Cooking,,, Cleaning and Cleaning and Cleaning

The kids and I are finishing decorating this morning then it is time to clean up! I have already started cooking some for tomorrow . Mostly baking! Morgan and Jason will be home tonight so that means the house will be LOUD and lots of joy at the Julian's. My Mom , Dad my brother Jimmy and his girlfriend will be coming for dinner on Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for that this blog post would be the longest blog post on the Internet. Last Sunday in Church we had a awesome worship time together as a Church Family. The Pastor gave some time for those who wish to share what they were thankful for. I am too shy to talk in front of 400 people but I did think of Bill immediately. Bill might have a LONG road of recovery but I am thankful he is cancer free and he is GOING TO GET BETTER! Elijah though did raise his hand. My first thought was he would say that I would be very Thankful to God if he would have Santa send me a Wii. In a very proud and confident voice for a six year he shared in front of 400 in our Church. I am thankful that God made me and he made my family. Of course Robert and I both cried and many told us in Church how Elijah touch their heart! Have a Blessed Thanksgiving from The Julian's !!!! Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness;come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God.It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;his faithfulness continues through all generations.

A busy Day!

The kids had Thanksgiving feast at school today. So I spent most of the day doing room Mom duties! Caroline's 4th class made up a menu of what they wanted for their feast. They did not want Turkey they wanted KFC? Go figure! The boys ate 4-5 pieces of Chicken apiece! When I finished Caroline's party I went to Elijah's 1st class. He is so excited to be out of school. He told his teacher he was excited because he would be home with his Mommy! I know some day some sweet little girl is going to steal those sweet Mommy moments, I am so incredible blessed! How many ladies at 50 get to go to their 6 year old son class party. Thank-you Lord for allowing my ovaries to work at 44! I am not sure what posses me but I started decorating inside my house. Talk about a house turned upside down. I finished though! The house looks great. We will head to the mountains for a tree Saturday and the mess will happen again!The kids and I will start cleaning and preparing for Thanksgiving. My Mom , Dad, brother are coming with their family. Give THANKS to the Lord for he is always good! PS Bill had a good day!

I am a BIG looser!

Merry Christmas from The Julians I lost 2.6 lbs this week! This was even after eating last night at a Southern Baptist cover dish at my Church! That is a miracle! I was good though and ate little taste of the dishes and NO dessert I am now lost 16. 8 lbs!

Send a E-mail Please

Robert talked to June tonight and she shared that Bill is feeling discourage.Who could blame the poor guy he still has a long road to recovery. They tried to started him on some food and his bowels are not working up to par yet. So they started him back on the liquid nutrients. They also had to start him back on morphine instead of the pump. June shared these e-mails really pick Bill spirits up and brighten his LONG days in bed. The kids and I have been sending him jokes and he loves them! If these e-mails help Bill just think how much they help June too. Please keep praying. I am asking my blogger friends to also send e-mail. Here is the link http://www.nhhn.org/body.cfm?id=1680 Make sure that you send the e-mail to New Hanover Regional Hospital. There is a required field for the hospital and Bill's legal name is William Julian

Please be careful Daddy!

The kids are feeling better. They are not eating well but at at least no hanging over the bucket. We started decorating this afternoon. Lights are on the bushes . Robert started doing the icicles lights on the roof. I have no idea how high he is up on the roof but I can't watch when he puts the icicles out. Elijah kept telling him be carful Daddy Hopefully we can start on the inside!Next Saturday we will head up to the mountains for out tree! We have never started decorating this early. It will be nice next weekend when all we have to do is our tree! I love Christmas! Can you tell?

The Light at the end of the tunnel

Good News on Bill. He has been moved out of ICU and into a progressive room. He will probably be there for several weeks. Then he will go into a rehab hospital to build up his strength. GOD IS GOOD! Robert talked to June and Bill this morning. June sounded very upbeat. She told Robert that last night both her and Bill slept well! That this was the best sleep she had gotten in 22 days now. Bless her heart she might have to go into rehab herself! I know she is worn out. Bill also know how extensive his surgery was. Please pray for his spirits, this news was hard to take all in. But he is doing well . Robert and I have already decided if they are unable to make it here for Christmas we are going to visit them for a couple of days the week of Christmas. Robert is off so we can spend the day with them and stay one night at a local hotel! It would be good for the kids too see Bill and June, especially Caroline. I know I need to see them both too! I am still praying though if the Lord is willing that they both will be able to come here . What a special Christmas this is ALREADY! Several weeks ago Robert and I were talking about how our kids have NEVER gotten sick at the same time. We should had knocked on the wood because it finally happen. Caroline got up this morning and said she was not feeling well, but she ate breakfast. So I told her to get ready for school . Well on the way to schools she got sick all in the Van...Bless heart she kept apologizing for getting sick. Then on the way back home my cell rang. It was the school and Elijah had gotten sick in the classroom. So I turned around and got him. They are now on the couch watching a movie with a bucket in front of them. Thanks for praying for our family. Keep it up!

One More thing

Forgot too add. Today was the day to weigh in for the Biggest Looser Challenge. I lost 2.2 lbs! For a Total of 14.2!

This and That at The Julian's

I have a lot to catch up on my blog! First the most important news. Bill continues to improve but still is in ICU. Hopefully though this week he will be in progressive care. June was told he would be there for at least two weeks. Then to a regular room for a week and then to rehab for a few days. He could be in the hospital for another month. Bill does not know yet how extensive his last surgery was and that he will be in the hospital for awhile. They Dr's and June are planning to tell him soon but his spirits have been down and they are waiting to get him out of ICU. They think once he gets out of ICU, it will help him see that he is getting better. Everyone keeps telling him he is but it's hard to believe because your still in ICU. Back in June Robert bought me for our anniversary tickets for a Christian Marriage Conference called A Weekend to remember in Tennessee . . It is through Focus on the Family. But with his brother being sick our first priority was Bill and his family. We did not want to be away too far just in case we were needed . We are still going to another Weekend to Remember because the tickets are transferable. Robert had already taken Friday off for that reason so we did spend the day with each other. We went Santa shopping ! Then we went to the Prickly Pear for lunch. We really had a nice time together. Robert loves Christmas shopping for the kids so this was a extra treat for both if us. Saturday afternoon we decided to get out of the house and headed to Concord Mills. Robert and Elijah stayed in Bass and Pro forever and we girls took off in the Mall. We also went to TGIF and ate. We all had a great time as a family . Bad News! Elijah started running a fever Saturday night and complained of a terrible headache. His stomach was upset Sunday. More Bad News! Robert has it but he has to work because he is the only tech working today in Charlotte. He is on call and last night he ended up going in at 7:00 pm and 4:00 am. He did come home this morning and laid down but has to leave because a call went off. I was suppose to go off tonight with the girls from Church for dinner but I think I need to stay home and play nurse! Elijah does seem much better! I kept him home from school just to give him one more day. Having him home with me makes me realize HOW MUCH I miss him during the day. He has just talked and talked to me all morning. If Southview wasn't such a great opportunity for our kids I would seriously think about home -schooling them. I am SO READY to have them home for Thanksgiving break! It is a very cold day here ion the SOUTH. I have a HUGE pot of beef/veggie soup on. I think I could have the whole neighborhood over and still have left-overs.

Bill continues to do well. He is still in ICU . His white blood counts are going down. He still has a lot of recovery to do but he is doing well. Pray for his spirit to be lifted.He will probably be in the hospital for a couple more weeks. He still has no idea how sick he was or what happen during surgery. When he is ready the Dr's and June will tell him. There's something about a sickness that helps us see things we could never see before - There is something about hard times that shakes our priorities. I know Bill sickness has done that for me. It is hard too see God's hand in things when a sickness that almost takes someone life that you love. We have though been able too see God's work through all the tears and worries. 1. Bill and June lived in NY for many years. If he had not moved to NC his family would had not been able to get to him quickly. 2.The only reason he went in for a colonscopy was because someone that worked with him found out he had colon cancer. 3. If he had lived in NY and not taken a new job his cancer might had spread because of not have the colonscopy. 4. Because of this man's cancer at Bill's new job each person that worked with him got a colonscopy. 5. Bill almost died and our family and my children have seen a miracle. Do you really think all this happen because of being at the right place at the right time. NO IT WAS GOD!

OFF THE VENT!

I talked to Robert and June this morning. Bill is still doing good. Yesterday they removed the vent. Robert and his nephew Shane were in the room when they took it out. Bill was really confused when he saw both of them standing over him. You have to remember the last time he was awake he was being taken to surgery and only June and his parents were there. Robert also said Bill saw the day ( Monday) on a board in the room.. He could not figure where the others days went too. Robert said he is still VERY WEAK. He is so weak can't even push the button on his morphine drip. His pain though is being managed well through the ICU. The Dr told June this morning he will be in ICU for quite a long time. He still has infection and his blood cultures came back positive for infection but the numbers were low. So please keep praying. This morning he actually asked for June. He can only talk with a whisper and only a few sentences . Robert said though he is asking more questions on what happen. They decided to only tell him that he was very sick with infection and he had to have more surgery. He has no idea yet that he has two colostomy bags now. I was explained one was for his upper colon and one was for his lower colon. I hope I got that right.He will have further surgery to have only one bag but this will not happen until months from now. June sounded wonderful this morning! Robert, Josh and June slept at the hospital last night in the ICU waiting room. I know they must be very tired! Robert will be coming home this evening. We miss him terribly. I am so glad though that Bill and June lives so close that he was able to get to his brother quickly.

WEEK 3

Today was weigh -in ! I almost forgot too let all my cheerleaders know! I lost 3 lbs with my Biggest Losers Challenge! 12 lbs lost total!

Praise!!

Sorry I did not update last night. After Robert called me I feel asleep on the couch. I have not slept well the last few days but I slept great last night after I heard that Bill surgery went well! The surgery ended up happening last night and took about 3 hrs. His surgeon said he looked much better inside last night than he did Friday. They did the colostomy and flushed him out again. He will probably be in the ICU for at least the remainder of the week. Then he will go back to his regular room for at least another week.We knew Bill's colon cancer surgery would be tough but never in a million years it would turn out like this. Bill will have a testimony to share for sure! Jesus is in the healing business. Keep praying. He has a long road to recovery. Robert did say last night to pray that his incision stays tight and closed. The Dr said last night that was the tough part getting him closed good. I don't understand why but I guess it because they had to reopen the original surgery incision. Plus they left it open while he has been in ICU for the last few days. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks again for your e-mails and prayers! PS Robert will be there untol Tuesday. He hopes they start weaning him off the vent Tuesday morning. Before he leaves he wants too see Bill awake and with his eyes open. I can't wait too see Bill and June. I know I will be VERY emotional so be prepare sister and brother in law.

Surgery

Surgery was postpone this morning but will happen this afternoon. I do not know what time but will post ASAP. Bill is still stable. Robert and Josh staying at the hospital last night with Bill. Robert sounded really tired but very optimistic. They were told this morning that Bill will probably have a permanent colostomy bag. The reason is so much of the "dead" colon had to be cut out. This is the least of his problems for sure. We are just PRAISING GOD he has been stable this last two days.

New Update

Bill still is stable. Josh his son flew in this afternoon from the Florida where he is stationed. June is OK but it is really hard for her too see Bill on a respirator. I just even can imagine how hard that is. I wish now I had left this morning with the kids. It has been real diffcult being here and all the family there.Robert felt though it was be best for me to be here with the kids though. He was probably right because Caroline has been very tearful all day with worry. She worried about her Uncle Bill and she misses her Daddy. She is such a Daddy girl which is a praise! Surgery is in the morning we just don't know what time. I promise to post whenever I hear.

Update

Robert made it too Wilmington safely. He and June ( Bill's wife) were able to go see Bill immediately. He is stable and sedated on a respirator in intensive care. Robert was able to get a clear picture from the nurse who is caring for Bill. What happen for some reason part of the colon lost blood supply. This caused that part to start "dying" The Dr removed the rotten part which was causing the infection. They flushed the pockets of infection out. They also clamped off the good part of the colon to prevent even more from dying off. He is stable right now but critical. They are watching his blood -pressure for signs of septic but PRAISE GOD all the blood work has come back good. His BP did drop last night and they became concern with him being septic but they determine that it was dehydration. Tomorrow morning they will go back in and flush him out again. He will then make a decision what they can do with his colon. He told June there was a possibility that he could reattach the colon back. He just doesn't know until he goes back in. If not he will go ahead and do the full colostomy at that time. Bill and June have one son who is in the Army ( pilot school). The Red Cross is flying him in today . I am going to stick here at home with the kids. Right now Robert's brother Ron is there and several other family members. God is working even through Bill's sickness. First they moved from NY to Wilmington. If he was still in NY Robert and his family would not been able to get to Bill quickly. Also Bill went in for a colonscopy JUST BECAUSE someone at his new job found out he had colon cancer. His regular physician said it was not time for one but Bill insist . If he had been in NY he would probably not had a early colonscopy. Please pray for Robert's parents, Billie and Barrette. They are having a hard time especially Billie. I will keep everyone updated. Again please pray

URGENT PRAYERS!!!!!!!!

Robert's Brother situation has turned critical. In the next hr he will be going back to surgery. The Dr wants to open him back up to deal with the infection. He will be in intensive care PLEASE PRAY! Robert just left for Wilmington , Please pray for safe travels. He was so upset.

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Robert's Brother Bill is running a temperture. They feel like he has a infection somewhere, which is serious because of the surgery. They will be taking him down for a CT scan to determine where the infection is. So please pray.

I am glad it is over!

As someone that treasures that all LIFE is to be protected I am sadden over our new President. This really sums up most of my feelings. http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/04/cthomas_1104/ I still stand firm that we should not put our faith in anyone but Jesus Christ. He is still in control and NO MAN is. Our responsibility is to pray for our leaders. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Whether your man won or lost, it makes no difference. He needs your prayers.

Did you vote?

I went this morning to vote. I Voted for Faith, Family, Life and Marriage. So no need to tell you who I voted for. Wish They had Jesus Christ on the Ballot. I actually almost wrote him in. I feel if Obama is elected it will take our society even MORE into a downward spin especially in the Pro-Life . Pro-Marriage, Pro Family,Pro-Faith journey we are in.People have become too tolerant on this issues and he will be just the icing on the cake. For that reason I have been so stressed over this election as a Jesus Lover. I am to ashamed to say Read on Why.............. On the other hand if he wins ( probably will) I think that his tolerance and lack of Bible teaching morals will bring us as Christian to be more BOLD about our Faith. We Evangelical Christians have also become to comfortable in our faith. ( INCLUDING ME). More souls will be won over for Jesus Christ for this reason! I heard wise word last week during our Youth small group time. Who are we putting our Faith into Jesus Christ or our next President. This is why I am ashamed.

12 Sticks of Butter!

Robert talked to Bill last night . The epidural was removed yesterday and Bill is in REALLY bad pain. So pray that the pain would be more tolerable. We saw a picture of Bill's surgery site and WOW it makes me hurt. The surgery was much more extensive than I think anyone of us realized.I am hoping today will be a turn around for him in the pian department. Week 2 of The biggest Loser went great last week. I lost three more lbs! For a total of nine lbs. Hey that is 12 sticks of BUTTER!

THIS MUCH MORE AT ISSUE!

PLEASE WATCH! It is the most powerful video that I have seen concerning our election. If you care about Faith, Life, Marriage and Family please watch. We saw it today during Church and I cried. There is MUCH MORE AT ISSUE than gas prices and our economy. Please pass it on if you believe in these issue and VOTE.

Tears

How can we put this man in charge of our lives and our morality? Please watch this Video