Waiting for a white count !!!
Hello Everyone,
Well i'm going to try and post for myself today. Let's see how it goes. Still feeling fluish and achy. Terrible sore throat (like a really bad streph throat ). I'm treating it with los of salt water rinses, numbing medicine that you swish and gargle, and lots of hot tea. I'm using lemon juice packets and splenda. No honey allowed because it's not pastuerized. Honey and lemon tea always worked wonders at home. I have not gotton weighed today but feel less bloated and am wee weeing ok so at least thats under control. The pneumonia is getting better, and my labs are allback to normal. So status quo for now.
Rick, don't you hate it when you lose a post or blog? sounds like you are almost done withthe house. Allelujah, free timefor biking and penn state fb..... Beth, glad you finished your classroom. Now do you knoe what you are teaching?.....Janet, as always you are too funny. I take it Harrison doesn't like having to smile on demand. Your mom did raise wonderful, independent kids. Your mom might not have your sense of humor or wit but she has the most incredible strength, stamina and giving hear of anyone i know....Beverly and Holly i miss you both and get a little melancoley when i think of all the funny stories and great times shared at Nph. I just heard from sue sobel (she writes a great letter) and i find myself thinking about the good ole days and all the lifelong friendships we share. Bevvie why did youhave to take your bra ? you never wore one anyway girlfriend....Mo have a safetrip to Scranton to get yor folks. Evan is woooodddeeerrfulll. Its those kind eyes and accent and how he holds both of your hands in his. Even though there gloved, it felt good. I usually just touch fingers (like ET ) with joe and the boys. Well not much else to report cause the docs have not made rounds yet....MDF good luck with colloge applications and decision making. I know COD Eileen is goin thruthat with Mere as soon as she gets the yr. started as Senior class President. Can't believe you both have babies starting college. Eileen tell Colin that he will se plenty of playing time. I sure wouldn't want to run into him or he into me. But he loves his Aunt Debbie and would never want to .hurt me. Anyway I'm mean with the flying pick up sticks. (family joke- remember "cover your eyes") .Well i will close for now. Visitor Alison , i think its time for another question to keep us laughing. Speaking of laughing, who told the teddy bear joke?? At the time if i could have peed my pants i would have. Todays joke was also sweet.....
Thanks a bunch for writing,
Love always Debbie
posted by Joe @ 12:07 PM
13 Comments:
Dear Debbie,
You are so brave, and you are my hero as always.
Sean becomes a big boy, he weighted 15.7 lb and were 25 in at 2 month's check up. He will soon sit on the high chair you sent to him to have his first solid food.
You are in my thoughts everyday, get well soon.
Jen, Andy & Sean
Debbie & Joe,
We were pleased to see that you were well enough to write a blog yourself. Mom agrees with you that tea with honey is great & she enjoys a cup every lunch time. Let's hope that the meds can do something for the sore throat although it seems as if they're fighting a losing battle on that score. It seems as if that is an item that they seem to dismiss as being trivial, but how can one eat with any appetite if the throat is constantly sore? Hopefully one day we'll hear that the wbc is 0.1 & then start zooming upward. We're all watching the weather forecasts with concern as seeing a PSU game in rain gear is not a pleasant thought. We'll be like Joe however, & stay for the entire game regardless of the weather as Rick & I did while ND & PSU played in 0 degree weather & a howling wind at Beaver Stadium. As long as they begin the season on a good win, we'll enjoy another season with the Nits. We hope that you continue to make progress as it sure would be nice to see you back home again. Love, Mom & Dad
So glad you are feeling better, Deb and able to type for yourself. You are such a great writer. All we did was talk -- and talk we did -- lots! Miss you and glad you are on the mend. Love, Cheryl (Crone)
Dearest Debbie,
What a joy to know you can get back at the old keyboard again... now that I am starting to get to know your darling hubby, I do like his style.. but of course I prefer to know you have enough energy to type yourself! Question of the day.. mmmh I will have to get thinking again.. let’s see.. for those who have missed it so far we have had....
How do you know Debbie? (as in how you met)
Share a story about your favorite place.
What's in your Wallet?
I think there was some more..but I'm having a brain freeze.. I know one blogger asked "what do we do"... haven't got to answer that one so... FODs CODs et al.. share with us your life’s work.. be it home maker (i.e. chief executive officer of family empire) or be it work outside the home....
So let’s see.. Question of the Day
What do you do and How did you come to do that?! (inspired by the fact that Joe once wanted to be a Rock Star and some how ended up a lawyer or as the Irish call em solicitor!)
Well Debbie, I have a very varied "career" outside of raising my 15 year old teenage son and step-mom to my 14 year old step-daughter. I would consider myself "self-employed" with several contracts and a lot of freelancing. I train and motivate.. on lots of diverse subjects such as Customer Service, job hunting skills, team building.. all kinds of training to all kinds of groups. I also do some Management consulting.
How did I become that! I was a receptionist in a factory in Ireland that was growing fast.. everyone came to me with their problems and I would go to the boss to get it sorted (the whipper snapper I was at 24!) He decided I needed to be the personnel Manager and sponsored me to go to college at night to get my degree, while working fulltime.. I found out I was pregnant the week before I started college aaah! but managed to do it all as you do in your 20s..When I emigrated to the USA I worked with a company as Admin assistant while I 'found my feet" they promoted me to Quality Manager traveling ALOT (It wasn't Up With People but it was travel and somewhat of a show due to the training I was presenting)... and now I LOVE being able to work for myself sharing all my HR, Quality and management experience.. for it means I can finally make it home to Ireland every year, schedule time for the more important things in life such as FAMILY and FRIENDS... I love the variety.. from working with the Mayor of Annapolis, to standing in front of a room full of armed police officers who have not yet had their daily donut!! to helping High School kids get the courage to hang in there and not drop out... I guess some of my most rewarding work is with our local workforce development. I train unemployed people on the art of resume writing & interview skills and it is soooo nice to get letters from clients who have landed their dream job particularly after they were originally feeling so glum ... so I guess I love to "nurse" peoples spirits but I wouldn't have the courage to be a real nurse.. my hats off to all of you. When spending so much time at HUP I was in awe of some of the nurses.. boy the difference a good nurse can make in the life of a patient. when you take the time to look into someone's soul.. my eyes filled up when I read about your Doc holding both your hands today Debbie.. it's always the little touches that make the difference as you well know.
Anywho.. (boy I'm picking up all the FOD lingo!)... enough about me.. if you want to see what I look like there is a picture on my website www.akellyassociates.com
you can see the "President" lol.. another thing I love about being my own boss.. I can call myself anything.. and it doesn't have to be too early in the morning!! I'm not quite "on stage" as my original dream was (hey Joe maybe I can be a singer in your rock band!)... however, I do "perform" and put smiles on peoples faces.. and I love that...
OK FODs What do you do and how did you end up doing it?! Debbie we know you are a nurse and many FODS will know why.. but just how and when did you decide and how did you make it to becoming a nurse...
Lots of prayers and love your way Debbie.. Get the white count up, I wanna visit you in person as soon as I can... lots of love, Visitor Alison
Hey Deb,
I must admit, I am suffering from bloggers block. Janet's blog was so damned funny! I was howling out loud, I can see the whole scene! Janet, write that little story down in case you forget it, it will be one of a million but it is a classic! The story reminds me of the time young mother debbie was out with little mikey teklits and they were standing behind a very large woman, michael wondered aloud to debbie "mom, why does that lady have two heinies?".
I think the story goes that deb couldn't shush him until she gave him an answer that satisfied his curiousity. Allison, I like to think that I do what you do in a way, but I serve the client a burger and fries! Boy I cannot wait till our Ireland trip. Keep up the good work Deb, keep up the weewee's, protein intake, weight loss, good blogs, soothing tea and in the meantime can you make us another new best friend in blog land from Italy? Only you can be in isolation and continue to emanate love and laughter.xoxoxokm
Hi Deb!
So glad to see your feeling better and able to post by yourself today! Hopefully each day will get better and better and won't feel so achy.
Hope you're feeling even better tomorrow and we're praying for you everyday!
Jeanne
Hey everybody
Thank you all again for keeping in touch and making my mom laugh. i hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the last few days of summer. Mom i really need you to come home it is boring living with a robot and a robot in training. I cant wait until we can eat ice cream and laugh about nothing together. I hope you get some sleep tonight remember take whatever drugs they will give you, they will help ease the pain. I think visitor allison's game is fun, i was going to be a chip and dale dancer but it didnt work out because i kept tripping over my big feet and then laughin at myself. Now i babysit insecure, middle aged men on the roof. Funny how that worked out huh. well ok thanks again for all of your support you are all the best of the best. i love you mom and will talk to you tomorrow
Joey
You are sooo strong ,you do my heart good...I know you still feel "yukkkky",but your labs coming back to normal is a great "sign'...and you know how we all like "signs"....I don't like the sore throat part (I assume they know IT is NOT strep??)..I don't mean to be a worry-wart...certain things just bug me and a bad throat is one of them...you are doing all the right things (what would one expect from the best nurse ever??;-).... MY dear Debbie, occasionally ,I DO wear a bra,and the nite in question was one of those times,(I guess).. You could have knocked me over with a feather when the "comatose" guy recognized me as the undresser!What a hoot!!Hopefully,you only have a little while more to go,how is your WBC??... do you have any cooking yet??..Janet's blog was hysterical, I can remember a few crazy times at the place up in Harleysville,where you get your driver's license photo, sort of like the old 309 Mart, a , weirdo's of the world unite..you just have to go with the flow...ya know??To answer Alison's question, I, of course,am a Nurse...I have been a nurse for 41 years...I left ICU 3 years ago,this,making me an ICU Nurse of 36 years...a long ,long ,long time to be an ICU Nurse!!! (for the last 3 years I worked for a Doctor in his office,and at the Montgomery Surgical Center,doing eye surgery cases)Being an ICU nurse was my heart and my soul...I loved every moment that I worked,and every day that I worked I dedicated to God. I would offer each day to Him ,and ask Him ,in return,to make me the best that I could be ,so that all of my patients would get the best possible care taht they could get....I started doing this early on, mostly,in the begining ,to get rid of the "scary's".... soon,I began to feel confident that with God on my side,the outcomes would always be much ,much better...then I began to realize that if I could make people laugh or smile(even if they thought they were dying) the outcomes would almost always be much , much , much ,better..it was an unbeatable combination! God and laughter,who woulda thunk...I've loved every minute ...and I was truly sorry to have to leave...but THAT,was another whole saga,best reserved for another day and another question... so FOD's all,have a good nite ,and you my dear Debbie ,likewise ,sleep well and here's praying the aches and pains and sore throat all go away..love and hugsxxoo:)Bev
Dear Deb and Joe;
Deb you are sounding like yourself.
Golly you are going to get through this.
With your family, God Bless you all.I am praying and sending my love
BIG HUGS
Your Aunt Angie
dear deb, it wasgreat to see you, yur color was wonderful but as i said yor did look tired when we got there and really exhausted by the time we left the reason i'm writing so soon after seeing you is, i began worring about you eating yogurt and the fact that it contains bacteria .just wondering if you checked to make sure that its an okay food for you. just call me an old jewish mother--which i am by marriage. with love marian
Dear Deb and Bev and Mo and all the rest of the "good crowd from North Penn's ICU "
The place has never been nor will it be the same without you all. The knowledge, skills, love, laughter, and cooking can never be duplicated. I only worked around you for just a few short years, and miss you all. Debbie gave me great strength and confidence coming in to a new unit , and Bev, well, Bev was a preceptor, mother, cook, and counselor for us all. Please everyone, get well, stay well, and get ready to tell more NP tales at your party.
Enjoying the blogs of "education", Ruthie McGinnis
deb:thank you for the ph call; iwas dead asleep and only awoke when you said goodbye. you sounded very good. another day is gone and you are closer to coming home. we are with you. love bob
Hi Debbie,
It is wonderful that you are up and blogging on your own. I hope and pray each day you become stronger and stronger. I was touched when I read how your doctor took your hands in his. Are you able to take anything for your achiness and throat soreness...like some codeine?
You have been through sooo much, and are absolutely most amazing, to say the very least.
So, question of the day is what do you do and how did you come to do that....
I was never one to have this vision of doing anything great. As a teenager, I dreamed of having lots of kids...and I would let them do anything they wanted!!!!
As it came to be, after high school, with the encouragement of my parents (I come from a medically oriented family), I went to Nursing School, in South Bend. I worked in 3 different hospitals, mostly ICU/CCU area and few years in Mother/Baby from 1973-1993. From '91-'93 I worked nights in Student Health Service at Notre Dame...decided I wanted to try something other that nursing...stayed at ND and worked as a hall monitor in a girl's dorm. Baiscally, it was just staying up all night in the dorm as a "security person" It was the most fun job I ever had. Really enjoyed getting to know the girls and talking with them, as many kept nighttime hours.
I was able to bring anything to work with me to do (gameboy, payed bills, read books...) as long as I stayed awake. My husband asked that I get off nights (he didn't like me working that shift--but I was able to be home during the day and after school with our 4 kids) Then I took a job at the Hesburgh Library---still at ND. After a few years in the library, I thought I'd like to learn more about computing, and I took a position in the Office of Information Technology...and I'm still here, at ND for 15 years now.
I work in an area that provides computers to all full time staff and faculty. It's not a "fun" type job, but I've learned so much and something new to learn everyday. That part I really enjoy. My kids are proud of how technically "savvy" I've become and as a family we are very computer oriented. My most favorite pastime is making photo/video movies on DVD's on the Mac. I've become an Apple Queen (and a Google Queen :)--and we have all the "toys"--iMac, powerbooks, ibooks, iPods etc. Yet, at work I am in the "PC" world....not by choice!
All in all, my most favorite "what do you do part" is my role as a wife and mom---going back to my teen years of always wanting to be a mother...and now we have a grandaughter, Macy. She is now my new favorite and fun thing I do....I'm her Nana.
Debbie I'm still going to the Grotto, lighting candles for you and asking Our Lady to protect you (and to get those WBC's to appear)
love you much xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
tessa
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