Showing posts with label canna. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY: A WONDERFUL TIME TO ANNOUNCE A MIRACLE

ON MONDAY AMY HAD A CT SCAN. TODAY SHE WENT TO DR. DEXEUS




TO GET ERBITUX BUT HER COUNTS WERE TOO LOW AND HER PROTEIN



WAS VERY LOW......BUT




I'M GLAD YOU ARE SETTING DOWN BECAUSE THE RESULTS OF THE CT SCAN




SHOWS THAT THE MASS IN HER NECK




IS RESOLVED....IT IS GONE....GoNe....gone




DR. DEXEUS WAS SHOCKED...AMY WAS SHOCKED AND I JUST REMEMBERED




THE SCRIPTURE THE LORD GAVE ME:




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




SAITH THE LORD.




~JEREMIAH 30:17




EVERY TIME YOU CLICK ON




THERE'S AN ANGEL ON MY FRONT PORCH




AND YOU SEE MY URL








KNOW THAT HEAVEN HEARD YOUR PRAYERS FOR AMY




AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.



I KNOW THIS COMES WITH THE WARNING FROM ALL HER DOCTORS




THAT SQUAMOUS CELL IS AN AGGRESSIVE CANCER BUT




FOR TONIGHT




THE MASS IS GONE AND IT WON'T TERRORIZE HER!




STARTING NEXT MONDAY, IF HER COUNTS ARE UP THEY WILL GIVE




HER ONE MORE BIG, MASSIVE DOSE OF CHEMOTHERAPY FOR THE USUAL




THREE DAYS AND THEN REPEAT THE CT SCAN AND THEN REPEAT IT




MONTHLY FOR AWHILE.




THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR HEALING TOUCH UPON AMY AND WHAT




YOU DO FOR ONE YOU WILL DO FOR ANOTHER. I TAKE THIS TIME TO



LIFT UP LEILA, SALLY, KATHY, DEANNA, JOHNATHAN, ROY AND ELISABETH,




ELISABETH OF EVIL OVERLORD, AND ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IS BATTLING



CANCER AND ANY OTHER LIFE ALTERING ILLNESS KNOWING YOU, GOD, STILL




PERFORMS MIRACLES EVERY DAY. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS




A MIRACLE YOU LET ME KNOW AND I WILL PRAY FOR THEM.

THANK YOU LADY PENNIWIG FOR THE BEAUTIFUL




"BELIEVE" GRAPHIC


THANK YOU DEAR SUSAN FOR ALLOWING ME TO USE OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY







TO ANNOUNCE A MIRACLE.







PLEASE VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL HOSTESS, SUSAN, AT







http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/







AND SAY HELLO, AND LOOK AT HER BEAUTIFUL BLOG.







WHILE THERE VISIT THE "other" OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY PARTICIPANTS.







YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND SEE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS.




THIS PICTURE IS FOR PICKET, MY SISTER SHERRY, BARB AT BELLA VISTA, AND ALL



THE OTHER ROOSTER LOVERS. I WOULD LOVE TO OWN THIS CAR...I WOULD DRIVE IT IN



PARADES, TO DELIVER FLOWERS TO THE SICK....GIVE PEOPLE A RIDE WHO NEED THEIR



SPIRITS LIFTED....I DON'T THINK I COULD GET IT IN THE LIVING ROOM.....LOL...LOL



THIS CAR IS LOCATED IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA. IT SETS



OUTSIDE OF A RESTAURANT/CLUB THAT IS BEING SOLD. I FELL IN LOVE WITH



THIS VEHICLE THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT PASS US ON HWY 81.










SOME ROSE MOSS I HAVE GROWING IN A POT






THIS SOFT FRILLY VINE IS CALLED A CYPRESS VINE. SOME PEOPLE CALL
IT A HUMMINGBIRD VINE AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A
shhh...a weed.
IT CAN TAKE OVER IF YOU DO NOT KEEP IT GROOMED BUT THERE IS NOT A
PRETTIER VINE EXCEPT FOR A MORNING GLORY.
MY HUSBAND HAS STRINGS RUNNING TO THE EAVES AND IT CLIMBS UP
TO THE EAVES AND IT HAS THOUSANDS OF LITTLE RED TRUMPET FLOWERS
AND THE HUMMINGBIRDS DO LOVE THEM. IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE
THE CYPRESS VINE.






ALL OUR CANNAS ARE BLOOMING AND I LOVE THIS PICTURE...THE STAIR STEP
GROWTH WITH THE WOOD FENCE.







MY GLADIOLAS ARE STARTING TO BLOOM
I THINK GLADIOLAS ARE A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER AND YOU DON'T SEE THEM
A LOT IN GARDENS ANY MORE









THIS IS MY FIRST POPPY. WHEN MOTHER GAVE ME SOME OF THE SEEDS SHE RECEIVED


FROM A LADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD...SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COLOR THEY WOULD BE. SHE



HAD ADMIRED THIS LADY'S YARD FOR YEARS WHEN SHE WOULD DRIVE BY ON HER WAY



TO WORK. SHE KNEW THE LADY HAD BEAUTIFUL DIFFERENT COLORS OF POPPIES,



SO SHE STOPPED ONE DAY AND ASK IF SHE COULD HAVE SOME SEEDS AND SHE



GAVE MOTHER SOME.



MOTHER'S POPPY SEEDS DID NOT COME UP...WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 6-8 BLOOMS



PROBABLY. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE DOUBLE OR SINGLE.



THE BLOOM IS SINGLE AND IT HAS A DEEP PURPLE THROAT WITH VERY, VERY



PALE LAVENDER PETALS...I WISH OUR CAMERA COULD SHOW YOU HOW VERY



BEAUTIFUL THE FLOWER IS.















THE REST OF THE FLOWERS GROWING IN THERE ARE LITTLE ORANGE COLORED


FLOWERS THAT LOOK TO BE A CROSS BETWEEN A MARIGOLD AND A DAISY. THE



BEES AND BUTTERFLIES LOVE THEM.



THANK YOU FOR VISITING ME FOR OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY. I LOVE YOUR VISITS.



THEY MEAN A LOT TO ME.



FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD YET, MY SISTER SHERRY



HAS STARTED A BEAUTIFUL NEW BLOG CALLED:



http://countrywingsinphoenix.blogspot.com


PLEASE STOP BY AND WELCOME HER. YOU WILL LOVE HER BLOG. SHE IS VERY



TALENTED.



HUGS AND SMILES


debbie











Tuesday, June 2, 2009

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY


THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME FOR OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY. ANDY, MY SWEET

ASSISTANT FOR TODAY, WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR BEAUTIFUL HOSTESS, SUSAN AT

http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com

FOR CREATING OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY, AND PRESENT SUSAN WITH THESE ELEGANT

ROSES, CALLED "THE JACKIE ONASSIS ROSE" FROM MY ROSE GARDEN.


PLEASE VISIT SUSAN'S BLOG BY CLICKING ON HER SITE ABOVE OR BY CLICKING

ON HER BUTTON ON MY RIGHT HAND SIDE BAR. WHILE AT HER BLOG YOU WILL

FIND A LIST OF OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY PARTICIPANTS. ALL WONDERFUL LADIES.


THANK YOU ANDY FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL ASSISTANT.




YOU CANNOT TELL BY THIS PICTURE BUT THESE ARE MY BEAUTIFUL PEACE ROSES.

THEY SMELL HEAVENLY. I PUT THEM IN A VINTAGE BLUE ENAMEL COFFEE POT.

I LOVED THE ENAMEL WITH SOMETHING SO ELEGANT.......BUT BOTH OUTSIDE AND

INSIDE YOU COULD NOT TELL HOW BEAUTIFUL THESE ROSES WERE.

THANK GOODNESS I HAD MY DH HERE TO SET THE DATE ON THE CAMERA.








MY PEACE ROSES...THIS BUSH IS 5 YEARS OLD
THE LATE FREEZE THIS YEAR WAS NOT GOOD FOR HER










THESE ARE MY RED CANNAS. WE HAVE HAD TO DIG THEM UP, REPLANT, GIVE
AWAY BUT THEY FLOURISH ON THE WEST SIDE OF MY HOUSE. SOME PEOPLE DIG
THE BULBS UP IN THE FALL TO PROTECT THEM...MY DH AND I NEVER HAVE AND WE
HAVE SOME HARSH WINTERS.
I FOUND THE CHAIR AT A CURB SIDE ONE DAY AND THE SEAT WAS ACTUALLY
ALL BROKEN TWINE-TYPE STUFF...MY HUSBAND MADE A SEAT FOR IT AND THEN CUT
A HOLE FOR MY FLOWER POT. I HAD IT PAINTED IN SOME SOFT VICTORIAN
COLORS BUT IT IS 7 YEARS I HAVE HAD IT. IT SETS AT THE END OF THE FLOWER
BED RIGHT BY THE GATE TO THE BACK YARD...I WANTED SOMETHING SPECIAL TO
BE THERE FOR BACK YARD VISITORS.
I HAVE NOT PLANTED FLOWERS YET BUT THERE WILL BE ASPARAGUS FERN AND
IMPATIENTS.
YOU CAN'T TELL THAT THE HEART SAYS WELCOME....THE STRING HANGING DOWN
TIES THE HEART TO THE BACK OF THE CHAIR WHEN FLOWERS ARE PLANTED.














THIS IS MY JACKIE ONASIS ROSE. WE LOST THE SLIP THAT CAME WITH THE
ROSE BUSH AND IT MAY BE CALLED THE JACKIE O...WE JUST CANNOT REMEMBER.
IT IS A DEEP SALMON COLORED AND THE ROSES ARE SMALL...NOT AS BIG AS MY
PEACE ROSES. THE SMELL IS BEAUTIFUL....LIKE THE OLD, OLD ENGLISH
ROSES THAT OUR GRANDMOTHERS HAD.




















THAT CONCLUDES MY OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY FOR THIS WEEK...NEXT WEEK I
DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE DAY BEFORE AMY'S
SURGERY....MAYBE I CAN POST IT MONDAY NIGHT.







AMY AND LEILA ON MY FRONT PORCH 5/26/09.
AMY ALWAYS HAS A RED NECKLACE ON......THE LITTLE GLASS BALL HANGING FROM THE
NECKLACE IS A MUSTARD SEED. THAT IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL STORY
FOR ANOTHER DAY.










THIS IS LEILA IN HER SHORT, DARLING WIG TAKEN 5/28/09 AT DR. DEXEUS'S
WHEN AMY RECEIVED HER LAST CHEMOTHERAPY. THEY ARE LIKE TWO LITTLE
RED HENS PECKING OUT MESSAGES ON THEIR MATCHING BLACKBERRIES...THEY
CARRY MATCHING PURSES AND THEY BROUGHT A CREAM CHEESE DIP TO EAT
WHILE AMY WAS GETTING CHEMO.



SHE WAS OFFERING THE CAMERA LADY A CRACKER.









THIS IS MY BELOVED AMY RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY SETTING IN WHAT
I CALL DR. DEXEUS'S BROWN RECLINER OF HOPE. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ROOM THERE ARE BLUE RECLINERS OF HOPE.
THE WINDOWS AT THE BACK OF THE PICTURE IS WHERE THEY MIX ALL THE
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS. NO ONE BUT THE THREE NURSES MIXING DRUGS ARE
EVER ALLOWED IN THAT ROOM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER RECEIVED CHEMOTHERAPY, AMY AND
LEILA BOTH HAVE PORT-A-CATHS. YOU CAN SEE THE TUBING COMING OUT FROM
AMY'S SHIRT. THE PORT-A-CATH IS IMPLANTED IN SURGERY AND HAS A TUBE FEEDING TO
AN AREA OF THE HEART WHERE THERE IS A LARGE BLOOD FLOW (IMPLANTED IN THE LEFT
SIDE OF CHEST WALL) PEOPLE WHO HAVE PORT-A-CATHS IMPLANTED MEANS THEY ARE GOING
TO BE RECEIVING SOME VERY HARD CORE CHEMO DRUGS THAT WILL DESTROY THE VEINS
AND WITH SOME OF THE CHEMOS IF THE IV INFILTRATES IT WILL DESTROY THE
SURROUNDING TISSUE.



AMY WILL GO TO DR. DEXEUS THURSDAY BUT NO CHEMO.
SHE GOES TO SEE DR. MEDINA IN OKC 6/8/09 AT 3:00 PM. SHE HAS A CT SCAN
PRIOR AT 1:00 PM.....AND SURGERY 6/10/09 BUT WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL
6/8/09 ABOUT THE TIME OF SURGERY.


GREAT NEWS....PRAISE THE LORD NEWS ON LEILA............AMY WENT WITH LEILA
FOR HER DRS. APPOINTMENT MONDAY. HER DR. GAVE HER THE RESULTS OF HER
CT SCAN........AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF CHEMOTHERAPY THE PARTS OF THE TUMOR
THAT COULD NOT BE REMOVED HAVE SHRUNK "40 %" OH PRAISE THE LORD.
ALSO WHEN SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED HER BLOOD CANCER LEVEL WAS OVER
500......500.....IT IS NOW 42......OH PRAISE THE LORD.
I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TEST BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DO THIS ON AMY
BUT I WONDER IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH UTERINE/OVARY CANCER.





BEST..."GLORIOUS"... WISHES TO GLORIA AT HAPPY TO BE.
AT TWELVE NOON 6/2/08 SHE WAS BLESSED WITH THE DELIVERY OF A
BEAUTIFUL GREAT GRANDSON
JEREMIAH LUCAS
9 LBS. 4 OUNCES
21 INCHES LONG
YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF HIM ON HER BLOG (I WILL GIVE YOU THE
URL BUT I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY)
THERE ARE SOME NEW PRAYER REQUESTS:
ADORABLE 2 YEAR OLD DANNY--TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SEIZURES. THE
DR. DOES NOT KNOW WHY HE HAD SEIZURES. I JUST MET HIS MOTHER ON HER
BLOG...I THINK IT IS CHIKI'S COTTAGE...I WILL BE PLACING HIS PRESSURE PICTURE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BLOG.
XAVIER'S BROTHER IS IN ICU ON VENTILATOR...THIS YOUNG MAN HAS SUFFERED
FOR YEARS AND HIS PARENTS HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL AND LOVINGLY TOOK CARE OF
HIM (A VERY SAD CASE...THIS IS A FRIEND OF AMY'S)
MY FRIEND DORIS HAS A GRANDSON BEING DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN AUGUST
GLORIA'S GRANDSON JACOB IS GOING TO BE DEPLOYED IN JANUARY
LADY PENNIWIGS SON-THAT HE WILL HAVE NO MORE SEIZURES
TERRY-WILL HAVE FAVORABLE RESULTS OF TESTS DONE
ROBBI AND JEFF
RICHARD'S BACK
AMY AND LEILA
ROY AND ELISABETH
KATHY @ MIMI'S GARDEN
NOAH, IRENE, PATRICIA, JAY, SUZANNE, DONNA, CLIFFORD, TED, SHERRY,
TONY, CONNOR, TAWNA, MIKE, JAMIE, THOR, KRISTEN, CHRIS, WESLEY, SPENCER,
THE FAMILIES OF SOME 220 PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHT FROM BRAZIL THAT
WAS GOING TO PARIS AND NEVER MADE IT...6 AMERICANS ON BOARD THAT
FLIGHT
TODAY I SAW THE FIRST EVER RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD AT OUR FEEDING
STATION. MY HUSBAND WAS BENT OVER DIGGING A WEED UP......I SQUEALED,
SWEETHEART LOOK...LOOK...LOOK....WE BOTH DID A HAPPY DANCE. IN ALL THE
TIMES WE HAVE NEVER HAD A RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD......IT WAS SO
EXCITING....JUST LIKE A VISIT FROM GOD, HIMSELF.
THANK YOU FOR ENDURING MY LONG POSTS.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING ME. IT MEANS SO MUCH. YOU ARE EACH UNIQUE
AND SPECIAL AND I AM JUST SO BLESSED KNOWING YOU.
HUGS
debbie
BEAR YE ONE ANOTHERS BURDENS
~GALATIANS 6: 2
I AM ALWAYS, ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU, IF YOU NEED PRAYER OR WANT TO TALK