Common Ground Coffee House #111

Update on Jared Fisher (Guitar25)

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately.

Jared (Guitar25) has been in rehab at St. Mary's in Rochester, NY.

We saw him on 1/10 - after his exercise with the therapist was concluded - the therapist told him to sit up. Jared sat up by himself which included putting his feet on the floor. The therapist helped him into the wheel chair.

A sign in his room said that he had to walk to the dining room - for each of his meals. We watched him walk from his room - using a walker - and aided by his mother - all the way to the dining hall. What a blessing.

Jared is scheduled to go home on 1/25 - he will have to continue therapy at home - but being home is going to be a huge step for him.

The breathing (trach) tube has been removed - he is talking - though it is difficult - he has his memory - but he still has a long way to go. Previous to the 1/10 visit - we saw him on Christmas Day - as he was allowed out of the hospital for about four hours. What an improvement between 12/25 and 1/10.

Have a great Lord's day!

Dan

 

Good Morning Everyone!

That same nasty fairy has struck our house too, Sue. Whatever are we going to do? :laugh: Jenna left the casual coat she wears most often up at her friend's house, the next coat was hiding in the car. No problem, I pulled out her "dress" coat that was heavy enough to wear in this cold. Her wrists stuck out of the sleeves by about 2 inches! So I pull out a jacket that is lighter, but nice enough to be considered dressy and it was too small too! I know the second one she has worn in the last couple of months and it wasn't to small then!

And you know, they don't make size 8 long pants for little skinney girls! I keep telling Jenna she needs to grow out some before she grows up, but it's not working that way! The 10 slims we bought her at Christmas are already nearly to short! And those were still to big in the waist/hips.

I guess this means it's time to get out the sewing machine. What worked for Cass when she went through this spurt was elastic waist pants that I lengthened way beyond what the pattern called for. She was comfortable and I was happy that no ankle bones were showing! :laugh:

 

That's fantastic news, Dan! I'd been wondering how Jared was coming along; thanks so much for the update. Praying for Jared now ...

:godisgood:

 

All right folks! Time to get up! Sue, I'm sure, is already up helping Brent deliever papers, but the rest of you need to get up too! I've been up since 5 and I need someone to eat the muffins and coffee I brought in this morning. Oh yeah, and through out the day ya'll have to finish off the fudge I made last night, before T's sugar gets any higher.

That man! I waited until he was asleep on the couch last night before I made the stuff. It only takes 3 minutes. He slept through the whole process. But I didn't hide it well enough and he got into it. His sugar was nearly 300 (not uncommon at the moment as the doc is still adjusting his insulin). I was sooo mad at him! But what can one do? Seems diabetics crave sugar.

Today is housecleaning and sewing. Cass is in desperate need of a new purse. Since money is tight right now and for some reason there is a perfect piece of fabric staring me in the face, I'm going to make her a new one. She loves the old one so I'm going to base my pattern on that one and see what turns out. It should be fun, I just hope I can get it done today. She nearly lost her cell phone yesterday cause it dropped out of its pocket. :laugh: T got this phone call from a man we didn't know, saying he thought he'd found our son's cell phone. Chris' cell was on the table. I called the man back and took 5 minutes to figure out he had Cass' phone. The man was a teacher at the high school. Our lives are never simple! :laugh:

Ya'll have a good day!

 

Looks like everyone's up and about already! Well good morning at any rate.I fear I'm becoming lazy,lol. Actually at home recovering from some surgery on the old arm. Pray for me if ya get the chance. Be blessed!

 

I fell off a ladder and dislocated my hand off my wrist and broke one of my arm bones! yeah-ouch! anyway I had to have a metal plate inserted and screwed in to hold things together. The grocery thing sounds so cool!

 

No the plate is pemanent. sorry to here of your husbands disability. As for staying on the ground.....not possible. In addition to pastoring, I frame houses with a local builder, so the fall I took was a small one- 6 feet. We commonly are 20-40 feet off the ground and walking on top of 2x4 walls!

 

Howdy everyone!!!!

Sorry haven't been around much - was busy at work and this weekend we worked on the the remodel of the kitchen. Talk about tiring. Whoever invented wallpaper was just evil I tell you!!!

 

Scary stuff isn't it Michelle!

RobL, Welcome to the Coffee House it's nice to meet you. This is a good place to take a break from the debate forums.

Okay folks, we have a question of dire consequences. If my greatgrandfather and Tanya's greatgrandfather were brothers, and it appears they were (emphasis on were), how many cousins apart does that make us?

I say 4 she says 6. Really though, I'm not sure how to count that far down the line.

Okay, back to purse making!

 

Ditto on the evils of wall paper!D

 

Menageriekeeper - my vote is for 5 - no logic behind it either.

 

3rd cousins.

Brothers' children are 1st cousins. Grandchildren of the brothers - 2nd cousins. Great grandchildren of the brothers - 3rd cousins.
So you and Tanya share 1/8 of your ancestry in common. Brothers would share 100%. 1st cousins 50%. 2nd cousins 25%. 3rd cousins 12.5% or 1/8.

 

Cousin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And then that makes MK and Tanya's kids or Tanya and MK's kids 3rd cousins once removed.
So Tanya's kids and MK's kids are 4th cousins, sharing a 1/16 common ancestry.

I have a number of double 2nd cousins because my grandmother and her brother married a brother and sister.

 

Well, thank you Karen! I had no idea how to count that far back.

We all had been suspecting for some time that there was a common ancester up in the line somewhere. Tanya's grandmother couldn't provide all the info, mine is gone, and my mother has alzheimer's and doesn't always remember, but today I thought to ask my Dad. Between them, they gave me the name and the story. There was a reason neither of us could come up with a common name. I've been sheltered from some of the family truths and there was a split between our great grandfathers, years before Tanya and I were even thought of. The smart ones got married and got out (Tanya's grandparents and my parents) and didn't bother to share "the whole story".

My dad, btw, was somewhat reluctant to even share that today and I'm 43! Said some stories didn't bear repeating.

 

:laugh: yep...some stories don't bear repeating! there are a few i could have lived the rest of my life with out and been twice as happy.