September 17,2007

Greetings my friends,
I guess you are looking at the title of this message and wondering what do I mean when I say "tears of joy"! Well, let me start off by asking all of you a simple question, have any of you loved someone so much (besides GOD) that you could not imagine life without them? That is how much I love my husband!! He and I have known each other for so many years that living life without him being a part of it would be hard for me. I know God is able to see us through everything but reality is I would be devastated without my sweetie, Dashon. On Friday September 14,2007 I experienced almost losing him and I was a wreak! It was determined a couple weeks ago that my husband has sleep apnea and he also had very large tonsils that needed to be removed so he could sleep better at night. So on last Friday he went into the hospital for outpatient surgery for his tonsils to be removed and ended up in intensive care. Yes intensive care!!! My husaband also has had open heart surgery, that caused him almost not to awake once he was put under to have his tonsils removed. The doctor came out and informed me that he had not awaken from them putting him under and they were waiting for him to awake. He also informed me that he would be placed in intensive care because of his breathing! I was so devasted and hurt. I felt like my world was coming to an end, my husband and I are best friends and we share life together with a passion. I kept asking myself how could you go from just talking to someone to them not being able to respond at all? I knew God was able and I knew he was a believer as well. I begin to call my parents, the prayer warriors themselves, and we begin to lift him up to God. I finally got a chance to go back and see him and he was not himself. His response was slow and he could barely look at me but I gently leaned over with a face full of tears and said "baby can you hear me and I love you very much", he opened his eyes a little and shook his head and at that moment I knew he was still here with me. His cousin, Brenda, gently grabbed me by the hand and lead me out of the room. Today he is here with me and doing better, but when faced with the worst I advise all to pray and most of all pray before the BAD comes. Pray when all is well. I just had to share this with my OH family and let you all know that GOD is still working miracles in my life. My husband and I took vows to love and cherish each other through sickness and health and that is what I plan to do. I LOVE that man with all my heart. He is the apple of my eye and the king of our castle:) I pray and ask all of you to continue to pray for me and Dashon, that we both will have a long healthy life.
 
Thanks for the prayers and I will continue to pray for each of you!   Shirley Ann

September 5,2007

Greetings to all,
Today was the BIG day for my first consultation with the surgeon!All went great, as I expected and things are definately looking up. Dr. Strickland reviewed my charts and he recommended Lap Band for me so that was good because that is exactly what I had in mind. He also stated that he felt Lap Band would work best for me because I have a problem feeling full. Which is so true... I can eat and still feel hungry! He explained to me how the band works and how the band is a tool that helps patients feel full. He said that if I over eat, the food would sit at the top of my stomach and make me sick.That is okay by me, because I feel that if I get sick that one time I will not do it again. I hate to be sick. He also put me on a diet that restricts your portions of food and get you all ready for portion sized meals. I am excited and I will need everyone's encouragement b/c I know how weak I can be when it comes to sticking to a diet. Do not hesitate to fuss at me if I am doing wrong... I deserve every bit of chewing out I will receive. I have to have a psych. test and a EKG done...after that they will submit all information to my insurance company for approval. I pray for the approval in the name of Jesus because I know he has all power and if we just trust and believe, he will provide!I am telling all who do not know Jesus, you do not have a clue what you are missing!!! I am a living testimony! I will keep you all informed on the dates I will go for my EKG and psych. test and we will see what happens from there. As always stay in prayer and always let God direct your path. I will continue to pray that every person who visit my blog be blessed and I will ask God to give you understanding to all things that are not understood.I love you all and may your journey be as BLESSED as mine! Shirley Ann