THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS

AS YOU ALL KNOW FROM THE UPDATES ON MY SISTER SHERRY'S BLOG,

AMY HAD HER TEST ON TUESDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL, IN OKC.

THE TEST WAS CALLED A CEREBRAL ARTERIOGRAM. THE TEST WAS

SUCCESSFUL ACCORDING TO DR. TYTLE...A VERY BRILLIANT MAN.

THE TEST TOOK OVER TWO HOURS...THEY DO THE ARTERIOGRAM

THEN INJECT A RADIUM DYE IN SMALL AMOUNTS AND YOU LAY

ON A TABLE AS THIS MACHINE TRACES THIS DYE ALL THROUGH THE

BLOOD VESSELS OF YOUR RIGHT CAROTID AND BRAIN..

DR. TYTLE SAID THAT AMY WAS IN THE RARE 20% THAT HAVE

BLOOD VESSELS THAT FEED THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE BRAIN.

SHE CAN SUCCESSFULLY HAVE THE SURGERY THAT WILL INVOLVE

TAKING THE LEFT CAROTID ARTERY. PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL

BLESSINGS FLOW...

NOW AFTER THE TEST SHE BEGAN HAVING VISUAL DISTURBANCES

IN THE LEFT EYE. DR. TYTLE CAME AND CHECKED ON HER RIGHT AWAY.

THE PER CENTAGE OF HER HAVING A STROKE WAS ALMOST NEAL.....

AMY HAS MIGRAINES THAT CAUSE VISUAL DISTURBANCES......THEY

RECOVERED HER OVER 5 HOURS......I STAYED WITH HER TUESDAY-

FRIDAY....GOING HOME ABOUT 0100 SATURDAY MORNING.....BUT SHE IS

STILL HAVING VISUAL DISTURBANCES IN THE LEFT EYE AND THIS IS

NOT HOW HER MIGRAINES ROLL. I WILL SET UP AN APPOINTMENT

FOR MY EYE SPECIALIST TO SEE HER.

THIS IS THE ART SCULPTURE OUTSIDE MERCY HOSPITAL. IT IS SO PRETTY.

AMY AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO STOPPED WHAT YOU WERE

DOING AND PRAYED FOR AMY AND HER FAMILY. MY SISTER SHERRY, TOLD ME

TO NOT BE CONCERNED WITH BLOGGING AND SHE WOULD KEEP ALL OF YOU UPDATED

AS MUCH AS SHE COULD.

THANK YOU SHERRY FOR REQUESTING PEOPLE PRAY AND PRAY THEY DID.

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW WE FELT EVERY ONE OF YOUR PRAYERS

AND IT MADE A DIFFICULT SITUATION EASIER FOR AMY.

"I WILL GIVE YOU BACK YOUR HEALTH AND HEAL THY WOUNDS," SAITH

THE LORD.

~JEREMIAH 30:17

ASHLEY,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD FROM THE LORD. IT MADE US ALL CRY

WITH JOY:

AND HE SAID UNTO HER; DAUGHTER BE OF GOOD COMFORT, THY FAITH HATH

MADE THEE WHOLE; GO IN PEACE.

~LUKE 8:48

ONLY GOD HIMSELF WHEN HE KNITTED AMY TOGETHER IN MY WOMB WOULD

KNOW TO INCLUDE EXTRA BLOOD VESSELS THAT WOULD SUPPLY BLOOD FLOW TO

BOTH SIDES OF HER BRAIN........THE MIRACLE WAS ALREADY THERE BEFORE SHE

NEEDED IT. GOD IS SOOOOOO VERY GOOD.

YOU KNOW I INCLUDED THE BUMBLE BEE FOR A VERY GOOD REASON.

IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE BUMBLE BEE TO FLY

BECAUSE HIS BODY IS TOO BIG FOR HIS WINGS TO SUPPORT HIM BUT YET

HE FLIES AND FLIES VERY WELL, IF YOU WATCH HIM IN THE GARDEN.

I USE TO HAVE A BUMBLE BEE PIN THAT I GAVE TO LADIES WHO HAD

SITUATIONS IN THE NATURAL THAT JUST LOOKED LIKE IT WAS NEVER GOING TO

FLY BUT THROUGH GOD, FRIENDS, PRAYER, AND NEVER GIVING UP....THE

BUMBLE BEE FLIES EFFORTLESSLY.

I HEARD I MISSED A TEA PARTY WITH THE ARIZONA GIRLS. I AM SO VERY

SORRY I DID NOT GET TO ATTEND YOUR TEA PARTY BUT I CAN SEE YOU

HAD LOTS OF FUN AND FRIENDSHIP. MARTY, WHEN YOU HUGGED MY SISTER, YOU

HUGGED ME. I HEARD ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN YOUR TEA PARTY WAS

AND I WAS SO PLEASED MY SISTER WENT....SHE WAS BLESSED.

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR DAY VISITING ME.

I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE WORDS TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR

PRAYING FOR AMY, ME, MY HUSBAND, OUR SON, AND SHERRY, HEIDI, DESTINY, ISABEL,

AND THE WHOLE FAMILY BUT MAINLY AMY.....SHE IS THE LIGHT OF OUR

FAMILY.

ANGEL HUGS

I'M TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 2009

We are 10 days into the NEW YEAR and I wonder how many people have already broken their NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. I usually do not make a resolution because I open myself up for disappointment in myself if I break that resolution.....
BUT this year was different.........

HEALTH must be at the top of my list. I must lose weight, as I am a diabetic and my blood sugars are off the chart.

I was watching the Neil Cavuto show....he was interviewing this woman and you know how you are doing something else but one ear is tuned to the TV....so I did not catch the woman's name but I am sooooo very glad I am not her friend....she said..."DUMP ALL YOUR "FAT" FRIENDS AND HANG OUT WITH THE SKINNY B**##*#"...........(She could not even address "skinny" women by an appropriate name) NEIL ASK HER, "YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU REALLY HAVE NO "FAT" FRIENDS OR IF YOU DO, YOU JUST DUMP THEM!" THE ANSWER SHE GAVE COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A FEATHER!

SHE SAID, " WELL YOU DON'T WANT TO DUMP THEM RIGHT AWAY BUT IMMEDIATELY STOP HANGING OUT WITH THEM AND JUST TALK TO THEM BRIEFLY OVER THE PHONE." She went on to say that being "fat" is contagious.........that you become what you hang out with...you don't hang out with a drug addict...you don't hang out with an alcoholic....and you don't hang out with a food addict.......she forgot to mention a sexual addict who I guess would be alright as long as they were not "fat"; as we know drugs are illegal and well an alcoholic will tell you they learn in treatment although they are recovered they will always be an alcoholic and I feel being one that has always battled my weight and eat for comfort I will always be a food addict.....but "sex addicts" destroy more lives than any of the other three but they don't have outward signs they have an addiction.(that's a whole other topic and I won't go into it on this blog but the children as well as the spouse and other family members are destroyed and need counseling for any eating disorders, drug addictions, and alcoholism.

She even went on to say to leave your "fat" spouse as it is urgent to your health to stay "skinny".....I have heard it all now, for reasons to divorce your spouse. Being a nurse I know of lots of underweight people who were/are not healthy...............I know lots of underweight women who were/are married to overweight guys and they never became "fat," and vice versa......I am overweight and it has not made my husband "fat"......I tease him because his arms are extra long...I told him they were that way because God knew he was going to marry this short "fat" gal and he would always be able to get his arms around her.......

It is true we are a nation full of obese people but please don't mistreat your friends because they are "fat". If you see an overweight person out in public, be thankful they are out and walking around, getting exercise...they could be at home gaining weight from lack of exercise. Say a little prayer for them that God will bless them with the desire to become healthly and send motivating friends to encourage them.

I addressed this topic because I have been called "fat" all my life. Obese people are the only ones that take abuse from the world and they can't/don't say anything about it....I have heard some horrible "fat" jokes. I don't in any way feel sorry for myself....even though my metabolism is slow I know it takes eating a 1,000 calories more than you need to gain one pound. I addressed this topic because I was soooo shocked some would say to ditch your friends and dump your spouse if they are "fat" because it is "catching" and she is the one that used the word "fat." Look it up on Neil Cavuto for last wednesday or thursday. I do not want to see anyone made fun of or hurt in any way. WE "ALL" BATTLE SOME DEAMON IN OUR LIFE...SOMETHING WE WISH WE COULD GET RID OF. NO OVERWEIGHT PERSON IS TRULY HAPPY TO BE OVERWEIGHT. IN THIS UNCERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WITH PEOPLE LOOSING THEIR JOBS AND HOMES AND EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH LET'S LIFT EACH OTHER UP AND GIVE HOPE AND INSPIRATION.

Let me know what you think about this topic.

I'M TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.
HUGS
debbie

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME!
~PHILIPPIANS 4:13