Good News Bad News

The good news is that yes it was a stroke but no there wasn't any hemoraging so apparently they won't need to go in and do brain surgery. The not so good news is that she has a clogged artery or something and she probably will not regain use of her left arm/hand, and will have difficulty walking in a best case scenario. The worst case scenario is that she would not recover any more than she has now. Please pray for a miracle. Dad is having a very hard time with this. Dwight should be here in a bit and so should my friend Allison. One of the girls from Starbucks came to the hospital this afternoon and hung out and was an emense help for my sisters. They were actually laughing and having fun. It was a major blessing. I really don't know what tomorrow will bring and this is definitely going to be a major test of faith. It is completely overwhelming and I'm sure at some point I will break down but for now am doing "ok." There are other things going on also and some decisions that will need to be made in the next few days so please pray for those too. Thanks to everyone for your support.

Mom had a stroke

So last night I walked into the kitchen and saw Jeanette lying on the ground on her left side, somewhat holding her head.

“are you ok?”

“yea, I just have a headache, can you get me an ice pack out of the freezer?”

“ok,”

I walked over and got her an ice pack

“Did you fall?”

“no, I got down to get ginger”

I suddenly realized her speech was slurred and handed her the ice pack which she put on her head.

“Can you move your left hand for me?”

Her right leg moved instead, her left hand was pinned under her leg a little bit.

“I need you to move your left hand for me, can you do that?”

“I AM moving my left hand”

“Ok, well you sit here for a minute and I’ll be right back.”

I ran upstairs and grabbed dad and we called 911.

When I re-entered the kitchen she kept saying something about Ginger but I couldn’t pick it up. It seemed to me that the slurring got progressively worse throughout the above conversation.

She is currently in the hospital and just had an MRI done. The neurologist is puzzled by all of this as she didn't have an warning signs or conditions that would have brought about this type of thing to happen. Please keep her in your prayers.

Peter Pan

So today I went to Barnes and Nobles to get Peter Pan. I've never read it before and so I thought it'd be kind of fun to do. I'm a fan of the Disney Peter Pan movie and also of Hook. So I walk into Barnes and Nobles in my sport coat and start looking in the fiction section and can't find it. So a guy offers to help me and we discover it is in the children's section. This guy apparently doesn't work in children's very often though as we get there and he has no clue where to look. Thankfully the manager and assistant manager were nearby so he asked them and the next thing I know, I have THREE people helping me with Peter Pan. We quickly found it and I turn to go pay and the manager starts asking me if I know about the new Peter Pan books to which I replied I'd read in the news about the unofficial sequel that is causing a stir and some other stuff. Anyway, this guy starts showing me all of these Peter Pan books and telling me about them. It was quite humorous to me as they were all doting on me and went way out of their way to help. It wasn't like the store was empty either. It amazes me how when you dress up people treat you differently. Anyway, that was my amusing experience of the day.

Update

I realized I have been updating my myspace blog but not this so here is a brief rundown in the life of Robert. Since the last update one of my best friends died of an aneurism at the age of 21. It was not the best ending in the world and a lot of things ended badly, thankfully not between us. There has been some things happening since her death that has been completely despicable as people she once considered friends have tried to cash in on her death. It is very messed up and I know it must be causing her family a ton of pain. That has been the biggest change in life. We would email back and forth at least a dozen times every day so it is taking some getting adjusting to get used to not having those "New Messages" signs on the email every day. I guess that is life though. Anyway, that is the update.

What a Day

Today has just been one of those days. It started off well enough I guess, but not terrific. I knew a friend was going to the doctor to get some results from a test and from the information I've gotten so far...the results weren't that good. My friend is quite scared and I'm praying for them. I really hope things go ok. Some things didn't go quite perfectly at work today either technology wise. I think I'm just going to quit early today and maybe go to the beach tonight. We'll see if I actually make it there. I also have some birthday money I could go spend but I don't really feel like shopping so that probably won't happen. Anwyway, there is the quick update. Keep my friend in your prayers!