\0/ To His Praise...KATIE VIDEO ("Stinker Monkey" & Grandma MoMo!)

What an answered prayer came my way

when I checked Katie's care page today.

I have to celebrate it with you,

all my blogging buddies...who have been holding her up as she is fighting the horrible infection in her heart-surgery incision.

I love how she calls herself "munkin" later in the video...referring to herself as a "stinker monkey"...one of those little pet names she has acquired on this journey. This video will put a smile on your face, too...it sure did put one on mine :)

He hasn't left us and hasn't forsaken us, He is a God of promise, Jehovah Jireh, the Provider, our High Priest who intercedes for us; Yahweh Raffe, the great Healer...

yes, He IS our God of His Word...and as the following poem states:

A MAN OF HIS WORD

Look and you shall find the answer you seek

from Him, the Lamb of God, so loving and so meek.

And be you not forgetful to thank the Lord above,

for sending us a Savior, the essence of His love.

Seek out His kingdom first then and added unto you

will be His daily blessings, from dawn 'til day is through.

Share the joy you've found with other far and near

for your reward is in heaven and the path to Him is clear.

Remember all His blessings...His words you have heard,

give all your heart to Jesus, a true man of His Word.

Written by: Riki Jeanne

PSALM 20:5 "Delight thyself also in the LORD and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart!"

WORDFUL WEDS. & OUTDOOR WEDS.(sawdust savoring)

*Wordful Wednesday with Angie

and Outdoor Wednesday with Susan

is to showcase photo(s)

when we can't keep our mouths shut about them.

If you'd like to play along,

post a photo on your blog, and let the words roll.

HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED A CAMPMEETING?

Our CAMPMEETING was last week...

Many elderly, middle-aged, married, single, teenager, tweens, kids, toddlers, newborns, puppies, THE HOLY SPIRIT, and a cloud of witnesses came for.....

well,

watch and listen

to see what the Lord provided...

(click on the video, then be sure to click on VIEW HQ VIDEO just above and to the right so you get the higher quality...

WE WERE BLESSED, indeed!!!

p.s.: that altar is a precious place indeed.

(one of my fav pics of dd--she was in 7th grade...youth had stayed up all night under the arbor, singing, playing games and just talking...once all others had gone home and while I cleaned & packed, she fell asleep while lying on the kneeling bench of the altar in front of the lecturn

("sleeping at His feet" is my subtitle

...i think it will always be my favorite :) p.s.: thx for continuing your prayers for Katie.

Out of Surgery

Posted 7 minutes ago

Katie is out of surgery and is in CICU. K*mama and J*daddy are with her now...don't know much more at this time.

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

PROJECT 365 (days 3 & 4)

Project 365...still catching up from vacation

DAY 3

….aaaaaahhhhhhhh…

…more sleeping reading. Heaven on earth--look @ that water!

…we met little Gracie and Laney; they were next to us under the umbrellas—now, they REALLY enjoyed the beach!

my TRUE view (when I wasn’t on the raft, playing in the water on the float)…

isn’t it fun watching the fruits of labor…i loved this sailboat—that would be a great place to enjoy the water!

…dd couldn’t let vacation interrupt plans to see the new “HPotter & the Half-Blood Prince”…new t-shirts and hoodies on, we braved the MIDNIGHT showing

JKRowling’s book came to life on the BIG SCREEN…it’s very TRUE to the book. Harry’s such a GOOD guy!

Advantages in a ‘smaller town’ for a midnight showing…

1. 3RD in line
2. best seats in the house
3. only about 100 people there :)

7/15…

got in bed around 3:30am…slept late…enjoyed my lunch on the patio while sunning on the balcony…the more vitamin d the better…

my ‘talked-to-5-in-the morning-teens’ “afternoon-risers” enjoyed the beach a little later in the day…(I was finishing ECLIPSE, and daughter couldn’t help but pick it up to sneak in a few paragraphs while I took pictures.

SMeyers is a good author, too. I’m hoping she’ll come out with another series that’s not ‘vampir-ish’. She’s got great imagination and pulls you into her stories. God’s beautiful sunset over the water…His beauty is like NO OTHER!

A decked-out dune buggy looking like the ‘Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech”!! (KathleenK & JonathanS…this one’s for you!)

Another confirmation the flowers were enjoying the Florida weather, too!

Go enjoy others’ pics with Sarah … just click on her name

Jer. 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

Blessings,

PanamaCityBeach, VacationDay2

out to the beach…

the girls had A LOT of room on the beach and in the water...there was a little seaweed and some baby sharks!

my view from the pool deck up toward the room

heading in …

cleaned up for supper…our courtyard was a jungle paradise.

can’t be in PCB without visiting Capt. Anderson’s…how about some babycrab claw appetizers, seared scallops, crab-topped grouper, sirloin and stuffed baked potatoes, virgin strawberry daiquiris and margaritas, yummo!

…when there’s a hammerhead shark hanging there, you just HAVE to kiss it!!



back to the condo…here’s the kitchen/dining room…

and the living room, where UNO and CONNECT FOUR were the games of choice, we also ENJOYED some book snoozing reading and SUDOKU :)

Will post more later…off to CAMP MEETING :)

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

SLOW GOING ...but a little better

Posted 1 hour ago

Katie had a good night last night...received extra IV fluids yesterday.

Her left lung is very saturated with fluid around it--it is still a wait-and-see game for our next step.

Katie looks a little puffy and tired after yesterday’s ordeal on her body. We can’t really use the wheelchair easily now that she has a central IV line in her neck.

Our mornings in the step down unit typically start around 4 a.m. – when the “blood lady” comes.

An Atlanta Braves coach, Brian Snitker, stopped by and gave Katie an autographed hat and doll. She clearly said “thank you” , “sleep” and “bye bye.”

Thanks for your continued prayers for the fluid to 'go away' from around her lungs.

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGITY, JIG!!!

We've safely returned from a 7-day beach trip...

WHAT FUN!!!

WE SURE ENJOYED OUR 2-BEDROOM CONDO...HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM THE FIRST DAY :)

HERE'S THE VIEW OF POOL #1...EACH NIGHT THEY HAD FIREWORKS ON THE BEACH IN FRONT OF THE POOL.

I ENJOYED MY MORNING COFFEE WITH THIS VIEW EACH DAY...

THEN LATER, I WOULD MEANDER OUT ONTO THE BEACH TO SIT IN 'MY' CHAIR UNDER THE LARGE BLUE UMBRELLA...OUR CHAIRS WERE THE 7TH PAIR FROM THE LEFT

OUR FIRST SUNSET WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL SEND OFF TO SUPPER...WE WERE HEADED FOR J. MICHAEL'S FOR LOCAL SEAFOOD :)

THE GIRLS ENJOYED FRIED OYSTERS, I HAD A BOWL OF JAMBALAYA AND A GREEK SALAD AND HUBS HAD A CAPTAIN'S PLATE...AND SWEET TEA FOR EVERYONE (EXCEPTS HUBS...HE DOES THE UNSWEET/NO LEMON THING)
MORE PICS TO COME TOMORROW...
(NOW THAT WE'RE HOME, WE'RE ENJOYING CAMP MEETING WITH ALL OUR CHURCH FAMILY...SO MY POSTS WILL BE SPORADIC AND MY COMMENTS WILL HAVE TO PLAY 'CATCHUP' NEXT WEEK.

HAVE MISSED 'TALKING' WITH EVERYONE...

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

updated HEART SURGERY recovery...OUR little angel ^X^

Sunday, July 21...Posted 22 hours ago 

Katie is begging for water b/c her diet and fluid intake has been extremely restricted--due to pleural effusion (fluid around the lungs)...still has a chest tube.The fluid loss remains a balancing act for the  doctors – get her “dried” up but keep her hydrated just enough to not cause other problems...having to eliminate ALL fat from her diet. No fat at all. Thank goodness for fat-free menus...she's been enoying fat-free grilled cheese sandwiches. she is enjoying fat-free soy milk. 

At home in the past, Katie only drinks water.  Her new diet – and her desperation – is resulting in  better eating and drinking of new products.  She's drinking all of her formula by mouth...not using her feeding  pump!!

She doesn’t seem to get happy at all, other than watching her Elmo videos. Thank  goodness that the hospital’s library has every single Elmo video. Please pray for  Katie’s pleural effusion to slow down and for her body to handle the changes. We  are thankful for all of the prayers coming Katie’s way!

 
As you can see from the following, my little 'great niece Katie' is in surgery as I type this post.

To all my blogging buddies, please lifT her precious name to our Lord for His presence, His guidance for the doctors, His continuing to hold this precious child in His hand as she is going through this procedure.

My heart is full for her and her Mommy and Daddy(my nephew).

Ya'll are such wonderful prayer warriors 
and I thank you in advance for lifting Katie 
to our Steadfast YAHWEH, Adonai, God-Head Three-In-One! 
Thank you, Jesus, for NEVER leaving us 
or forsaking US 
because YOU paid it ALL for us!
"copied from CarePages..."posted 20 minutes ago
On bypass now...Katie is now in surgery. She was taken back at 7:30 a.m. It took an hour and a half to get the lines in and on the ventilator. It took more than hour to cut through the scar tissue to get to her heart.She was officially started on bypass at 10:45 a.m.
We are waiting for the next update to see how she is doing. Surgery is expected to take four hours from when it started. Dr. K* met with us briefly before the surgery started.
Katie was in really good spirits this morning. She was really active, talkative and fighting the sleepy meds. She finally fell asleep, but then woke up when they started to wheel her to the OR. She is a tough little fighter!!
Please keep those prayers coming!!
**UPDATE**2:35pm   Posted 57 minutes agokatie came out of surgery at 1 p.m. dr k* said everything
went well...there were no complications...so far, so good. Her left ventricle seems to be working just fine, as pre-op. that is one of our top concerns. we're now waiting to go back to cicu to see her. it could still be another hour. god is good! thanks for those prayers!
***update***so far, so good4:30pmkatie is now back in the cicu....looks good, only slightly puffy at this point.expect she will be very puffy tomorrow.right now, her stats are on target...oxygen levels are 90-94! she is running a slight fever, which can be normal after surgery. they have placed a fan at her bedside and given her tylenol to try to cool her cool down. her blood pressure is good, along with her heart rate and she is breathing over the ventaliator at times. she has only two tubes draining blood from her chest.she has opened her eyes a few times and is moving her arms...the nurse gave her more knock out medicine so she won't wake up now.thanks again for all of your prayers throughout today!!

WORDFUL & WORDLESS WEDNESDAY (sweet conversation)

Joining Angie @ 7ClownCircus...

and Janice & Susan @ 5 Minutes for Mom for WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

an 'almost wordless' video of

DD's "conversation" with one of His children...

I think she has "'BS&K's" gift of gab...hee hee!

Matt. 18:4

"Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child

is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
Blessings,

Project 365...

Joining Sarah for Project 365, Week 27...WOW! Time is FLYING...

On Tuesday...we had a treat when BS&K came to 'workout' for Phase 4...she brought along her dd and new granddaughter. Do you think my dd enjoyed the visit with this precious little bundle?

I KNOW she did...we loved hearing her goo, gaa, and babble when dd talked with her.

As many of you know, time off from work sometimes brings MORE work...and not any of the 'inside' type.

Hubs and DD got at it with the bushes....clippers in hand, electric hedge trimmer (which always scares me because I watched my Daddy have a VERY BAD DAY with one of those when I was about 10). Praise for no ACCIDENTS on this day...now we can see out the front windows without having to maneuver around overgrown branches.

Rarely do we have a 17yo available within ear-shot much less with a rake in her

hands...she's good at helping us when we ask her to pitch in and help with the 'fun'...and she doesn't complain while helping us with the really 'not-so-fun' stuff!

While I was in the house cleaning and re-arranging my kitchen countertops, putting away washed dishes and preparing clothes for dd's retreat, I popped a Freschetta bbq chicken pizza in the oven.

First thing on Saturday morning, I pulled down the bread machine and started an italian-herb loaf...yummy...with a little butter, of course! I wanted to have it with the 4th Celebration dinner...

We always love using our BIG GREEN EGG smoker for ANYTHING we're grilling. Today it was Thai-curry, marinated split-chicken breasts. Alongside was broccoli, baked potatoes, and Lima beans. Not that we had any room or anything, but there was home-made peach cobbler waiting patiently on the counter in the kitchen. (Beverly and BS&K just MADE me do it...thanks, ladies, it was WONDERFUL!!)

Praying EVERYONE had a great 4TH...fun with family and a blessed weekend!

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things

you do not know."

Blessings,