08/07/2007 22:23
Miracles Happening
no word from the insurance company.....no news doesn't mean "NO"
i just have to keep reminding myself of that.
as for the power of prayer and God's mercy....my nephew is......
"TALKING!!!!" he is kinda remembering things. he was moved from the icu today and has moved on up to a regular room. i never thought saying that would mean so much when pertaining to a hospital.
thank you God, thank you God
and thank you to all of you who have prayed and continue to pray
for him and i !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
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08/03/2007 20:43
no news good news
i haven't heard anything from the insurance company so i guess no news is good news.
on a good note my nephew continues to make progress. his brain is still healing so if there is damgage its still to early to tell in addition to the meds. hes on which will effect his responses.
hes is up and sitting in a chair. as i've been told hes very active. sometimes he seems to know people and understand and other times he is in his own world trying to pull out tubes and stuff. like small child working hard at it then becoming distraced by someone in for a visit which h'll smike but then goes back to what he was working at lik no one else is there.
please keep him in your prayers and thank for keeping him there!
have a great weekend!
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07/31/2007 18:13
on the red tape move
well.....finally the new letter and info. got faxed late this afternoon!!
so now i sit and wait and pray!!! but i'm happy b/c things are on the move again.
my nephew is making progress, please keep him in your prayers and i thank you for that.
i hope everyone is doing great!! =) and having a good week.
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07/27/2007 11:01
cutting through the red tape
hello....HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
i just spoke w/ my primary physician's nurse. she said he dictated the letter the day we talked which was like two days ago and then was sent out to be transcribed (written). i pray its exactly what i need. its suppose to be back on Monday and then off to the surgeon to resubmit everything... then the real waiting starts. as much as i have ants in my pants about everything i keep telling myself that am a week a head of where i thought i'd be two weeks ago so try to relax...he he like i listen to anyone when it comes to worry...=)
my nephew is battling respiratory distress syndrome now, in addition to everything else going on w/ him. please keep him in your prayers, this could become fatal alone to him.
i hope everyone hs a great friday!!!
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07/24/2007 19:41
Ho-Hummm
happy tuesday...=)
well i sent info. and spoke to my surgeons insurance specialist late monday...aka nurse that handles the submitting medical information to the insurance....guess what???????
my stinkin' primary physician is still not doing what he is suppose to!!! NOW he has to rewrite the letter of necessity and i basically had to fax a letter stating exactly what is needed in the letter and this is the fourth time!!!! i might add. so lets cross our fingers that he writes a complete well written letter in a timely manner. i was hoping for an approval as soon as possible and then a surgery date mid august b/c i'll have a week off b/c my boss is closing the office so then my medical leave could be added that week.
my nephew is continuing his healing process. please continue to pray for him. its been 24 days and counting. each day is a little closer to him truly getting out of the danger zone (ICU) and back on his feet.
so w/ that note i will take my situation one day at a time and when its meant to be it will be.
P.S. my friend is on day 2 of avoiding me and asking how shes doing w/ her plan....but i'm not giving up!!!...lol
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07/21/2007 12:15
friendship commitments
last night i spoke w/ my friend that is more like a sister than a friend. we have been friends since about 17 and have been through thick and thin. if i increase in weight she does and if she does i do... we have always been like that weighing close on the scale. well the time has come i realize "we" need to really do something. regardless of my possibilities of surgery or not i need to do something and so does she!
i'm weighing in at 242 and she at 254 and that's way too much weight for us to carry on these aging bodies. we'll be 39 this year. i want to be well on the road to health when i turn 40. i look into the future as see me and my friend being two foxy old ladies chasing some hot young buns!! but at this rate all we're gonna do is be crippled to the confides of our homes shorting our lives w/ each mouth full.
but the number one reason is we both have children that need their mothers. what other motivating reason could there be than that one? i feel like i am experiencing more health issues, such as my back, knees, diabetes. but its only a matter of time. she smokes and huffs and puffs to breath b/c she does have asthma as well as a possibility of pco (poly cystic ovary disease) which i'm sure complicated by her weight.
so last night i made her commit to starting Monday seriously!!! she wants to start out by just cutting down which is find and shes addicted to chocolate milk so she said she won't buy the chocolate and than i made her agree to walking 15 minutes extra a day for the first week... that's a conscience effort to walk 15 minutes non stop extra at lunch or in the morning or evening. then we'll increase the time each week.
she doesn't seem so gun-ho and i know i probably sound obsessed w/ my weight issue but i know i'm in trouble!!! even if i have gastric bypass my fight doesn't end there it a whole new game but just as serious but either way its for my life and my health.
she doesn't like to blog. i have already tried to get her to do one. i love to blog and read everyone elses too. they motivate me and up lift me. it makes me feel better that i'm not alone and that i can offer help to others b/c i've been there too. so if anyone has any ideas on what to do w/ my friend on getting her motivated please share.
thanks to everyone!! hope everyone is having a great weekend. i haven't heard anything on my nephew today but i'll keep everyone posted.
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07/20/2007 16:22
Holly Smokers!!!
Today i went and weighed in at WW and i LOST 1.6 pounds and when the lady handed me back my log book i looked at it and then went into shock!! there was the last sticker i needed marking my 12 week diet record!!!!!!!!!!!! so i drove to my husbands work where i faxed it to the surgeon so they can re-submit it to my insurance and off we start the "waiting game" .....everyone please cross your fingers for me!!!!!! =)
A good note on my nephew.... he is semi awake w/ his eyes open and blinking. my son said that he turned his head to him and stared at him and his heart rate went up. that may be a sign of recognition....God i pray so.... but either way he is a live and awake!!!
I'm so nervous and excited!! i hope i get my approval. i'm also so worried to get the notice of the big let down of denial.
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07/19/2007 18:10
All most that time again.
today i weighed in at the doctors office.. but i'm not waiting until the beginning of august to weigh in again w/ them. i have to weigh in at ww tomorrow and that means one more weigh in next week to complete my 12 weeks of being on a supervised diet and off my paper work goes back to the insurance....bla bla...red tape. (excite but very scared to be denied)
i really hope everything goes through. i would ask for prayers for an approval but w/ my nephew still being is such serious condition i don't dare. "PLEASE" send all the prays to heaven for his recovery.
he is making tiny moments of progress, but we'll take anything! he is still sleeping (medically induced coma) and on the respirator. the doctors plan on waking him up slowly over the next couple of weeks but depending on how things progress we could know some thing about his "state of mind" as early as three days. God i pray hes not brain injured and mentally handicapped. i'm not saying i'd love him any less only that he has so much more life to live and i knew of his plans before the accident. either way his life will change and that change will reflect on all of our lives too.
well i hope everyone is hanging in there too and losing lots!
thanks to everyone who is praying for my nephew!!!
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07/14/2007 12:19
asking for prayers....
Beaver Island Park Accident Sends One To ECMC Via Mercy Flight - July 2007
Grand Island Fire Company rescue personnel responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident in Beaver Island State Park when a car struck a tree shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, July 1, 2007. The accident accurred just inside the park entrance. Joshua Green of Grand Island was extricated by means of the Jaws of Life at 8:20 p.m., and transported by ambulance to the Mercy Flight landing zone in the area of the sledding hill, and flown to the Erie County Medical Center. Grand Island Fire Chief Greg Butcher assumed Incident Command and Assistant Chief Kevin Koch took charge of extricating the victim. Grand Island Fire Company returned in service at 9 p.m. with the incident turned over to the Erie County Sheriff's Department and State Park Police.
this is my sweet 22 year old nephew. i remember when he was born. i remember baby sitting him while i was pregnant w/ my first child, i was 17 and he was the only other person who knew a life was growing inside of me. he was born in may and my daughter in December and they became very close. then my oldest son, three years younger that josh took my son under is wing and became like a big brother to him. then when my littlest son, 5 came into the world josh was then too a big part of his life. josh has always been full of life living each day w/ no fear and facing it w/ a smile and laughter.
as of yesterday the update was that he is still in a coma. he still has pneumonia. his kidneys failed last Sunday and have not recovered. the doctors were gonna try to remove the respirator to see if he could breath on his own but he became unstable and they gave him a drug that would paralyze him to help w/ stabilization and healing. he is fighting. they have him in a coma to keep him quite. he seems to recognize us and tries to communicate but nothing is for sure until he is actually awake and talking. God Bless Him.
i know his recovery is a long road to travel and we are still at the very beginning but there is still hope.... hope in a full recovery. i appreciate all your prayers.
thank you.
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06/15/2007 01:07
Those Flippin' Scales!!!
Scales!! Scales!!! Scales!! Those Flippin' Scales!!!
ok... WW is saying that i', losing slowly. my scale says i'm maintaining or gaining...and my doctors scale says i gained!!
what the heck. i weighed at my doctors office about 4:30 pm. then at 6 pm weighed in at WW and guess what..WW said i lost .06 and my doctors scale said i GAINED a pound!!
when the nurse took me past the first room where i weighed last month i knew it might not be good. and yep... up on room 2's scale and bam a pound gain. and well my home scale has a mind of its own and is probably b/c other people are using it too.
so heres what has me frustrated. my insurance wants me on a 3 month diet plan and weighing in at my doctors. thank God i also started WW so that i have them as a professional creditable weight record too b/c at this rate depending on what scale i get put on next it may not show i did lose some weight, maintained, but instead show i gained even more!!
it frustrates me b/c they don't care about any of the healthy changes i've made to my life over the last three years and yet i am at risk to die young. red tape stinks!!!!!
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