"Life is so hard"

(This pic is for my sister she loves lighthouses!)
It's been a while since I've written and I have really missed it. I use this blog to vent so my family has had to tolerate my moodiness. My computer was down. I had to get a new CPU and motherboard. It's a miracle really that it's fixed. I came across this guy in an ad in a local newspaper selling an old computer and after talking to him a few times I found out that he runs a business that fixes computers. He got me the parts much cheaper than any place I had checked and it cost me less than 1/2 of all the other quotes and in 1/2 the time. I have to say that he is a really nice guy as well professional and very personable! I truly believe that God sent him our way! If you live in the area(Cleveland,Eastlake and surrounding suburbs) and need your computer repaired(virus removal, hardware upgrades, computer setup etc...) (he also does house calls) this is the guy to call. His name is Marty Williams his company name is PC-FIXME! phone- (440)946-7902 e-mail is martinwllms@sbcglobal.net let him know that Lee sent you!

I have to say that we have met some really wonderful and kind people since all of this has happened. Most of them don't know our story. I believe that they are blessings!
We went to a yard sale over the summer and Keith was struggling to walk up the drive, a lady offered him a chair and asked him about his illness and when we left she walked us to the car and said a prayer with him. I thought that it was one of the kindest things anyone has ever done! She took the time to pray for a person she didn't even know! She really touched our hearts!

Now for updates, so much has happened since I wrote last. Keith went through a really hard time over the past couple of months with his heart and medications. They switched his medication from metropol to verapamil to bistolic to lisinopril. They also put him on lasiks and oxygen. He now has to watch his salt intake along with his sugar. He is finally starting to feel a little better. The fluid retention has gone down quite a bit and he is able to walk from the kitchen to the dining room and not be out of breath. His ct scan in September looked good. The lymph nodes were normal size and there were no significant changes. He will not go back again until January.

My sister has been in the hospital for about a month and a 1/2. She had a liver transplant 2 years ago and she's been in and out of the hospital ever since. She has some sort of bleeding disorder that causes her body to not reproduce red blood cells so it's like she is bleeding out. On top of that she had an infection in her rotator cuff and has to do physical therapy.

So things have been busy and hectic but that's life! The kids are back in school and we are praying that our oldest will graduate this year. The boys are involved in sports. Our baby boy is in high school this year and our baby baby started kindergarten. Baking season is coming. I always look forward to it! Baking keeps me busy and I really enjoy it!! It's a part of who I am!

Thank you again for following my blog and for all the prayers!!!!!Until next time God Bless!!

15. "Keeping the faith"

I know I'm writing early this week but I just really feel the need to write. As I said last week my hubby wasn't feeling well, so on Saturday I took him to the emergency room because he was having trouble breathing and not to my surprise they decided to keep him. We thought that after radiation we were going to get a break from this hospital. I guess not!

They did do a complete work up on him including a ct scan. They were concerned about his heart. The good news is that all of his tests came out normal and the ct scan looked okay. I have to say that I was relieved! They started him on steroids which I knew they would do but this poor man now has to deal with his diabetes being crazy for the next 2 weeks and being hyper until he finishes them.

They came to the conclusion that he has now developed COPD. They think that it was brought on by the chemo and radiation. So now he is taking 3 more meds on top of his other 4 plus he has to use a nebulizer to take albuterol aerosol breathing treatments on top of the steroids (that have already made him gain 47 lbs since he's been out of the hospital the first time) and also an antibiotic called Avelox to prevent pneumonia but at least they let him come home on Mondayand he is okay! I was so happy! He is definitely doing better than he was when he went in.

He went to his heart Dr. on Tuesday and he feels that the medication he is on for his A fib and blood pressure(lopresser) may be causing some of the issues with his breathing (as well as his weight gain) so he changed it and put him on a new one called Verapamil. He said that he would feel a difference in about a week. Wouldn't that be wonderful!

Next week we have his endocrine Dr. and oncologist appointment. Not looking forward to either of those. I'm just trying to keep my faith and be strong!

Thank you so much again for reading and following my blog and for all of your prayers and support! Until next time, God Bless!