Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Prayers please

As yesterday's post may have conveyed, I was trapped in a rather stressful morning. Unfortunately , stressful mornings tend to turn into stressful days and this was no exception. As the kids and I were running errands to the small Mennonite pantry shop where I get my lunch meats, paying on my new stove lay a way at Sheeley's, Paying the water bill down town, and a host of other stops that I would have rather not had to do, My Dad called and left a message. It seems that I told him that the kids would mow his lawn Monday afternoon and forgot completely about it. It all worked out because he was calling to ask if we could make it later . I guess that Mom is starting to feel dizzy quite a bit now due to her clogged carotid artery and is still in the process of getting the cardiologist to OK the surgery as well as trying to clear up a infected tooth before she undergoes this risky surgery. Thankfully Dad is now retired and able to help out so yesterday he took Mom's place in watching my brother's children. Things worked out fine and Dad came over at five thirty to pick up Cindy. About half an hour after they left Cindy's cell phone was calling. Thankfully they were not in an accident or anything but she wanted to ask Mike to go look at a car that they seen for sale. While they were on cell phones Dad called on the home phone. I answered to him asking if I could pick Cindy up as they just got a call that my ninety year old Grandmother was just rushed to the hospital. I was on my way without asking questions but later found out that she has been having spells that everyone thought were diabetes related. However once at the hospital her glucose levels were fine. The hospital staff concluded that Grandma is probably going through the natural processes that occur near the end of life. Please if you would keep Grandma, her eleven children, twenty seven ( plus more by marriages) grandchildren , and many many great grandchildren plus a few great greats in your prayers.