Please Pray For My Nephew

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Phyllis what a worry about your granddaughter.  I am so happy for all that she is doing well.  

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Phyllis, I'm so happy to hear your little greatgrandaughter had this successful surgery. What a worry that had to have been before she had it. Our families have truly been blessed this Christmas. I've never heard of tonsils doing that, the poor baby, and then you all having to deal with a problem like that too...  

Lynn, I'd be so happy to share all the snow you could want! I always hope for a white Christmas, but this is way too much!

Pam, you're SO right...a foot of snow is not a good thing! Four inches would suit me just fine too!
At noon the weather guy said they have changed the amount totals again. NOW it is AT LEAST 20 inches. And I thought 10 was going to be bad. Right where we live is in a corridor of extra heavy snow and he says the 20 inch  total could rise. The temps are going to nose dive too. Christmas is supposed to have a high of 5 and low of -8. We are going to freeze!

I just pray the roads are safe by Friday and of course by Christmas so that we can get to see Daniel. So far they are saying no snow Fri or Sat. One way or the other we will get there!! I couldn't disappoint him. We'll get there with his presents. I'll call my sister later and see how he is doing today. I know she will call and ask about him because I don't think it will be possible to drive there in this snow.

You all take care and be careful!!

Carolyn C

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Phyllis, I forgot to ask you, are you guys supposed to get hit with any of this snow storm that is hitting us? I haven't looked to see how far your way it is reaching. I know we are supposed to have this continuing through tonight and part of tomorrow. Even if you are on the edge that'd mean a lot of snow for you too. You all stay safe!

Carolyn C

[Sandy]

wow. here's hoping those of you in the snowbound midwest aren't snowed in on christmas. you guys out there----be careful, be safe.

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Thanks Sandy!  It is awful here. The snow is falling at 1-2" an hour and we will be getting blizzard like conditions. The weather guy says the worst is yet to come! For where I live it is now predicted we will get 20 PLUS inches of snow. The temperatures for Christmas have been revised too. Now it is a low of  minus 15. That is not wind chill, that is minus 15 period. The Weather Channel sent some one to Dayton to cover this "historic event." Aren't we lucky!?

Now for one positive thing about  this snow.....
Lora talked to the nurse at Harbor Side and asked if Daniel's big picture window had been opened up any today so he could see. They said they had pulled the blinds to the sides  and Daniel had been watching it snow all day and had been enjoying it and actually laughing about it. I guess he is loving all this snow!  The nurse said there is nothing new going on and that he is doing fine.

Carolyn C

[Sandy]

well, at least somebody likes all that snow!! you guys do have plenty of supplies at home i hope. food, etc

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I imagine the change of scenery looks pretty cool to Daniel! At least that will help out the boredom some by giving him something to watch.

Yes, thankfully, we do have a good supply of everything in the house. Even the dogs and birds have plenty of food for now! We  went to Dayton yesterday and bought a ham at the Honey Baked Ham Co.  for Christmas dinner. I'm having a hard time staying out of it too. I made sure my Dad has what he needs,hate him being alone during this storm. My brother lives only a few blocks away from him which is good. We very well may be snowed in out here even with a 4 wheel drive until we can get some one to plow out the drive. The wind is supposed to pick up to 35MPH. It just keeps getting better, doesn't it!

Lora said she talked to Daniel when she was there yesterday and told him about the big snow storm coming and that we might not get in to see him if it got real bad out. I still feel so bad that he is by himself like this, but he does understand.

Carolyn C

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I know family may not be able to be with Daniel on occasions but he's never by himself Carolyn - the staff cares and he's well looked after.  

I don't mind the storms as long as the power doesn't go out and I don't have to be any where.  On a couple of occasions we did sort of wish we had a fire place just in case.  We're not isolated so it's never long before we can get our car out.  

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Hi Gail, That is the great thing about the place Daniel is at. They do care about him and take good care of him. I know of some of them that spend their breaks and time off with him watching movies or talking to him. They are great people there and we are lucky.

Losing power is my fear in the winter. In the past couple years we bought a generator and also put in a propane gas log fireplace with a blower. Our house is total electric, so we have the fireplace for back up heat. We use it all the time though. It feels so great, is pretty, and has saved us a bundle on electric bills. We used to use our regular fireplace, but we no longer trust it without doing work to it. We know the chimney needs a liner and just haven't done it. It's in another room, so we could use it too if we ever get that done. Knowing we have the generator has given me a lot of peace of mind. I know we can still have elct. to pump our water from the well, have lights and frig. and freezer..all the things you worry about when the power goes out.
Last winter the gas fireplace saved us on several occasions when the power was off for hours. It puts out plenty of good heat!

Well, Daniel loved looking out the window at the snow Wed.  He's gonna really LOVE it when he sees out his window Thursday! The weather channel isn't up to date on the snowfall totals. It is DEEP! and now is blowing/drifting. Hope Phyllis is ok and also Carolyn S. I don't know how much they are getting. I'm not sure if any of this is getting up Dorothy, Cindy, and Donna's ways or not. Just hope everyone is warm and safe whether it is near here or other places!

Carolyn C

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Carolyn, I remember December when I was in the hospital.  My room overlooked a courtyard.  It snowed every day.  When I got there I could see shrubs out the window.  When I left all I could see was white.  It did make things interesting, watching all that stuff fall.  One nice thing, since you are in the hospital, no one can expect you to shovel the stuff.  Perhaps that is why Daniel was so happy!
I hope you are safe throughout this mess.  We are on the warm side.  We are getting rain and wind.  Much easier to drive around in.  Pam

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I know Daniel did always shovel snow at the church and at his house too, so you may be very right about that!  It is so beautiful to see all the snow, but what a pain to have to shovel.

At the moment we are snowed in. Charlie and I got in front of our garage cleared today, but there is a lot more to go before we get out of here. We are going to have to get the drive plowed and there was no one able to do that today and I'm worried if we can get it done Friday, but am determined to find someone. Our county and several surrounding ones were put on a level 3 emergency, which is the worst, and means no one except emergency people are allowed on the streets and roads. They were writing tickets to people that went out. The sheriff declared our county a snow disaster. Nice huh! The Dayton tv station even said the hospital for up here was closed. Didn't know you could close a hospital! The interstates were shut down for miles and coverage from the air showed a long parking lot. People had been sitting all night and today. They were going to start trying to rescue people with snowmobiles and try to get them in off the interstate.
At least we are warm and safe at home with power, food, all that we need. Our 2 dogs loved it out in the snow. One of them was so excited that he kept barking wanting to go right back out and play. We couldn't let him in the back yard because drifts were higher than we are and we were afraid of what could happen, so my babies had to be content to go out in the spot we had cleared and to play on the smaller drifts. So, we are basically fine, but I get this bit of panic when I know we can't get out to the road.

I haven't talked to my sister yet this evening to see what they told her about Daniel today. I'll call in a minute to find out and will let you know what I found out.

Yep, wind and rain would sure be better than all this we have! Glad you are able to get around up there, Pam! Hope everyone else is doing ok out there.

Carolyn C

[Lynn]

Thanks for reporting in, Carolyn.  I've been wondering how you were doing as well as all the other FTs in Indiana and Ohio.  I guess southern Illinois got it, too, but we are just bitter cold.  It would have been nice if we could all have had just a few inches for ambience and no one would have been snowed in, but I'm not in charge of the weather.  

Stay warm and safe.

Lynn

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Hi Lynn,
I haven't heard from any others yet here in Ohio and Ind. Earlier I IM'd Bryon and asked if they are ok. You know he is not that far north of me. Unfortunately for us we are in the exact spot that was hardest hit with the 20+ inches of snow and now below 0 temps. We're still in the emergency status here (our county) and I think I already told that our county is declared a snow disaster.

Last I heard, Daniel is doing fine and no news to report. I hope they are able to get enough people in there at Harborside to work and keep all going smoothly and safely.

 It may be a few years before I long for a white Christmas again!  

Carolyn C

[Phyllis]

Merry Christmas everyone
Carolyn and Lynn, yes we have 20+ also, there is so much here in town, they have front loaders out moving snow onto parking lots and etc. We also had no water in town, a Main broke not too far from the tower. Our son was able to get out to bring us bottled water. It has been quite an experience for Hollie. We are fine. All our little ones are well now, I'm so thankful.
Carolyn I'm so happy your nephew is coming along so well, I check nearly every day to get the update.
God Bless
phyllis

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Saw a picture of someone making a call from a phone booth in Cincinati (sp?) - yikes!  Those are sure some high snow banks.