June Birthdays-Anniversaries

It is hard to believe that 5 months of 2009 have simply flown by. Here is the list of June dates

Happy Birthday to....

Keith Smith - June 6 - 26 years old
Ryley Spanel - June 15 - 17 years old
Chad Rapier - June 18
Cheryl Smith - June 19
John Clark - June 19
Kristina Rogers Thomas - June 22 - 24 yrs old

Happy Anniversary to...

Tom & Irene Bailey - 39th wedding anniversary - June 7
Russ & Paula Smith - 20th wedding anniversary - June 17

Again I hope I haven't missed anyone.

I love what "Butch" said about grandchildren. I've quoted him to all my friends who have grandchildren.

Video

Ang,
We would like 4 copies of the DVD. One for each of the kids. If they have contacted you about getting one just send them to me and I will get them to them.
Thanks
Nels

CONGRATULATIONS, you just don't know great kids are until they are your grandchildren.

Ang, please make a copy for us too. Of the DVD, not the baby, OK!!! Butch

Congratulations

to Jaimee and Joel on their new addition. What a pretty name.!!

Grandma knows spelling

Kiera Ashtyn is the name of the sweet new baby girl. Grandma Irene knew how to spell. It rhymes with Sierra.

New baby

It's a day for celebration. Joel and Jaimee are the proud parents of a baby girl, born this morning, named "Keirera Ashtyn" and Tom says he does not think he has the spelling right. Everyone is doing great.

Cheryl

Video

Thanks a lot Ang. I would like four, let me know how much I owe you for this.

Cheryl

We would love a copy. Thanks.

Nola's Clan Video

I don't know if any of you remember the video we did for mom just after she got sick. Well, while getting ready for Caitlyn's graduation I came across a copy of it. As videos go - it is deteriorated in quality but the message is still good. I am working on transferring it to DVD this summer, amongst many other projects and am wondering if any of you would like a copy as well. If so let me know and I will get you one as well.
Ang

Skye Schultz

Congratulations to Gina's daughter, Skye Shultz, on her graduation from high school today. She is truly a SUPER-STAR! You go, girl!!! Love, Aunt Jacki

Happy Birthday, Lynnie

Dear Little Brother,

Happy Birthday, from your "older" sister,

Cheryl

Update

Hello dear family,

It has been so good to see and hear from so many of you. I talked with Colton yesterday on his birthday, that is always a day brightener. He has started his process for discharge, and I am certainly glad.

I went to the orthopedic surgeon in Lincoln on Wednesday. He said the leg looked great and I don't have to go back for six months. He also took the PIC line out which was a big relief. He said I had been dragged thru the mud, and I laughed and said the dragging wasn't so bad, it was the stomping me down in it that hurt. I go the local M.D. Thursday for more lab work, hopefully the last time for that. I have been working half days so far. Still a little short on energy.

Thanks again to everyone for all the care and concern.

Cheryl

Getting better, Cheryl?

Cheryl, did they pull the PIC line? R U doing better? I haven't heard of any more hospital trips so I guess that says a lot. Keep getting better! Love, J

Cait's Graduation

Finally home after several travel problems. We had such a great time seeing everyone and celebrating with Cait. We are excited for her new journey, too. Love to all, Jacki & Johnny

Caitlyn's Graduation

Thanks to all who traveled all the way to McCook to celebrate Caitlyn's graduation. We truly appreciate that you took the time out of your schedules to come. And to those who couldn't be here -- we did miss you and wish you could have been here. She enjoyed her day, received many wonderful gifts and cards, and is now officially a high school graduate. I can't quite believe that she is going to be leaving for college in just 3 short months. She and her dad and I will be beginning a new chapter in our lives. Scary on one hand but exciting on the other. We had such a wonderful weekend with so many friends and family.

Speaker phone, Sis, speaker phone!

Good Morning

I am glad to hear things are better and there isn't any thing major going on with your heart, Cheryl. And I hope that you'll not have to spend any more time in the hospital. Take care of yourself.

Ang

Cardiologist visit

Hi everyone,

I saw Dr. Hansen, my cardiologist today, and he reassured me that my heart function is in good shape. The atrial fib probably happened because of a combination of low potassium, reaction to antiobotic, blood loss, and he also reminded me that I did have major surgury recently, and the body takes a while to recover from all those factors. He did remove one prescription, and I will finish with two more next week, so hopefully I will be able to stop swallowing handfuls of pills.

I can't tell you how much I have appreciated the calls, visits, and prayers. I can feel the lover surround me, and it means a lot.

Your loving sister, aunt, mother and grandmother,

Cheryl

Family discount

Dear blog readers,

Another bump in the road to health, but hope it is all behind me. Imagine my surprise when I was waiting in the hospital for iv Monday to learn that Tom was in room 109 suffering from, guess what, a leg infection. After a couple of hours while we visited with Tom, they determined I was having problems with the antibiotic, so we went home, but headed back to hospital in late afternoon when my heart developed atrial fibrillation. Tom is pretty sure we can get a family discount. He went home this morning, I went home this afternoon. Will see the cardiologist from Lincoln tomorrow when he comes to Broken Bow.

Had lots of plans for the weekend, guess we will see what happens.

Thanks for the phone calls.

Love you all,

Cheryl

New info on Cheryl

I just talked with Paula again. Cheryl is doing much better today. The heart arrythmia has resolved itself. They determined her potassium levels were out of whack and are getting that back on track. She is going to go home today. They are concerned that her immune system is pretty poor and there are apparently many people sick in the hospital and they don't want her exposed to that any longer. She will see the cardiologist tomorrow morning.

More News on Cheryl

The following is last evening's e-mail from Paula. I'm not sure who is on her address listing so I'm posting it here in case some of you haven't seen it.

We didn't make any promises that it was going to be an easy road! Cheryl again rejected her latest antibiotic that she's been receiving outpatient daily from the BBow hospital. She started to become very weak yesterday (Sunday), so they took her off of it today after her lab work returned not looking right. They scheduled an appointment for her to be in Lincoln on Tuesday morning for another evaluation...but she didn't make it that far. They admitted her to Melham this afternoon.

The doctor's believe that between her weakness and allergic reactions to the past couple of meds, it caused her heart to go out of regular rhythm. The medication they gave her to put it "back into rhythm" isn't working at this time. Needless to say, she feels horrible. The medication has always worked before, so this has her more stressed than usual. It has had us all stressed more than usual.

I will email again once I have anymore news. Rob, Joy, Tom, Irene, Jody & her kids have all been around tonight...it's great to have family; even though she's too sick for company. Phil and Russ are attempting to "keep busy" walking the hallways. Keep praying.

Love to all,

Paula and family

May Birthdays

Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday. We've been extra busy trying to get ready for next weekend. I'm finally taking a break and decided I need to get this done.

Happy Belated 5th Birthday to Jayleigh Fuller - May 1st
Ben Johnson - May 11
Colton Smith - May 15 - 24 years old
"Butch" Neil Bailey - May 18
Andy Schultz - May 18
Jill Bailey Rapier - May 26th
Tim Bailey - May 27
Skye Schultz - May 29 - 18 years old
Remington Smith - May 29 - 20 years old
Gina Bailey - May 31


May Birthdays

Thanks by the bushel

Dear wonderful family,

I can't begin to tell you how much all your prayers, calls, visits, gifts, and just plain caring have meant to me this past few weeks. How was I to know a simple knee replacement would turn into such a journey of "boy this is so unusual, this never happens"? What it taught me was how wonderful people are, and how lucky I am to receive the kind of care I have.

Five visits to three hospitals and an ambulance ride, and not one lemon in all those hundreds of health professionals I came in contact with. What a statement of excellence I am now qualified to give to them.

And no words can describe this wonderful family of ours. I could not have made it through this without all of you.

I now have a PIC line in my arm, and am receiving daily antibiotic at the hospital. I have to have labs done each week to determine how long this will last. The local M.D. speculated perhaps six weeks. Sure hope the "itch" is gone soon, it is pretty near to driving me nuts.

Again, it is wonderful to hear from all of you. I understand Lynnie and Vi are coming in July, we have to have a reunion.

Love to all,

Cheryl