We don't know our way around Wichita very well so Betty goes downstairs to ask the guys at the desk where the nearest wal-mart is. It happens to be a security guard and after looking her up and down with a look that says your crazy, he responds, your not from around here are you? She's like umm...no I'm from Stafford. He's like do you have someone going with you? She responds, yeah "my" 18 year old and my baby. He looks at her and says...your crazy! OK so note to self...being outside near St Francis after dark is not safe apparently.... He tells her that the closest walmart he would not send her too, unless she had a full body guard with her, shes like umm...Okay... . So he sends us to the one clear over on Kellogg.... He then ask if she at least had someone that could walk us out the van...
So we ask my uncle Dewayne if he would please walk us out to the van,. he was happy too!
We get out to the van and get loaded and off we go to walmart... The road we take there is one with lots of stop lights and lots of dark creepy corners, a place YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE AT 11:30 at night!!!! We finally find Kellogg and get on there and find walmart pretty easy... We get to walmart and go in and out in pretty decent time. We decided we were going to take a different route back to the hotel/hospital. One without so many stop lights and dark...creeepy...corners! lol We decide to get on Central to Broadway which is right there next to the hospital. Note to self..... Central does not stay central...Central turns into a completely different street...lets just say that the river was flowing on the road side of the road in the wrong direction... we saw parts of Wichita we never care to see again.... and yes, Betty can do u- turns in her 15 passenger van ;) We finally get back over to a familiar area and we find the Hyatt ( which is where our annual home school convention is held every year) and we decide to stop there for directions... we felt that was the "safe" place to stop... the guy told Betty- do you know how many people stop here for directions because this is considered the "safe" part?....lol and yes they do have security guards standing outside the front entrance to the hotel... ;) lol So we get directions and get on our way again. At this point my uncle Dewayne is calling asking us if we were OK....were like ya were fine...just a little lost! I think we had him rather worried at this point. He tells us to turn onto a street ( I can't remember names) so we find it and guess what....that street does NOT go the direction we need it too.....do you know how many one way streets are in the downtown area of Wichita? WAY TO MANY!!! So were like Okay then...well....now what? We never thought we'd consider doing something illegal, such as run a stop light, or a stop sign to get a police escort back to the hotel but we did consider it a few times HAHA... long story short....we finally find a road that took us back to the hospital/hotel area and we find the hotel no problem. Since it was pushing midnight at this point we decided to wait and see Grandma in the morning and go get some sleep. We entertained the family when we got back with our adventurous story. I think this beats an another adventurous trip we've had together ( but that's another post, another time) LOL Yes, we are scary when we get together, but we always have a ton of fun!!!! ;) We'll see what kind of trouble we can get into at this years home school convention in June ;)
We wake up bright and early Wed morning and get dressed, and get some breakfast and head over to the Hospital to see Grandma. She was pretty rough looking, as they had to shave all but one strip of hair and there was bandages and tubes everywhere, but she wasn't quite as bad as I had imagined. She was pretty alert too which was surprising. She even told the nurse Good morning and said "ouch" when they poked her foot. This was an improvement, as she was not talking at all when we first took her into the ER. She really enjoyed watching Hannah, she would follow Hannah's movements with her eyes, and her whole face would light up when we would bring Hannah into the room. It was good to see her show some good emotion and see her smile again. We were all very thankful to have Betty there through all this. I couldn't of done it without her! ;) I think she was good for everyone!!! We even managed to have a lot of fun and lots of laughs in the processes ;) We visited for quite awhile and just hung out. Around 1:30 or so Betty and I decide we should probably head back to Stafford. We stop in Yoder on the way and eat our favorite Amish place for lunch. It was really good and a nice change after eating Cafeteria food at the hospital. We eat and get back on the road again.
It's also miss cookie-pickles ( Heidi's) Birthday. She is 6! This big sister can't believe it!! I"m not sure where these last 6 years have gone! We get home in time to wrap presents and whip up some supper and a birthday cake for a small birthday party that evening. We came home exhausted but happy. I also come home to find out that the radiator in my pick-up decided to go out... Brad thinks he can fix it but it'll be a few days. I was planning on being back at the Hammonds either Wednesday night or Thursday morning...but God had other plans....I enjoyed some extra unexpected time with my "other family" and we just hung out and enjoyed each others company. It ended up being Saturday night before Brad got it completely fixed. By Friday evening Mrs Hammond was ready to come get me. We think the pickup will be fixed by Saturday morning so I tell her to hold off for little bit. He gets it fixed on Saturday but it was to late to head home by the time its completely fixed, so I wait and head home Sunday morning. I made it to Garden in time to meet Chay for lunch before we head out to her house. I enjoyed every minute I got with the Eisenhours, but I was also glad to be back! I was missing the Hammond's horribly at this point, as I had become rather attached through all this, and I could tell they were glad to have me back ;) Though...I can't wait for another stay at the Eisenhours hopefully sometime soon! I adjust to being back home and get back into the swing of things at work. Grandma got moved out ICU on Saturday night and we were told it was going to be a good week, maybe longer, before she would be stable enough to be transported back here for Rehab. However, God worked another miracle. As we were sitting down to eat supper Sunday night, my phone goes off....its mom. First thing she says is: Does Dana's Tahoe have a 3rd seat? So I asked Dana and she responds yes, but then continues with but WAIT....who is it? I'm like Mom, shes like OH OK...ya it has a 3rd seat. I proceed to ask mom why she needed Dana's Tahoe? She's like there releasing Grandma either tomorrow or Tuesday and if we have a vehicle we can lay her down comfortably in , there gonna let her come home by vehicle instead of by Ambulance. Were all really excited at this point! We were all ready to have mom home and it was going to be great to have grandma's rehab right here in Garden. Dana is more then happy to head to Wichita whenever they release Grandma, and they decide to have my Grandma Thys ( dads mom) come with them so that encase something would happen, they'd have a 3rd adult with them ( she's a RN as well). However, later that night mom texts Dana and tells her that Grandpa decided to come as well and they have an excursion so she didn't need Dana to come to Wichita after all. I wake up Monday morning and head to work. About an hour later, Dana texts me saying that she for sure was not going to Wichita and that my Grandparents and Rebekah were headed to Wichita. They came through Garden City on their way and dropped Jacob off at a friends of his and I also meet them for lunch real quick too. I get back out to the Hammonds around 6:00 or so that evening and get informed by Dana that now there not sure there going to let Grandma go by vehicle, that they were now saying she was going to have go by ambulance. Mom was beyond mad and said she was going to let the nurses have it. Yes, the nurses were throwing a fit, not the DR's. The DR's were completely OK with Mom bringing Grandma back, the nurses on the other hand.... Dana was getting rather annoyed at this point and was ready to go let the nurses have it her self. However, we figured with both mom and grandma thys on their case we didn't have to much to worry about. Sure enough, mom and grandma eventually won, though I guess the nurses put on a pretty good fight. Grandma finally asked them if they were going to pay for the Ambulance ride back to Garden, they all the sudden were OK with them bringing her by vehicle! LOL. They made it back to Garden around 5:30 or so Tuesday evening. They got Grandma settled into the nursing home and then came back to the house and we all enjoyed a wonderful meal that our amazing church family brought in. Grandma and Grandpa headed back that night. We were all glad to finally be back under one roof, together again after being separated for over 2 weeks. Not that I didn't enjoy staying out at my amazing best friends house, I loved every minute of it! Her and her family are simply amazing and we could not have done it without them ;) We are so blessed to have them as a part of our family.
We spent the rest of that week enjoying each others company, and trying to get caught up on sleep, along with house cleaning and laundry. We are finally caught up on everything I think. We are even getting back into a normal school routine! Grandma is doing really good!!! She doing Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, and Speech therapy and so far doing really good in all of them. The Dr and nurses are all very pleased with her progress so far. We still have a long ways to go but were on the downhill slide I think. Were excited to hopefully get our old Grandma back.
It has only been by the grace of God and our amazing friends and friends that we have survived all of this. We couldn't of done it without each and everyone of them. We are so blessed! :) We serve an awesome and might God! :) Below is a song that I think is very fitting! It has several meanings to me! It is also my "Baby sister" Hannah's theme song as well... :)
That's what Faith can do by: Kutless.. ;)
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think its more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta
To find the silver lining
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can!
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise
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