksgiving so we had a wonderful family time.
During that week there was a fire in my office building and we sustainted major smoke damage and had to move out. Thankfully we had an offer to work in an orthodontists brand new office so we missed only 6 working days.
The next order of business was to try to get his heart out of afib, which is an irregular beat. His heart was racing at 100-180 beats per minute but they weren't productive beats. He tried a regimen of meds but ended up having his heart shocked. On Decemember 16th his heart was shocked twice but unfortunatly his rhythm didn't convert. He went back on the 29th and this time his heart behaved and went back into regular sinus rhythm!!! it was a gerat way to finish the year.
BUT...this last friday it was back to the ER because Brian's heart was not beating fast enough!! He had a heart rate of 33 beats per minute which just isn't enough. His Dr. took him off one of his meds hoping that it would respond and beat in the normal range of 65-80 beats a minute. We were sent home only to come back Saturday morning as he was beating at about 35 bpm. He got to spend the weekend being monitered and amazing the nurses that he didn't feel dizzy or icky. Several times they brought the 'crash'cart around "just in case"!!
Tomorrow morning he goes down to Wichita and will have a pacemaker inplanted. It seems scary but we have faith in the care he is receiving and trust that God is in control and placed him in the hands of a very well respected Cardiologist who just happens to specialize in electrophysiology of the heart which is exactly what Brian needs. He gets to come home soon after the surgery and we will let you all know how he is doing. Thank you for your prayers, we love you all.
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