The reason I was off line
Hi everyone...I sure did miss you all! I was off line for over a month...so I wanted to take a few minutes and let everyone know what's been going on. I just got back on line last week. A lot of you knew about my daughter almost dying in March...she was on life support and in ICU because of her diabetes...she's doing...then in May...my father in law passed away...June and July were ok....Then in August (16th) my dad had a very bad stroke...we stayed at the hospital (University Hospital) in Cleveland while he was there...the spot in his brain where it bled...was a little bigger than the bottom of a pop can! He also had some bleeding outside of that area...and there is a "canal" going through your brain that was also filled with blood. We took him to the local hospital and they couldn't do anything...they said he probably wouldn't make it. We started the prayer chain right away...and he was flown to Cleveland...Thank God for his healing and the doctors at University Hospitals! Then he was transferred to a local nursing home....it was so sad...my dad has always been a very strong person...clear up to the day that he had his stroke....and to see him in the nursing home crying to come home was very hard...it broke my heart. So for a while I was at the hospital or nursing home all day...and part of the night. My mom and I and sometimes my one sister...would go to his therapy with him. He did very well. He was finally released from all of his doctors except his family doctor...at the end of last month. Believe it or not...he is almost back to normal. He walks...sometimes he uses his cane...just in case...he talks fine...he takes care of himself....we had so many doctors and nurses tell us that he is a miracle...they said with his condition...they never thought he would make it...he was only home from the hospital about 5 days...and his sugar crashed...(he's a bad diabetic) I thought he was going to die...I've never been around anyone when that happened...we called an ambulance and they knew what to do. I tested his sugar before they got here and it was 22....when they tested it...it was only 20...they gave him and IV and had us get him something to eat after he came out of it...it was terrible!...My computer crashed right around the time my dad has his stroke...so I didn't even have a computer for a month. Then Early last month...the first week of September...my husband lost his job...what a shock! Oh yeah...life has been a living hell for the last two years for my entire family...THEN...our 8 year old grand-daughter got hit by a piece of a falling tree...she was taken to a different hospital in Cleveland...she was put on life support...she has a severe skull fracture...her ankle is broken in two places...and she has a nasty cut on her leg...and lots of scratches and bruises. She is now at home recovering...but in a wheel chair...she can't put any weight on her ankle...she has a cast on it too. The skull fracture is healing ok...but still pretty big. The cut on her leg is very nasty...they keep cutting "dead skin" off of it. She will be in the wheel chair for at least 2 more weeks....then they're hoping her ankle is healed enough to put a walking cast on it. Poor kid. She's doing good and improving every day...so...if there is ANY good out of any of this...it's that we didn't lose anyone! Oh...yeah...forgot...my brother in law tried to commit suicide on Mothers Day...then he had a heart attack...in June...so earlier when I said June was ok...it wasn't...ahhhh....I'm hoping and praying that the worst is behind us for a while...my whole family is stressed. My husband did get another job...about 2 weeks ago....he works for the city ....it doesn't pay much right now...and we lost our insurance...which really worries me...I have liver problems and diabetes...I'm supposed to go to the doctor this month for my 3 month check up....If we can just hold on till spring...we'll be ok...my husbands boss (and the big supervisor) are very impressed with my husbands work and the fact that he can run all the equipment...that they said they are going to hire him full time..but can't do it till spring...after that if everything goes ok he'll make good money and have very good benefits...So...in closing...thank you all for your friendship and prayers over the months...and please continue to remember me and my family in your prayers...Thanks everyone~~~Sharon.....I'm so glad to be back!
