Re: Re: TP Chrissy and Shirley

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Dear Chrissy girl,

Gee ,I must of paid Heidi allot of money for her to be talking like that and all

! ( She is the one that is the sweetie). I consider her a keeper. There are

people in our lives that come and go,,,but that Heidi girl is a KEEPER ! We

have meet a few times and it is neat to meet people from this message board. I

have been to Indy to the symposium the past two years and have met alot of folks

form the board. It is so cool to put a name to a face. Which brings me to my

next topic. I called today, she is from our group but has not posted

often. I met her thru this message board and she lives in the same town as I. We

are only a few miles away from each other and talk every week. I spoke with her

tonight and we are both going to try to clear our schedules so that we can meet

you in Cincy next week. Are you having your consult on the 3rd which is

Wednesday ? What time is your appointment ???? What hotel are you staying in and

is your hubby coming too ? I wonder if we can email Shirley and we can meet you

in the evening ? Which hopsital will you be going to for your consult ? I can

leave work 2 hours early as it will take me about 1 hr and 45 minutes to get to

Cincy from my town in Ohio. If Shirely can make it maybe we can meet for an

ENSURE dinner via tube feeding or perhaps at the hotel. Let me know what you

think of this idea. That way you can meet Shirely who has had the surgery . If

you end up having it in Cincy, then and I can come on the weekends to

visit you. ( I promise I will not ride my Nurse Ratchet broom, or if I do, I

will use unleaded instead of premium OK ? ).

I will email you my phone number thru your email address and feel free to call

me if you want and I to try and catch up with you next week. Dad is still

in the hopsital , providing he does not take a turn for the worse, I can try to

come down. Let me know what you think OK ?

Better run for now, just got off work, and need to check on pappa bear who has

caused alot of problems in the hospital with his antics. ( I keep telling him

the gown ties in the back,,,, BUT he just won't listen ! Plus the nurses are

getting a little tired of the sponge bath jokes. I think he needs a THORAZINE

shake,,,,,, what do you think ? ( smile )

Take Care,

Lily from Ohio

PS. snow is all gone, suppose to get to 50 this weekend,,,,,, will probably

melt the ice I still have in my back yard, then we can swim in the nice lake

that it will develope. Oh joy !

Re: TP Chrissy

Dear Chrissy,

You mentioned at the end of an earlier post that you were starting to feel the

stress of the life changing journey (my words) that you are about to embark

on, and that you felt so alone. Knowing that you would be 800 miles away,

and completely without family or friends, is naturally very frightening! I

just

wanted to let you know that the thoughts and prayers of all your friends here

will accompany you. And something even better is to know that Lily plans to

visit you while you are there. Although you haven't met her yet, she is a

wonderful and compassionate friend like none other, and if she's able to get

there, she'll do much to make you feel that you are not alone. She can bring

cheer and laughter like an unexpected burst of sunshine....so I hope you will

then be healed enough to laugh your socks off!

She told me on the telephone Saturday night that she planned to visit you

while you were in Ohio, and I know that you'll enjoy meeting her. You may

have to warn the nursing staff beforehand, as she's apt to take over and

make some heads roll if she doesn't think you're being cared for right! If it

were me in that bed, there's no one I would welcome more than a visit from

Nurse Lily.

Your fears are truly understood, Chrissy. You will be in my prayers that this

will not be so much of a life changing journey, as a life saving journey, and

that when you return you'll regain all that you've lost, and more.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

http://panassociation.org/anthology.htm#heidi

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

Chrissy wrote:

> I am starting to stress on this some and having my pain increase doesn't

help matters. I going to travel 800 miles to have major surgery, where there

is nobody I know. I will be alone. Its sinking in.

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