Tuesday Ruth Update

I just spoke  with Kel. They are still trying to figure out why Ruth is running a fever. We wonder; WHY do cultures take so long?!

Kel was very concerned yesterday because Ruth was listless and seemed like she was getting a bit worse rather than better. She said that she seems better this morning though.

Please concentrate your prayers that they figure out why she is running the fever and that she gets well enough to get this pacemaker installed. “Installed”  doesn’t quite seem like the right word, but you know what I mean!

Second Monday Ruth Update from Schmenky

My power has been returned! YAY!

Talked to Kel a few minutes ago and she said that the docs have decided to postpone the procedure that Ruth was supposed to have today because she is running a low grade fever.

Amp up the prayers!

Monday morn Ruth update

Hello friends, this is Capri Deb giving you an update. Lisa as you know, lives in Virginia and is dealing with almost 3 feet of snow and no power right now!

I just talked with Kel, and mom is improving a little everyday. She is on painkillers and that is making her a little groggy. But yesterday they got her up and she sat in a chair for a while. The progress is slow, but steady. She has a feeding tube right now because they were worried about her ability to swallow.
Today, she will have some sort of pacemaker or defibrallator put in. Now sure what time, she’s 3rd on the list. Kel says she will let us know later today how it went.
Keep up your prayers. Kel says thank you so much, that considering the circumstances eveything has gone so smoothly and good. The prayers are surely helping.

Saturday Update

I took a moment to rest from  my busy shoveling duties(28 inches and still coming!) to call Kel for an update.

She tells me that Ruth continues to do well. Her fever was down today and she was being spunky with the docs and the nurses. She’s able to talk better and is even laughing a bit. The doctors are all saying how pleased they are with her progress.

She is having some trouble with her short term memory but her long term is just fine. She is scheduled to get her pace maker on Monday.

Please keep up the prayers, especially that she continues to gain strength so she is ready for the pacemaker procedure and that everything goes well with that!

Thanks to you all, Love from both  Schmenkys

Another Update From Schmenky

The news just keeps getting better!!!

Ruth is now off life support and breathing on her own! She is only able to whisper right now and doesn’t really remember anything that happened.  She will soon be getting a pacemaker so that should prevent this from ever happening again.

Kel and the Beeve are sooooooo thankful for all of your kind thoughts and especially for your prayers! They are feeling very blessed with how God has been with them every step of the way.

Kel keeps saying that  Ruth is just like a cat with 9 lives.  It makes her day when I read her your comments so keep them coming!

I will continue to update as long as I’m needed.  Keep praying!

Guest post from Mrs. Schmenkman

I spoke to Kel this evening and she told me that Ruth opened her eyes and that she could tell she was looking at her. They were talking to her and she responded appropriately three different times,  which is good because they were waiting for her to wake up before they would start any type of treatment. She tried to smile when Kel told her that her hair looked terrible and when the Beeve asked her if she was surprised to see him in Florida (since he never goes to Florida).

Ruth had gone into cardiac arrest at home  and was revived with the help of her husband starting CPR right away and the paramedics doing the rest.

Kel is cautiously optomistic but she knows that Ruth is not out of the woods. Please continue to keep them all in your prayers.

Love , Mrs. Schmenkman

How could I forget… I read all of your comments to Kel over the phone and she was so thankful for all of your thoughts and prayers. You all made her feel much better!

Beeve and I are flying to Florida this morning to be with our parents. We are not sure exactly what happened, but our Dad found our Mom unresponsive.  She is in a coma on life support. It doesn’t look good.

We would so appreciate your prayers.

I’ve Got a Feeling, and it’s Not Good

I have a confession to make. You know my new Value World sleep pants I told you about yesterday? I kept them on all day.

I did. On a Monday. Although I frequently potato up on the weekend, it is not normal attire for a Monday.

My reasoning was this. My back is paining me. The thought of wearing jeans when my back is paining me is too much to bear. I would normally wear my sweat pants. And what exactly IS the difference between sleep pants and sweat pants, if you are not going to leave the house?

My reasoning exactly.

I have been trying to figure out why my back has been such a bother lately. I have several thoughts.

1. I am no longer walking 5 miles, 3 times a week. It may have been more beneficial  than I thought.

2. I have not replaced walking with any sort of consistent form of exercise. Um, make that any form of exercise. Period. Unless you count lifting and carrying The Goomba two days a week.

3. I might be a teensy bit heavier than I was last year.

4. I keep hearing that I should strengthen my core. I’m pretty sure I have no core.

5. I am getting older. So is my spine.

I used to do a yoga tape that I kind of liked. Yoga really seemed  to help my back. I did a little of what I could remember yesterday morning on the floor. My back did  feel better. I am going to go downstairs to hunt for that tape.

Something has to change here. I can’t wear my jammies all the time. Even if they are cute. And oh, so, comfy. I DO leave the house sometimes.

Things I am Loving

Hi Guy’s. I would like to tell you how cold it is here in The Mitten this morning, but the outside line of the thermometer is reading —-. Which means the battery outside needs to be changed. Which means that someone needs to stand on a chair on our back porch, in the freezing cold, and change it. And my only thought was, didn’t it do the same thing last year during a frigid cold week as well? So I had to check the weather the old fashioned way. By turning on The Weather Channel.

It’s 11 degrees with a high of 29. There you go.

Mousey did not have school last Friday because of finals week, so it seemed like a gloriously long weekend. In which, we did absolutely nothing. And we liked it. We loved it.

We watched movies and cleaned out the DVR, which was dangerously full. We can now face the week, with it’s heavy television recording schedule.

We also luxuriously relaxed with my new favorite thing!

WARM fireplace logs!!!! Honey swapped out our old fake logs for these fake logs that actually give off heat! Of course, this has not been a problem free endeavor, as nothing at our house is. I will point out some Honey-modifications.

Modification.1. Because for some reason, the rising heat was causing the granite front and the wood around it to want to seriously combust, Honey devised the hood to deflect the delicious warmth out into the family room. Because I would like to TRY and seriously combust in our house. This is deflector hood number two. Honey has already informed me that he is working on hood number 3. The hood seems to be working, but it needs…

Modification 2. The little vent fan blowing air into the fireplace, which then bounces it back into the family room, increasing our heat.  Capri Lis told us about this idea, that she heard about from Capri Patt. It’s good to have friends.

I don’t know that this is the permanent fan, but it’s what we have now. It can’t be completely permanent, because those are our coasters holding the fan at the right angle. We need to use the coasters.

This is my second favorite part of this little heat seeking endeavor.

It’s a click start!!!!! AND the fan is too! That is the thingy is what he usually hooks up to our Christmas tree to run the lights. Clearly, bending over to plug in the Christmas tree lights every time is far too taxing for us. As is bending over to turn on the fan. All to say that I can start the fireplace AND the fan without getting off the couch! I love it! Love my reading material as well. Haven’t read this in years. So far, they have gotten a kitty! Life is good out on the prairie.

I am also loving this:

I love the words, I love the challenge. It is a colossal time waster. I have passed on the addiction to The Boy. Sometimes, when I happen to enter his room, he is laying on his bed playing on his laptop. He will want to tell me about his awesome word for such and such points, or about how he beat his old high game. Sometimes we collaborate for a few levels and congratulate ourselves on our skillz. I have a confession to make. He is good. But, I am AWESOME!

Another simple love?

Mousey wanted to try this. We tried this. I LOVE this. She does too. We have now talked the Ab-Cat into trying this. She bought this. She has not tried this yet because she is using up the last dregs of her old stuff. Because she is good like that. She did not get that gene from me. That’s all Honey. We are hoping she loves this as well.

It has grit in it that sort of feels like you are scrubbing a layer of dead skin off with sand from your last vacation to the beach. Perhaps that is the purpose? It leaves you feeling a tad bit sandblasted, yet remarkably soft and smooth and fresh! Not dry in the least. Which is always the problem for me. I tend to be a little dry in the skin area. Love it.

And finally, my last true love for he week. Purchased from The Value World during The Capri-cious Week. A pair of Daisy Fuentes sleep pants with the tags still on. For $3 something. SO soft and comfortable with a little bit of stretch and darling pink and brown flowers. I.absolutely.adore.them.

And the very best thing about them? I can enjoy every single thing above while wearing them! Enjoying a warm fire?Check. Playing a few levels of Bookworm? Check, check. Washing my face with gritty, cell removing scrub? Triple check.

All that, with the added bonus of this Guy’s company? Four-ple check!

Potent Quotable

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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