Just a little update sorry it's taken me so long. First, thank you everyone for your prayers they have worked. Tony is doing well after multiple surgeries and a few set backs he is off the vent and recognizes people and is mouthing words. They are thinking about taking his trach out so he can talk. He was able to shave himself yesterday and may be moved to a rehab hospital end of this week or beginning of next.
Jon is already back to work and seems to be doing okay. There is still going to be a lot of mental healing,
As for my situation, things are looking up. Putting your trust in the Lord is always the answer.
Please continue to pray about all of these situations.
Better yet, let's all pray that these people find/come to the Lord, which is more important than anything in their lives. I'm glad your situation is better, too!
I once again come to you for prayers on behalf of my EMS family. Early yesterday morning one of our crews was involved in a bad wreck. Apparently a dump truck full of asphalt ran a red light and broad-sided them on the passenger side. This caused the dump truck to dump its whole load into the back of the ambulance which had pretty much been opened up like a sardine can. Thankfully there was not a patient in the back compartment for they surely would not have lived due to the burns and other wounds they would have suffered. Both the EMT and Paramedic where in the cab. The EMT (Jon) who was driving was able to somehow get out of the cab, we are not sure how but by the grace of God. There was severe front end damage to the cab. The Paramedic (Tony) who was riding in the passenger compartment was trapped for about 2 hours before they were able to get him out. Most of that time all they could see was his hand. Jon appears to only be suffering a bad concussion at this time plus emotional trauma. Tony was life flighted to Vandy and was in pretty bad shape when he got there. They ended up intubating him and giving him 5 units of blood. At one point his blood pressure was so low they were afraid they wouldn't be able to take him to surgery, Tony suffered a femur fracture, pelvic fracture and several other injuries even loss of blood flow to one of his legs because the femoral artery was severed. But prayers were answered and they were able to take him to surgery. While in surgery they repaired the femoral artery by doing a arterial graft, this actually had to be done twice since the first didn't take. But he made it out of this surgery okay. He had a second surgery to place pins in the broken femur. Tony is bleeding from the spleen and small bowel however they are waiting to do surgery on that since it would be too much. So possibly Sunday or Monday he will have surgery on his pelvis and the internal bleeding. Last night he did however respond to his parents with head nodding and a thumbs up. Praise be to God. Tony has been basically a proclaimed atheist so we can only hope this will reach him. This brings reality to me especially since this is my truck that was wrecked and Tony was sitting in the seat I always sit in. It makes you realize the bereavity of life. Please pray for all of us that we remain safe while on duty. Thank you all so much.
It's sad when people are involved in bad wrecks or other dangerous situations and are severely injured or killed, but it's esp. worse for those whose job is to help people i.e. EMT's, cops, firefighters, military, doctors, nurses, and especially more so that it happened in the line of duty. I'll keep them in my prayers.
Tomorrow will be 2 years since a good friend of mine was killed in the line of duty. I sit here in my house today and think back on this. Things haven't always been easy for me but they can always be worse. Many people are struggling more so than me. We all have trials and tribulations. At times I wonder how I will make it through. I wonder how God can have so much faith in me when I have so little in myself. I know these things cross just about everyone's mind from time to time. The other day I was flipping channels and saw Dave Ramsey speaking about the economy. What he said I think can transverse all parts of our life. He was talking about the stock market being like a roller-coaster. You are pretty safe as long as you hang on and stay on board you can recover, the trouble comes when you try to jump off. Thats when you are in danger. So I propose, isn't life the same? For me it has been that way for years. Highs and lows, but as long as I hang on I have always recovered. Sometimes when you are on the down swing it is hard to remember the upside. This probably isn't making any sense to anyone but me.
I think sometimes how it could be so much easier. If I would just quit working I could live off the government and everything would be peachy keen. I would pretty much have no worries, I could just sit around at home and have everything taken care of for me. Most people on welfare have big screen TV's and such so why not? Why not quit work and just let everyone else pay my way. I deserve it after all right? I "deserve" what everyone else has worked hard for. It's my "right". It's like kindergarten reasoning. Johnny has a cookie, I want it so I can take it.
I am seriously nervous about what next Tuesday will bring for our great country. I fear what will happen. Everything our country has been built on could be torn down. Let us all pray.
Just remember God is in control of the election. We may not understand but he has his reasons. In any case we are all learning valuable lessons right now.
I know I keep asking everyone for prayers but I must needs do it again. I have just received word that Janae's biological father has been fired from his job. Whether he deserved this or not I don't know but I know this will have a severe effect on Janae and myself as you can't pay child support at all if you have no job. Things have been financially tight for us lately and are fixing to be even more so. I am looking at all the ways to cut back on things and trying to be creative about it. I am also looking at finding a 3rd job but if I do that it means even less time with her than I already have. I know the Lord will take care of us as He always has but I do have my worries. We do not live extravagantly as it is pretty much only with necessaties. I am hoping this does not mean that we won't be able to go to WI for Thanksgiving but that is a possibility. I am trying to put it into the Lord's hands and I would appreciate all prayers.
Nothing really new just haven't posted in a while. We are doing about the same on this rollercoaster of life. Looking forward to time away from KY next month when (Lord willing) we make the trip to WI.
The weather has been great here. Haven't had to run the A/C in weeks. I love the cool evenings and it makes it much easier to sleep during the day. Work has been relatively busy. I have been working lots of overtime trying to make ends meet. This time of year is hard on everyone financially. I hopefully will be getting my annual raise soon so that should help. Nothing like an extra 3%. LOL
I hope and pray all of my pleo friends are well. God bless all of you and thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers.
I got a voicemail from Janae last night! She told me she was wearing my Dorothy dress and red slippers and that she was going to wear it for Halloween! :-) That is so sweet!! I'm glad she can wear it. Please take a picture of her in it so I can see!! Hope you get the chance to go to WI next month!!
Hey set aside some time in upcoming Spring for Tonya's graduation. I am going to bring mom down and I figure it can be a "girls weekend". When Tonya gets me the date I will let you know.
