Tuesday morning update

I just called Grandma Annie and a church member answered and I was able to find out that the doctor wanted to see her before she left for rehab. and that the church members are there, and rotating shifts to visit with her. I told her that we all appreciated them being there, since we are not able to be there for her, and she said they'd be there for her as long as she needed them there. And that they're all praying for her too.
She also gave the phone to grandma to talk to me (but put the phone up to her left ear, not the right), so grandma Annie kept telling me that she couldn't hear me, but that she loved me and asked to call a little later.
(Then I told the church member that she hears out of her right ear, not the left.)

Going home

We are planning on heading home this evening to try and drive through the night and get home sometime tomorrow... Natalie is still at the hospital and will head back to the hotel for me and Kristen when Mom arrives to the hospital, so Grandma Annie has someone with her at all times. The nurses said there is no one there that can sit with Grandma Annie 24/7 and we are all really worried about her being in that room all by herself. I think it might be nice, sometimes, to have a room by yourself, however, no one would be there to know if she has tried, again, to pull the catheter out, or try to get out of bed and fall, until it happens (they have a bed alarm).
Thank you all for your prayers and support, keep praying for God's will for Grandma Annie and a safe trip home or us.

I just don't know

It's still scary. Seeing Grandma Annie laying in bed and hardly opening her eyes up. Natalie has said this before, but she looks just like one of those older folks in the nursing homes, that are laying in a bed, at an angle, sleeping with their mouths open, and you just think that they aren't "there". But being here with Grandma Annie, we know that's not true! Because she IS there and she KNOWS we're here with her. It's just so sad.

Natalie decided to stay with her tonight in the new hospital room, so she's not alone and doesn't get scared. I really worry about her. Because when we left her room tonight, she just seemed out of it, again.

There was a moment there that we thought Don wouldn't sign the DNR just before we left, and we were pretty upset and emotional about that. We don't want to see her suffer anymore than she already is... but just before we left, he had signed it (and also just after mom asked to see the POA papers!).

Just keep praying for God's Will...

Good news!

As most of my family has posted already, Grandma Annie has been moved to the Ortho-Neuro area of the hospital and out of the ICU. This is really good!
It seems as though we've all been on the same roller coaster with her health. At one point she's fine and talking and the other, she's having mini-seizures and we were told she might not make it. Mom, Natalie, Kristen and I have all had many sad moments since we've been here. This morning Grandma was so sweet. She was telling me that she loved us and that she was really glad we are here with her... then she added that we don't even know how much she loves us, "you don't know just how much" she said. Which was so sweet... and brought a fresh set of tears to my eyes.

We are all thankful that the nurses have been so sweet to her. I know that when Aunt Kate was in the hospital, she kept complaining about her nurses. Grandma Annie has sure been blessed with the care here.

This afternoon we were able to leave and have lunch at my cousin Francie's house and visit with them for a little while, then we drove around town and looked at houses from our past. Natalie and I were too young to really want to see anything but our old house, Grandma's old house, and Grandpa Chuck's old house. For all of you that know Oklahoma City... it was a little sad to see that really tall building with the huge pig on top of it today... because apparently, the building was sold to another company, and is not a bank anymore, so they took the pig off of it. It just seemed like such an icon! But it's gone now.

When we came back to the hospital, they moved Grandma Annie to her new room. Natalie was so sweet to freshen up her mouth and brush her tongue or her. I don't think that Grandma realizes how sweet that was of Natalie to do for her, but Natalie has given me strict instructions that if she is in the hospital like this, then to make sure her teeth are brushed and her mouth fresh smelling!

Oh, and Grandma can now have flowers in her room!!!

Please pray!

My Grandma Annie got in an accident yesterday. A truck blind-sided the car on her side and she was rushed to the ER. Right now she's in ICU. She's bleeding in the brain. Today she has surgery at 1:30 p.m. our time, so please pray for her!

Planting dandelions

Yesterday I went over to Lori's house for our ritual Americ*n Id*l show and dinner. While she was preparing dinner, I tried to get Tony's mind off of wanting to be held by his mom, by taking him outside to the backyard. Kristen was over there too, so she came outside with us and we had a lot of fun! I took the pictures, and the kids played. Apparently, Kristen had taught Tony how to make wishes or as Todd pointed out after he saw the video, how to plant dandelions!
Oh, well, it's just too cute!

Kristen and Tony

What's been going on!

I haven't written much about what's been going on... but here's a little catch up.

1. I was in a play, Ragtime! the musical, and it went really well! Rachael and the kids, Lori and Todd, and Natalie and Jason were all able to make it, which made it pretty cool. Unfortunately, they did not allow any pictures, due to the rights of the play, so I don't pictures of it, but it was pretty fun and exciting! But, I am glad it's over, too! We had to practice about three hours every night for a week before the actual play and that was pretty tiresome!

2. I was in a singing competition and placed 5th place, which won me $200! Yay! I sung Carrie Underwood's "So Small" and then tied with someone, so I sang "Born to Fly" as my second song. It was pretty fun!

3. And here are a few pics of my latest creations! (sorry about the side-ways one, but I'm in a hurry!)!

This was a t-shirt of mine, that got too old to wear, so I made it into a bag (inspired by Rachael's idea).

And this is a pattern that Natalie made up and taught me!
So cute!!!