"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10
Welcome to our blog!
I am not sure how much writing we will do but we will be adding pictures from time to time. We began our blog in Romania where we lived for over nine years. The Lord called us to Romania in 1998 (arriving in Feb. 1999). We had an amazing adventure with Him. He allowed us to see him minister in many ways in Romania. We were able to see first hand political and economic changes but also enjoy its beauty when we were out in the countryside. Checkout the Bucharest and Romania slideshows on this blog.
We are now back in Texas waiting to see what the Lord has planned for us.
After Jordan was out of the hospital we headed back to Belton. Melinda's mother arrived a few days later for us to celebrate her birthday at our house with us and my sister and her family. We enjoyed the day being with everyone.Nana with her seven grandchildren (l to r) - Nathaniel, Kelly, Jeremy, Nana, Jordan, Kimberly, Natalie and Kyle.
When you hear about someone getting their tonsils out do you think it is a minor surgery? Well we have learned IT IS NOT!
Jordan needed to have his tonsils out. He never had tonsillitis when he was younger. It has been within the last year that Jordan has started having problems. He decided he wanted to have them done in Mount Pleasant where Melinda's mother lives and where he stays when not in school.
On Monday, August 11th checked into Titus Regional Medical Center to have his tonsils removed. Melinda and Nana, her mother sat in the waiting room waiting to hear all went well. The surgery started at 10:25 and at 10:45 the doctor came out and said all went well. He told us that indeed the tonsils were really bad. Jordan's tonsils had stones in them (spongy like) that causes bacteria and infections.
Well soon after that the doctor returned to tell us that Jordan had started hemorrhaging and he needed to my (Melinda) permission to do a tracheotomy so Jordan could breathe. I said yes! I think it was two hours later when we learned they finally had been able to get the bleeding stopped. Two other surgeons had been called in to help. Jordan's throat was packed with gauze. Jordan had been given two units of blood since he had lost so much. Jordan was sent up to ICU to recover.
Jordan on Tuesday, August 12th in ICU.
Jordan was kept sedated until Thursday, the day after the packing was removed from his throat. It took him a couple of days to realize what was going on but still not fully understanding what happened.
Roger, Kyle and Nathaniel arrived on Tuesday, the 12th. Nathaniel was able to stay until Wednesday afternoon then returned on Saturday and spent the night with Jordan when he went to a regular room. Kyle headed to Tyler on the 15th and Roger returned to Belton on the 16th (to prepare to preach at FBC Belton on the 17th).
Yes on Saturday afternoon, the 16th, Jordan was doing well enough to move to a regular room. His throat was looking good but was still being monitored because of the trach.
Jordan was given steroids to help reduce the swelling in his throat so the trach could come out. On Monday Jordan's doctor brought a scope in to check out Jordan's throat. Everything looked good so he removed Jordan's trach. Jordan's neck was bandaged to help the trach area to start closing. No stitches. This is one area that will closed on its own.
On Tuesday afternoon Jordan was released to go home. Hurrah! Thank you Lord!
Please pray for Jordan as his throat continues to heal and also for the trach area to close and heal quickly. He can feel air still going in and out so it is bothering him.
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
Thank you Lord was taking care of Jordan and healing his body. Thank you for being with us all during this time. We love you Lord! Thank you for loving us! Amen
My own personal soapbox. We all have our opinions about life. Some we share and some we keep hidden in our hearts and minds. I have decided to share my thoughts about life. You may or may not agree with what I say but hopefully you will think, study and realize we are all different in our appearance, the way we are raised, and how we perceive others. Thus we each have our own soapbox.
Melinda
Our oldest son, Nathaniel is a 2002 graduate of BucharestChristianAcademy and a 2006 graduate of University of Mary Hardin-Baylorin Texas. He is married to the former Kelly Godfrey (also an UMHB graduate). They were married June 25, 2005. Nathaniel works for Gulf Coast Paper Company. After teaching four years Kelly is now a stay at home Mom. Yes they have blessed us with a beautiful granddaughter, Avery! She was born May 21, 2009.
Jordan and Kristi
Jordan
Jordan graduated from BCA in 2005 and from Union University in December 2009. His degree was in Business Management. He is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Union. Jordan is a 2nd Lieutenant in the National Guard. He will be continuing his education at seminary to become an Army chaplain. He is engaged to be married to Kristi Lindley on November 20th.
Uncle Kyle and Avery
Kyle
Kyle graduated from Bucharest Christian Academy, May 2008. He will begin his junior year at Union University in August. He is also in Lambda Chi Alpha. Of course that is the only fraternity Jordan would let Kyle join. Kyle joined the Tennessee National Guard in December 2008 and went through Army basic training and AIT in the summer and fall 2009.
Nana with her seven grandchildren (l to r) - Nathaniel, Kelly, Jeremy, Nana, Jordan, Kimberly, Natalie and Kyle.
Nana with her seven grandchildren (l to r) - Nathaniel, Kelly, Jeremy, Nana, Jordan, Kimberly, Natalie and Kyle.
Mother with her two daughters, Nancy and Melinda.
