My Favorite Quote -- It's actually a prayer, but I say it counts! ---
The Serenity Prayer:
God, grant us the...
Serenity to accept things we cannot change,
Courage to change the things we can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference
Patience for the things that take time
Appreciation for all that we have, and
Tolerance for those with different struggles
Freedom to live beyond the limitations of our past ways, the
Ability to feel your love for us and our love for each other and the
Strength to get up and try again even when we feel it is hopeless.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Monday, March 30, 2009
Say a Prayer
Ok...this is from an email I wrote for my mom to send out to family and friends...her dad fell and broke his neck about a week ago and is not doing so hot...the latest news of Vernon. He had several rough nights. He was repeatedly rude and belligerent with the nurses. He was in a lot of pain and confused. He hit more than one nurse. He is very angry at himself for falling. My mom stayed the night on Friday night with him. He only let her sleep 3 hours. He has trouble sleeping due to the pain. He would wake up confused and fell on the floor twice since being back at Timbercrest and trying to get out of bed. My mom arranged for someone from Comfort Care to come sit with him Saturday night and help him if he needed company, blankets adjusted, etc. However, he hit the comfort care lady twice and she will not come back. He has even left a large bruise on my mom's arm, which I saw when she came her Sat. afternoon, and that mark clearly says to me he is not in his right state of mind.
He needs more pain medicine. The determination was made today for him to be entered into the Hospice Program. http://www.hospicenet.org/html/faq.html My mom, dad, Winnie, and Bob met with the Hospice intake person. He will be allowed liquid morphine every hour without having to remember to ask for it. He will be made as comfortable as possible. Hopefully, the change in pain medications will help him to not be so angry and belligerent. He can't be hitting anymore nurses or he'll have to be removed to a hospital where they can tie him down Winnie and Bob will be there for a few days, so he will have company for the next few days. He continues to make comments about wanting to join the Good Lord and Mother. I remember him saying he was ready to die since I was 16 (that was in 1996) and probably every visit since then. He would always tell me the average life expectancy for men.
He still says he wishes it would have been him who passed in Nov. instead of Grandma. He needs help to feed himself as well as a catheter/diaper and everything else involving his care. He was getting moved every 2 hours so as not to develop bed sores. He would not cooperate with physical therapy therapists to help him get his strength back from his neck issue. When they did the mental test, he only got 4 or 10 right (who is president, what time of year is it, etc). He has not walked in over 2 years due to his myasthenia gravis http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/detail_myasthenia_gravis.htm They thought his heart has been doing better lately, and he was having to take fewer nitro.
If you would like to plan to visit him soon, this would probably be a good idea. Or you may just choose to remember him how you wish the last time you saw him. There is no "expectation" on how long he has, but he was really looking forward to Holly's wedding and seeing everyone Easter weekend, but there is no way he'll be able to attend now as it's the weekend after next. When I was there last Saturday he said he wanted to take off his neck brace for the pictures, so I think him not being able to go will really devastate him. It takes 3 people to lift him, so it would really not be possible.
Please keep him on your prayer chains and forward this to anyone I missed.
And now for today...he is quickly declining since stopping his meds for m.g. and his congestive heart failure. He will probably not make it through the night.
I've called and said goodbye and he is with my mom, dad, Winnie and Bob. The pastor from Zion came and said a prayer service for the dying. The Timbercrest Chaplain has been in and out. Diane S. has also visited. Now it's just waiting for the Father to take him home.
He needs more pain medicine. The determination was made today for him to be entered into the Hospice Program. http://www.hospicenet.org/html/faq.html My mom, dad, Winnie, and Bob met with the Hospice intake person. He will be allowed liquid morphine every hour without having to remember to ask for it. He will be made as comfortable as possible. Hopefully, the change in pain medications will help him to not be so angry and belligerent. He can't be hitting anymore nurses or he'll have to be removed to a hospital where they can tie him down Winnie and Bob will be there for a few days, so he will have company for the next few days. He continues to make comments about wanting to join the Good Lord and Mother. I remember him saying he was ready to die since I was 16 (that was in 1996) and probably every visit since then. He would always tell me the average life expectancy for men.
He still says he wishes it would have been him who passed in Nov. instead of Grandma. He needs help to feed himself as well as a catheter/diaper and everything else involving his care. He was getting moved every 2 hours so as not to develop bed sores. He would not cooperate with physical therapy therapists to help him get his strength back from his neck issue. When they did the mental test, he only got 4 or 10 right (who is president, what time of year is it, etc). He has not walked in over 2 years due to his myasthenia gravis http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/detail_myasthenia_gravis.htm They thought his heart has been doing better lately, and he was having to take fewer nitro.
If you would like to plan to visit him soon, this would probably be a good idea. Or you may just choose to remember him how you wish the last time you saw him. There is no "expectation" on how long he has, but he was really looking forward to Holly's wedding and seeing everyone Easter weekend, but there is no way he'll be able to attend now as it's the weekend after next. When I was there last Saturday he said he wanted to take off his neck brace for the pictures, so I think him not being able to go will really devastate him. It takes 3 people to lift him, so it would really not be possible.
Please keep him on your prayer chains and forward this to anyone I missed.
And now for today...he is quickly declining since stopping his meds for m.g. and his congestive heart failure. He will probably not make it through the night.
I've called and said goodbye and he is with my mom, dad, Winnie and Bob. The pastor from Zion came and said a prayer service for the dying. The Timbercrest Chaplain has been in and out. Diane S. has also visited. Now it's just waiting for the Father to take him home.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Prayer Request
My Grandpa Vernon remains in ICU at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne after falling and breaking his neck yesterday afternoon. He was in his electric wheelchair. The wheel caught the edge of the ramp, and he fell out, landing on his head. He landed on his head and suffered damage in the C1 and C2 areas.
The neurosurgeon saw Vernon. He said he was not a surgical candidate after reviewing the chart info from mayo clinic that Arlene faxed because of all the heart problems. Vernon is insistent that he wants to leave. He wants to get out of bed, take his own pills, and not call on the call light. He is going to be wearing a hard surgical neck collar vs. a halo. The heart doctor also saw him as he was having a lot of pain probably due to stress and was started on another medication.
He will probably be in Health Care for 6-8 weeks upon returning to Timbercrest sometime next week.
Please add him to any prayer chains at your church!
Thanks!
The neurosurgeon saw Vernon. He said he was not a surgical candidate after reviewing the chart info from mayo clinic that Arlene faxed because of all the heart problems. Vernon is insistent that he wants to leave. He wants to get out of bed, take his own pills, and not call on the call light. He is going to be wearing a hard surgical neck collar vs. a halo. The heart doctor also saw him as he was having a lot of pain probably due to stress and was started on another medication.
He will probably be in Health Care for 6-8 weeks upon returning to Timbercrest sometime next week.
Please add him to any prayer chains at your church!
Thanks!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Serenity Prayer
The serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and
supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
I saw this post on CafeMom sort of using the serenity prayer:
"Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they should feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference." ---Elizabeth Gene
I think that's a great quote. I also feel that moms who cannot breastfeed for whatever reason will feel a sense of anguish or loss. Like the loss of their ideal birth experience...it's something that can't really be done over. (Yes, relactation is possible, but very hard and would require a lot of determination and support.) Whereas feeling a sense of guilt is more like a label for a misdemeanour or knowingly doing something wrong. But like I've often seen on message boards...people need to own their feelings. Nobody can make anybody feel anything. And you can change the way you feel. Just don't think about it or do something to change your feelings for the better. "Feelings are what you make them."
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and
supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
I saw this post on CafeMom sort of using the serenity prayer:
"Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they should feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference." ---Elizabeth Gene
I think that's a great quote. I also feel that moms who cannot breastfeed for whatever reason will feel a sense of anguish or loss. Like the loss of their ideal birth experience...it's something that can't really be done over. (Yes, relactation is possible, but very hard and would require a lot of determination and support.) Whereas feeling a sense of guilt is more like a label for a misdemeanour or knowingly doing something wrong. But like I've often seen on message boards...people need to own their feelings. Nobody can make anybody feel anything. And you can change the way you feel. Just don't think about it or do something to change your feelings for the better. "Feelings are what you make them."
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