Posting for the 1st time in a long while!!!

Hello everyone! I am so blessed by each and everyone on this board! I want you to know that I appreciate all the prayers, thoughts, love and cards that have been sent my way. I am slowly, I believe getting better! Although I felt kinda yucky today, it is only half as yucky as this time last week...lol! I am hoping that my next visit to St Louis will be to remove the drain and for me to get an all clear about this mess. I have asked my self and GOD, "why me?" but then I stop and think, why not me? And maybe be cause I am a tough old bird and could make it through when some one else couldnt. Well I am going to get off of here but not before thanking my big sis with all my heart for keeping me in your thoughts! Isnt she just the best person ever???? I love you Chee Chee! Praise the Lord for all he has done and all He will continue to do! Love to you all, Sugar

love you too baby sister. dont know what i would do without you in my life. I am so thankful to God that he is healing you. Cant wait till you are well and we can do some fun things. Jan

Sugar...Girl it is so good to see you posting!!!!! I hope things get better for you real soon......Still got you in our prayers........God Bless.....Hugs & Love...Tammy H.

Welcome home Sugar! I've been on vacation but the first thing I did on the computer was to see how you were doing. Thank our GOOD Lord for seeing you through this mess. In February 2000, I had a small adhesion wrapped around my small bowel, it was supposed to be no big deal. Unfortunately, the surgeon knicked my bowel in 3 places and only saw 1 of those. Needless to say, I was a pretty sick gal back then. Infections, drains, ick! I asked God back then why me? Like you, I'm a tough old bird and for whatever His reasons were, I just looked ahead and not back. Take it easy and do what you are told. Glad to see you home. Trudy

hi sugar. it is great to finally have you back. you are still in my prayers hun and hope you recover soon. i agree about your sister she is a wonderful person, you both are. take care hun and i hope you feel better soon. hugs and love ricki

Hi Sugar Girl, we have missed you so much. You have been in my thoughts and prayers for weeks. I hope that you got my card-because Im not sure if I ever got that one sent from the hospital-I have slow dial up and my puter kept freezing!!! We will continue to keep you in our prayers so that you can get that stinkin drain out next week and start feeling like your old self-even feeling BETTER....WE love you, and yes-your big sis is a very special person!!! Hope to see you soon...Take care. Love, Janet

So glad you are home, you are still in my prayers....yes Jan is wonderful.....love ya ....vesta

Hello to all and good morning...I am still feeling OK! Wow! I cant believe it and I didnt drain all day yesterday or so for today. The drain I now have in is not the same as the PENROSE that you get after surgery...it is a small tube with a very sharp needle in the middle that goes down into my sack of fluids that has cause a mess. This is where the abcess or infection was. Anyway pray really hard for me that it is gone and the drain can be removed next week. I have a little something I would like to pass on... WHEN YOUR HUT'S ON FIRE........ The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small uninhabitited island... He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Everyday he scanned the horizon for help but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements and to store his few possessions. One day after scavenging for food he arrived home to find his little hut in flames with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, "GOD! How could you do this to me?" Early the next day he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It has come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" he asked. We saw the smoke signal you had sent yesterday! Remember God does not always answer our prayers the way we might expect him to. The moral of the story??? It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but dont lose heart because God is at work in our lives even in the midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut is burning to the ground, it may just be the smoke signal that summons the GRACE OF GOD!!! Do you know anyone whos hut is on fire today??? Send this message along to them!

Oh Sugar bear, When I came on the board just now and saw you posting it lifted my heart so much. I have been praying so hard for you for soooooo long. God is really a good God. Some-times it is just hard. Your burning hut story is great. I always say "Why NOT me" too. I love you and your Sis both, you're great women of God. I'm just filled with praise that you're doing better. Hallelujah!!! Hugs and love, Lana

Sugar....THANKS so much for sharing that lil story with us all....I think we all know that in our hearts but when it comes our time for it to be us going thru the "OH GOD WHY ME" situation we kinda forget it that all things happen for a reason...We may not know what the reason is at the time and sometimes we may never know but I strongly believe if we have faith and trust in the Good Lord he will bring us thru it....Thanks again.....Hugs....Tammy H. P.S. If you ever hear me moaning and groaning on here please remind me of this story!!!!!