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November 1, 2007
Today Mom was moving her head a little and moving her shoulder. She looks at you when you get up in her face. The swelling has come down in her hands some and in her feet. Her kidney's are functioning well. Those are the improvements for today. Expecting more to come. I picked two promises from the promise box a few minutes ago.
Behold I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me? Jer. 32:27
Surely I will be with thee. Judges 6:16
November 2, 2007
I have really seen how Satan tries to fool us and bring us down. Now Ken is sick with what I have had for the over two weeks now. Satan tries to make us weak by little things we do not think anything about. Like being sick, not letting you get rest so you are tired and losing your temper because you are tired. He likes us to be blind to this and not realize it is him behind it all to make us stumble and fall and not be strong or have faith that God hears our prayers. Last night I felt like I prayed in my sleep all night. When I had went to bed I prayed Lord please send your angels to surround me while I sleep to keep the tormentor from me. And my dreams were of praying. Being at the hospital laying hands on my Mom and casting Satan away from her in the name of Jesus Christ. I really feel like God was ministering to me in my sleep. In my head things were repeated over and over like there is power in the name of Jesus... We can do all things through Christ... If we have faith we can say unto this mountain be thou removed to the sea and it will be so. I awoke this morning feeling I needed to go pray for my Mom. Not that I have not been every day. But that we needed to boldly command Satan to leave in the name of Jesus Christ and remove his hold upon my mother through sickness. We have asked for healing now we needed to pray in the name of Jesus that we accept the healing and praise him. When I got to the hospital my Dad and I anointed her with oil and agreed together in prayer. I felt better afterwards. It is like when you feel like you can not rest till you do it what is impressed upon your heart. It seems like in times of stress I always fall back on my favorite scripture... Hebrews 11: 1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Every time this scripture has brought me through and made me strong no matter what I am going through. We have to come to God as a child and make our requests known to him and just like a child who asks his father for something we believe without doubt our father will provide our needs without question. We can not please God without faith. We all are given a measure of faith and our faith does not grow if we do not use it. We become weak if we go by only what we see. That is not faith. I know God will heal my Mother because we have come boldly to the throne of grace for healing. God does not lie and he does not fail. I believe this with all my heart!
November 5, 2007
Yesterday Ken went to the medical clinic because he was so sick. After seeing the doctor we found out he has pneumonia and bronchitis. They put him on three medications and he has to see his PCP tomorrow. My Mom is doing the same. She is holding her own blood pressure and her kidneys are functioning well. Praise the Lord! Hanging in there.
November 6, 2007
I woke up this morning to a phone call from my Dad at the hospital. He said the doctor was in and told him it was his decision but he felt that Mom need to have the tracheotomy because she may be developing sores in the back of her throat with the tube down her throat because there was some bleeding. He told Dad it did not have to be a permanent thing it can be reversed. It was disheartening to hear. So Satan was up to his tricks early this morning to try and discourage. After I got off the phone I felt down but I said, God I am not giving up. I pray your will to be done. You know how we feel about this thing being done and I trust you and have faith in healing. Then Satan was off to bigger and better things for me the rest of the day. Satan will use the person closest to you to get you to lose your temper and get your eye off the mark. He knows what buttons to push to make you angry and lose you temper so he tells you see you God will not answer your prayers now! But he doesn't count on you to ask God to forgive you for your anger and pick up and go on. Then to top it off he tries something new to make you stumble...
I was on my way back home from doing an errand and I was only a half a block from the turn in to where we live when I seen two cars had slowed down in front of me. I also noticed there was a older gentleman along the side of the road picking up pecans in the grass. When I came to a stop then the next couple seconds I felt someone plow into me from behind. When she hit me she shoved me into the car in front of me. Then a couple seconds later someone plowed into her and then she hit me again. I was so nervous I was shaking all over. Since I was so close to home I called Ken and he met me at the accident. After it was all over and we had exchanged information I felt sick from the whole thing. Then later tonight my shoulders were sore and I had a sore rib. I do not think I was hit that hard to really hurt myself but it really hurts every time I cough. If it is not better in a couple days I will go get the rib checked.
Later tonight when I went to the hospital I borrowed Kari's CD Player and took it up to the hospital for Mom to listen to Bill Sheer's "Healed" (he is ht pastor of Guts Church here in Tulsa. ) We did this last time Mom was in ICU for 93 days. It is a good CD and if you have not heard it before I would recommend it.
November 8, 2007
Ever since I was in the accident my Dad has been after me to go get checked out to make sure I do not have any serious issues. I finally took his advice to be on the safe side. I have been having so much pain with my right side in my lower ribs. What started out as a pain in my lower back had moved around to the lower part of my right front ribs now. I am a side sleeper and so I had went to sleep last night on my left side and must have rolled over on my right side sometime early this morning which awoke me in severe pain to the point of being nauseated. Ken ended up calling the Auto Insurance claims office to see what I needed to do to see a doctor because our medical insurance would kick it back since I was in an accident. I called my PCP and they could not work me in till the 19th. Well... that was not going to work! But they were able to get me in with another doctor in the same group this afternoon. I went in and they examined me and took an X Ray and found that I did not have a fractured rib or broken rib but that I had muscle tearing away from the ribs on my right side in several places. I thank God that it was not more serious! Apparently this will heal slowly in time.
Kendra also had oral surgery this afternoon. She had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Quite an ordeal and we were sticker shocked on how much out of pocket money even with insurance this costs. Another way Satan tries to wear you down in thinking what now? But I thank God she came through this and is not in much pain.
Dad was told today that they are planning to do the tracheotomy tomorrow on Mom. Apparently the respirator is not a good thing to have on for long periods of time. They are also talking of doing a feeding tube into her stomach tomorrow. We have claimed healing on my Mom's behalf and we know it is ours because the Bible tells us so. Now we will wait for the evidence in God's time. I do not agree with the tracheotomy but I pray God's will be done. I know He will be glorified in it all. We know that God will do what he has promised.
November 10, 2007
Yesterday they did the Tracheotomy on Mom. I received a phone call from Mom's nurse, Jarod at 9:00 am yesterday. Apparently they could not find my Dad to sign the consent forms to do the procedure so they called my cell to do it over the phone. The procedure went well with no complications. The doctor said when she is stronger and breathing on her own the procedure can be reversed. We have been playing the Healing CD continuously and it appears to make Mom more restful. I am confident that God has heard our prayers! I am confident that the Lord has healed my Mother of the Dementia and healed her of all sickness because we have asked it in Jesus name! She WILL recover in the name of Jesus Christ! Jesus already paid the price for our healing. By his stripes we are healed! God will be glorified!
November 11, 2007
Today Mom was doing all the breathing on her own. The machine is still hooked up but she was doing the breathing through the machine. They had her this way for about 6 hours today. They said that anytime you are on the respirator and the machine is doing most of the work you have to build back up the diaphragm muscles. They said it does not take that long to do it maybe a few days. She had a good day today.
November 12, 2007
I woke up this morning in so much pain. I could hardly pull myself out of bed and I can not take a step without pain. I couldn't figure out how I could hurt more now than when I seen the doctor. I figure my muscles along my rib cage are trying to heal back and every time I move I must be stretching them. I am so miserable... But I think that is part of satan's plan. He does not have control. He would like me to slack off and muddle in my misery and stay home and not do anything. In Bill Sheer's Healed CD he talks about we are fighting the good fight of faith. A good fight is one we win. Satan can not knock us out but he can wear us down. I honestly believe satan has been trying to destroy me over the last year. He started with my sister's death which really messed me up for some time. And then when my Mom became ill with dementia he hit below the belt. But he didn't figure on it kicking me into fighting the faith mode. He figured I would give up. As Christians we do not give up! God has given me peace and comfort since this began with my Mom. Jesus won this fight long ago but satan does not want us to know we have the power through Jesus Christ and all we have to do is ask and have faith. I realized that Jesus already paid the price for our healing when he took the 39 stripes for our healing. It is not God's will for us to be sick and he does not make us sick the devil does. We have to be confident that when we ask God for healing that he heard our prayer and we have already received it. We have to be confident that we will recover. I have been listening to the CD continuously on my way back and forth to the hospital. He points our so many scriptures and when you listen to it over and over you are getting the word into you.
Today my Mom has been breathing on her own with very little support since 8:00 am until I went home at 10:00 tonight she was still doing it without support from the machine. She is holding her own blood pressure and functioning at 100% on her own. I give God praise for her recovery for her lungs clearing and becoming stronger, for healing of the dementia and for complete healing. God will be glorified in all this! It is like Pastor Sheer says we get a good report (asking for God to heal, and accepting by faith we have received the healing) and even if the symptoms are still there we continue to believe by faith that we will recover. The world does not believe unless they have a good report of the symptoms gone. Faith is believing before we see the results. Trusting God and having faith God will ALWAYS reward our faith. This will give honor to Jesus Christ.
November 13, 2007
Today when I went to visit Mom she was completely off the machine and had a Trachea collar. (breathing from the normal oxygen from the wall) She did this most of the day and towards the end of the day she was getting tired so they put her back on the machine to give her a rest with some support. They do not want to tire her out. Tomorrow she will go back on the Trachea collar and try to go a for longer period of time. It takes time to build up her lung muscles.
Before I had went to the hospital yesterday I had picked up a prescription (muscle relaxer - 350 mg Soma) the doctor had called in. I was not going to take it till I was home and knew I was not going to have to go anywhere because I have a very low tolerance to medication . I do not like to even take meds. Last night when my Dad and I were leaving we anointed my Mom with oil to pray for her and he also prayed for me because I was in so much pain. After I got home and got comfortable I took one of the pills. After about 15 - 20 minutes I realized it was something I probably should not take and drive with because it made me feel dizzy but the pain was still there. Then this is so cool... then within 30 minutes or less of taking it, it was like I never took anything. Ken said I can't believe it you should not be feeling any pain and you should be out. I know you think that is not cool the pain should be gone but it wasn't. I finally went to bed and I felt the same way as I did last night maybe even worse because it felt like my whole side was having spasms. But every time I felt pain I said "Thank you God because even though I feel the pain I know you healed me. " When I got up this morning I could get out of bed without wincing in pain. I feel like God voided the medication so satan could not tell me the meds did the healing. I feel so much better! The praise goes to God! Thank you Jesus for by your stripes my Mom is healed and so am I!
I also heard from my Aunt that my cousin Mike seen his doctor about his eye and the doctor said he could go get his driver's license. (Mike had eye surgery and they thought he would lose the eye) Praise the Lord for healing!
November 14, 2007
Today my Mom was on her own breathing (without support) all day. She was getting tired by the time I left. My Dad called me after I left and said the doctor was in and said she was doing so well that they were going to let her continue on through the night and if by morning things were still looking good she would possibly be moved out of ICU to a regular room. Praise God!
November 17, 2007
My Dad called me this morning to tell me that they were going to move my Mom to the 3rd floor in a private room. About 10:30 am he called me again and said she was going back to ICU and that we had almost lost her. Apparently a nurse had suctioned out her trachea tube and Mom seemed to be fine but less than a minute after the nurse walked out Mom started choking and my Dad had to run out in the hall and yell for help. There was a code blue put over the intercom. Dad said the room was full of people. When he called me he was all shook up. He said if he had went down to his car to get something like he was going to do she wouldn't be here. He said he felt uncomfortable about leaving her alone so he stayed and he was glad he did. The doctor said when the nurse had cleaned out the trachea she must have not got it all and Mom's airway was blocked. The doctor said he was going to move her back to ICU because she needed to be watched more closely and she did not get that kind of care on the floor. They have her on a different floor of ICU (she was on 3 and they took excellent care of her) Now she is on 4 and it is not as good of care. But I know God is watching over her so I will not stress about the area she is in. "He will keep thee in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee."
November 21, 2007
Dad called me to tell me that Mom was low on blood and they were not sure where she was bleeding from so they were going to do a scan. Every time they get her blood too thin this happens. Praying that the bleeding will stop.
November 22, 2007
We went up to see Mom for a little while and take my Dad something to eat. Dad called me later and said they had taken her down for the scan to see where she was bleeding from. My Dad said he prayed for her that the bleeding would stop too.
November 23, 2007
The gastranoligist told Dad that Mom was bleeding from an ulcer in her stomach. They redid the scan in her room and Dr. Briggs said that the ulcer that was bleeding had stopped by the time they had done the last scan. In the mean time they are not giving her a blood thinner and they are checking her blood levels every so many hours.
November 24, 2007
I had what the girls call a little "Psycho Moment" at the hospital tonight. In ICU they have certain hours you can not see my Mom (they changed it once again... 6:30 am to 8:30am and 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm) I went up for the 8:30 pm visit tonight (they ask that you leave at 10:00 pm) so there is an hour and a half visit that you can see your loved one. I got up there just after 8:30 pm and they were going to give her a bath. They did not want me to stay in the room. So I went down to the waiting room where my Dad was at and they said they would call when they were finished. I did not say anything I figured well they would probably be done in about 20 - 30 minutes. Well at 9:20ish they still had not called to tell us they were done. I called back and they said they were only half done. By 9:30 I went back there and stood by the door way into the unit and waited. I was getting more frustrated by the minute. Why did they pick this window of time to give my Mother a bath when they have from 10:00 pm till 8:30 in the morning to do this... why at visiting time? I went to the nurses station and complained about this. I told them I did not come up to sit in the waiting room but to visit my Mother and why couldn't they pick a time to do this when it was not visiting hours. I told her nurse that the next time this happened I would not leave the room and they could give her a bath with me present if they insisted on giving her a bath. I said is there a problem with that? Her nurse said no. Her nurse went into help the tech. By 9:45 I was foot stomping frustrated. I went to the supervisor of the floor and complained and she assured me that it would be on my Mom's record to not bathe her during the evening visit. I can see if she had had an accident to clean her up but this was a normal bath and it took almost 1 1/2 hours to do it. I have no complaints with the tech who gave her a bath she washed her hair and she probably bathed her better than she has been in the whole time she has been in the hospital. It was just the time they picked to do it. I was so upset by the time I got to the supervisor that I had to tell myself " breathe in breathe out... that is what my youngest tells me when I am having a moment. I stayed till after visiting hours and when we went to leave and we had prayer with Mom I had to ask forgiveness for my anger too. I wasn't going to let Satan get his foot in the door with using my anger against me. I would like to have a psycho moment on him sometimes! But I can't beat him like Jesus has already done though. Wouldn't even compare. He has already lost the battle.
I made a page on my website to share some thoughts on Faith. It may not be all that I want to say on the subject right now but I felt I had to share while I am feeling the need to.
November 26, 2007
Yesterday they did a chest X Ray and found that one of Mom's lungs was collapsed at the bottom of her lung (left side) and they put her back on the ventilator to try and get the lung cleared up. They took another X Ray today and said there was improvement. If they can not get the lung cleared up they will have to take a scope and go down and clear the lung manually. They are giving her antibiotics to fight the infection and she is not running a temperature today. Thanking God for all improvements to come. For complete healing of the Dementia. Waiting for the recovery that is coming.
November 30, 2007
I have not updated the last few days because I have just been tired. They have gotten Mom's lung clear but she is just not strong enough yet to cough up any secretions when she has them right now. She is still on the ventilator for the present time.