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Get Well Cards #10

Hi Stampers :

 Happy Thursday friends !

I am very blessed by all of you who sent me get well wishes  you will never know how you have touched my heart!

 These AWESOME cards came from :

• Tracy Bradley
• Mary K Wessling
• Lisa Anne Crispi
  

It seems like my whole life  turned upside down  that day I fell  and  I must admit  over the last few weeks I have had a few pitty party days .
( Very Thankful for my hubby's big shoulders to cry on) .

I  think Leslie said it all  on the very 1st day I met her  for PT in my home . She said with the last 2 knee replacements ( 2005/ 2007)   both were scheduled  and with this  accident  totally out of the blue turned everything upside down. 

The  little things I miss the most  cooking / cleaning / driving etc...  in some ways I feel  so helpless.  The progress is moving along  I just wish it were quicker . I get tired  sitting up  for more than 1-2 hours. Doctor says this will get better in time,  just alot of healing going on in my leg right now .

Getting more stable in my walking  but still have to  think  going up and down stairs .... Up with the good / Down with the bad .

The Goal  is to have me walking  as if NO one would ever know  what has happened .Very Thankful  for everyone who has/had  a part in my healing and recovery  and so very Blessed  to have all of you praying for me .  

Seen the  Doctor  who did my surgery on Monday and he is pretty impressed with how far I have come in 3 weeks with such an massive surgery .

He gave mea Rx for 4  weeks of out patient therapy, Which therapy   starts today ... my 1st appointment  was Tuesday was mainly assessment on my in home PT progress and where I am right now .   I am happy to report since last friday with Leslie

• Friday I got to 80 degrees myself
• Tuesday I got to 88 degrees ( cold bend ) 

• Friday with Leslie was 92 degrees
• Tuesday  with Ashley ( out patient ) 95 degrees ( cold bend )

I was seriously so happy that I actually  got better  when I thought  I would have a set back  from Friday - Tuesday with no Therapist  for 4 days and just me doing all the excerises myself ~ Praise God ! 

Earlier  this week I was able to film a video which hasn't happened since Jan 31, 2013  when I fell . I am so excited to say that video will be posted tomorrow .  Thank you all so much  for your patience through all this .

 1 thing that I really  miss is making  videos and having fun stamping with all of you . Not sure when everything will be rolling at 100% but we are getting there 1 day at a time  & I am very  excited.

Not sure how long but hopefully very soon we will be back to stamping together again via my videos on Thursdays and Fridays. 

Just know I am missing all of you as much as you are missing me .

Sending BIG hugs to all of you !!!  

Have a Great day !

Until later..Happy Stampin!

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Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Get Well Cards #9

Hi Stampers:

Happy Wednesday Friends !

Here are so more beautiful cards  that showed up in my mail box .

These  beauties are from :

• Jodi Bennett
• Mary Fish
• Shelly Lanthier
  

Thank you girls from the bottom of my heart !

Have a Wonderful Wednesday friends !

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Get Well Cards #8

Hi Stampers :

Happy Tuesday  friends !

More HAPPY mail .

This adorable card and flowers are from Glitter Queen Lori Sheteron .

Thank you from the bottom of my heart .

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Get Well Cards #7

Hi Stampers :

Happy Monday friends !

Here are so more beautiful cards I  recieved .

These cards came from :

• Marianne Hutchins
• Deanna Wetz
• Ruby Agne
• Sally & Lilly Wilsher
  

Thank you from the bottom of my heart !

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Dawn's Sunday Share 2-24-2013

Hi Stampers :

Happy Sunday Friends !

Day #24 ~  3 weeks post surgery.  Tomorrow I have  my follow up with Dr. Hubers  and if all goes as planned I  will be  starting out patient  theraphy  Tuesday .

Out patient means  working on big equipment ( Treadmill/ Bike/ Leg press machine etc..) to get my leg/thigh ( quad) better . Leslie  said  I should have out patient  theraphy for 4 weeks possible 6. 

My 8 visits with Leslie ended this past Friday  and  she got me to 92 degrees  bend on my knee  YAHOO!

Last Saturday I stopped taking Xarelto  and started aspirin theraphy Sunday and will be on that until March 1, 2013. Very thankful  I didn't have to do Coumadin or Heparin and that also ment NO  blood draws with Xarelto . So this makes me a very happy camper :).

I am sleeping alittle better now and  going down stairs  PRAISE GOD! .

I go downstairs only when someone is here with me. It's feels so GREAT to be in my Stamping space again . But  then again any change of scenery  from laying in bed  all day... even sitting in my living room is  such a blessing.

I have been making my Feb Thank you notes and getting caught up (Thank you again  for picking me to be your demonstrator  and  your patience  through all this with me.)

Hubby did get me out of the house Thursday  and took me out to dinner. That was AMAZING too. We figured we should do a  test run  getting out  since we will be going out to see the Dr. on Monday  and  Snow was coming Friday... so Thursday was the day .

Thank you all again for all your well wishes and Prayers . I love you all . 

P.S   Hubby has been downstairs working on my stamping room  . I actually started a video back in Oct 2012  and  adding to it  as  progress is made in  the new stamping area . We  figure it may take a year or so to finish  but we will have it all on video  to post when it is all done . 

So far hubby has started on the trey ceiling  and also  drywalled my tanning bed area  and also  closed off the  furnace area  which will be for Christmas storage and his workshop . 

Here is my Sunday  share video for you today .

 

Until later.... Happy Stampin!  

Get Well Cards #6

Hi Stampers :

Happy Friday  Friends !

Here are More Beautiful cards .

These cards are from :

• Donna Griffith
• Marlene Robins
  
• Lynda Faser
  

Thank you  from the bottom of my heart !

P.S  Yesterday I was able to go down stairs to my Stamping room  Praise God !  My Stamp room never looked so Beautiful!

I have been stamping a little at a time up stairs to try and get caught up on my Thank you notes, But stamping in my studio is SOOOO much better ~  Such a Happy place !

New Lease on Life !

 I am embracing it ALL with a smile on my Face !  It's all about the Journey and I am on my way  one step at a time .

Until later... Happy Stampin!

Get Well Cards #5

Hi Stampers :

Happy Thursday friends !

I got this beautiful Get well Cookie Bouquet  from my Stampers Club Girls

• Gina Wrona
• Carol Grant
• Holly Gromek
• Janet Baier
• Laura Wilsher
• Laurie Novakoski
• Peggy Waite

So Yummy  and OH so pretty  those Purple  and Turquoise Flowers and Butterflies .

The cards  are from Gina  and her 2nd Grade Catechism class . Aren't they just the sweetest cards . Thank you little stampers :)

Also I wanted to show you  what  Peggy gave me when I delivered her  order for club night right before my fall .

Pickle Candy Canes . I  have never seen those before and they are really  good too... as you can tell (1) is missing from the package LOL! .

Thank you from the bottom of my heart girls !

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Get Well Cards #4

Hi Stampers :

Happt Wednesday friends !

I recieved this Get well package  from our  friends Patty and Paul Chenail.  Then next day I recieved  this beautiful  card  from Patty .

The day of the accident Patty was going to come  and take care of me . I told her NOT to do that and  good thing cause she would have missed all the 24 inches of snow she got in CT  .... BUT now she has kinked her back from shoveling  and  now I am thinking she could come  and see me and my PT girl Leslie  could take care of both of us LOL .

Thank you  from the bottom of my heart Patty  and Paul !

Until Later.... Happy Stampin

Get well Cards #3

Hi Stampers :

Happy Tuesday Friends !

More Amazing goodies to share with you today .

Thank you so much

• Gail Russell
• Debbie Buchanan
• Linda Callahan
  

Thank you  from the bottom of my heart !

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

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Hi Stampers :

Happy Monday friends !

Here are some  more Beautiful cards I have recieved  from so many of you .

These cards are from :

• Jan Mougel
• Cindy Dicks
• Pat Lemont
  

Thank you from the bottom of my heart !

Until later.. Happy Stampin !

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Dawn's Sunday Share 2-17-2013

Hi Stampers:

Happy Sunday Friends !

Well it is day #17  and I must say I am feeling better every day . Still need  my walker when walking  & haven't left the house since I came home from the hospital .

I haven't been able to sleep well at night seems I have a hard time getting comfortable . My PT girl says this is totally normal  and should get better  by week 3 . 

I want to send you all BIG hugs  for all your  wonderful  cards /gifts I have recieved . You all make me smile . I will be sharing  more of your  beautiful  cards and gifts this upcoming  week

My PT girl ( Leslie )  says this upoming week  we may be trying the stairs YAHOO!  I mentioned to  her  once she got me down there I may not want to come back up. She is actually pretty excited to see my  stamping room too ... NOT as excited as me though !!!!

For Valentines Day Hubby got my a new Pandora Braclett charm  and said he went in  and asked if they have a Broken Femur  charm ~ Nope~   so he got me the next best thing .... A Wish Bone  How sweet is that ( see photo) .

We both laughed  even though we both do NOT need anything to remind us of  all this for a very long time ...But the Wish Bone  makes it sweet .

After I told Jessie what Daddy got me  she said he should have asked if they had a Zipper charm LOL!  ... OH my I swear those two think so much alike  it's scary .

Besides the Beautiful Charm he also got me 2 dozen roses  and  he also stopped at the Bakery and picked up  Fresh Baklava and Cannoli .

Jessie and Pat came over Friday and made us dinner ( Chicken tacos YUMMY) and while Hubby and Pat went out to Bass Pro shop Jessie and I got to  hang out  and she did my hair and painted my toe nails.

I am still ashamed of how ugly my toes were YIKES!  but they are super cute now ready for my 3 week check up with the surgen on  Monday the 25th.

The Bruises on my hands and arms are just now starting to fade Praise God!

The staples  came out Thursday and Thank Goodness my PT girl said to Ice  up really good beforehand  I have about 20 or so that were embeded  and hurt  pretty bad when coming out .

I kept them ( see photo)  maybe we can think of something to make with 83 staples ...

It was such a relief to get the staples out. Click HERE for the photo with the staples out  .

Friday we got my knee to bend at 80 degrees now mind you  that is NOT me doing all the bending  BUT my PT girl Leslie doing 90% of it. But it will come  one day .

Thursday was also the 1st day I put my tennis shoes on  and WOW  that was super great . Hubby is still helping me in and out of the shower Praise God !

One of my best things through  all this has been my leg lifter . With my past Knee replacements I used my Robe belt to help lift my leg  But  since then they have come out with this fancy leg lifter .

BEST thing ever !

Thank you all again for your prayers .

Have a Wonderful Sunday  friends !

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Happy Valentines Day !

Hi Stampers:

Happy Valentines Day friends !

Here is the card we made at my stampers club meeting lastmonth .

Here are the supplies used on todays card :

Rose Red card stock #102544

Very Vanilla card stock #101650

More Amore Designer paper #129309

Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon #121884

Linen Thread #104199

Word Window Punch #119857

Handheld 1/16"punch # 101227

Hearts a Flutter Framelits #130159

Silver Glimmer paper #124005

Small Heart punch#117193

Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set 

• (w)#115370
• (c)#127802

Until later... Happy Stampin!

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Get well cards #1

Hi Stampers :

Happy Wednesday Friends !

I thought I would share a few cards  that I have recieved from so many of you .

Today's cards came from:

• Cindy Elam
• Rita Santos
• France Martin
  

Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart !

Over the next week or so I will be sharing them with you.

Tomorrow I will be sharing  with you the 2nd card we made at my stampers club  night last month  .

The crazy thing is I was going to do a video on that card for you but since tomorrow is Valentines Day  and I  won't be going downstairs  before then

so.... I will do  the same video  but change things  up a bit  when I am able to go downstairs .

Great news my PT girl says we will probably be  working on stairs next week if all goes as planned YAHOO! :) .

Tomorrow I will be getting the staples removed ... I would really appreciate your prayers  around 11:30 am tomorrow  that the process  goes quickly and  without to much discomfort .  After all I have been through I am assuming the staple removal should be a breeze ~ I am trying positive :).

TMI ?  My hubby has been so amazing through all this . You know it is LOVE when for the last 13 days I lay around in my PJ's/underwear with my leg proped up no make up and not feeling very pretty  and he says to me ....Baby  You're HOT ! He's so awesome ! 

Side Note :My photo editing program is on my main computer downstairs  so the photos are not the best  and I am not  sure how to add the watermark for your name to your card ( I hope to fix them  when things get back to normal )

Thank you all again for your prayers  and well wishes 

I love you all !

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Sent with Love .

Hi Stampers :

Happy Monday friends !

I am alittle late in posting this announcement But the great thing is the Sent with love kit will be available until April 30th YAHOO!!

Click HERE for  the Sent with Love flyer .

*When you purchase the Pretty Bundle you save 20%

P.S Since I'm not able to go downstairs and stamp I thought I would try and share some of the beautiful cards I have recieved from so many of you .

Please note I have no access to my main computer  which is also downstairs and my photo editing program which is also on that computer.. I am just winging it .

Thank you all again for you encourgement /Prayers &  your beautiul cards ~ You all made me smile !!

Until Later... Happy Stampin!

Dawn's Sunday Share 2-10-2013

Hi Stampers :

Happy Sunday Friends !

I thought I would post for my Sunday Share on what all happened with my leg. Seems there was a little confusion on what happened since my hubby and daughter were both trying to keep everyone updated on face book.

Hubby and I were walking across the parking lot and I fell Thursday morning . I seriously  thought I went down so gracefully but when I looked up & seen my hubby's face I knew something was really wrong Plus I couldn't feel my right leg at all . When I looked at my leg below my knee it was laying to the right of my thigh bent backwards  .

Hubby some how got me in my car and drove to the hospital, and while driving my leg kept getting bigger but still no pain( yet) .

Once we got to the hospital they had to get me out of my car . They got me on a stretcher and wheeled me in to the ER cut my jeans off  and put in IV then called my Doctor who did my knees back in 2005/ 2007 .

My Doctor came in and said he looked at the X rays and said he would not be able to do the surgery that it was way out of his league. he recommened (2) specialist one for reconstructive and one for Trama surgery .Praise God I had both doctors  work on my leg .

The Xray showed I broke my FemurBUT my knee replacement from 2005 was in place  and didn't break  BUT where the femur broke there was nothing to attach a hindge to my knee to my femur . It was Shattered

The next step was to put my leg in Traction  and get the femur straight enought for surgery .

Click HERE for another photo. Just know that it is gauze wrapped around the pins in that photo  That's all  with a Black marker I assume that marks  the bottom of my knee or something ..

Next they had to  drill into my bone with 2 pins and putting 20lb weights at the end of my bed to stretch my femur ( see photo) All this took place that day Thursday Jan 31, 2013  .

Friday Dr Hubers came in and said he was hoping to get me into surgery at 2 or 4pm Friday turned out surgery was at  4ish and I remember waking up in my room at 12:45 am Saturday..

I ended up with at least a 13 inch incesion  with 80 staples (Click HERE for that photo) , a brand new larger knee replacement  and a  Hindge w/a new rod that goes up 5 inches into my femur Plus I needed 2 units of blood Plus Lots of Bruises on my arms and leg.

I seriously felt like a pin cushion with IV / blood draws/ drain tube/ Staples etc... All that to say PRAISE GOD I still have my leg.

I am currently have a home nurse  come in 2 times a week and a Physical Therapist 3 times a week . I am not able to sit very long and or walk or do stairs ( Stamping studio is down stairs).doing most of my excerises in bed ankle bends / butt squeezes /knee presses  and lots of ice for swelling .

I will be getting my Staples removed this upcoming Thursday . Looks like I need to be well iced for that proceedure. My follow up  with my surgen will be the Feb 25th .

I am able to walk to the kitchen and back to bed and of course to the bathroom with a walker .

I want to thank you all for your sweet comments / cards/ well wishes and prayers . I still find it hard to even look at my leg with all the stitches seems like it really isn't my leg or it's something out of a horror film~maybe it will be better after the staples come out ... we shall see .

One thing that Blessed me was that all of you  know me  and know that I am consistent in posting to my blog  and when this all happened  you all knew something was wrong  since I had not posted in a few days . I can't make promises  about my blog postings during my recovery But I will try.

Thank you all so much  for your understanding

and all your prayers .

Here is my Sunday Share video for you today .

 

Until later... Happy Stampin !

February Thank you notes video ...

Hi Stampers :

Click on over to my STAMPING STUDIO for todays video .

Until Later... Happy Stampin!

Accident....

Hi Stampers:

Just wanted you all to know I had a accident last Thursday morning and have been in the hospital . I came home from the Hospital Monday afternoon. I will try and get a post with all that has happened this last week .

Thank you all for you concern and prayers as I recover from major knee surgery.

Until Later..Happy Stampin!