We are so grateful for all of you who want to pray for and visit Maxine. She will forever be grateful for your love, support and prayers. Please continue to pray for her. At this time, the hospital is not accepting visitors, but we will let you know as soon as she is ready to see all of your friendly faces. Thank you again and please continue to pray.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

October 18th

Grandma was moved on Thursday to a new place. It is called Accel at Willow Bend. It is a beautiful nursing/rehabilitation center.

She is allowed to be there for up to 100 days. We are praying that she gets strong enough that she only needs to be there for a few more weeks.

She would love visitors. Because the physical therapy is not on a schedule, she would ask that people call first to make sure that she is available. 469-348-3236.

Here is the address. It is very close to Willow Bend Mall off of Park and the Tollway.
 2620 Communications Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

We would love for her to have visitors! She is a social woman, and I know that she misses seeing all of you. 

Currently, she has swelling in a foot, and still has no access to her arms. She wont be able to use them to do anything until the heart surgeon signs off on her. We are hoping this will be only a week more.

Here is the address to where she is currently staying. Please give her a call if you cannot visit. She needs the encouragement. 

Thank you all for your prayers and please keep praying for her. She is a strong woman, but this is a difficult road. Only God can get her through this, and we know He can. 

This will be the last blog post as I head back to Guatemala on Tuesday. 

For updates, please call her. She is completely able to talk and hold a great conversation...just don't catch her at a grumpy time:)

Blessings to you all, and thank you so much for your prayers.

Sarah (Her favorite Grandchild)




Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 8th

Today was a difficult day for Grandma. I arrived at 7:30. She had a picc line put in last night to get her medicine put in because her veins are so bad.

The nurses did not know that they were supposed to wait for an x-ray to make sure that the picc line was put in correctly. Apparently, according to the doctors, this is ridiculous that they did not know.

Makes us worried for her. Some of the staff is fabulous. Some are not so fabulous.

Today she found out that she has a blood clot in each leg. They are in her superficial veins, which apparently is better than other veins. They are giving her two blood thinners right now to get the clots to go away.

Please pray that she does not fall or get cut at all. This could cause serious bleeding and be detrimental.

Grandma will be leaving the rehab hospital around the 15th and going to the Prestonwood nursing and rehab facility until she gets better. Please pray that she can continue to work towards her goals of going home.

Pray that God will give her peace and joy in Him.

Thanks so much for your prayers, sweet cards, and flowers. They brighten her day!

Sarah

Monday, October 6, 2014

October 6, 2014

Today was not a good day. Grandma did well in her rehab, but the rehab hospital is frustrating us. She has had wonderful physical therapists, and the doctors seem to know what they are doing, but the nurses never seem to know how to take care of her. It's like none of them are reading their notes on how to take care of her.

If anyone knows of a rehab hospital in the Plano area that they can recommend, we would be happy to hear about it. She should only be here for another 9 days, but if things stay the way they have, 9 days is too long.

Pray for her not to be anxious in her walking with the physical therapists. Pray for her to trust in the Lord to protect her, and to take deep breaths. The Psych doctor does not think that she needs to be on anxiety medicine, but taught her how to take deep breaths to calm herself down. Pray that she remembers how to do these breaths and will do them.

Pray for her to have strength and confidence in her walking, but pray that she can remember the things that the PT's are telling her.

Pray for her wounds to heal. She has a few and they are slow to heal.

Pray for her swelling to go down. Her kidneys are not functioning well and her legs are swelling.

Pray for peace for her. She is frustrated, as we all would be. But, pray that she has peace in the Lord.

Finally, please pray for wisdom for us. We want to move her if she is not going to get good care, but we do not know where she will get the best care. We want her to get better.

Thanks for your prayers.

Sarah

Saturday, October 4, 2014

October 4th

Grandma has been doing really well on her walking. Today her blood pressure dropped a lot. She had a bad day. They had to give her an IV, and they put her back on Oxygen.

She was very discouraged today. Please pray for her to find her joy in the Lord and to be encouraged.

Thank you all for all of your prayers!

Sarah