Family Matters

I just thought that since I am using this blog as my journal, it would be good to include all important events that I will want to remember later on. So, good or bad, they are still part of life!

My brother-in-law, David, went on a fishing trip for Spring Break last week and never came home. My sister got really worried and filed a missing persons report with the police. Then, we waited and prayed. Finally on Monday we got a call that he had been found by the park rangers at Lake Texoma. He was unresponsive and taken to the hospital. I thought he was dead and just could not tell us that over the phone, so I started to really worry.

When my sister and parents got to the hospital, they were told that a neighboring camper called the park rangers and told them that they had not seen David leave his tent for a few days. The rangers went to check on things and thought David was acting "drunk" and just needed to sleep it off. The next day they went back and he was even more unresponsive (never said anything). They ran his tags and found that he was a missing person, so they rushed him to the hospital. There they found out that his kidney's were failing and had to transfer him to a bigger hospital to start dialysis. He had blood tests, CAT scans, etc. but nothing gave any clue to why his kidney's were failing. After two rounds of dialysis, he was stable enough to be transferred to the city. The dialysis makes him very weak and has still only said a few words. He has scrapes on his elbow and chin and was found with blood in his nose and throat. He had also thrown up ALL over his tent. They will not be able to fully "unfold" the cause until the Dr. do a kidney biopsy. For this, David will have to be strong enough to hold his breath for several seconds while the Dr. sticks a needle in his back and retrieves a specimen of kidney. If David breathes, his diaphragm will lower causing the Dr. to slice the kidney, resulting in surgical repairs. So, he has a long road ahead of him and many questions for his body to answer. For now, he is surrounded by family and friends who are all praying and hoping his has a speedy recovery.

Tonight, he was conscious enough to stick out his finger to have his little girl hold his hand and the other finger for my sister to hold. Hang in there David!! We love you!!

for further updates please visit:
www.finddavidhoward.blogspot.com

Tofutti Cutie

There is a bin at our local grocery store that has markdown items. There is a "cold" bin and a non-perishable bin. I was in the store to get a few things and decided to check out he bin. Usually I don't find much because it is usually emptied out by the afternoon, but this time we were lucky. At the bottom of the bin, there they were...three packages of tofutti cheese. I was so excited especially when I saw they were marked down to 50 cents each. They are usually $3.99. This is the only cheese Cara can eat and it is a treat to say the least. She eats this stuff like it is chocolate. However, because there are only 12 slices in the pack and they are expensive, we have to be skimpy. Trust me, when she saw these in the bags, she dug them all out and "begged" for them!!
She is upset in this last picture because I kept trying to get her to look at me and all she wanted was cheese!

Follow the Prophet...Don't go astrake?

Merilee singing in the tub.

Possible dress for Easter/my brother's wedding in May. Mother and Morgan, what do you think? It has circles and is pink and brown. I worry that it might be too casual? Really cute though!!

And here are the pictures of our new headboard and painted wall frame. Justin is going to make me a cornice board so that the curtain can hang out from it instead of from the ceiling. I want to make it tufted? Is that where you have buttons pulled tight to give it dimension? That is what I mean but it might not be called tufted. Anyway, once my room is clean and organized with new bedding I will post a big reveal!!

Tag

I saw this on Dina's blog and it looked fun.

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, and enter yours. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real, nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You must put the first answer that comes to mind! You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name twice for the boy/girl name.

1. What is your name: Leighanne
2. A four Letter Word: Loan
3. A boy's Name: Larry
4. A girl's Name: Lucy
5. An occupation: Lawyer
6. A color: Lilac
7. Something you wear: Lingerie
8. A food: Lasagna
9. Something found in the bathroom: Listerine
10. A place: Liverpool
11. A reason for being late: Lazy
12. Something you shout: Look!
13. A movie title: (The) Little Mermaid
14. Something you drink: Lemonade
15. A musical group: Lincoln Park
16. An animal: Lynx

Feel free to do this one too!!