What would you do?

I had an mri done back in March. A week after it was done I called and the nurse said the results were normal. I went for my 4 month follow up and the first thing the Dr. H says is that he wants to check my thyroid because my mri showed a cyst on my thyroid. He could feel it in my neck.

When I got back to work the ladies said that I should have requested a copy of the results. I was in such shock that I didn't ask any questions. I called back and had them fax me the copy of the report. Not only does the report say I have a cyst but the dr that read the results recommended that I have an u/s to investigate it further. WTF? The dr didn't feel it was important enough to call me or forward the results to my family physician?

Not only was there a cyst on my thyroid but there is also a cyst or polyp in my sinus cavity. Did he not feel that this could be a source of headaches? I have migraines all the time and that is why I even see Dr. H. I have decided not to see this dr anymore since he has had such disregard for my health.

I go Monday to see my family physician and Tuesday for an u/s of my thyroid. Pray that it is nothing or that it can be easily taken care of.

Awards Night

l to r: Marliese, Tanya, me, Nancy (our director) and Becky

Mary Kay has been very rewarding. Where else can you have an excuse to get together with your girlfriends and have fun with makeup? You also get prizes and recognition.


Tonight we had a lovely dinner at Celebrations on Crosslake in Shreveport, LA. We got to dress up fancy and have lots of fun with our Mary Kay family.

Update on Damon

Here is a follow up to this post. Damon is still off work. He has had lots of tests run and has seen 5 different physicians and no one can figure out what is wrong with him. He is now going to go to the VA so we will not have to pay for anything.

He still has the chest pain and extreme fatigue especially upon exertion.

Austin

I recently made a trip to Austin and overall it was a good trip. I went with a friend to attend a seminar with the TCFV (Texas Counsel on Family Violence) Survivor's Caucus. I went as a Mary Kay Consultant to help pamper the ladies that have been victims of domestic violence.


The TCFV put us up in the Marriott which was really nice. We went down on Friday evening. On our way, we stopped to visit with Stacie and to see her beautiful home and her new son. He is so precious. He was unhappy when we got there and only his mama could make him happy. This is a picture of Blake. He looks scared to death.





On Saturday after the seminar, we decided to go eat at the Texas Land & Cattle. If you have never eaten there, be warned that it is pricey. It was good and the service was great but man for an appetizer, iced tea, meal and dessert it was $35 for one person.



On Sunday, we made our way to the Capital. On the drive down Congress Ave., we saw quite a few interesting sites. I think the funniest site had to of been the Superman on the side of the road. We stopped to take a picture and realized that it wasn't a statue but rather a person. I told Shawn to wave at him to see if he would wave back and he did. It wasn't long before the public transportation arrived and Superman got on the bus.



Where we stopped to take a picture of superman just happened to be a really cool plant nursery. There was a beautiful water wheel with the name The Great Outdoors on it. We decided to go look around because it just looked so inviting and beautiful. Inside we found lots of interesting things. There were huge windchimes, metal sculptures, beautiful plants, and a huge elephant made out of fertilizer.

After we spent about an hour of explore The Great Outdoors, we decided to head on down to the capital. We explored the capital and grounds for about two hours and decided it was time to head home. If you have never been, I highly recommend it. Books really do not do it justice. The is so much intricate detail in the design of the capital right down to the hinges. Here are pictures from the Capital.
This was the view walking up to the capital.

This was the few from the 2nd floor looking up towards the dome.

Here was a waste of taxpayer's money. This chandelier's light bulbs
spelled T-E-X-A-S. There were two of them in the Senate.

Notice the detail on the doorknobs.

And all of the hinges looked like this.

Here was one of the many gorgeous fountains out front.

4th of July

We spent the 4th with Mary Jo and her family. It was nice to see Mary Jo and her family again. Tootie was especially cute and she and Adam quickly became buddies. Josh was so friendly to all of my boys by showing them around and letting them play his Wii and just overall watching over them so that Mary Jo and I could catch up and cook.

After dark, we had fireworks which were very interesting when you think you have a fountain and you set it off up close and it turns out to be an aerial and catches the tree on fire. Her are a few photos from the night.

Tootie posing for a picture

Tootie playing with a sparkler

Another sparkler picture

One of the many aerial blast.
Another aerial blast towards the end.

The last shot fired. So beautiful.

It's been a while....

I got the most fantastic news tonight from my friend, Mary Jo. Her granddaughter has been fighting ALL for over 2 yrs. In June they were told that "Tootie" was in remission and that her last chemo treatment would be around Thanksgiving. Well I got word tonight that they have moved her last treatment date to August 1st. Prayers have been answered for this child and her family.

This is a recent picture of "Tootie". Isn't she so cute?

Mary Kay

I have decided to start selling Mary Kay to help supplement our income while Damon is not working. If anyone is interested in buying Mary Kay or having a party, please email me at aweaver2007@gmail.com

You can check out my site at http://www.marykay.com/aweaver74

Pictures from the weekend

I had a busy weekend this weekend. Friday evening I went to a beauticontrol spa night. Saturday morning we had soccer from 9am until about 12:15pm. Then we had Kolby's birthday party at 2pm. Then on Sunday I had a Mary Kay party to go to.

Here are few pictures from Saturday's events.

Miss Gracie was jammin' to some tunes on the cd player and was not happy when anyone tried to help her with it. Oh the joys of an almost 2 yr old that wants to be so independent.

Gracie spyed me taking pictures of her and she decided to give me a grin.

This is Gracie's sister that was deep in thought watching "Bubba" play soccer. "Bubba" is on Brian's soccer team.
Meet the newest member of the Dragoo family. His older brother, Joel, plays on Adam's soccer team. He is only 11 days old and this was his second soccer game to attend. His first one he was only 4 days old.
This is Mario. He is one of our best soccer players on Adam's team. He was deep in thought while concentrating on the ball.

Here is Brian getting ready to kick the ball with an opponent close by ready to take the ball away.

Matthew enjoying a tasty chip with dip at Kolby's party.

After the chip and dip. You can see some of the dip on his mouth.

Kolby opening his first gift from his parents. He got a bb gun which is exactly what he wanted. You can tell by the look on his face that he was excited. And last but certainly not least, below is Kolby trying out his new mini skateboard that I gave him.

Relay for Life

I've added a counter to the right for a countdown to Relay for Life. Panola County's first Relay for Life will be June 6th to June 7th.

I am still taking donations for the Relay if anyone would like to donate. It is tax deductible. For those that do not know, Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's largest fundraiser each year. ACS provides all sorts of resources for victims of cancer to help them during their battle and recovery with cancer.

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Damon is still off work and from the Short Term Disability papers that the doc filled out. He expects him to be off for an additional 5-6 weeks. He is still hurting and his BP has been boucing around. Yesterday it was 140 something over 112 with his pulse 114. We will make another call to the cardiologist tomorrow to see if he received the results from the heart cath yet.

Finally home!!

After being in the hospital for 5 days, Damon is finally home. The doc didn't believe the minor blockages he saw were the source of the pain. However, Damon has not had any chest pain since the procedure. We can't help but think that the doc knocked something loose when he put the catheter in and injected the dye.

Of course, the stay would not have been complete without Damon scaring the crap out of me and nurse. About 7:30 this morning, Damon woke up and felt fine other than being a little sore. He went to roll over and all hell broke loose. He was in excruciating pain where his cath was put in. We aren't sure what caused the pain but it put him into shock for about 15 minutes. The shock is what scared us so bad because his BP dropped to 90/57 and his pulse was really low. They did a CT scan and EKG almost immediately after his BP came back up. They wanted to make sure he wasn't bleeding out at the procedure site on the inside. Once the doc got the results, he ordered an ultrasound of the area just to be certain that everything was fine in the area.

All turned out well and Damon did fine the rest of the day other than a little dizziness and getting winded when he walks too far. Of course those are probably just from being in the bed all weekend.

update on heart cath

The doc came out around 5:30 saying they were done. He saw a few minor blockages but nothing he wanted to do anything about. He said he would run a fasting cholesterol test in the morning and then we could go home.

So we have no answers on what is causing the pain. Damon has already stated he is less likely to go to the dr now because they never seem to find anything wrong with him. He did just state that the dr suggested that he get his gallbladder checked because that can apparently cause the same symptoms that he was experiencing.

Who knows if we will get that done. After a 50k hospital bill I'm sure Damon won't go see a doc for several years now.

Heart Cath

Well, Damon has been in the hospital all weekend. He was admitted straight from the md's office to the hospital to get control of his pain and to watch him. We waited all weekend for a transfer from GSMC in Marshall to Longview Regional due to our insurance.

He is having constant chest pain that only subsides after taking a nitro pill. Within a couple of hours he is hurting again. The hospital has controlled the pain for the most part with nitro and nubain. We finally got our transfer to regional at about 2:30 pm. By the time I got here, Damon was already in his room so I got him registered and everything. I got up to the room only to find that he has to share a room with 75+ yr old man. And OMG the room reaks of old and stinks so bad. I decided to go down and try to get him moved to a private room. Well wouldn't you know they didn't have any available. When I talked to the nurse, she informed me that the cath lab nurses were waiting in his room for me.

So I get back in the room to find that they have him loaded up and ready to go to the cath lab. So I sit here alone waiting for an update on how things are going and if they will find anything wrong with my husband. I have no friends or family to sit with me because we had no idea they were going to be doing the heart cath this evening. We figured they wouldn't do it simply because Damon had eaten lunch at noon. So they just have him more nubain and are deadening the area with a local anesthetic and proceeding.

I'm really not sure how I am feeling at this moment. I am relieved that we were finally moved to Regional due to insurance issues. But then again I am nervous due to all the possibly things that could go wrong. I should be so worried since Brian has had two heart cath's in the last four years. I think I am just worried about the unknown. I am stressed because I have no one here with me to take my mind off of things.

So, to pass the time I am blogging about the occasion. I should be getting updates soon. I will update you all once I have some answers.

Ugh .. the hubby is stubborn

Today, Damon calls me at 10am and tells me that he wants me to call the dr to see if they can see him today. I ask him why and he tells me he is having chest pains that radiate down his left arm and up his neck. I told him he needed to go to the ER but he would have no part of it. So I call the dr and they ask if he is having tightness in his chest or if he is feeling faint or nauseous.

I called him back to ask the questions the nurse had asked me. He tell me that he was feeling faint. He tells me he will just wait until 2:15 when he has a dr's appt. That just wasn't sitting well with me so I called him back and tried to convince him to go the ER. He finally agreed. Probably just to shut me up.

So I took off to Kilgore to get him and called him brother to tell him what was going on. He tells me he is closer than I am so he would go get him. Turns out he drove up like a minute before I did. I got Damon and headed to the ER. We get there and go to triage and they take him straight back.

They did a full cardiac work up on him. After 4 hours in the ER, they tell him that his cardiac tests came back fine and diagnosis him with unspecified chest pain and acute chest wall pain. They also scheduled him for a stress test on Thursday. Of course, all I am hearing is "see I told you I didn't need to go to the ER". I am trying to convince him that since his daddy died at 40 yrs old from a heart attack he needs to take these signs seriously because one day he going to think it is just another false alarm and then it is going to be too late.

Why do men have to be so stubborn? I have just got rid of my headache that I had all day long from worrying about him.

Check it out

Kailani at An Island Life is hosting a giveaway. All you have to do it visit Babycakes Boutique and then come back and tell kailani which one if your favorite.

Pictures, pictures, pictures

I've been taking a lot of pictures lately. I am trying to get them uploaded onto my website right now. I have taken senior pictures of my friend's son and I also took prom pictures of both her boys and their dates. That was all last weekend.

This weekend I went and took prom pictures for another friend's son at a different school. It was fun taking pictures of them but I could tell the girlfriend was getting tired of taking pictures. Have you ever seen a camo prom dress? If not, here is a picture of one.

Soccer

Well, soccer season has started and is in full swing. We had our first games on Saturday. Adam and Wade both had a game at 9am and Brian wasn't until 11:30am. Adam's got started on time or maybe even a little early because we had a referee. Wade's, however, didn't get started on time. At Adam's halftime Damon and I switched so that he could watch Adam play. I got down to see Wade just as they were starting. By the time Wade's team got to half time, Adam's game was over and Damon got to watch Wade play too. Adam's team won and Wade's team lost. Of course, Wade's team had only gotten to practice one time due to all the rain last week. After Wade's game, we went home to put on warmer clothes since we froze during their games. Then we went back to the ball park to watch Brian play. Brian's team lost too. I think that was because the team they were playing had a lot of players that were returning from the Fall and they knew what they were doing. Brian's team only had 2 people that had played in the Fall.





Oh well, they had fun. All three boys got to play goalie and did very well. Wade has played before so he acted like he knew what to do. Brian acted as if he was scared of the ball. He didn't do much to go out of his way to stop the ball. Adam just wasn't too sure about it at all. He has been excited to play all week and then when it came down to it he just wasn't sure of what to make of it. Hopefully, next weekend it will be warmer for them.

Death

Today we buried sweet, precious, tiny Ava Gail. She only lived for 3 hours on March 18th but she was so precious. I have to say that a baby's funeral is the worst of any funeral I have every been to. I felt so sorry and horrible for Andi and Robert. I wanted to hold Andi during the service but she was surrounded by Robert and Grandmother.

Poor Grandmother. She should not have to bury a son when he was just 3 days old, then her husband in 1980, then her other son in 1984, and her daughter is 2005. Now she had to bury her great grand daughter. She was so heartbroken.

How do you console someone that has buried that many of their children/great grandchild/husband? Not to mention all of her brothers and sisters and parents. How do you console a grieving parent that has lost not 1 infant but two and it has not even been 3 years since her mama passed away?

I hope that I can eventually give Andi a little comfort with the pictures of Ava for her to keep. She had expressed to me how much she wished she had pictures of her first baby, David. I hope Andi will want the pictures but I will not present them to her until she asks for them. She does know that someone took pictures of her but I'm not sure if she knows who.

Keep Andi and her family in your prayers please

Andi went into labor this morning and delivered her baby girl. Unfortunately, the baby did not survive. This is the second baby that Andi and Robert have lost in the last year and half. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time in their lives.

Also please keep her sister, Holly, and her dad, Noble, in your prayers because they also lost the baby. The whole family needs to be remembered during this time.

Sandra (Andi & Holly's mom) has another grandbaby by her side in Heaven to watch over Andi, Holly and Noble.

Keep Andi in your prayers

D's cousin, Andi, is 23 weeks (today) pregnant. She went in to preterm labor over the weekend. On Saturday, she was dilated to 2cm. This morning she was at 4 cm and tonight she is at 6 cm. They are trying to stop her labor but it doesn't sound promising. Please pray for her, Robert and the sweet baby girl. She needs all the prayers she can get to survive.

Andi & Robert needs prayers for strength. You see, they lost a baby at 16 weeks last year. Andi thought she was in the clear since she was over half way there.