Today was rough, heart rate was high at therapy and took a long time since I had to stop several times. I didn't sleep well last night. Les was off and Mom came by for awhile so that helped. Charli was running a fever so I couldn't cuddle with her.

I talked to Dr. Holman today, he is going to check on the program for lung transplants at MUSC for me.

http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2011/co3-25revives.html

This is a gift from Charli's good friend at church, It says Mud Princess, LOL!
I took my jewelry to therapy today and sold a badge holder and 9 pairs of earrings! Now I guess I better get to making more!

Sitting here watching TV by myself since Les is working and I didn't have any family to go to communion with me. I am afraid Easter around my house is another day, the kids went to Trey's parents and Gina met some of his relatives she had never met before. Les and I got a plate from Rick's after church and he went on to work. Charli did go to Sunday School with us and the kids came to service.

Hollywild April 20

I got to spend some quality time yesterday with Charli playing Easter Egg Hunt and baking cookies, she said we were "Cheffers" LMBO. We plan on going to church egg hunt tomorrow.

I managed to plant my herb garden today, other than getting my air hose wrapped around the water hose and having to come in and take a bath I did OKay, I didn't have the kids since Trey is off for spring break, we are going to Hollywild tomorrow, that should be fun!

Been a busy week, I was too tired to go to therapy Friday after I kept kids, I planned on taking a nap and going but the wind kept setting my new alarm off so I couldn't rest! I made Les take it off wall and put it where I could turn it off!
This is picture of my baby sister's first Full run at the mud bog, she was so excited! She won best in her class and was so tickled I was there with her! Gina and her family came for a while, too. I must go to bed now, I am out of air and need to take meds.

It turns out Jeff had a broken hip, he didn't even remember when he fell! He will have surgery the first of the week.
I went to the DR and I must double my Prednisone 5 days and use my inhaler But my inhaler was dead so I guess I will see if I can get one Monday, it is the pollen. Again I was asked about going to Duke to get on the list for lung transplant.

Exercise times, 18 min New step 6 min arms and 5 min on treadmill! Will add pictures from The Entertainers concert from last night

I had a rough night last night with crazy dreams! I still have so much congestion in my lungs I wake up to cough it up but at 3 I woke up thinking about my brother. He is still so weak. I can't imagine having the scariest thing to happen in your life and not having the one person who loves you most with you. He spent 2 days in ICU and our baby sister stayed as much as she could, I couldn't even go with being sick and Les was working, his friends Roy and Foots were there but Mom was in Florida. We softened everything because we knew Mom would want to come home. He is supposed to lie down as much as possible and he has been pretty good but mostly he sits in his chair or on the steps. The bleeding in his brain is in the center which the Dr said was unusual, if it would have been me I would still be in the hospital but he has no insurance and is an alcoholic and heavy smoker so I guess they needed to release him ASAP. I have to say Roy and Steve are good friends! They met him in the ER and stayed with him. I don't know when he will be checked out or even IF. I have not done too good a job taken care of him since I was so sick and trying to keep the kids and Les has tried to work, take care of me, Jeff and his Mom who has pneumonia. I have to say it made me realize how much I love my brother, it has been scary, he was terrified and ready for me to call 911 with his head throbbing, he almost cried and said Why do things like this happen and brought up my lung disease.
As much as I complain about him I was glad I was with him Saturday and glad he is here today!

Jeff has fallen twice today, he fell out of the bed trying to cover up and hit his head and then his knee twisted and he fell and he just scooted toward the door. He fell 3 times yesterday so that is better! He is not as wobbly today but still is very pitiful! Les and I are wondering about leaving him alone. I had to go to therapy but Jamie stopped by and brought him lunch. She told him he was supposed to stay in bed as much as possible while he is still bleeding. I want to go to church tonight but may not, I hope tomorrow I can get our neighbor or his friend to check on him so we can go to the first Alive After 5 uptown.
My exercise times: 15 on New Step 5 arms, 4 on treadmill. Heart rate is still up on treadmill but not as much as it was.
Ames started clapping today!

Made it to exercise today made it 15 min, New Step, 4 minutes threadmill (which was not too bad because my O2 drops and heart rate jumps on this and did 8 minutes arms. She didn't make me do laps since I was recovering from being sick.
Ames had his check up and the Dr put him on antibiotics for his cough and said he was tall! In the 90%, He weighs almost 18 lbs.
Jeff is still in ICU, they were running another test to see where blood is coming from. Dr Lal feels like it was a seizure like he has had in past.

I tried to post yesterday but photos were not working right but it was a challenging day, to say the least! First the Good things, Ames was 6 months old! I caught this picture of him sitting up March 31 and his tooth cut through March 24 on bottom.
Now the other, I stayed in bed much of the day and read, too weak to do a lot, Les came home at 4:00 to find the motorcycle had fallen over and killed Tye! My furbaby would have been 10 years old in a couple of weeks! THEN my brother had a seizure or something and had to call the ambulance, he will be in the hospital another night. While Les was gone to church I heard someone in the house so I thought it was Jamie bringing Jeff home but must have been Roy getting stuff for him... no dog barking to let me know he was here made me sad. Les will work tonight so will be very quiet around here. Charli hasn't understood yet and Les feels very guilty. Came home last night and buried him at 9:30.
BUT Jeremy is home from training (his home) and he called me yesterday!

So I went to the doctor yesterday and I have strep :(, I couldn't do therapy today, I kept the kids 3 hours and we watched Freaky Friday and Madagascar. I am glad Les is off tomorrow because he is the greatest to help when I feel bad. I have coughed so much my head hurts so I am going to lay down awhile...

I really had fun at therapy! I spent 45 minutes exercising! I only had trouble on the treadmill, spent just about 3 minutes and gave out! I was pretty proud I could do it!
Les has been in a weight loss contest at work and has lost over 12 lb! I am very proud of him! He has been so careful about how much and what he ate over the last 4 weeks and said he plans to do it so he can be trimmer by his birthday!
The devil has been trying to put symptoms on me today but I have kept taking Advil, Tylenol and Zinc, I do NOT want to be sick!

I start Optimum Life tomorrow, I am really looking forward to it! My week has been OK, kept Charli last night while Gina and Trey went to Olive Garden for their anniversary (6 years) and we had a really fun time making a Pink Lemonade cake (recipe on Paula Deen's site) to take to church today, all got eaten but one piece which I put in frig for Charli. It was too tart for me, next time I will watch the lemon zest.
Nothing much else going on, worked on my cross stitch a little.

Les bought me this Christmas Cactus 6 years ago when I worked at the Money Store, it blooms around Father's Day and near Christmas and is in bloom again! I have had more luck with it than any other plant ever and to think I asked him why in the world he bought me something I had to take care of because I never had grown much. Now I have a garden and several violets and another larger cactus. I never thought I would have that part of my Nanny in me, LOL!
Gina called, Charli is vomiting and her throat looks very bad, she thought about taking her to ER but hated to try and expose her to more, she is taking her in morning to doctor.
I went to Optimum Life today, will start pulmonary exercises next week and do 3 times a week.

Here are a couple of pages done with Lucky Go Happy by Cathy K I have not scrapped a lot in the last few weeks, I am just too tired and want to sleep more than usual. I dread going anywhere, had to take a nap between kids going home and going to Foodlion. Tomorrow I need to visit my Grandmother and I will have to psyche myself up to leave the house! Did not go to singing at church last Sunday night or the past Wednesday and that is very unusual! I did go last night and it was great lesson but was so ready to get home!
My Farm won't load so I thought I would Blog and go to bed!
Les fertilized and seeded the yard yesterday

I can't believe it has been almost a week since I posted! I just got finished doing my pills, I hope I do not get where I can't do it, LOL, I take 14 in am and 12 in pm! I have a list so I guess I should make one in order, now a lot of them are calcium, B, D and a multi-vitamin plus an antibiotic everyday.
Les went to dentist yesterday and had 7 of his 12 cavities done! I had my Mammogram done, too.
The tank of air I got on the 7th was empty yesterday, it was a little smaller but usually a tank lasts 2 weeks instead of 1!! I find myself turned it up lately, I am having trouble right now because my tank ran out and I do not want to fill up because I want to go to bed. I have a regular tank beside my desk and am using it to finish what U want to do. I made a couple of pages today but do not have the energy to post so will do that tomorrow. Les will be off and I will only have the kids 3 hours.