Updates

I thought I should let you know how things are going with a few things I've posted about previously. First, I thank you for your prayers for my sister-in-law Jan. She is still in the hospital. It's been a little over 2 weeks and she is making progress in little "jerks" in her words. The progress is slow with an occasional step backwards, but improvement can be seen. The infection is stopped, but she has a couple of wounds, one quite sizable that now need to heal. Her blood counts are still not good, so this makes healing slow. She is still undergoing the plasma phoresus and it is doing what it needs to do. When these issues are under control, they will be starting her chemo treatments again. Please continue to pray for her and her family.
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Many of you know that things have been difficult at the long term care center I work at. We had a state inspection which happens yearly. They always come back for a follow up visit, but this year, shortly after the state was there we had a federal survey. They choose places randomly and this year was our lucky year. In the middle of this we have been changing all of our paperwork and forms because we were bought by a new corporation. There have been more consultants there than employees it would seem and they are not always too pleasant to deal with. I had today (Tuesday) off, but got a phone call that the state surveyors are back for their return visit. This means that on Wednesday, they will be following me, watching a med pass and asking lots of questions. They tend to be quite intimidating so I would really appreciate your prayers for the ability to remain calm and do my job as I need to, under a stressful situation.
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Many of you have asked how my son Andy is doing. For those of you who don't know him, Andy is in the army, stationed in South Korea. He works on arming and maintaining the Apache helicopters. He really enjoys his work and has been able to see some of the beauty of Korea. If you want to check up on him, he has started a blog that you can visit here.
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Last, but not least I received this cute award last week, from my friend Sharon at Quiet Reflections. Thanks Sharon! I'd like to pass this to anyone reading this who enjoys Fall.