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Name: Melanie
Birthday: 5/17/1980
Gender: Female
Interests: family, friends, music, reading, hanging out, traveling, Eastern Europe, Colorado, the Caribbean, U2 concerts, broadening my horizons
Expertise: being a girl and a nurse
Occupation: Medical
Industry: Hospitality
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AIM:  swtpmarie
Member Since:
8/4/2003
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| Well, here we are...several weeks later and I'm getting ready to fly home for my dad's surgery tomorrow morning. I'm wrapping up work for the week and feeling...hmmm, strangely at peace even though I have a to do list a mile long. I won't be getting any sleep before I'm off to the airport. So my lists are written and I hope that I don't forget anything that I might need. I was on the phone with my mom Saturday and she and I were both commenting on how this surgery just kind of crept up and we weren't really even thinking about it. And then we start to think about it or are reminded of it and it's weird. Wedsnesday is going to be a long day. A day of waiting. But I am thankful that I can go home to be there. I am thankful that all 3 of us kids can be there. I am thankful to everyone that is lifting us up in prayer this week. And I'm thankful that my sister's letting me use her laptop while I spend all day at the hospital...she even joked that she's going to charge me $5/minute. Got to love the younger siblings...especially when they're housing you for free! :) Updates to come... | | |
| So my dad told me Tuesday evening that the prostate cancer is in the early stages and that it has not spread anywhere. Dr. Thompsen suggested a robotic prostatectomy to treat my dad. Because we want to have a kidney transplant at some point, radiation is not a good thing for my dad. So mom and dad are going to be meeting with Dr. Lobo on Oct. 2 to discuss the surgery and hopefully schedule it. Apparently, we have to wait 6 weeks after the biopsy to have surgery. So that looks like the end of Ocotober or 1st week of November. I'm hoping to fly back for it. We'll see what happens. Because of the cancer, a kidney transplant is now pushed back. Again. Dad has to be cancer free for 1-2 years before they would put a new kidney in. So now we hope and pray that Dad's kidney can hold up that long and we can avoid dialysis like the spawn of Satan. :) So Dad will have to be screened again for cancer and all that hoop-la before they'll put him on the donor list. Thank you all so much for the support and prayers and encouraging words. It helps me. I haven't had a meltdown since Sunday. And that's good. | | |
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Babel
By Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter
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Yes, I'm actually posting a blog. Your eyes are NOT deceiving you. It's been 4 freakin' months! oops! The reason I'm actually posting is because I once again have a matter of prayer. We found out Friday afternoon that my dad has prostate cancer. On top of the fact that he needs a kidney transplant and he got a pacemaker less than a year ago. It's been a bit much to take in. I moved to CO the end of September and all this took place after I moved. It's hard not to read more into it. It's hard not to move back to MI at the drop of a hat. It was hard to call work Friday night - a mere half hour after getting the news - and give them a heads up of where my head was going to be. They graciously gave me the night off. I don't think I was even in a state to drive to work. I'm frustrated and angry and asking God WHY?!?! Why does it have to be my dad? I just don't get it! And why does it have to be when I am so far away and all I want is to be a physical presence and source of strength for him. It's just...I don't know...I don't know. But then I try to remember what God has done in my life in the past year and what He continues to do and how He's using me in my parent's lives. And it all kind of fades. It doesn't take away the why's. But it's a small glimmer of hope...which is what I really need right now. My parent's are meeting with the urologist on Tuesday night - after hours. I don't know many doctors that have appointments after hours. The dr. will be able to outline more of a game plan after that. It's out of our hands. And as my dad so poignantly said, "My name's Jud, not Job!" Amen, Dad. Amen. | | |
| I haven't been this tired in forever...it's 5 AM and I feel like climbing in one of the only empty beds left on our floor. But I will have a patient come back from surgery soon...one who shouldn't even be on our floor but for some strange reason, tele floors are the medical/surgical wasteland on the weekends. And this is why I'm glad I worked med-surg for a year or so before specializing. My mom and sister fly out on Thursday! I can hardly wait to pick them up from the airport and start showing them around my new home. I'm still deciding on where to take them. What's going to be the most fun is that we're celebrating my birthday while they're out. We're going downtown to Rock Bottom Brewery Saturday night and then hanging out even more after that. And Mom's coming with! We'll see how long she lasts... I can't believe how busy I've been staying. I don't know where the weeks go anymore. You'd think I'd learn my lesson...yeah, right. I think I cram in so much stuff because I truly don't like to be bored. But even more than that...I don't like to be lonely. And that's the root of many things in my life God is opening up and sifting through. It's painful....it's messy....it's hard. But God is here through it all. He promised to help me stay true to my promise. When I don't obey, God gets to teach me some things. It's a very interesting view of God. But tis true. Enough for now. I feel like I'm rambling....and my eyes are so heavy. 2 more nights of work and then I get to clean my house and prepare for the fam-dam-ily and FearFactor. Oh, and the new Michael Buble CD...I love it. Ahhh. Blessings. | | |
| So Easter was snowy...but I had a great time with my friends here in Colorado. There was LOTS of food, talking, debating, game playing, and laughing. I had worked the night before and so went to the 9AM service on no sleep. Went home, caught a 2 hour nap, and then went over to the guys house. I ended up being there until 10:30 PM! It was a lot of fun and just relaxing.
Today, I went to the UPS Store to ship something and overheard a woman talking about Belize. Turns out she's FROM Belize and is heading back there soon. She was shipping some stuff back and so I interjected that I had been there recently. She's from Chaa Creek...where Dr. Rosita Arvigo is from! It was cool to make that connection. Well then I had the urge to call Renae, so glad I did! She was actually home! I really wish I would have had more classes with her. What an amazing woman...
God has been really good to me. It amazes me that I repeatedly don't remember all He has done and continues to do. I was at small group tonight and was just really letting God sift through some stuff in my life. And then someone started reading Psalms 23...something I haven't read in ages. It just seems so simplistic and cliche...but God uses those simple things to bring us back to Him. Thank you Lord. What really hit home was the part "Even though I walk through the shadow of death, you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
I thought I should include some recent photos. So here they are...
The hostesses from A Dual Housewarming Progressive Block Party
L to R: Seabrooke (my roomie), Stephanie, Kelda, and me
I love this picture...Natalie and I having a giggly moment...
One of my favorites from Easter Sunday...I'm enjoying some Riesling...mmmm!
Time to dig in...Natalie, me, Kelda, Ryan
Josh, Kelda, and Jef
Francita, Matt, and Mark
Thanks to all of you who have been lifiting my dad up in prayer...I am blessed to call you friends.
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