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A Few Random Friday Thoughts/Updates

{ August 8, 2008 @ 10:24 am } · { Birthday, Church, Family, Friends, Kiddos, MediSpa, Prayer Request, School, Weekend }
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Today’s post is all over the board but had lots of updates and thoughts to share……….

I want to update everyone on my family friend, Teresa, who is still at Vanderbilt.  I think this is something like day 39 of her stay there.  She is still improving, slowly but surely.  She still has to have a breathing tube due to the damage to her lungs.  She is desperately trying to talk and communicate but the tube is definitely hindering it.  She still has to have her colon “washed out” from all of the toxins in her system.  Overall, things are going MUCH better in her recovery.  Just this week, she mouthed that she wants to go home and also smiled at several friends who came to visit from home.  Her oldest son became engaged and she mouthed “wonderful”.  Thanks again for the many thoughts and prayers.  The whole family has felt them.

So, school started today for Bailey.  She is now going to Nashville Christian and is super excited about it.  Her grade (5th), only has a total of 40 students.  With such a small class, she is sure to get a lot of individual attention and instruction which is wonderful.  On the other hand, I think of the size of the classes that I had in school.  They were much larger and I had a very diverse group of friends as a result.

Sam starts school on Monday and is also pretty excited about his second year at Meigs Magnet Middle.  He’s still not finished with his summer project which has to be turned in next Friday.  The assignment required him to read 3 books and then create a newspaper from characters, events, etc in the books.  He had to write an editorial, a cartoon, a review, 3 ads and a character sketch.  Talk about a lot of work for a summer project in 6th grade!

We have had a great week at the MediSpa – maybe one of our busiest ever.  We are in Clipper Magazine and are about to be in CouponMint.  It sure was hard to part with the $$ that it costs to advertise in these, but we have already broken even and we still have people calling to book consults and appointments.  Thank you, Lord!!

Last, but certainly not least, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best cuz, Whitney.  Her birthday is actually Sunday but I believe she’s been celebrating “Birthday Week” which is something we strongly believe in!!  We will celebrate with her on Sunday with a special birthday lunch after church.  Have a great one, Whit….love you bunches!!

What does your weekend look like?  Doing anything special?  Do tell!

Friday Update/Prayer Request

{ July 18, 2008 @ 4:28 pm } · { Church, Friends, Hometown, Prayer Request }
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I have good news to report on Teresa Bradley. She has made steady improvements all week and her doctors are pleased with her progression. She still has a VERY LONG road to recovery. They are slowly taking her off of many of her meds but she still is sedated due to pain. She will be slowly weaned off of the ventilator so I guess you could say that they are taking it slow but steady with her. Her recovery looked somewhat bleak there for a short time so this steady improvement is truly God’s hand of healing.

I would like to ask for prayers for her continued healing, as well as strength for her husband, David and her two sons, Chip and Max. They will have to somewhat try to resume “normal” life soon. David is a dentist and has only been to his practice a short time in the past 3+ weeks. Max is in high-school and will have to start back soon. Chip is in college at MTSU. They have always been one of the busiest families I have ever known so this series of events has been a true challenge. They have established a site for her on Carepages.com if anyone would like to keep up with her healing and progress. Thanks again for the many prayers that you have lifted up for them!

Update on Urgent Prayer Request

{ July 14, 2008 @ 8:27 pm } · { Friends, Hometown, Prayer Request }
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THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has been praying for Teresa.  The prayers are working so keep them coming.  I am getting text message updates from my aunt and uncle around 2-4 times a day.  Today, she had improved vitals, less swelling and they were able to change around some of her meds so that her body is able to function more normally.  She’s still very critical, but there has been definite improvement the past two days.  Thank you again and her family says a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has lifted them up.  They have certainly felt it.