Torn Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery

Dick Zuberer met Alice and I at the hospital registration desk yesterday morning, walked us through the process of signing in, led us to the lab for tests, and accompanied us to the heart center where I had an EKG.
Then he went with us upstairs where I signed in for my torn rotator cuff surgery...
Bro. Russ was waiting there, and after I got led back to the room where they stripped me of my dignity, and everything else, they put me on a gurney, and allowed Alice and Russ to come into the room with me. He prayed for me and the surgeon, William Sligar, then they had to go back out to the waiting room and I was wheeled into surgery.
The anesthesiologist came running down the hall, the surgical team gathered, and shortly after being blasted in my hand by a hot coal, I was under...
I did come out of the surgery having a dream. Don't remember what about.
They wheeled me into a recovery room where I balled up in pain and started groaning and crying out. I could hear a woman at the other end of the room in the same fit of pain, so I then tried to suffer in silence as much as I could.
Don't remember much of how I got to my private room. Kelly came by to see me, Alice's mom Opal dropped by while I was eating supper, but whatever medication I was put on after the surgery kept me pretty groggy and pain-free.
Alice spent the night on a cot, and I called the nurses in about once an hour for help throughout the night. They weren't always prompt in coming. I was glad to get out of there and back home this morning. I spent most of the day asleep. At one point I realized I had dozed off with my chin on the computer keyboard. The pain has been worse in my shoulder today than at any point before the surgery, but I have a few prescriptions to help with that now.
The doctor came by this morning and told me the recovery time would be frustrating for me. My arm will be in a sling up to four weeks. Rehab after that will take up to another two months. It could be mid-February before the shoulder gets back to some normalcy. And I'm told it could take longer than that till it's completely pain-free. But we've taken the first few steps toward recovery, and hope it's all better soon...

Fall Festival Chili Recipe

Cook in Crock Pot on low setting for 6 hours:

2 cans chili.

1 can water.

Add ingredients approximately every 15 minutes:

Sprinkle with pepper.

1 spoon yellow mustard.

1 can corn.

Swig of Pepsi, Coke or Dr. Pepper.

Pinch of brown sugar.

1 lb. fried ground beef.

Sprinkle paprika.

Sprinkle Himalayan Pink Salt.

A-1 Sauce.

Scoop of Real Bacon Bits.

Garlic salt.

Weber Original BBQ Sauce.

Dale’s Sauce.

Heinz 57.

Shredded cheese.

Montgomery Inn BBQ Sauce.

Worcestershire Sauce.

Country Bob’s Sauce.

2 cans tomato sauce.

Ingredients used in previous years that might be worth using again: sprinkle season salt, spoon of Hershey Syrup, margarine, Smoked Salt, maple syrup.

The World Celebrates Sin

Sat here yesterday thinking how this (former?) NBA bench player announced to the world that he’s living a sinful lifestyle, and the world celebrated. Tim Tebow, on the other hand, is vilified because he’s a Christian, gets cut by the Jets, and right now an NFL team won’t touch him, and I’m convinced it’s because of that. I know it’s not a lack of talent, ability or the will to win. He led the Broncos to the playoffs just a coupla years ago...

 

And yes, the liberal media and the architects of the homosexual agenda are masters of making us feel like we’re doing something wrong if we deny them their “rights.” They’ve attached their cause to civil rights, and the civil rights movement has embraced them. But we’re not talking about the color of someone’s skin, we’re talking about a perverse lifestyle they’ve chosen to live.

 

Would everyone feel the same if an alcoholic demanded “rights” because he feels the need to drink? Supposedly alcoholics are born with an inclination to drink. But you don’t see winos marching with signs that proclaim, “I’m a drunk and I’m proud.” Yes, it is sin, and the world celebrates...

 

We're expected (by the world) to tolerate it. But that's contrary to what we as Christians believe, IF we abide by what the Bible says. We don't have to tolerate sin. I know what I'm saying won't be appreciated by some people I care a great deal about. May even lose some Facebook friends. Know that I love you, but I felt it needed to be said, and nobody else seems to be saying it. Love the sinner, hate the sin, don't celebrate it...

Help Me Understand Humiliation

I'm trying to understand why people think humiliating others is funny. What does the person making fun of someone else gain from doing so? How does that make you a better person? I've had people make fun of me all my life because of my name, my dad's name. Why is that funny? I've had people make fun of me because of my favorite sports team, as if I have something to do with whether or not they win or lose. I've had people make fun of me because of my weight, because of my accent, because, well, just because...

I'm not talking about strangers. I'm talking about people I love, family members, people I consider to be friends, people at church. So when these things happen it hurts, a lot. And I don't even understand where it's coming from. And half the time I wonder if they realize what they're doing? Do they even think about what they say? Would they like it if someone did that to them? Isn't that what the Golden Rule requires of us? "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Isn't being kind, and loving each other, significant of being a Christian?

Am I alone in this? Does this happen to you too? Or are you the one making it happen? If so, please stop. We don't think you're funny. We don't like it, or you, when you do things like this. And we don't want to be around you anymore...