So I am the only one who doesn't remember this rule, funny. LOL.

 

oh good...went to the next page!

My OT is back to normal!!

 

I'd be happy to go over and make sure Cris was topless

 

are you getting any rain Cris?

 

Nope, just cloudy over here. I wish it would rain though, my weeds need watered. LOL.

 

Any word on John's Wife?

 

notch yet.

 

Not yet David, hopefully Jim will have an update for us later tonight. Although, at this point no news is good news I am thinking, at least I hope that is true.

 

cause of death was due to either a heart attack when he found a kid had a bigger dick than him...or 'cause he ate too many 12 year olds. Coroners will know for ceartain in a few hours.

 

Gloriana-Wild at Heart

 

I like that song!!!

 

I thought it was good!

 

Oh no!!! more wtaerde down bubblegum pop country!!!!!! No!!!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKGh...eature=related

 

Evening my circle of best friends! Geez...where to start.

First, thank all of you for the overwhelming thoughts and prayers. You'll never know how much it means to my family and me. I told Jim in a text that's it amazing to me and I think all of us, that we can have such close friends in such a tight group and a lot of us have never met!

Jim, thanks so much for all the support and for keeping a check on us. Cris, the same and as always, thanks so much to both of you for being there. I've had about six hours of sleep since Tuesday morning and I'm amazed that anything I put in our texts even made any sense.

This whole thing started Tuesday morning when Jamie was on her way to work. She started having chest pains and as she pulled in to the lot at work, they got significantly worse. Fortunately, the hospital is about 300 yards from her office and she went directly there. The E.R. had no other patients and when she went in, they swarmed her and within an hour of her arriving at the ER, she was on a helicopter on her way to Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, TN. When she got there, they took her right to the cardiac catheterization lab. They found one main artery with a 90% blockage and a blood clot just below it. The Cardiologist said he'd never seen a case like hers as all of her other arteries, veins, and vessels were clean as a pin. They have determined, looking at family history and other factors, that it is largely hereditary. Her father had the same type of blockage about 15 years ago.

The somewhat good news in all of this is that for some reason or another, she has an extra set of vessels that branch off from some of the main ones. They are much smaller but in essence, formed a built in type of bypass and were still able to circulate some blood to her heart. Had it not been for this, they said she may not have survived. They were able to do the angio-plasti and balloon the blockage to open the artery. They could not do anything with the clot except use a clot busting medicine in hopes that it will dissolve on its own. Her cardiac output should ideally be around 75-80% but it was at 30-35% when she went in on Tuesday. Yesterday it was back to 40% and the doctors are hoping it will eventually get back to around 50-55%, best case scenario.

Luckily, by Wednesday, they were able to take her off of all pain medicine and she is no longer in any pain with the exception of some really bad headaches because of the nitro patches. She has regained her strength pretty well and has been able to walk the halls during the day today.

The doctors came in today and reviewed some of her tests and her bloodwork has been remarkably good and has improved a lot over the past 24 hours or so. They told her today that if everything looks good tomorrow, she'll be able to come home tomorrow evening.

I came home tonight to be with the kids and her sister is staying the night with her tonight. I've been there around the clock with the exception of yesterday for a few hours to drive home and bring the kids to see her (the hospital is about 120 miles away).

Again, I can't thank you all enough for all the kind words, support, thoughts, and prayers. But most of all, I want to thank all of you for your friendship. It means the world to all of us. I'll likely be scarce over the next little while but will check in from time to time so I don't get to far behind in here...LOL. I'm gonna lurk for a few minutes and then head for the bed. I wanted to update all of you though, and tell you thanks again!