Eternally Grateful !!!!
Hello Everyone,
I hope this finds you all well and healthy and sleeping ! I am on my own so forgive the mistakes. Still no word on "the biliary washings" meaning if there are crystals coming from my gallbladder. No news is good news and i have been feeling good since last week. Actually, I've felt well for 7 days now. That's the most good days in a row since the summer. THANK YOU JESUS !!!!!!!! I think my good health is directly related to being able to see many family and friends over the last few weeks. I was out to dinner and a movie tonite with friends. We saw Dreamgirls. It is fabulous !!! Jennifer Hudson who plays Effie really does steal the show. What a voice. We had a great time. I'm having a group of girls over tomorrow (the Corpus Christie gang) so I came home and put a jewish apple cake in the oven. I forgot to add the cinnamon and sugar to the apples( thats what i get for starting a cake at 10:00pm)We shall see how it turns out....
Anyway, the cake was to bake for 90 min. so i decided to clear up some of the clutter in the kitchen, which lead me to Xmas cards and get well cards (which must be over 300 since the transplant alone). This is why I am writing to you all at this late hour. I AM OVERWELMED AT YOU GENEROSITY !!!! Your Xmas cards and messages were so kind. Of course i read them all when they arrived over the holidays but my memory is not what it used to be, which wasn't great to begin with. And the get well cards mean so much to me, many of which i don't remember receiving because i was so sedated for about 6 weeks, alot of that awful time is fuzzy.
You all told me to "stay strong" and "not give up" and always you reminded me i'm not alone. Well I've been crying my eyes out for an hour now that i have not been able to express my gratitude enough. Please know that each and every card and blog and phone call makes a differance . I tell everyone that the reason I am still here is because of ALL OF You !!!! It's a good thing that my man is asleep, he would not approve of such mushiness and although he is a much more accurate typist and much quicker he would change the words as you know he does. I just could not go to sleep without letting you all know how i feel. THANK YOU a hundred times, make that a million times over for everything you all have done to make this journey bearable for me and for my family.
With love and much gratitude, Debbie
posted by Joe @ 11:55 PM
20 Comments:
Love you Deb! Just had to get in the first word here. Haven't been on my game lately and always seems to be trailing when it comes to blogging.
Talked to COD Mickey this evening and as always...you came up in the conversation.
Everyone is well. I think I already mentioned but Dave, Bee and I are headed to the Bahamas for a 4 day weekend on Thursday...another re-insurance junket. Bee will no doubt be thinking of the Jersey shore as he mounts the skim board. I will no doubt be thinking of all of the falls he will take to get it right.
Miss you to pieces. Love to all those crazy Teklits. A movie...I am so jealous! COD Eileen
Hi Debbie,
It sounds like you are doing great! Glad to hear it. Keep it up.
Sorry about your cake. Jewish apple cake without cinnamon? Hm. Maybe you could make a hot cinnamon sauce to pour over it.
Well, this is my last week of freedom. Jill is going back to work and I'm the official babysitter. It will be nice to see the baby everyday. He's going to daycare in the summer if Jill decides to keep working. Anyhow, all is fine here. Enjoy your company today.
Betty
Our Dearest Deb,
YOU ARE WELCOME!!!!! :)
Just remember "it is more blessed to give than to recieve" It fills our hearts with joy to hear you are feeling better and getting around so good. We all get just as much as you do from sending you our thoughts and well wishes. We love you and miss seeing you. (We should do something about that!) Contact Cathy when you feel up to it, and your busy schedule allows it. God Bless you and your lovely family! :)
Love,
Artie & Cathy
..Are you kidding me Debbie! I know i speak for all your friends when i say we loved doing whatever we could no matter how little it was to help you however we could...
you sound like your old self that i remember. asking the questions, and answering them! how are the gks? keep on posing,,love hearing . hey, speaking of hearing.. tried to call you a few times.. took alot of guts,, don't want to wake you, but it sounds like you have strange hours now(baking at 10pm!) Hope Joe is doing well also.. how is mike doing? ttyl,, so glad your feeling well.. love,, mdf.
Hi Debbie: Your blog sounds like you are your good old self again. My you have lots of energy. I don't even feel like baking at that late at night - you sure are crazy. I am glad you are feeling better and are starting to see your friends again. Will try to give you a call and see if I can come to visit - it would be great to see you. Keep up the good work. Love you. Shelly
Hi Honey,it seems funny to blog when I just spoke to you and saw you...but,there you are!!!! God bless you girl and keep those "good feelings", going strong ! Those babies are the ones that are keeping you healthy..and seeing everyone is certainly just the right thing...for you anyway ...it's what keeps you motivated and happy and bubbling away with ambition and THAT MY DEAR IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT!! SO ,YOU JUST GO GIRL....MAKE AN EXTRA CAKE IF THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.Don't forget to rest every once in awhile however:) Will talk soon ..we were thinking of a Sunday Eve movie ???? Have a great weekend ..Love and Hugs sweetie :)Bev
Dear Deb,Joe and Family;
Here I am 5 ins. of snow and
my daughter Eileen is in the
Bahamas.
But lucky me a small condo fee ,the snow is removed from the drivewaay and walks in no time at all.
It was great talking to you Deb.
You keep those spirits up.
I love you all with all of my heart.
BIG HUGS
Your Aunt Angie
Hi Debbie,
Oh it's lovely to hear from you and know you are doing "normal" good things like girls night out.. imagine over 300 cards.. nothing surprises me because you deserve every bit of it.
Lots and lots of love Visitor Alison.
Hi Debbie et al:
I'm back and missed not checking in on you. (or should I say you'all)
Our little jaunt to the Bahamas came at a great time. Bee celebrated his birthday in style. As you might imagine we had to drag him out of the ocean. The beach there is not suitable for skim boarding so he found other ways to amuse hisself.
The laid back attitude of the island (quite a contrast to the folks at the Jersey shore )caused us a late arrival back home but I think it was all for the best as we saw all of the Colts game in the Atlanta airport.
I hope you are still taking it easy and continuing to heal. Let's try and get together on the phone over the weekend.
Talk to you soon. COD Eileen
Debbie,
I was so excited to read your blog!! I am so happy to hear that you went to the movies and baked a cake at 10:00!!! I love to bake at anytime of the day so I can relate.
I am so thrilled to hear that you are feeling so much better. You are a great lady and deserve every bit of happiness that is in store for you! Wyatt loves me to read the blog to him and keeps you in his prayers! Well keep feeling well and remember you are always in our thoughts and prayers!!
Love,
Donna, Chuck and Wyatt
PS..Still no news on an adoption yet!!! Maybe we will surpirse you this summer with a bundle of pink!!
hey deb,its been almost a week since i last wrote to you.. i hope your still feeling good and stronger every day.. not too much going on here.. finals are done..thank goodness.. now there is only about 89 more days of school, then my "baby" will be done with high school! Mark will be a sophomore!! He is playing on the baseball team and they have been having some pretty good conditionning the last week or so.. i'm taking patrick to san diego on friday overnight to check out san diego state university.. think it sounds like a good fit for him,, near the beach, football team, and he got accepted into the film and tv course.. so, we'll see if he likes it.., check out dorms.. some even have pools and sand volleyball courts at their dorm!!~
Hope the rest of the teks are feeling well.. wondering who joe is rooting for for the superbowl?
take care deb.. love and prayers.. mdf
How do you make a tissue dance?
Put a little boogey in it!
Love,
Sarah Schneider
HI Deb,, hope this catches you feeling well.... am back from my weekend in san diego with patrick.. had an absolute blast with him.. i loved the sdsu campus, and i think he did also.. was driving around, got a little lost and ended up 10 min from mexico..! spend saturday at the zoo, then hung out at the beach until our flight(3pm) then we were home by 6...the weather was beautiful, and so was the beach..
what is new with your gallbladder? how have things been going with you and the family? i hope and pray your feeling better each day..mdf
Hi Debbie,
It's me visiting again... I know this is selfish of me, but I keep coming to your room and no-one is there.. lol.. it's like peeking my head into Rhoades 6 and finding your missing in action on the halls of HUP.. the dissapointment is similar each time I click with now update...
Seriously, everytime I put on a winter jacket or coat I pull out a HUP visitor pink slip and am brought right back to this time last year.. my wonderful sister in law and her battle... and the night I clicked on our site....
Hope you and yours and FODs et al are doing grrrreat.. as Tony the Tiger would say...
love you even though I STILL have not met you.. but soon I hope.. on Valentine's Day we had joked about a tea party.. I will be flying home to Ireland to visit with family.. so I will have a cuppa for all of the FODs... God speed Debbie, God speed, thanks for bringing me so many blessings... love Visitor to Rhoades 6
p.s.
I will light a candle for you in Ireland at the same church as last year and I will sign "this little light of mine.. I'm going to let it shine"....
Hi Debbie,
I just got back from a caribbean cruise and decided to check in on you. I can only hope no news is good news! We had a wonderful time. I can't believe the difference in the weather. We left from New York and when we returned the Hudson River was covered with ice.It was great leaving from NYC though. No airports! Well, I look forward to your next post.
Take care,
Betty
Hi Mrs. Teklits,
Happy Valentine's Day!! I got lucky, my Valentine's Day present was my mom! She flew in for the weekend and we had so much fun! She told me about your dinner with everybody, too. Without further ado... here is a joke.
Hello. Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline:
If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2.
If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5, and 6.
If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want. Just stay on the line so we can trace the call.
If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press.
If you are manic-depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press. No one will answer.
If you are anxious, just start pressing numbers at random.
If you are phobic, don't press anything.
If you are anal retentive, please hold.
This made me laugh out loud in a very public computer lab and they all thought I was crazy!
XOXO,
Sarah Schneider
Hi Debbie, just checking in on you and all the fods on valentines day. news says you guys got hammered with another storm.. sorry for that.. we are fine here. the boys are busy with school and patrick is doing track, and mark baseball.. due to those fun fibroids we women get, i have to have a transfusion tomorrow.my hemoglobin was like yours 7.6.. at least it was 3 days ago..who knows now!! do know that picking up a case of water at costco is not the thing to do when you have this problem. ha..
I continue to pray for you and hope you are doing well, from reading between the lines on some of your friends , it sounds like you are hanging tough.. makes me happy if thats the case.. stay strong deb.. love..mdf
Hi Deb!
We need an update! I am going through Debbie blog withdrawal....
Hope your gall bladder is behaving and that you are gaining strength and good health.
Our prayers are with you daily,
Love,
Cousin Cindy
Hi Debbie: Just checking the blog to see how you are doing - nothing since the 16th of January, so I guess you are too busy feeling good. Hope you had a great Valentine's Day - Going up to see my Ali tomorrow at Bloomsburg and the boys are coming for dinner on Sunday - I can't wait. Hopefully you are still well and we will hear from you soon. Here's to good news. Love Shelly
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