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This was originally typed on Wednesday, July 16th. For some apparent reason, it didn’t post.  Who knows what happened.  It was a LONG day, and I guess I didn’t hit enter.  I will try and update the latest soon, but right now,  I have tons of monogramming to do.  I will just say things are better.

Good news first. We FINALLY signed the papers on our house Monday evening. It didn’t look like we were going to be able to do it on Monday, but the law office got it done. It was yet another road block or miss communication, but it is too much to explain. All I can say is that it got done thanks to the law office, and we were able to sign the papers on Monday. On Tuesday, the insurance lady came out to take pictures and Wes had to sign some papers. As she was here, we discovered on our appraisal that the lady didn’t square footage wrong. She had our back porch being smaller than the front porch. The back porch runs almost the whole back of the house. She also forgot to include one of the dormers. We also noticed on the closing papers that they had the wrong amount for the appraisal and we were having to pay PMI too long. We took it down to the bank, and the loan officer said he would check on it. He called me today and said it had been taken care of. On Monday, they had us paying PMI til 2013, but it was suppose to be 2010. I don’t want to pay that longer than we have to, but it is now tax deductible. The appraisal lady called and she is going to come back out and re-do the square footage.

The man came on Monday to fix the whole in the upstairs tub. It did a great job, but the smell from what he sealed it will about killed me. I don’t know how he stayed up there in that bathroom with it. We still haven’t heard from the painter as to when he will be back to finish. Aaron will be coming back he hopes sometime soon to help us do a few things. He said if it would ever rain, he would be able to get back.

Now for the bad news. Wes hasn’t been feeling well. We had hoped that when he stopped taking the beta blockers that he would start feeling better. He says he felt a little better for a few days, but the last few days he has felt horrible. He cannot walk up our stairs without giving out and becoming winded. He takes the steps one at a time, so he shouldn’t be feeling that way. He also starts coughing when he does it. Also, if he lays back too much in the recliner, he starts coughing or get a rattling in his chest. He sleeps most all of the day, and will wake up during the night and stay up for a while. He isn’t as pale as he has been, but he still doesn’t have his color back. He didn’t do his cardio rehab today, b/c he just didn’t think he could make it. While she was checking his breathing, he felt like he was going to pass-out as he was taking the deep breaths. I called Dr. Burkett’s office and they said to head on that way. His appointment was at 2:15, but they would try to work him in. We got there about 11:30, and went back between 12:30 and 1. Dr. Burkett is puzzled as to what might be going on. He listed several things, but everything has checked out ok. He thought maybe fluid, but he didn’t hear anything and he had that checked with a chest x-ray and echo-cardiogram today. They also did blood work and everything checked out ok. They were still waiting on one test from the blood to come back when we left his office at 5 today. He was afraid there might have been a blood clot on the upper left part of the heart, but that checked out ok on the echo. He said that when you have heart surgery, the heart sac fills up with fluid and it usually all drains out on its own. However, sometimes the upper left part doesn’t and a clot forms, but that checked out. He said that is very dangerous and you have to go in and get the clot out. (He said he only sees this about once or twice a year. Wes started to ask him how many he had had already this year) Thank goodness that wasn’t the case. Another thing he said it might be is when you have surgery like this, one side of the diaphragm can become paralyzed and it will take months to fix itself, but that checked out ok on the chest x-ray. He asked us several questions about the surgery, b/c he hasn’t gotten the report from the doctor in Houston. He said he called him but Dr. Lawrie had been out of town. He asked which artery they used and he said usually those arteries last a life time b/c it is an artery to an artery. He said the next step would be what he didn’t want to do but to stress test him. Wes was afraid he was going to say heart cath, and he said oh no. He said I hate to do this stress b/c you have been through so much, but you have always been right. He said you have always told me something was wrong and when we would stress you we would see it. The only problem is they cannot do it til Monday. His tech is out on vacation, and there is no one else to do it. He could pull one from the hospital, but that happened last week and the hospital got mad. He could have it done at the hospital, but he wouldn’t be able to be there and a radiologist would read it not him. He said I would prefer you do it here since I am familiar with you, but you can have it done wherever you want it done. He was going to wait on the echo too, but when Wes told him he was having trouble focusing with his eyes he said ok we are doing this today. I just wish they could have done the stress test today. I hate this waiting and I hate seeing Wes feel this way. I will call tomorrow to check on the other result we were waiting on and maybe see if we can get it done before Monday. He just isn’t feeling right and I don’t want to wait longer if something is wrong.

Well, I need to try and get someone to sleep. Today has been a long day, and the bug man is coming early in the morning to spray for spiders. I will update when we know something with the test they were waiting on and to see if we can get the stress test done sooner. Later…..

The doctor’s office in Monroe FINALLY called back, and they said to stop taking the beta blocker. I just wish they would have called yesterday evening so he wouldn’t have taken it this morning. By 10:00 last night, he was up and moving around. He says he feels better at night, so we guess it is wearing off by then. He stayed up all night b/c he wasn’t sleepy b/c he slept all day. I told him if he had to keep taking it then maybe he should take it at night. He took it between 8 and 8:30 and by the time we got to Delhi for his 10:00 rehab workout session, he was zapped. We barely made it back home before he passed out. Dr. Burkett’s nurse said he should be feeling better by in the morning, and he would be totally surprised if he wasn’t. Wes has an appointment to see Dr. Burkett on Wednesday, and he said to call them back if he didn’t start feeling better.

Our loan officer called right after we got home from Delhi, and we will close on the house Monday. He thought we would have to wait three days, but they waived that for us. He is suppose to call us Monday morning to let us know what time to be at the lawyer’s office. I forgot to put in yesterday’s entry that we FINALLY got our certificate of occupancy on Tuesday. I called the inspector on Monday afternoon, and left a message for him to call me. He did at around 8:30 Tuesday morning, and he came about 9:15. He acted like he didn’t know what I wanted. This is the same man that I had talked to a week earlier and he said as soon as he heard from Aaron he would come. Aaron called him right after he put the windows in, and he said he would try to make it that afternoon, if not then the next day. It was almost a week and then he wants to act like he didn’t have a clue as to why I was calling him. Oh, well, who cares now. We have the certificate, and now we can finally sign the papers. However, I don’t know if we want to start writing that check every month.

Well, I better get to doing something. Wes and Emma Grace are both taking naps and I sure could join them, but I have too much to do. Later…

I started typing this on Tuesday, and thought I posted. However, I was going to make another post today and noticed it wasn’t there. I remember starting it and then going back and finishing it, but I guess I never hit publish. Oh, well, here it is two days late. I guess it is better late than never.

Happy birthday to the sweetest, most precious girl EVER, Emma Grace. It is hard to believe that it has been three years since you were born. In many ways, it seems like a life time ago, but in other ways, it seems like it was yesterday. Boy does time fly by fast. They say time passes by when you’re having fun, but the last few years haven’t been much fun. Don’t get me wrong, we have had a good bit of fun, but we have had a lot of not so much fun time. However, everyday with Emma Grace is fun. She can certainly brighten up your day. She has become a Hannah Montana fanatic. We will have to put up some of the videos of her singing. I laugh so hard every time she “perform”. She can hear the songs a few times, and she knows all the words. Truly amazes me how she can hold all that in that little head of hers.

Yes, we finally have our certificate of occupancy. I called the inspector Monday evening, and he called me back on Tuesday morning. He came shortly after talking to me, and he said we could go get the certificate that afternoon. Finally, we can close this house, and it can finally be ours. However, when it comes time to pay that note, we may not be so excited. We thought we were going to be able to avoid paying PMI, but the loan company wouldn’t take our new appraisal. We got a re-appraisal since we decided to finish the upstairs, and it added about $25,000 to the first appraisal. However, the loan company went with the lower appraisal because of the slumping house market going on around the country. Our loan officer said we shouldn’t have to pay it long and it shouldn’t be too much extra. The good thing about PMI is now you can take it off your income tax, so Wes isn’t too upset about paying it. We go on Monday to sign papers and then have to wait three business days to finalize everything. Hopefully, if everything goes according to plan (which it never seems to) we should have everything finalized by next week, and we can start writing that BIG check every month.

Instead of making another entry, I will just put what I was going to type under this title.

Wes still isn’t feeling well. I have called his dr in Monroe, who is out of town til Monday, and his dr in Houston, who is also out of town til Monday. I called the office in Monroe yesterday, they have yet to call me back. I called them today and they said they were waiting for the dr to call in. They assured me that he would call in this afternoon, and I would hear from them. Well, it is 5:20, and guess what, I haven’t heard from them. I called the office in Houston today, and was told someone may or may not call me back. I sure do love dr’s offices. They sure want you to come to them, but they never seem to want to call you back. I think it is the beta blocker making him feel so bad; however, I would like to make sure that is what it is. I guess we will have to wait til Wednesday of next week when he has his appointment with his dr in Monroe. Hopefully, he will start to feel better soon.

Oh, well, I have to go get busy monogramming. Later….

Wes had his blood drawn this morning, and I just called them.  They said it was a little low,  but not too bad.  His hemoglobin was 11, and it should be between 13 and 18.  The lady at the rehab place was certain, as we were, that it would be much lower than that.  I am now thinking that it is the beta blocker making him feel so bad.

I called Lowe’s this morning to check on delivery, and was told it was set to be delivered on the 17th, and I LOST it.  I told him to let me speak to a manager b/c I was tired of being told one thing and also tired of looking at the refrigerator sitting in the middle of my kitchen.  The guy told me to hang on and I could hear him typing.  He said I am putting it on the truck in the morning.  I am not holding my breath to see if it comes tomorrow.  Then, I called to see when the inspector was coming.  Aaron said he hasn’t been there this morning, and I said no and I haven’t heard from him.  I still haven’t heard from him, so who knows when he will decide to show up.  The painter said he would let us know a few days in-advance as to when he is coming back.  And, the man that was suppose to show up and patch the hole in the bathtub will be coming one day this week.  This is getting old, and I am about to lose it.  The bank man called this morning wanting to know what was going on.  I told him that we still didn’t have an inspection, and I didn’t know when he was coming.  He didn’t seem too happy about it, but neither am I.

Well, I guess that is all for now.  Wes and Emma Grace are taking naps  and I wish I was, but I have too much to do.  Until later….. Bye…

We had Emma Grace’s birthday party this weekend.  She had a blast.  She loved getting her Hannah Montana birthday cards.  Every time she would open one, she would sing and dance along with it.  She would also make sure everyone was watching her.  She definitely gets the present concept.  After everybody sang Happy Birthday to her, she said, “Open presents.”  She did so well opening them too.  She has to make sure all of the paper is off the present before she checks it out.  We did not let her open all her gifts from us and Grammy and Granddaddy.  She would still be opening.  She got to open one today, and she will open the rest Tuesday.  We had a beach/flip flop themed party.  It started out to be a flip flop party, but the more I shopped, it became a beach theme too.  I think it turned out cute, and I know Emma Grace enjoyed it and that is all that matters.

We are still trying to get settled into the house.  I have been working on her party since we got back from Houston, so now it is house time.  Hopefully, we can get someone to come and help hang mirrors.  We have one mirror in our house.  We were hoping to have them all up along with all the bathroom fixtures and most of the house decoration before the party, but that didn’t happen.  Lowe’s still hasn’t delivered our refrigerator.  I called them Monday to check on it, and it hadn’t been ordered b/c the guy had been off b/c of family issues.  I called back on Wednesday and spoke to a manager, b/c I hadn’t heard back from the salesman (who said he would call me back when I spoke to him on Monday).  The salesman called back and told us to come by Thursday and pick another refrigerator out b/c the other one was on backorder.  We went and picked it out, and they told us they would deliver it Friday or Saturday morning.  I told them I wanted to before Saturday at 1, b/c we were having a birthday party and I didn’t want the refrigerator sitting in the middle of the kitchen.  Well, guess what, it is still sitting in the middle of the kitchen.  Who knows when we will get the refrigerator?  We actually got a better deal b/c they haven’t delivered it.  We paid a little over $800 for the one we have (after discounts), and they let us pick out one for $1200 at no extra charge.  They are also going to bring us a new washer, since the one they brought us is doing crazy stuff.  It cannot decide if it wants to use cold or hot water, even though you know which one you want, it doesn’t know. 

We are still waiting on the inspector to come.  He told me he would come the day Aaron replaced the windows in our bathroom.  Well, he replaced them on Wednesday, and the inspector still hasn’t come nor have we heard from him.  A man was supposed to come Friday or Saturday to fix the upstairs tub that is cracked.  He never showed up, and we haven’t heard from him either. It seems like we will never close this house and it keeps costing us money.  The painter has to come back and finish around the stove vent hood, b/c it was so late getting here.  (Another Lowe’s product.)  The painter needs to redo lots of things and touch up in a lot places, but I am still debating on whether to tell him to.  I have never seen a paint job done this bad in a new house.  As much as we paid him, it should be done so much better.  I hate to fuss about him b/c he is an old man, and he needs the money, but I am sorry he SCREWED up.  Emma Grace’s room is mostly ok, but there are so many other places that are not.  I think he took his brush and dipped it in the paint can and just dripped it everywhere.  We can fix some of it, but we shouldn’t have to.  I don’t know what to do.  I guess I will decide right before he comes back, but we haven’t heard from him either.  I am going to call in the morning to see when and if any of these people are going to show up. 

Wes has cardio-rehab in the morning.  He goes to Delhi three days a week.  He still cannot drive, so I take him.  He did it one time last week, so this week will be his first full week.  He hasn’t been feeling well, so tomorrow I am hoping they will draw his blood and check his counts.  He had one unit of blood while he was in the hospital, and I am afraid he needs more.  I threatened to take him to the ER the other day, but he refused.  He told me today that he wanted them to check it.  His scar looks really good.  It looks like it did before he had this surgery.  They cut him right down the other scar.  They went a little lower, but you cannot really tell it.  It is hard to believe it has been three weeks since he had it.  It seems like it was yesterday.

Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July.  I guess that is all for now.