Senior Golden Sneakers - July 2010

:flowerforyou: It's so nice to see new faces, welcome.......this is a great group...we are friendly and supportive....jump right in

:flowerforyou: we are up early because we have to finish packing and be on the road by 7:30 to be in line early for the 9:30 ferry.....it will be a beautiful day for a ferry ride.....we'll be gone for the weekend.....the pets have been boarded.....it is very quiet here this morning.......we'll be staying in a hotel for the weekend and enjoying time with friends and some restaurant meals......we packed our swim suits because the hotel has a pool....there's also a fitness room so we hope to get some exercise

:flowerforyou: we're taking the computer so I'll try to check in

:flowerforyou: the raised bed is almost finished.......it's a big deal with a stone retaining wall so it's taking a long time to finish...my pumpkin seedlings can hardly wait to be transplanted into the the luscious dirt in the new bed :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Thank you Marie, my dogs name is Buttons, she is a Papillion (Butterfly dog). Buttons shares the house with Sierra, Henry, Tobi (Mr T), Twink, and Sophie; all cats, and Sam, chocolate Lab. They all live very actively running over, under and around, and are very gentle pets. I passionaltely call them my kids, my only son is out on his own now. My sister Barb, is the care taker of us all, she is wonderful at cooking, cleaning and keeping us on our toes.

:flowerforyou: I enjoyed reading the diary, it is an eye opener. I will certainly keep tabs on what I am doing, as she did I also knocked off the routine for a week, and this terrible slump hit. Maybe a lesson here!

Hello Gigi, Gayla and talleyho to you Barbie, enjoy!:flowerforyou:

Well it's 3pm, I think I have something to do, that I have been hiding from. Catch you all a little later.

Hi All,
I have news from Sandy... She is at the moment dealing with her stepson being in the hospital. He was admitted under duress but is dealing with either kidney failure or Liver failure. She tells me that at the moment everything is rather a mess. So Keep her and her family in your prayers tonight.

Hi to everyone who just joined I am the token kid in the group these are a great group of supportive and caring people. You will jsut love them!
More later all I need to get things set for the run in the morning and check in on Sandy's facebook to see if there is an update
Beth

Hi Everyone,
I haven't been on much and Beth was kind enough to let you know why. We have been at the hospital constantly because of my step son who is fighting for his life because of being an alcoholic. I have been updating friends daily and this is tonight's update. He went in Tuesday because his wife my husband and two doctors went and did an intervention and made him go to the ER because he was so sick. He admitted to his wife how scared he was and couldn't breathe. Once in the ER they had to ventilate him and he went down hill from there. His liver is severely damaged but because it is so large they can't even do an ultra sound. His kidneys stopped working and he was put on kidney dialysis. It has been a nightmare and I am trying to give updates. This is my update from tonight.


Basically no new changes. Still on the ventilator, they tried to remove it today but he had too much mucus and they will try again tomorrow. They gave him a bath and he got agitated and took a swing at the nurse, after the bath they sedated him so he could rest. He has a feeding tube and a catheter. He had a three hour kidney dialysis treatment. He had a slight temperature but they gave him an antibiotic in case of an infection. He still isn’t awake but does open his eyes sometimes when someone talks to him. The nurse said he probably recognizes the voice but doesn’t understand what is being said. In essence the doctors are saying we have to wait until next week to see if there is any improvement, it is too soon to talk about any options until they see how his condition is next week. They are going to schedule a meeting with all the doctors and family to try and answer any or all questions the beginning of the week.

We can only go one day at a time and not look into the future. Keep him in your prayers but more for his wife and my husband his father.

Welcome to all new comers and sorry for the gloom and doom but we are like family here and I am just sharing.

Unfortunately, I have made my goal for my weight, but this in not the way I wanted to do it. I must walk miles in that hospital daily so the good news is that I am getting exercise.

Thanks everyone.

Sandy

Thanks everyone, keep praying.

Sandy,
Hang in there and we will keep praying
Beth

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Hi everybody,
We're home from our trip. It was fun especially seeing a bunch of friends that we haven't seen in months. We brought our Isagenix shake stuff so we could fix some of our meals but with friends to see we ended up with more restaurant eating than we wanted.

On Friday we ended up at Olive Garden for lunch and had soup, salad, and breadsticks ( a sodium disaster).......for dinner I had a Greek salad and pita and enjoyed every bit of my day filled with food that I wouldn't normally eat (I usually stay away from bread and dairy)...........I got a fair amount of exercise....yoga and exercise bike and "Butt 'N' Gut" at home, walking while waiting for the ferry, walking on the ferry, and then our hotel room is two doors down from the fitness center where I used the exercise bike and the treadmill

:flowerforyou: On Saturday we did our regular morning yoga before going to the meeting and I walked whenever I got a chance including walking the stairs and finding time for the treadmill and exercise bike in the fitness room........we skipped the catered lunch (pulled pork or eggplant parmesan) and went to the room and made shakes......in the evening we declined an invitation to Red Robin and ate in the room again followed by a 40 minute walk and some time on the treadmill.

:flowerforyou: The return trip on the ferry was in the fog and the ferry blew its horn a lot. It was nice to return to more moderate temperatures. Today we had lunch in a nice restaurant in Port Townsend where everything was either cooked in wine, breaded or full of cheese so I opted for a half serving of halibut and chips with Asian cole slaw and will walk and bike it off this afternoon.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I'm thinking about you......sorry that losing the last pounds happened in such a stressful way.......I continue to think good thoughts for a happy ending to the story.

hi there Button you are such s cute little dog. Ssmmy has been his usal self. Just wants to go walking and eat Whipping cream that .you squirt from a can. every time I get it out so put some on my jello he is right there to get his share.. He don't like cool whip and certain brand of the quirt can he wont eat.
We are waiting on the tree service guy to come out and trim our tree. It is entangle with too many wires for my husband and son- in
loaw to do.

Sandy hoping to hear some good news from you this morning. My prayers are with you and your family.


It is gonna be a hot one this morning..

Thanks Sandy for the update. I am still prayng for Phil.God bless you all.