Dec 23

Will forever be etched in my mind, as this is the day my mom passed away. Please pray for your family as we process this and the days ahead.

stable

Mom is still stable but is still very critical. Her surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at 12. I have started a caringbridge site just for her it is at caringbridge.org when it asks for the website enter joywood

Thank you so much for all your love and support.

Critical but stable

My mom is very critical but stable. She was moved yesterday to ICU and placed on a vent. Today she was scheduled for surgery. After 2 hours of surgery, the surgeon came out and said that she had major bleeding issues, she had 2 units of blood prior to the surgery and then 4 units of blood and plasma and factor 7 to stop the bleeding. The surgeon did not finish the procedure, he packed her lung, inserted 3 chest tubes and called it a day. SHe was very critical coming out of the surgery and now we wait more, if she is stable Thursday, the dr will go back in to finish cleaning out the lung and then continue with the lung peel. Pray she is stable until thursday for the surgery and pray for healing. She is resting on the vent and is under sedation. Thank you so much for all the prayers and support, you all are wonderful.

Mom update

My mom had to be moved to ICU this morning and is on a vent. She is not doing great, however, at least now she doesn't have to breathe on her own. She is sedated and resting now, her surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. She will be on the vent for several days after that. Keep praying.

Hospital

So as I type this, I am watching my mother struggle to breathe. Such a hard thing to watch. she is in the hospital still and my family is on their way to New Mexico. I sent them on their way thinking I would join them soon. The dr today said my mother needs major surgery, she will have a drain put in her main artery to prevent any clots from traveling to the heart or upward, and then have major lung surgery to open the lung, evacuate and clean out the lung. She will be in ICU after the surgery and on a vent. Major surgery. The reason they are having to wait on doing the surgery is because she has been on blood thinners and her blood is too thin. She is getting vitamin K and plasma to thicken the blood. Pray for no more clots.Needless to say, I am not heading to NM anytime soon. Please pray for my mom as she is having so much trouble breathing.

Back in the hospital

My mom is back in the hospital with a blood clot in her leg and one in her lung. she also has fluid in her left lung which they will drain today. I was planning on going out of town tomorrow but now I am sending robert and the boys and will meet them later in the week. Pray as we deal with this and for me as my siblings live far away and cannot help.

Rough days

Trey was up most of the night complaining that his hip was hurting. All the tests from kidney specialist came back ok. He is in the normal range but just barely. He feels like in the near future all of this will fall off the normal range.
My mom is still not doing well. I took her to the doctor yesterday and they indicated that she has congestive heart failure. She still cannot breathe and is on oxygen. I am taking her back to the doctor this afternoon and am thinking that they will readmit her to the hospital. Pray for my patience as I minister to her during all this with my plate already full.

something to make you laugh

This is something fun we did in kindergarten today, the kids thought is was hilarious....

Santa Came Early

With our next ski trip coming next week, Santa came early to our house to deliver snowboards to the boys. Mostly, it was because they are a hard item to HIDE....

Make a Wish gingerbread Party

This is one of Travis' favorite things to do with make a Wish. A huge shout out to pappas brother's steakhouse for making this a great event for wish kids. They know how to host a gingerbread party in a HUGE way. Travis had the most impressive house by making it two stories.

Black eye and all

Travis got kicked in the eye at a basketball practice. He was in bed when I got home last night and so I didn't see him until this morning. YIKES

Really Lord....

Got a call yesterday about Trey's lab work that was done from our Houston visit and it wasn't good. His urine had 3+ protein in it again and his platelets were out of whack. Ugh. We have an appointment on Friday with the kidney specialist. However, 2 years ago when we went down this road he said he couldn't find anything however, he felt like this might be an auto immune response and that in the future we may discover something. HUMMMMMM something maybe arthritis. Of course, all of this is like a puzzle and putting all the pieces together is a mystery. The dr then asked me if Trey had ever had any testing for some cancers. Not the question you want to be asked. She is going to do a 24 hour urine collection and then we will go from there. Continue to pray for Trey as we begin this arthritis journey. This week has been a good week little pain. We will take the good times and run with it. Praising HIM for this week.

Hospital with MOM

Yesterday morning around 3:50 am I got a frantic call from my mom who was having a hard time breathing from the pnuemonia that she has. She asked me to take her to the ER. When I got to her house a few minutes later and got her into the car, she began to tell me she wasn't going to make it to the ER. A little bit of panic in her voice and panic set into me. She kept saying again, I just need oxygen, I can't breathe, I ran through lots of thoughts in my head and then decided to stop at the fire station. After looking at her and doing an EKG they decided she should go to hospital by ambulance. I met her there. She is on oxygen, dehydrated, low potassium, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, heart issues, they thought possible heart attack but not, and pnuemonia. She was a mess. She has been admitted and hopefully we can get these things sorted out while there. Thank you so much for all the support and prayers yesterday. continue to pray for her healing and my patience in dealing with all this.

TB test

Trey's TB test was negative and we should be hearing about his blood work soon. After that is all clear we will be able to begin the injections. He is not thrilled about this at all but am praying that the drug will give him the relief he needs.

Trey's feet

last night Trey had another episode where his feet went white. The circulation was not good, Another side effect of this awful arthritis. UGH You can see in the picture how pink my hand is compared to his white feet.