Update On Missy C, and my family

Hello, I got an update on Missy last night, from the source of course, and I thought I would pass it along to all of you! Missy is going to be kept another week for sure. They have decided to send her for a home visit on Sunday to see how she does. They decided that she shouldn't get an electric wheelchair at this time, since that riding instead of working on walking is what got her into this mess. She is to start the process for the surgery on her knee as soon as she is out of the hospital, so it will be a few weeks before she will be able to have the surgery. She is feeling pretty good, and is able to do without the pain relief patch now. She is still taking some pain medication, but it doesn't have to be constant. They have her up and walking in both of her Physical Therapy sessions every day, so that is a major mobility improvement for her. Aside from going a little stir crazy, and running out of things to read, she is in good spirits and looking forward to getting home and smothering Loki in hugs and kisses. (In all fairness, David can visit her in the hospital, they won't let her cat in for some reason?) She is complete computer and Gather withdrawl, and plans on getting on the computer as soon as she is able to do so! Her fingers are "itching for the keyboard". She also wants to thank everybody for their well wishes and prayers, and plans on doing so herself when she gets back!

On another note, my kids Grandmother, Deannia, is having her surgery on the cancer they found today. Please keep her in your prayers. She may have to stay overnight, depending on what they find when they go in, but she could be in her own bed this evening too. Either way, we should know more in a few days. Please keep her in your prayers too!

Many of you have asked me how my disability was going. I am still waiting to hear. I had a physical exam on Jan 4^th (which I collapsed right after) and my psych exam on December 26^th, I should here something by the first of February according to the doctors that did the exams. As far as my retirement disability application from work, they apparently just got all of the information and sent it off at the end of the year, and so it will be March or April before I here if I am going to be allowed to go out on retirement. In other words, hurry up and wait, which is typical of any government paperwork, and something those of us that have worked there have, unfortunately, gotten very used to having to accept. (When I got hired, it took them 3 years to finally fingerprint me and run a background check! Doesn't that make you feel more secure now?) I found out they didn't have a sense of humor either, since I told them if I was going to try to blow the place up, I certainly wouldn't have waited until they fingerprinted me to do it!

We have gotten a home for our kitten Precious, which makes me happy and sad all at once. I am glad that a dear friend of mine has taken her home, and so I know she is good hands, and will get the shots and care she needs that I could not afford due to government red tape on getting any income again. We still have not been able to find anyplace for Rosie, our lab/rottweiler mix. Ironically, it is her food that is putting the biggest dent in our expenses, but we are going to keep doing what we can until we are sure she has a good home, or finances pull through. My daughter has started a new job this week. She has found a daycare in Louisville to work that pays well, and adjusts for her experience as a lead teacher. She will get a raise after 30 days, and could be a lead teacher again within 3 months. For now she is working in the infant room. We did have to get her some new scrubs for the job, since she hasn't been in childcare for a little while, and she needed them. (that is their uniform. More daycares are going to them)

My son has put in an application for a body tech job, and is really nervous and hopeful this will be the one he gets. Meijer has told him that to be considered full time, he has to be able to work 3^rd shift now. He doesn't sleep at all when he tries to work third shift because we are home all the time, and it makes it hard to sleep. They didn't say they wouldn't give him full time when they hired him and he said 1^st or 2^nd only. They only thought of this dilemma when he had done 39.5 hours a week for over 3 months and he wanted to know why he still couldn't get insurance for his wife. Keep them in your prayers as well. They are going to go to the hospital with their grandmother this afternoon.

Well, I think that updates everything on my end for now! If I missed anything or anyone, let me know.