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Update

Doug is still in a lot of pain...although he won't fess up to it. Comming home meant walking around a lot more than he did in the hospital and that brought on pain. I don't know what to expect these next couple of days...weeks...because we got no real instructions from the doctor because Doug is a Dr and they all just know these things. Unfortunately, the wife did not go to medical school so I'm sort of in the dark about all this...I hate that. So, I'm trying to keep everything quiet around here and let him get his rest...much tougher than it sounds! Thanks again for your prayers and support.~Christine

He's Home!

Hey everybody~ I took Doug home this afternoon around 3:30pm. It seems as if the lining around his heart or lungs or both is inflamed because of the virus he had. I don't totally understand why or how this happened...but what I do know is that it was NOT a heart attack! He took a stress test this morning and the pain came right back and was worse...that was really scary and unexpected...but the test results came back normal so they sent him home with orders to rest and take it easy for a few weeks...we'll see...Thank you for your thoughts and prayers...I'm so grateful.

Prayer Needed

My doctor beautiful was admitted to the hospital as a patient yesterday because he was having chest pains. UGH! So far all the tests have come back that he did not have a heart attack and they also don't think he has a virus attacking his heart...praise God! We have all been quite sick here so hopefully this is just a side effect from the virus he had. But...last night was really hard...the kids are scared, I'm scared and really don't like this at all. Life has a way of catching you off guard and I'm feeling really shaken right now. Please pray.

Isn't that just the way it ALWAYS is!

I can't find my check card. I've looked high and low. I've looked for 7 straight days. I know that it is in the house...I remember Doug giving it back to me and I remember thinking, "I'll put this here so that I don't forget where it is." I forgot. So, yesterday I went to Jewel and had to write a check. They had to check my drivers license and have my phone number and the whole 9 yards. I was that person who holds up the grocery line at 6pm...you know the one who everybody hates and sends death rays through their eyes and body language...I was that person. So as I'm leaving Jewel I walk over the the TCF counter and tell the girls I need to cancel my card and get a new one, simple enough. I tell them, "I will probably find the stupid thing as soon as I do this, but hey, I've looked for 7 days...it's gone. They take care of the whole thing and I feel great! Problem solved! Then I drive home and walk in the door and Doug looks at me with a huge smile and says, "I found the check card!" Seriously, I hadn't even put the grocery bags down. Isn't that just how life always is!

Jed-isms

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My third child, Jacob Edward or Jed, looks at the world a little differently. When everyone else looks up he's usually looking down. He's not a trouble maker or naughty, he just dances to a different beat.

When asked, "In a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is more important the peanut butter or the jelly?" He looked at me sideways and said, "The bread."

He has a bag full of Jed-isms...for example he loves to ride the alligator(elevator) at the mall, thinks Doug works at a hostibal, and loves the color wipe.

Yesterday, he came out of the bathroom crying and told me that he had gonorrhea!

No, honey, you have diarrhea!

That's my Jed!

My guilty viewing pleasure

I admire people who don't watch TV. I think they sound extraordinarly pious when I here people say, "Oh, I don't watch TV...don't have time."

I don't like to watch TV during the summer...can't stand reruns. But I LOVE this time of year. I get really excited about the new fall shows and can't wait for my old favorites to come back. Everytime the Grey's Anatomy commercial comes on...I have to stop what I'm doing to watch and say all the words along with the announcer. McDreamy...well...he really is McDreamy! sorry Doug... I wait on pins and needles for Desperate Housewives, love House, won't miss LOST 4,8,15,16,23,42, know all the characters on Veronica Mars and TIVO Oprah, What Not To Wear, and I'm a closet Miami Ink fan. My new favs so far are Studio 60 and Men inTrees and sort of liked Standoff. I don't have a clue when these shows air because we now TIVO everything and watch it when we can...some nights we stay up late so that we can clear the TIVO because it is too full. That's my confession...I love TV...NBC, CBS, ABC, TLC, HGTV, Food Network...oh don't get me started on Alton Brown, Rachel Ray, Iron Chef, or Paula Dean and her sons...I love Food Network too. Anyway, I'd love to stay and blog but I've got the two new epidsodes of Oprah waiting for me and only a few more minutes till nap time is over! See Ya!