RELEASED!

Good morning all!  Mom called and the doctors said that she is being RELEASED.  RIGHT NOW!  I know this is just really exciting stuff!  

Mom is being released today!

Mom is being released with the thought that she will have several days at home to recover and rest before going back to work.  Daddy has asked that visitors do not come over for now.  Mom needs to be home and begin to mend.  

If you would like to do something for Mom and Dad - pray.  

• Mom is still a bit confused.  She even said yesterday to a friend, "my brain isn't quite working well yet."  
• Mom will need to begin to take care of her diabetes.  This is something she neglected after a period of time after her last hospital stay.  
• Pray she decides to take care of her health and that we can empower her to do that.  Daddy EVEN made a doctors appointment for her in two weeks.  (This is something Mom would have not allowed before.)  
• Pray Daddy is able to handle work, Mom and everything else.  Pray he gets enough sleep at night.

Thank you for helping our
family during this time!

Mom is coming home!
Movie day ALL day!

Late last night we got a visit from Jerry Maxwell.  He is a long time friend of Mom and Daddy.  Heidi, Mom, Daddy and I were all watching a movie last night.  Friday nights are generally known as "movie night."  Heidi had to rig the DVD player up to a really old tv, but she got it to work! 

Jerry Maxwell had mentioned that he had called Daddy to check up on him last week.  Jerry hadn't seen Mom or Dad for a couple of weeks.  I wanted to thank him - and many of you.  Keep checking on my parents.  Thank you for being good friends to them! Thank you for being there when we have had emergencies with Mom.  Knowing that someone is out there praying 

for her is comforting.  God heard your 

                                                  prayers and my mom is OK.  

Change of Scenery.....

Mom moved to room 203 at Baylor Waxahachie.  She is NOT contagious AND she says that tonight she would be OK if someone happened to stop by.

This is great!

2009 Page Views and COUNTING!

Today is the day we were supposed to get test results back on Mom's culture from the original spinal tap taken sometime Tuesday.  Daddy got up early and headed to the hospital.  I got my kids to school and my students in specials and decided to spend my conference time conferencing with Mom's doctors.

Mom's culture came back and doctors say today that it did NOT show the bacterial kind of meningitis.  This has them a bit puzzled.  Nothing grew in their culture.  They want to make sure the results are correct, because they are not what they had thought. To double check their findings, they are scheduled to do a spinal tap later today.  We should get these results sometime next week.

With the test results back the doctors have decided to continue to treat her like it is bacterial meningitis and she will continue with the antibiotics.  Mom has seemed to respond to these medications well.

We also do NOT have to wear the gown, mask, and gloves like before.  Mom is still in ICU and it is unclear if she will move to a new room or just stay in ICU until she is released.

I asked Mom this morning if she was up for visitors today.  She said no.  Even though she has more energy and would like company - she is worried she doesn't look good.  (Personally, this is a GREAT sign to me!  She wants to look good for her friends.)  Heidi is going to bring make-up to her today.  There are small rumors that she MAY go home either tomorrow or Sunday.

SO - if you are a friend of mom's and would like to call or visit - call her first and ask.  I will let you know when she says yes.  Doctors are ok with visitors.  Mom's cell is 972-743-6552.

Heidi will be in and out of the hospital today.  She plans on eating with Avery (my daughter) today for lunch at school.  Avery CAN NOT wait!!  Heidi also has a few conference calls from California to take care of for work.  Daddy is in an important IRS meeting that began at 9 this morning.  He will be in and out of the hospital as well, but may be there mostly this evening.  I will be at the hospital as soon as the kids go with their dad for a scheduled weekend visit.  If you need anything  - you can always text me, too. 972-977-6157.

On a side note - the times that Mom has been in the hospital have been difficult on us.  I had the blog open about 4 months then and so far a week now.  During that time - Mom's page has been viewed 2009 times!  All I can say is WOW!  This really shows us that there are people out there that care about our family.  Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and attention!