Hello Everyone!
Daddy's right foot has been bothering him for some time and we have finally learned the cause and the solution.
The Cause: A fatty tumor (benign) /cyst the size of a walnut in Daddy's heel bone. This is something he has probably had since birth and basically means that there is a pocket of gunk in his heel. This gunk can be in two consistencies; semi solid or liquid (the doctor likened it to a hard-boiled vs. a raw egg). Unfortunately, Daddy's gunk is liquid which means his heel bone could break at any time and he is not allowed to do any walking beyond what is necessary (i.e. running, hiking, and treadmill are all off limits). :-(
The Solution: Surgery to remove the gunk and replace it with bone chips. This is definitely the route Daddy wanted to take, but it will mean three months off his feet and there is still a chance of breakage. However, once everything is healed up he can do anything he wants with no restrictions! The surgery is scheduled for this next Friday (March 5th) and we would greatly appreciate everyone's prayers that the surgery and healing will go well!
Our Adventures Continue!
In Christ,
For the Family,
Tiffany
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Cats are HAPPY!!
We have a small window bird feeder at the back window of our home, right behind Lisa's sewing machine. The Cat's absolutely love sitting on the window shelf and looking out at the birds. Today they were very intrigued with a small Black Cap Chickadee that courageously kept coming back for more.
Cats are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Much FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UpDate!!
Lisa is doing 100% better and is back to normal, praise the Lord!!!!!!
Have a good day everyone
In Christ,
Tim
Tim
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year !!!!!!
Happy new year!!!!
Lisa's surgery went well, it was scheduled for 7:30 am but we had to be there at 6:00 for prep. The Doctor said everything went well but he needed to make 1 more incision than normal for better view and angle. So she has 5 small incisions 3 about 1/2 inch long and the other 2 about an inch long. One of the longer ones is in her belly button. She came out of recovery and into a room about 11:30am. She was able to keep lunch ( clear diet ) down fine, so they ordered her a soft dinner. That came around 5:30 and she was able to eat that and was doing exceptionally well with walking and moving around. She was able to come home and was discharged at 9:00 that night and we were able to bring in the new year as a family all together. Now she is getting around ok, still in pain but the percacet is helping a lot.
Thank you for all of your prayers!!!!
Tim
Lisa's surgery went well, it was scheduled for 7:30 am but we had to be there at 6:00 for prep. The Doctor said everything went well but he needed to make 1 more incision than normal for better view and angle. So she has 5 small incisions 3 about 1/2 inch long and the other 2 about an inch long. One of the longer ones is in her belly button. She came out of recovery and into a room about 11:30am. She was able to keep lunch ( clear diet ) down fine, so they ordered her a soft dinner. That came around 5:30 and she was able to eat that and was doing exceptionally well with walking and moving around. She was able to come home and was discharged at 9:00 that night and we were able to bring in the new year as a family all together. Now she is getting around ok, still in pain but the percacet is helping a lot.
Thank you for all of your prayers!!!!
Tim
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sword Fighting and Being Soldiers for the Most High
It is snowing here in the North West corner of OHIO today. The boys wanted to go outside and use some of the pent up energy that they have. They received practice swords from Vision forum for Christmas this year and decided to "practice" in the snow. They set the line out in our front lawn and soon they were having a great amount of fun and exercise. They were dodging and lunging all over the front lawn. I was thinking while watching them outside, we need to be this way at defending ourselves against the enemies of Christianity. Taking our "swords" and following after Christ daily with our challenges and worldly confrontations. Confronting what is wrong in our society and taking it back for the Glory of God.
Tim
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!!!!!
I hope everyone has had a Blessed Christmas. I worked last night and got off work this morning at 7:00 am. I have the rest of this week off though. We will be spending quality time as a family before Lisa's surgery on the 31st.
Unto us this day a child is born in the city of Bethlehem, a Savior which is Christ the Lord.
He is the reason for the season.
May God bless you and keep you all!!
Tim
I hope everyone has had a Blessed Christmas. I worked last night and got off work this morning at 7:00 am. I have the rest of this week off though. We will be spending quality time as a family before Lisa's surgery on the 31st.
Unto us this day a child is born in the city of Bethlehem, a Savior which is Christ the Lord.
He is the reason for the season.
May God bless you and keep you all!!
Tim
Thursday, December 17, 2009
A Wonderful Weekend
The Children on the Rope bridge
This past weekend we were able to attend the viewing of "Mysterious Islands" in Kentucky at the Convention Center in Covington. We had such a wonderful time meeting a family there (The Moyers), and going out to dinner at a small restaurant down the block. Getting to know them is such a blessing. It almost seems like we have known each other for years and a lot of the roads we have travled seemed very familiar. We were able to go to worship on Sunday and listen to Dan Horns message. It was a wonderful message and one that everyone needed to hear. I hope we will be able to attend more conferences this coming year, it has always been a blessing to hear the speakers and meet new families.
The Creation Museum was wonderful and we had a great time walking around seeing all the lights outside. We enjoyed a couple new exhibits like the blind cave fish, the different dogs skulls, while enjoying the walk through the Bible. This trip has been a joy and blessing to all of us.
The blind cave fish
The Christmas light display
The dogs skulls
Lisa's gall bladder surgery is scheduled for the 31st at 7:00 am. She has pre op blood work to get done today so I better wind this up. I will post again soon.
Blessings in Christ,
Tim
Tim
Monday, December 7, 2009
Pearl Harbor: Tragedy and Providence
On December 7th 1941, an event occurred that would change the world forever. After weeks of preparation, a Japanese task force consisting of the aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Zuikaku, Shokaku; the cruisers Tone and Chikuma; and the battleships Hies and Kirishima were steaming towards the Islands of Hawaii. Also included were nine destroyers and ten subs along with a combined total of 432 airplanes. It was 4:05 AM when the mine sweeper Condor sighted what appeared to be the periscope of a Japanese submarine. She immediately notified the destroyer U.S.S. Ward who sounded general quarters and began an extensive search of the area.
At 6:37 the Japanese sub was sighted again, this time by the cruiser Antares. The nearby U.S.S. Ward shot twice, the first time shooting high and the second time getting a direct hit. The sub tilted slightly to one side and then slid beneath the waves. Commander Lt. William W. Outerbridge sent a report at 6:51 to the 14th Navel District Headquarters at Pearl Harbor. Fifteen minutes previous Privates Joseph Lockard and George Elliott reported several planes approaching from the Northeast. These may have been scout planes launched from the cruisers Tone and Chikuma. At 7:06, six minutes after his watch ended, Elliott reported that there was a large group of planes heading their way. This however was mistaken for a flight of B-17s that were supposed to be arriving from California.
At 7:40 Lt. Commander Fuchida with 48 Nakajima B2N1 High- Level bombers started their attack. The Japanese plan was to disable the American aircraft that were still on the ground and then attack our carriers and battleships. By God's providence all of the aircraft carriers were gone on odd jobs. The light cruiser Raleigh and the target ship Utah were the first to be hit. What was to follow was the destruction of Battleship Row and Pearl Harbor itself. In the end the total loss was 900 crewmen missing, 2,403 dead, 1,178 wounded, 169 aircraft destroyed, 3 ships destroyed and 18 ships badly damaged.
Although Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating attacks in the history of the United States of America, it should have been much worse. Only 3 ships were destroyed out of the 21 that were hit and although they repeatedly strafed our encampment on Ford Island not a single life was lost. We still had all of our carriers and we still had the Lord.
-By T.J. and Kaleb
At 6:37 the Japanese sub was sighted again, this time by the cruiser Antares. The nearby U.S.S. Ward shot twice, the first time shooting high and the second time getting a direct hit. The sub tilted slightly to one side and then slid beneath the waves. Commander Lt. William W. Outerbridge sent a report at 6:51 to the 14th Navel District Headquarters at Pearl Harbor. Fifteen minutes previous Privates Joseph Lockard and George Elliott reported several planes approaching from the Northeast. These may have been scout planes launched from the cruisers Tone and Chikuma. At 7:06, six minutes after his watch ended, Elliott reported that there was a large group of planes heading their way. This however was mistaken for a flight of B-17s that were supposed to be arriving from California.
At 7:40 Lt. Commander Fuchida with 48 Nakajima B2N1 High- Level bombers started their attack. The Japanese plan was to disable the American aircraft that were still on the ground and then attack our carriers and battleships. By God's providence all of the aircraft carriers were gone on odd jobs. The light cruiser Raleigh and the target ship Utah were the first to be hit. What was to follow was the destruction of Battleship Row and Pearl Harbor itself. In the end the total loss was 900 crewmen missing, 2,403 dead, 1,178 wounded, 169 aircraft destroyed, 3 ships destroyed and 18 ships badly damaged.
Although Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating attacks in the history of the United States of America, it should have been much worse. Only 3 ships were destroyed out of the 21 that were hit and although they repeatedly strafed our encampment on Ford Island not a single life was lost. We still had all of our carriers and we still had the Lord.
-By T.J. and Kaleb
For more information see: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ax/frameset.html
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving!! A lot to be thankful for!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
As an update to Lisa's scoping, all went well yesterday. They had planned on her staying over night for observation. However after the scoping the Doctor said that he couldn't find any stones in the bile duct and that she would be able to go home after spending some time in recovery. Thank you all very much for your prayers. We will now have to get the surgery scheduled. As soon as that is done on either Mon or Tues. I will let you know. Also my Dad is also out of the hospital and is doing better for now. They have been in Louisianna for a while and will be heading for Texas in a few days. Again I thank you for all your prayers. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all. I'll keep you posted.
In Christ,
Tim
As an update to Lisa's scoping, all went well yesterday. They had planned on her staying over night for observation. However after the scoping the Doctor said that he couldn't find any stones in the bile duct and that she would be able to go home after spending some time in recovery. Thank you all very much for your prayers. We will now have to get the surgery scheduled. As soon as that is done on either Mon or Tues. I will let you know. Also my Dad is also out of the hospital and is doing better for now. They have been in Louisianna for a while and will be heading for Texas in a few days. Again I thank you for all your prayers. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all. I'll keep you posted.
In Christ,
Tim
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
New Update!!
Hello All,
We're most of the way over the Swine Flu now, though the boys and Daddy still have some pretty rough sounding coughs. We went to the doctor yesterday and got some antibiotics to (hopefully) keep them from getting pneumonia. Mommy and I did end up getting some of the symptoms, though we never had it as bad as the boys! Your prayers would still be very much appreciated.
Another prayer request is for our Grandpa (Papa) Cadle. He is in the hospital for the third time for bleeding and they still don't know what is causing it. The first hospital in Maine cited stomach ulcers, the second in North Carolina thought it was diverticulitis, and this hospital (in Florida) thinks it is some sort of bacteria in his digestive tract. They just scoped him yesterday but we don't know the results yet.
Christmas secrets are starting to develop and there have been heightened levels of whispering and sneaking! Hope all is well with everyone else. Feel free to leave us some comments! (Hint, Hint!) To do so, just click on the 0 COMMENTS link beneath this post and it will take you to a form you can fill out. You can use any screen name you like and only we (the moderators of the blog) will see your e-mail address! Once again I hope everyone is well! God Bless!
In Christ,
For the Family,
Tiffany
We're most of the way over the Swine Flu now, though the boys and Daddy still have some pretty rough sounding coughs. We went to the doctor yesterday and got some antibiotics to (hopefully) keep them from getting pneumonia. Mommy and I did end up getting some of the symptoms, though we never had it as bad as the boys! Your prayers would still be very much appreciated.
Another prayer request is for our Grandpa (Papa) Cadle. He is in the hospital for the third time for bleeding and they still don't know what is causing it. The first hospital in Maine cited stomach ulcers, the second in North Carolina thought it was diverticulitis, and this hospital (in Florida) thinks it is some sort of bacteria in his digestive tract. They just scoped him yesterday but we don't know the results yet.
Christmas secrets are starting to develop and there have been heightened levels of whispering and sneaking! Hope all is well with everyone else. Feel free to leave us some comments! (Hint, Hint!) To do so, just click on the 0 COMMENTS link beneath this post and it will take you to a form you can fill out. You can use any screen name you like and only we (the moderators of the blog) will see your e-mail address! Once again I hope everyone is well! God Bless!
In Christ,
For the Family,
Tiffany
Monday, November 2, 2009
Update!!
Hello All,
We got the results from Mommy's MRI. She'll need to be scoped shortly before Thanksgiving. The H1N1 bug (Swine Flu) has invaded our house! Daddy got it first, then Kaleb and finally T.J. . Mommy and I have been holding out so far, though the germs are likely incubating inside us at the moment. The Doctor has us all on Tamiflu now, so that should nip it in the bud! We would greatly appreciate everyone's prayers!
In Christ,
For the Family,
Tiffany
P.S. No one wanted to have their picture taken for this post!!!
We got the results from Mommy's MRI. She'll need to be scoped shortly before Thanksgiving. The H1N1 bug (Swine Flu) has invaded our house! Daddy got it first, then Kaleb and finally T.J. . Mommy and I have been holding out so far, though the germs are likely incubating inside us at the moment. The Doctor has us all on Tamiflu now, so that should nip it in the bud! We would greatly appreciate everyone's prayers!
In Christ,
For the Family,
Tiffany
P.S. No one wanted to have their picture taken for this post!!!
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