Great Grandson's Accident

Poor little Kaden fell against the bottom of the fireplace. It cut his head just above the eye. This is a delicate place to stitch. His Dad and Grammy took him to the ER in the neighboring town. They stitched him up and he has quite a few stitches. He was such a good little boy. Hardly cried at all. He will have a scar to remember some day.

Surgery?

My husband had to see a neurologist this week because of severe nerve pain in his neck and down his back. He is now taking some pills and wearing a soft collar. He had to have an x-ray of his neck and an MRI. We'll find out Wednesday what will happen next. I think it will probably be surgery because it appears a vertebrae may be pinching a nerve in his spinal column. Not looking forward to that and he sure isn't either.

Total Knee Replacement

My brother has needed a total knee replacement for several years now. He had one done in 2000 and he should have had the second one done a few years later. But he kept putting it off. No one likes surgery. However, I have had 3 replacements and although it is painful, it is more painful to walk on a knee that needs replacing. I am glad he finally has it set up for September 28 and will get it done. He will feel so much better and be able to walk so much better again. He may not even have to use his cane.

Death and Life

What do you think you would feel like if they told you that you had a month or two to live? And then it turned out not to be true? Wouldn't that be a horrible event? Well that is exactly what happened to my husband's brother this weekend. His doctor told him he did not have gangrene in his foot and that it was not true about dying soon.

However, now he has been moved to the physical theraphy part of the hospital across town. It sounds like there is a possibility of gangrene setting in within his foot as there is no circulation from the ankle down. They are beginning to discuss amputating his foot but it would have to be done in Rochester, MN at the big hospital there as they can't do it here.

Then we wonder what is next? Would he have to go to a nursing home? Can you get an artificial foot? I don't know all that much about it but time will tell.

Merle Haggard Has Surgery

Merle Haggard had a malignant tumor removed from his lung on Monday. In August, he had told the news it wasn't malignant but apparently it was. He is recovering now in Bakersfield, California. His surgery was a success and he is in stable condition. He is 71 years old and became a household name after "Okie from Muskogee" hit No. 1 in l969. He has had 38 No. 1 hits stretching back to 1966. His wife said that she and Merle firmly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and his healing powers and that Jesus is the greatest physician of all and believing their prayers to be answered is the key. I agree.

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer sneaks up on men. There are no symptoms. If you get really sick, then chances are it is in your bones already and there isn't much hope. It is very important that all men get a PSA blood test by age 50. I think age 45 would be even better. Men in there 50's usually have to have surgery if diagnosed with prostate cancer. An enlarged prostate can also give a high reading of PSA but they take biopsies to find the cancer for sure. Men over 70 aren't offered surgery usually, but rather radiation or hormone shots. It is a sneaky disease and worth a man's time to check into it.

Houston Lap Band Surgery

Are you getting very tired of dragging all that excess weight around? Do your friends make fun of you behind your back but you know it is you that they are laughing at? Then now is the time to do something about it. Get online to this website houston lap band surgery and find out all the information on this safest and least invasive surgery for weight loss. They have specialized surgical facilities and are among the most experienced in the United States. They have highly skilled and experienced bariatric surgeons on staff and they are performing a surgery that makes small incisions and puts a band around the upper part of your stomach. You have less space to eat, therefore, you eat less and lose that excess weight. They also follow-up with you to provide you with total support. Now is the time to get your life back to normal. Look them up for more information.

Lap Band

This is a great new surgery for people who are extraordinarily obese and cannot lose the weight on their own. This online website Lap band specializes in just such a surgery. They have the best in skilled bariatric surgeons. Their competent staff is specially trained to help with the emotional and physical needs of the seriously overweight patients. This new surgery is less invasive and can even be reversed. It is laproscopic surgery, making it much more safe than stapling or cutting as some procedures do. It is an outpatient surgery which also makes it much more convenient than a hospital stay. They also furnish you with total follow up care which is very important, as well.

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Surgery

Just one more day and then I need to go have exploratory surgery to look at the bones in my right hand. being right handed it is going to be a real challenge for awhile hunting and pecking with my left hand doing these posts, but I will be doing my best to keep up. Gotta get up before the roosters though to get there that morning and the neighbor is going to look after our little Holly, our Boston Terrier. She sleeps alot so she will probably be sleeping when we get home as it is outpatient surgery. Kind of interesting though as they will go in with a very very expensive tiny camera and look at my bones to see what needs fixing. Well I will soon be off to work at my part-time job, serving up soft ice cream that is yummy in cones, malts, shakes, sundaes and banana splits, and don't forget the hot fudge and hot carmel. Come on down and have some.