About The Blog

I have a new blog, called Little Nellie, which are stories about me growing up. I have a lot more to publish, just need to find the time to post them. I have to admit that I had Amy's help on this, and I would never accomplished this without her . I hope you will check it out, I hope you like it. It has been fun doing it and I truly have enjoyed remembering all of these things that happened when I was young. I am so glad that some of you asked me to do it. My surgery is doing well and I am walking with a cane outside, but inside I seldom use it. I still have a small ulcer about the size of a match head , that needs to heal. It has been ever so slow, as there were some pieces of stitching left in. The walking is really getting much better and I walk a lot in the pool, and do a lot of stretching so it gets tiresome. I have had a rash around it and of course I scratch it and that is really a mess. I need to stop scratching it. We are having a lot of RAIN! right now, and it is the kind of cold that gets to your bones. I am praying for sun and trying to thank Heavenly Father for all of the rain, and please, please send us some SUN! I am still working down at the beauty shop but it is a lot less than I used to. There are a lot of things I want to do now, so I want to work less. I got rid of the nails, and am trying to grow mine. I got tired of the upkeep, and some of them were lifting. So one day I removed them. I hope all of you are keeping up with the resolutions that you made for this year and know that I love you one and all

My New Blog " Little Nellie"

My New Blog and Life

I thought that I would tell you all of my new blog called Little Nellie, short little stories of me as a child and growing up. I have written a few and with the help os Amy I have got the site posted on the grandma blog. So check it out and let me know what you think. I am doing a lot better, but I am still dealing with an issue which is a small sore where the scar is, that didn't quite heal. So I put antibotic ointment on twice a day. It is truly a darned nueciense. Lots of care and little to show for it. Ihope that all of you get to hafe what ou want of nrd?

It's A New Brand New Year!

I haven't posted for awhile, and I want to do a positive one and not a whiny one. It has been a tough 3 months. I have gone from feeling so grateful to the depths of despair, thinking I would never walk normally again. It seems a long time in a cast and I really got tired of dragging it around, and now when I go out I wear the fracture walker, which puts my foot and leg in an L shape. Things would have gone so much better if the surgery would've healed well but it didn't and so we are still dealing with a small ulcer to get closed so I can't exercise in the water, and that has been really hard. The reason they have a tough time with stitches in that area of the heel, is there isn't enough flesh to put stitches in so they can hold, and so they put dissolveable stitches in underneah and guess what some of mine didn't disolve. so the doctor, ended up digging some out and now it won't heal. If that isn't enough, I get an infection in the cells and have to take antibiotics for a month, and I get a rash, namely yeast behind the knee because of cast and boot and now I have it on both legs. But in all of this I am grateful for the fact that I am doing my Physical Thearpy and walking better each day, so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In November around a week before Thanksgiving, we had some devastateing news. My beloved sister Sherry got a brain cancer and had surgery, and is now fighting for her life. I thought that with all Amy had gone through and Rebecca's problem and my brother-in-law Victor had a stroke, not to mention Grandpa's bi-laterel hernia surgery, that nothing else could happen. WRONG! Sherry is going to be doing radiation and Chemo at the same time. I think that will be the pits for her. She was 66 on Nov. 11th of this year, and believe me the feelings are the same no matter how old you are you still love those sibling as much as all of you loved Amy. So we are all praying for Vic and this comes on top of it all,and I have a hard time believing it. She called me today, and said she had met with the oncology surgeon and his crew and that the radiologst was really blunt. He told her she could live for 3 months or maybe a year if she is lucky. This made Linda and I really angry, as he isn't God and certainly doesn't have all of the answers. That is what I told Sherry, that she just needed to trust in God and not believe him, My friend Adeline has had cervical cancer for over 20 years and it is in remission for the third time, and they told her she had a year at most, but she says because of the prayers of family and friends and Priesthood blessings she is still here. I just think that you can't give up. We had a great Christmas starting with Amy's celebration and then we went to Ed and Judy's and had Christmas with them. I made a few things but not even close to what I usually make. I was just too tired and sick. I didn't get any presents out to my grand children this year and sent a little money to the great grandchildren this year and the card list was short. Not the usual 200 or so. I had no intenions of decorating anything, but Abe was here working with grandpa and he got my tree down and set it up and Nicole came the next day and she hung all of the ornaments on the tree, and Abe got down all of the snowmen, bears, and santas and so everything was pretty festive. Now I have to take it all down, it is times like these when I wish I had nose twitching power like Samatha so I could get it done in a blink. Wishful thinking. I just read on line or in a magazine that if you want to heal you need to eat lots of protien. I also need to finish this post so I can go to bed, as I continue to make too many typos. I love you one and all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Sitting Home

I had surgery on Oct 2Nd and it is the 31st and I can probably count on one hand the times I have been out of the house. It is the most frustrating thing I have done. This is the most miserable thing I have had to endure in a long time not to mention the pain, and the in-ability to do what I want to do. I can move about the house, however I can't stand for very long on one leg, which is what I have to do, SO I am really a handicapped girl. I can't reach a lot of things in my cabinets and if I want to stand I need to lock the brakes on the wheelchair of I risk falling down or losing it. It is a long time to sit believe me and the bum gets tired. I am so grateful for being able to get around as much as I can and I really am grateful for the wheelchair I am just so sad that I don't get to do what I am used to doing. I am looking forward to being able to getting this cast off in one week and if the healing has taken place that it needs then I can be in a different kind of cast and put a small amount weight on the foot, and maybe use a walker. During this time I get to do lots of physical therapy and everyone tells me that is the worst as far as pain. However everyone said I would have lots of pain after the surgery and I have had some but not too hard to get through, the itching is nerve wracking and at times you would like to tear the blasted thing off. I am so grateful for Ed he has tried to be as helpful as he could and is willing to take me anywhere I feel like going. Unfortunately I don't always feel like going out. As Amy says you can only read so many books and do so much watching TV and movies. I really am thankful, I am just venting and I am grateful there are things I can get to and I get to read the blog each day thanks to all of you that post. I don't know if I told any of you but, Leona's husband Victor had a stroke as he was driving his car and ran the car off the road and totaled it. He didn't get hurt and he didn't hit anyone else . He has been in the hospital for the past two weeks and is making progress, still can't talk, but can stand and do sitting. It was on his right side and so he can't write either. I am praying for my sister, as she hasn't ever taken care of the bills and any of the business at home. So she is having to learn a lot now about things she didn't think she would ever have to know. All of you need to know these things as women, even is you don't pay bills and take care of anything, you need to know how to do it in case something happens and you have to. Leona is 68 years old so let this be a lesson to all of you because Victor has always taken care of it and she has to learn this now. So learn this now while you are young. It is late and I need to go to bed. I love you all and pray the best for you all.

Surgery and Patience

One thing I have learned in the past four days is that I haven't any patience at all and I don't like CLUTTER!!! Ed is the biggest messy person I have ever known. I think his mother taught him. She always had things she was working on laying around everywhere. He uses something and instead of cleaning it and putting it back, he just leaves it where it was used and then has to spend half an hour looking for it when he needs it again. He throws everything on the couch and leaves all of the cabinet doors open, things on the counter, tools stacked where he plans to use them, and on and on. I truly am not complaining, I am just frustrated as we live in a small space and we have to put things back close doors, drawers, and closets, if not everything is a cluttered mess. I can't put things away, at all and so I am having a hard time being grateful, as I guess I have always picked up everything as I go and then I have an orderly house. I am truly grateful that he is so wonderful to fix everything so I can get around in the wheelchair, as I just do not have the stamina to use the crutches to get around the house. He has waited on me, bringing me anything I want or need and I do mean anything. Jumps up from the TV to get me water pills food snacks wash clothes and anything else. Helped me take a shower today and taken me to the doctor, believe me it is endless. I have to prop my leg up to keep the swelling down and to keep the blood clots away and so he is constantly moving pillows covering and uncovering me. I feel sorry for him and I know he is exhausted yet he continues to work. I can see it is going to be a long 6 weeks and I pray that I will be getting around after that, so it will be limited. I will wear this cast for 3 months. So pray for us that we will be able to be PATIENT!!! I think Stormy one of my friends offered to come and sit with me on Thur. and he has a finish to work on so it will give us both a break.
The surgery went well, they had a really great anthologist that convinced me to have a spinal block and a nerve block behind my knee for the pain. I was hesitant but it really was wonderful. The spinal was totally done when they woke me and the knee nerve block for the pain was in place and lasted for about 24 hours. I really appreciated it and the doctor convincing me to do it. It was a good thing as I had to lay on my stomach for 3 hours as the surgeon put a steel plate in the heel as they had nothing to connect the tendon to anymore. So the wound is long and the scar big as he said it took him a half hour to sew it back together. The very best thing about the spinal was that I didn't throw up for days afterward YEA! It takes me at least a week to get over having a general, and I am soooo sick. This was like having a piece of cake. Now if the healing will be just as good and fast I will be one really proud lady. I know that Heavenly Father had a lot to do with all of the things falling into place so well and I am thankful to HIM for all that He has done for me and mine. God bless you all