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Larry usually the visit take about an hour to cover 1 floor  unless it is the Friday Hospital visits,  there aren't too many patients to visit on Friday. We do 3 floors in about an hour.

Thanks for the prayers and the suggestions, Marilyn.  I have NO  IDEA where I may have gotten E Coli, but I know I never want it again!  UGH...   Sounds like Freckles is adding joy to many lives...good for the both of you!

Larry, I do feel noticeably better today.  At least I have managed to stay out of bed so far, but am feeling really tired again now.  I worked on addressing the wedding invitations and have probably two-thirds of them ready to mail.  I wanted to mail them today, but the mail carrier came about two hours earlier than usual, so I guess tomorrow is soon enough. 

I'm excited about a possibility of some help for Beth, medically.  Will tell you more after I investigate some more.  She just isn't feeling at all well, and today John isn't, either.  He said he is coming down with a cold.  Please, please pray for them both!

I do hope Pat is feeling better each day.  I would call her, but don't want to disturb her if she is sleeping.

Hi, friends,

Carol, did the doctors give you guidelines for your hubby to follow? I've had low sodium in the blood issues for about 10 years. In fact, I found out today that it's trending low again.

When one of my sons commented that I never salt foods and should do so, the doctor replied that not salting my food was helpful for my condition, not the other way around. Also, they restricted how much liquid I drink. When I get the 3-month lab reports from the doctors I can gauge how much I must have been drinking by what the sodium level is. It's easy to control, but a person needs to get good guidelines from the doctors. Once, mine was caused by a particular medication I was taking. So, try to closely follow those instructions. I surely feel for y'all - it's not great to have to deal with this condition.

Larry, someone has been doing some construction work in the apartment above me - I've heard lots of drilling and hammering today. Maybe they were putting together a new piece of furniture. That would be a fun thing to do!

Marilyn, if I hadn't had to work so many hours before retirement, Shelby would have made a wonderful therapy dog. I might talk with my children about the opportunities to make others happy with a therapy dog.

Janet, take care and don't overdo while you're recuperating. It's exciting to think there's a possibility of help for Beth. You'll keep us on tenterhooks until you can share what's happening.

Pat and Judy, thank y'all for the updates on Pat's condition. May our Lord be very close to her as she recuperates.

Much love to each person who comes our way. May our Lord bless you real good (as a minister I knew was often saying).

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann you might also let them know to go to the AKC website and  download the 10 requirements they must pass for the Canine Good Citizens certification, They have to be able to obey the 7 common commands of Sit, Stay, Down, No, Heel, come, Leave it, and a couple of others. Here in Oregon they are tested to see if they know those commands before they can be certified a Therapy dog.

Hi everyone.  It is another cloudy Saturday morning with rain in the forecast for this afternoon.  My schedule is light today as just need to make a quick trip to Walmart for a prescription and while there will try to get my walking done for today.  We tried to go out to eat last evening but guess we waited too late and the parking lot was totally full.  So we turned around and came home and had a bowl of soup and I had a piece of fresh apple pie that Pat had made. I will watch some football this afternoon and just have a restful day as yesterday turned out to be pretty busy.

Marilyn, an hour doing the rescue dog work in hospitals and other facilities is a nice time frame without being exhausting. 

Janet, was happy to see you were feeling better yesterday and hope today is even better.  I hope the investigation of possibly more medical help for Beth turns out positive. 

Ruth Ann, your advice on eating salt was contrary to what I was told although he said he seldom would tell anyone to eat more salt and in truth I really haven't as get enough in processed foods. I sure hope I don't get told not to drink as much water.  I think the noise from the construction next door should be about over.  I learned yesterday that the new neighbors are expecting to move in about two weeks so know why all the the hurry up in getting the house completed. 

Good morning!  I've been up since 4:30, as I just couldn't stay in bed any longer, my body said, "I need to move!"  And, since I don't plan to do much else today, I can take a nap later if I need it.  I had gone to bed quite early anyway.  This way, I had a good long time to spend with the Lord, praying  about Beth's and John's health, their wedding and their future, plus all the other concerns I have this day.

I will give you a little "sneak peek" at the reason I'm so excited about maybe finding help for Beth.  I have heard of a doctor in Oklahoma who may possibly have some answers for her, and have called his office and left him a message.  I did a lot of research on him first, as there has been a lot of negative publicity about him, but what I found was, nobody who had been treated by him had anything but glowing praise for him, the only negatives were from people who had not, and by people in health care who just seem unwilling to try anything new.  So I am hoping to hear something, maybe by Monday!  Please pray!

I still feel tired and droopy, but so much better, and the pain is almost gone.  Praise the Lord!

I think I have enough addresses to use up all the invitations I got, so will get more the first time I get to Garden City or Liberal.  I only ordered 60 the first time, as I didn't have the list done, and it still isn't complete, I'm sure.  I just pray I don't forget anyone who will be really offended if I do, because that surely isn't my intention!  EVERYONE who wants to come is invited and welcome! 

I need to get something to eat.  That's what my tummy is telling me, anyway! 

Hi everyone.  I arose this morning to the sounds of rain and in looking at the weather I see it is to continue through tomorrow.  We have already had our high temperature for the day and it is suppose to go down to around 50 degrees this afternoon and evening.  We plan on attending church this morning but have decided to come home for lunch rather than eating out.  Yesterday I took Pat down to the quilt show, which she really enjoyed.  However I stayed in the car as couldn't find a parking place reasonably close to the parks activities building.  When she was finished we went to the Mexican restaurant we had tried to go to on Friday night and had a nice lunch and thus Pat didn't have to make dinner last evening. 

Janet, I am praying for your situation with Beth and hope the doctor will be able to provide some new treatment for Beth that will help her.  I do hope you did take it easy yesterday as you said you planned to do.  Glad the pain is almost gone as of yesterday and hope it is totally gone by this  morning. 

Hope this is a nice day for everyone visiting here and that Pat is feeling better each day as she recovers. 

Larry, thank you for being so faithful in posting here!  I know I can count on a nice note from you every time, unless you are away or other reasons.

I feel better today.  I know the stuff isn't completely gone, as I have a really strange taste in my mouth, and am still really worn out, but I can feel progress.  I have two more days' worth of antibiotic, then will go back to be checked again.

Darrel and I went to church, then to Dollar General to shop for the Christmas Shoe Boxes we got.  We spent $45.00 and that just barely filled two boxes for girls age 6-9.  It was fun doing it together.  He got a kick out of shopping for little girls! 

I called the doctor I mentioned and left a voice message, so I am really praying he will call me back tomorrow.  We have looked at the atlas and see that he is about 5 or 6 hours away, which would be really hard for Beth, but if he will see her, I will figure out some way!!  I talked to our chiropractor about it and he is excited about the possibility, too. 

My body says it's time for a little nap under a cozy blanket!  Sounds good to me!

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