Hi Y'all
I hope you're doing well. Most of you I haven't talked to in weeks and I apologize for that. But I hope you'll understand after you hear about what my life has been like for over a month now. Y'all're lucky I actually found the time to sit down for a moment or two and write a few short paragraphs.
So I wrote about GYC a while back, so you would know about that. What you don't know however is that that's where our lives just sped up and haven't braked since. After spending a blessing rich week in Minneapolis we got home and the next morning headed to Grandma's for Christmas! It was such a wonderful 2 days that we got to spend with my Dad's family, who we haven't seen in a year or two. To top it off I got a new lens for my camera too! A macro! So keep on the look out for some new close up photos! :D That is if I can find a spare moment to shoot one of these days!
Well the day after Christmas Grandma had a gall bladder attack and on the 27th was taken to the hospital. They were going to operate and remove her gall bladder in a couple weeks but she had another attack and they had to do surgery on Sunday, the 30th. After surgery she came down with sepsis. For those of you who don't know what that is: it is poison of the blood. So she had this infection going on inside her body using energy and preventing her from healing. Because of the sepsis her white blood cells multiplied like crazy, her blood pressure dropped, and her kidneys started malfunctioning-classic signs, causing her to be admitted to ICU.
One of my Aunts was in for the holidays and was taking care of Grandma, but she had to return soon so Dad went to go spend a week with Grandma and care for her. He was gone for about a week and during that time my best friend spent 6 days with us! With Dad being gone and having to keep up with my best friend's high energy life it just wore me out and I have barely recovered since.
When Dad returned another sister took over for him. Also, he brought Grandma's dog, Holly, back with him. She was going into depression from missing her Mama and had to have someone watch over her. Long story short... Holly went completely down hill (and I'll spare y'all the details... they might be gruesome for some of you) and we had to have her put down on the 11th. She would have been 15 this May.
On the 10th Grandma was transfered from her local hospital to the ICU at our University (of NM) hospital here in ABQ. While there she received excellent care and slowly began to improve. On the 14th she was moved to a regular hospital room and eventually on the 16th taken to a recovery center/nursing home where she is rehabilitating so she can return back to a normal life.
Another one of my Aunts came in on the 12th and stayed with us for a week, just leaving this past Saturday.
On the 13th I went to see Grandma for the first time since she'd gone into the hospital (after being there for almost 3 weeks). I spent the whole day there in ICU with her and my aunt. I had brought along the laptop and was able to find internet access that kept me occupied for a while. I also typed up a letter for Grandma covering the events of her life in 2007 to send out to some cousins and family members.
Now, keep in mind that during all this I still had to do school every day, clean the house, and just try to live life like normal, while everyone else ran around me trying to make decisions and take care of other things.
On the 16th they transfered her to a nursing home here locally and on the 17th I spent the entire day there with my aunt watching over Grandma and getting her settled. We also ran some errands throughout the day and I fit a few school assignments in as well.
On Friday we made a "quick" trip up north to get some of Grandma's belongings for her. With a total of 5 hours of driving and 2 hours there we didn't get any school work done but got to spend the evening with Grandma!
This last Sabbath I didn't go to church, but rather chose to spend it with my best friend. It was the last opportunity to hang out before she moved to AZ the following day. My Dad didn't go to church either (he hasn't been there in 4 weeks now, because we've been so busy) and went to the nursing home with my aunt one last time before taking her to the airport.
I had fun with Jaz and was glad for the few, calm hours I had with her, just hanging low and relaxing.
Then we took my aunt to the airport and went to see Grandma. Then we met up with some of our friends and went back to where Jaz and her family were staying to spend a couple last hours with them. Then all 13 of us trekked to Grandma's small room and socialized with her for an hour or two.
Okay, I better start to round this up! On Sunday Dad and I went and got Grandma some good water to drink (not the nasty tap h2o they were giving her) and a cell phone! She was so excited to have a phone because she hadn't been able to call anybody for a LONG time! Mom and Nemo came in later that afternoon and we were there the rest of the day.
Yesterday we did school, went to town, and had Nemo's skating lessons (that's where we are every Monday evening! lol :D) We also did some shopping and I got a new phone too! http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=verizonwireless&model_cd=SCH-U410MSAVZW
Anyway, all in all, I'm just hoping life comes back to normal sometime soon and everything calms down. Somehow I'm managing to complete all my school every day, but have this awful anxious feeling. I think it's because my life has been so thrown upside down and I just don't know what's possibly going to be hit at me next.
If y'all could just continue to pray for my family and especially my Grandma I'd really really appreciate it! And you're all in my prayers too! I love you all!
Have a great day! ttyl
God bless,
`cjs`
