Well. I looked out this morning and there were at least 100 birds in my yard....I had the usual 50 plus Sparrows, some red finches, doves, and this one little new addition....Monday I put up a Hummingbird feeder and look what I snagged ...
Friday, January 22, 2010
Closer to home...
My good friends Jeanie and Duane Sanders are in need of Prayers...
Jeanie has been working for a company out of Georgia for a few years and comminuting back and forth to AZ. Well, a few months ago they built a nice home in Georgia and Duane moved out there to be with Jeanie. A little over two weeks ago Duane had a heart attack. He has been in the hospital ever since. It has just been one thing after another. Someone has set up a 'caringblog' for Jeanie. I think it is her secretary. I got this off the blog today. It was posted sometime yesterday.
Duane is sedated and on the respirator to help in his breathing. The pulmanoligist completed a procedure early this morning to clean out his lungs. He indicated no major issues. He has "floppy" tubes in his lungs so it will be hard for him to clear them on his own. They are backing off sedation and lowering setting on the respirator so he should wake up slowly and then begin to wean from intubation. He is also on respitory treatments every 2 hours with a pulsating bed for pressure. He continues to retain fluid and they are going to do dialysis a few days in a row to take that off. Over the past 2 days they removed 16 pounds of fluid. No fever this morning so the antibiotics are working.
Duane has been in bad health for at least 10 years. I know he must be tired. He has Diabetes, now on dialysis, has had a 3 or 4 bypass, he is just not doing well. He is a little younger than Mike.
Jeanie is my Krissie's sister-In-Law but I have known Jeanie 20 years.
Jeanie has been working for a company out of Georgia for a few years and comminuting back and forth to AZ. Well, a few months ago they built a nice home in Georgia and Duane moved out there to be with Jeanie. A little over two weeks ago Duane had a heart attack. He has been in the hospital ever since. It has just been one thing after another. Someone has set up a 'caringblog' for Jeanie. I think it is her secretary. I got this off the blog today. It was posted sometime yesterday.
Duane is sedated and on the respirator to help in his breathing. The pulmanoligist completed a procedure early this morning to clean out his lungs. He indicated no major issues. He has "floppy" tubes in his lungs so it will be hard for him to clear them on his own. They are backing off sedation and lowering setting on the respirator so he should wake up slowly and then begin to wean from intubation. He is also on respitory treatments every 2 hours with a pulsating bed for pressure. He continues to retain fluid and they are going to do dialysis a few days in a row to take that off. Over the past 2 days they removed 16 pounds of fluid. No fever this morning so the antibiotics are working.
Duane has been in bad health for at least 10 years. I know he must be tired. He has Diabetes, now on dialysis, has had a 3 or 4 bypass, he is just not doing well. He is a little younger than Mike.
Jeanie is my Krissie's sister-In-Law but I have known Jeanie 20 years.
Friday...
People have started to email wondering if I am OK….Yes I am fine.
It has been raining here all week…Blah, blah, blah…I live in AZ we are to have rain once or twice a year here…Not every day for a week…And not in the winter at all. If it wants to cloud up and sprinkle in August and give the illusion that it is not 120 outside I am all for it, but this mess is just annoying. My back yard is knee deep in water. ENOUGH!
Plus I have been reading just too much news. There have been more after shocks in Haiti. Even the US news reporters are sleeping outside; afraid a building will fall on them. Not enough food, water, shelter. and medical attention, I guess they have plenty of flies….I can not even imagine…
Then the big mess in MA. Teddy must be rolling over in his grave. A republican holding his old spot after 46 years! Just unreal. Now, what will happen to the Health Care Bill? Those Democrats should have gotten up some nerve and passed it months ago! Now we are in a pickle.
The aid to John Edwards is ready to publish his book so Edwards decided to come clean. It is rumored He and his wife are seperated. If he says he has found his sole mate I will just puke! Here is part of what I read on MSN this morning.
The child was born Feb. 27, 2008, indicating that she was conceived in the middle of 2007, several months after Hunter stopped working for Edwards. John and Elizabeth Edwards renewed their wedding vows in July of 2007 to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary.
Hunter's lawyer, Michael Critchley, said the admission is "good for everyone."
"To say that life has been hard for John Edwards for the past year would be an enormous understatement," Smith said. "His life has totally fallen apart. It's been a very difficult time for him. He recognizes that he has been at fault."
Good for everyone. Probably not so good for his wife, his 1st set of kids, probably not even good for that last kid….Out of everyone involved I feel least sorry for Edwards.
You know in Edward Kennedy’s last book, that he wrote knowing he was facing his last days. He never owned up to what I think is the truth about Chappaquiddick. It made me a little mad at first that he would stick with his ‘lie’ that he had been telling all along. But he wrote something to the effect of…The stories that are floating around brought shame to the name of Mary Jo and her family, not to me. She was a lovely, decent girl and for people to connect her to a scoundrel like me brought shame to her name not mine. She still has Family alive and I do believe it would have hurt her Family badly for him to have confessed anything else on his dying bed to ease his conscience. I guess some things are just best if kept between us and God.
It has been raining here all week…Blah, blah, blah…I live in AZ we are to have rain once or twice a year here…Not every day for a week…And not in the winter at all. If it wants to cloud up and sprinkle in August and give the illusion that it is not 120 outside I am all for it, but this mess is just annoying. My back yard is knee deep in water. ENOUGH!
Plus I have been reading just too much news. There have been more after shocks in Haiti. Even the US news reporters are sleeping outside; afraid a building will fall on them. Not enough food, water, shelter. and medical attention, I guess they have plenty of flies….I can not even imagine…
Then the big mess in MA. Teddy must be rolling over in his grave. A republican holding his old spot after 46 years! Just unreal. Now, what will happen to the Health Care Bill? Those Democrats should have gotten up some nerve and passed it months ago! Now we are in a pickle.
The aid to John Edwards is ready to publish his book so Edwards decided to come clean. It is rumored He and his wife are seperated. If he says he has found his sole mate I will just puke! Here is part of what I read on MSN this morning.
The child was born Feb. 27, 2008, indicating that she was conceived in the middle of 2007, several months after Hunter stopped working for Edwards. John and Elizabeth Edwards renewed their wedding vows in July of 2007 to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary.
Hunter's lawyer, Michael Critchley, said the admission is "good for everyone."
"To say that life has been hard for John Edwards for the past year would be an enormous understatement," Smith said. "His life has totally fallen apart. It's been a very difficult time for him. He recognizes that he has been at fault."
Good for everyone. Probably not so good for his wife, his 1st set of kids, probably not even good for that last kid….Out of everyone involved I feel least sorry for Edwards.
You know in Edward Kennedy’s last book, that he wrote knowing he was facing his last days. He never owned up to what I think is the truth about Chappaquiddick. It made me a little mad at first that he would stick with his ‘lie’ that he had been telling all along. But he wrote something to the effect of…The stories that are floating around brought shame to the name of Mary Jo and her family, not to me. She was a lovely, decent girl and for people to connect her to a scoundrel like me brought shame to her name not mine. She still has Family alive and I do believe it would have hurt her Family badly for him to have confessed anything else on his dying bed to ease his conscience. I guess some things are just best if kept between us and God.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
217,500
There are 217,500 people living in the town of Gilbert at the last count, give or take 100. Yesterday I read there are believed to be 200,000 fatalities in Haiti. Only 2 days ago they were saying 100,000. I am sure before it is over there will be more people that have died in Haiti from this Earthquake than the amount of people that live in my town.
I did read a woman was pulled alive from the rubble today, 6 days after the quake. I would not think many more could be found alive. This is a long time without food or water, especially if you are injured.
I did read a woman was pulled alive from the rubble today, 6 days after the quake. I would not think many more could be found alive. This is a long time without food or water, especially if you are injured.
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