Just thinking....

I have been asked to speak to some ladies in the other ward about facing trials..I realize i should probably get to work on this since its NEXT SATURDAY that i am to deliver!! yikes!

Today has been an interesting day for me..i received a voice message from my friend Amy Novak about a family who had an accident in February. WWW.scottortizeupdate.blogspot.com I visited his site and immediately felt the need or prompting to go visit scott and his wife wendy. I made arrangements for my girls and headed off to the Fontana Kaiser. I found his room and stepped in-Scott was resting in his bed I proceeded to tell him who I was and how I came about to his blog. He said his wife had just stepped out and would be back shortly and that she was anxious to meet me. Very soon after Wendy, his wife, came in and immediately we hugged. It was a little overwhelming for me to think that I am now in a position to off her help and assistance and a listening ear to someone else who is now JUST BEGINNING to go thru what we have gone thru this past year and a few months. It will be good for both of us as wives to have eachother to talk to about our excitements and frustrations.

With this event fresh in my mind-I went thru the beginning of my blog archives which Im SO BLESSED TO HAVE-and realized just how blessed we truly have been. Jon has come amazingly so far in such little time. To think there were many nites where he wasnt even sleeping! He wasnt eating! What really has brought tears to my eyes is to go thru the comments family, friends and strangers have left -to read their thoughts, encouragements and hopes for the best--thats just really something. Im grateful for the technology these days to have such instant thoughts of hope from around the world-even Brazil! To again witness people changing because of the trial our family is going thru. Another favorite quote of mine is the purpose of this life is to "change".

Well time for me to get back to work around here-the house is settling down for the night-Robert will be here tomorrow to help us-I need to utilize him as the HANDY MAN-i have like 37 lightbulbs that need to be replaced! Good Times!

Thanks AGAIN many many many thanks again to all those that continue to read the blog-im sorry i havent been good at updating--with kids out for the summer its been a little hetic-we are all still doing very well and very happy--continue those prayers for jon that his body will recover with the work of project walk-he's a fighter!

UPDATE

Sorry its been so long..our life doesnt change much so there isnt too much to update about...

Jon is still doing great! He continues to gain more strength and mobility in his arms and chest-he continues to move around enough so that we aren't doing pressure releases for him constantly like last year..essentially this is his schedule:

730AM Amanda the caretaker/nurse comes in and prep's him for the day
11AM on tue/thu he continues to go to project walk
11am mon/wed/fri he continues to work on the laptop
130pm he has lunch which he continues to be able to feed himself
330pm i cath him and give his medication
6pm he has dinner again feeding himself
730pm mon we have fhe which he prep's the lessons
730pm tue he has his Elders Quorum Meetings at our house and does family visits
830-930pm his good friend russell continues to come EVERY NIGHT to put him back in bed and stretch him
1030pm i prep him for the night -he continues to use and all night cath and the bed is an airmatress so he can stay in one spot and not have to rotate all thru the nite like before

he is able to use his knuckles to work any computer and is able to make and receive phone calls as well--

so as you can see life is A LOT easier then it was a year ago!!!

We no longer receive state disability-so its ONLY social security which isnt very much-we're VERY blessed to have family and the church to carry us through until we can figure out what is going to work for our family. We've been EXTREMELY blessed to have someone donate money to our family which will pay for jons Project Walk therapies. Ive been working on ways to provide income for the family during this time to help ease the burden that's before us. Along with the travel business, I've been telemarketing calls for a friend who does Reverse Mortgages-I receive a very nice commission for leads that I can provide. I have just started that this week and pray that it will be beneficial for our family-I am able to leave the girls here with jon for a couple of hours and go around the corner to her house into her office and make the 120-140 phone calls. Then I can come back and feed lunch to everyone get some laundry done and head back for a couple more hours.

the BIGGEST update is the lift is completed and working--Monday was his FIRST nite that he slept upstairs with me in OUR ROOM since march 15th 2006--its so wonderful! the things we take for granted!! He is able to sleep up there in his bed which is pushed up against out big ol' cal king bed (which i have MISSED so dearly! ive been sleeping on the couch next to him the past year). The nurse is able to do all his morning care right upstairs-he's even able to have REAL showers now which are HEAVENLY for him he says..






The girls are doing great too-its now summer- thank goodness we have the pool--the little 2 girls where their life jackets and so they all swim together like fish out there- they go in it just about every single day! On tuesday's i take them all down to the beach with other moms in our ward. Rachel got accepted into the National Young Scholars Program (its kind of a prestigeous camp for kids will excellent grades but also very good leaders-she was nominated by her teacher and the only child in her school that got in). She's been at this camp at a college since Sunday and I will pick her up tomorrow! YA!

Well that is the update on our family--we're still plugging away and pray everyday that jon will regain his strength. We certainly have our ups and downs ( a couple of weeks ago we attended one of jons cousins weddings-when the bride started dancing with her father-i completely lost it and had to put my sun glasses on--things like that are hard on me). Just last monday anna was giving the fhe prayer and prayed "that daddy would remember how to walk again so he can stand up"..both jon and i had SUCH a hard time trying not to cry! But all in all-life is SO good..we constantly remind ourselves that it can be 100 times worse then it is now..and we are so grateful to be where we are today-even if its not like it was before..it can always be so much worse..

Thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf--each month our life DOES get better--one day at a time!

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Whats been going on here???

WELL I have been VERY busy putting together a business Im involved with! SO come back Monday after Mothers Day for my BIG Announcement! I hope you all will support me and utilize it to help our family! Im VERY excited about it!!

Other then that HUGE project, things are going well. Jon continues to workout hard at PW tuesdays/thursdays. My dad continues to take him on Tuesdays, while his mom takes him on thursdays-then his dad helps him on Fridays here at the house. He continues to have a positive outlook and is finding more and more ways to be involved with the girls here around the house. He continues to work faithfully in his calling as the EQ secretary. He was a little sick this past week- but seems to be getting better-he's also fighting off another UTI. Amazingly enough he EVEN made my webpage for me! How cool is that?! You'll all be truly impressed that Jon from his wheelchair could do that! Im also working on trying to find a recliner for him for Fathers Day - so SHHHHH dont say anything! He'd enjoy sitting in a "real chair" vs his wheelchair or hospital bed in the middle of the livingroom- he's kind of tired of always being "the patient"!

Im obviously mad busy as always-school is winding down, school state testing is going on for 3 weeks now, school projects are coming due-YIKES! (my favorite joke is the child who came home with a C on his project and the mothers says "what? darn i worked HARD on that too!" too funny huh! I continue to hit the gym daily. WOrk on holding the fort together here!

The girls are doing well- they're anxious for school to be done and enjoy summer- for some reason that frightens me and makes me nervous! 5 people home with me all day everyday!! is anyone else nervous or is it just me???

Well thank you all for your continued prayers and thoughts towards our family--we truly are doing really well. Of course some days are good and some days are sad-but atleast there are good days!! We've come to appreciate them and thank our Heavenly Father for those good days--

Dont forget to come back next Monday!!

Easter

Here is a quick picture of the girls in their white dresses (these are the same ones that were handmade by a friend in our ward- THANK YOU!) with a pretty easter colored sash..
We enjoyed an annual Easter Picnic with the Wilson Family at Irvine Park-then we enjoyed a yummy Easter dinner at my parents house.
Jon is doing well - he is VERY spastic (his muscles)-it may be again UTI issues, we will continue to flush his bladder with liquid neosporin..
Jon now has his therapy at Project Walk Tuesdays and Thursdays in Carlsbad at 12-2pm.
He continues to faithfully serve in his calling at church as the Elders Quorum Secretary and the Presidency meets at our house every tuesday nite at 8pm-they sit around the dining room table and discuss things while jon takes notes using his knuckles on the keyboard of the laptop and takes pretty good notes! He went out with the Presidency last week to visit with a family and they were gone 2 hours- it was a good visit he said!

Our family is grateful for the Resurrection-especially for Jon. The literal and universal nature of the resurrection is vividly described in the Book of Mormon. The prophet Amulek taught:

"The death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all shall be raised from this temporal death.

"The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; . . .

"Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame" (Alma 11:42­44).

This gives our family strength and hope. His body may or may not become whole in this earthly life-but it WILL become whole in the next life. We strive to continue to do those things that make the family happy-we read our scriptures at 8pm as a family every nite, we pray morning and nite together, we hold family home evening on monday nite-it is not always easy-but it certainly is holding our family together.

We continue to have help from my dad on tuesdays to bring jon to PW and again on thursdays by Jons parents to take him on thursdays-it truly helps to be able to keep me home with the girls and have the family run on our normal family routine-the girls have really become themselves again having me home like before.

It's strange to think this time last year-jon was really suffering so much in the hospital. He's come a long way and continues to do so-we're grateful for all the prayers that are sent our way-our struggles, fears, doubts, sadness all seems to be a little lighter-and we are all grateful!

March..

Today is tuesday march 27th-WOW that came fast! Jon is doing well..he seems to be in a LOT of burning pain as of late..he's been working on not staying in his bed all day..he's only working out tuesday's and fridays..so before he'd stay in bed the 2 days and by friday be pretty lightheaded..so now he gets out about 12noonish and works on the laptop...then he stays up till about 8pm when i put him back in..

The men are here working away on this lift for him..should be done shortly..he's pretty excited to have a "different ceiling to stare at"..he cracks me up!

Well not much else to say...he's still in good spirits and working to improve all over--

Jon 3:16

Interesting title huh- today is 3;16 jons injury date. Today is filled with mixed emotions from our entire family. Right at this time 11am is when I received the call from sheldon about jon. Its still on our answering machine. I just cant seem to delete it. Im not sure why? But im not ready to delete it yet. I'll never forget Celesta rushing to my side to help me get thru this. I'll never forget getting into her car rushing to the Hospital. I'll never forget the phone call to jons father and then to my father. I cant imagine getting a phone call like that about their son. I'll never forget waiting what seemed like forever for the helicopter to land. I'll never ever forget what it sounded like. What it looked like to see so many many people meeting the helicopter to pull jon out and take him inside.
I will never ever ever forget Jons first words to me-"Im so sorry." That is Jon in every sense of the word. Never worried about him-but ALWAYS about others. I'll never forget the tears in his eyes as I looked at him. He looked so handsome! He had no tubes, no scratches, nothing. You would have never known he had something SO MAJOR, SO LIFE CHANGING as he layed their perfectly still.
I will never forget walking away and overhearing 2 doctors say "What happened to him?" and then to hear the other doctor say "Flipped over motorcycle. Basically Superman." It was in those silent moments, all by myself -I knew. Yet I still couldnt believe THAT was going to be MY Jon.
I'll never forget having so many family rush to meet us and be by our side, for their son and for me. I'll never forget waiting in the waiting room during surgery. I'll never forget everyone that was in the room with us. I'll never forget when the surgeon came in to explain to us Jons new life and to prepare ourselves. I just remember sitting there stunned and crying.

Here we are today one year later. He's home with his family. He's MUCH more mobile the the doctors said he would be. He's on medication to help keep his pain levels down and not constantly so high. He's got a regular morning routine with a WONDERFUL caregiver/nurse that we literally prayed to get here. She is PERFECT! We're so grateful! He's found project walk that will again change his life. Im home more with the girls to continue to bring and keep stability in their lives. We've got amazing help from our families with countless, countless service they do for our family. We have an amazing ward that has provided countless acts of service for our family. We have amazing friends that do so much. One that continues to come nightly to strectch jon-EVERY NITE!

Our family has come a long long longggg way. We have all learned many things about ourselves and eachother. Jon is an amazing man. He has to work SO HARD EVERYDAY for the littlest things. I think back to when he couldnt even lift a spoon to feed himself, and now he can. I think back to when he couldnt even get out of bed and now with my help he can. I think back to when he was constantly passing out on me, and now thats improved. So much of him has improved!!

Thank you to all of you that constantly think of our family, serve our family, have given money to our family. We wouldnt have made it thru this year without everyone. We have been very blessed this past year. We are so grateful. Heavenly Father is watchful of our family. He has helped us in so many ways. We have much hope for the future and what it holds for us. We will continue to live and discover the many many lessons to learn thru this. We look forward to the day when our family will be together forever and each of us whole and healthy. We look forward to the day when our blessings for being patient, long suffering, and humble will be received in the eternities. It gives us hope. It gives us strength. Its pure and simple.

On to the next year of more improvement and as Jon would say -Rock on!

Sore throat for Jon..

The past couple of days jon has stayed down in his bed...he came down with a sore throat on friday nite..his voice sounds pretty bad..im being careful to listen to any coughing he does..to make sure it doesnt lead to pnemonia or anything of that nature..
hopefully its just a head cold type thing and it doesnt lead into his chest..

from now on he will be at Carlsbad tuesdays and fridays until the schedule changes to get him there 3 times a week..he's shown interest in continuing in LA like he's been doing the past 8 weeks or so..

tomorrow i will be taking the girls out of school part day and heading to the beach! we could all use some sun around here!! Jon will hang out at his parents house while we go (his grandma lives on the beach in Corona Del Mar) so me and the girls will spend some good quality time there..then swing back have dinner and showers and head home around 730 or 8pm or so..

keep jon in your prayers that he recovers from this quickly and it doesnt get any worse..he's in GREAT spirits and has thoroughly enjoyed being around me and the girls!

wheelchair fixed

well the wheelchair is fixed..they picked it up and had it done the next day..its suppose to be here today..of course it was the blame game..but its done. thanks to dad, chad and todd for facilitating that!

today is jons last day in LA for rehab-starting next week he'll be going to PW in carlsbad m/w/fridays..not sure what times yet..

he's doing well-for a while i stopped giving him his midnite meds and seeing if it made a difference..he seemed to have adapted to it..so now he only takes his meds 3 times a day instead of 2 which is SOOOOOOOOOOO good!! he also doesnt require me to get up thru the nites to rotate him-so he goes to bed about 11pm and waked around 7am..which is MUCHHHHHHHHHH better for ALLLLLLLl of us!!

its wierd to think next year will be the year mark-jon prefers not to have an anniversary injury date but rather an anniversary walked again date-so that is our focus!!

Sunday..

The past couple of days have been really fun! Scott blessed his baby today in church-so Chads family came down for a QUICK trip to be part of Scott & Kellie's special day.

We started by hitting the beach- we went to Corona Del Mar where Grandma Perry lives and the weather was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO NICE!!! the kids had a blast- my girls are TRUE californians-they all went in the water and NEVER ONCE complained that it was cold! Im a total whimp if its SLIGHTY cold- my toes could sense it WAS cold though!

Sunday was the blessing- which I needed to get my family down to OC by 850am!!! we did it somehow-and i didnt have to yell the whole way to church-it was quite pleasant! The girls were good about helping, and i had organized everything the nite before to make it run smoothly..

After church we met back at the hales home for some grub- and it was GOOD! by tail end of the afternoon-jons chair broke!??! what on earth! the main axel something or another broke-its a good thing jon didnt fall out..not good...needless to say ANOTHER MAJOR thing i will have to figure out and get taken care of!! I believe its still under warranty- I THINK..so i will be checking that out..but the boys of the family (need i say the hales lawyers boys -which there are 3) say its a MAJOR deal and there shouldnt be a problem getting it taken care of..always helps to have lawyers get things done right!! hehe

well here are some pics of the day--enjoy! (be sure to move your mouse over the pic to read the captions..

JONS ONLINE!!

yaa! finally jon is online..here is the page to go to (copy and paste)

http://projectwalk.org/clientLocatorNew.php

type in jon h from riverside- ENJOY!

JONS ONLINE!!

yaa! finally jon is online..here is the page to go to

http://projectwalk.org/clientLocatorNew.php

click on jon h from riverside- ENJOY!

doing better...

today jon is doing better...i think using the liquid neosporin seems to be helping and ALLL the extra prayers!! he was able to make it to PW today with his parents..they left around 1230pm and got home around 7pm..after a stop at fry's..that is SO jon!! (it was screaming his name off the frwy!) you can see it right off the frwy as you drive down the frwy..

today robert said his quads were a little bit active! this is great news!! also candice his head PT girl said that while taking his shoes off she was surprised to feel that his feet were sweaty! i guess this is a big thing!! so rock on for stinky sweaty feet! we'll take those!!!

he is back in his bed...totally out..i have a long day tomorrow..taking sarah to her Gate Challenge competition (she is in the gate program at her school)..then that nite we are taking the older 2 to go see phantom of that fullerton civic light house..its a SURPRISE!! they will be so excited! they LOVE classics like that and fiddler on the roof, sound of music..SO NICE!

Jon not doing well...

today and yesterday jon has not been doing well..im thinking he has another UTI..yesterday was REALLY bad for him...thankfully we didnt have anywhere to go..his whole body is just burning CONSTANTLY..its really hard on him..his last comment before he went to sleep last nite was "its so hard to do this everyday-be in constant pain EVERYDAY-it starts to take a toll on me..sometimes i think it might have been easier on all of us had i not made it thru that afternoon" UGH-that is so painful to hear!
today is a LITTLE bit better..he kept passing out in his chair this am while amanda was taking care of him today..sandra got here and i put him in the chair too..but he kept losing it..we made it to the truck..but it was too umbearable for him..so we decided to just keep him home..he's been nauseated too both days..THANKFULLY neither myself nor jon have thrown up anything-i feel great (knock on wood!)

as far as the UTI..were concerned about doing more antibiotics because it just builds against his immune system..we continue to "flush" his bladder out with liquid neosporin..that does the most so far..for the most part he is just SO miserable and SO wiped out..he's sleeping now..

this morning he said he woke up and couldnt walk! (he was teasing) he said.."this is rough..i cant imagine living the rest of my life like this..this really is no way to live..to be so confined to my bed like this and in constant immense pain.."

needless to say he's having a hard time..hopefully in the next few days he'll be back to getting out and about..

we've been bombed..

well anna's doing better- she's been able to keep 2 pieces of toast down so far and some 7up so thats good news!! the girls were gone ALL day for a bday party..nice! they got home around 430pm..i started dinner at 5pm and helping sarah with a school project thats' due next tuesday..then at around 6pm becca started throwing up..her FIRST time EVER! and then within MINUTES the other older 2 girls did..lovely. So now ive got all 4 of them throwing up-well basically 3..its been a lovely couple of hours..and they've all thrown up like 5 times since 6! the older 2 are self sufficient which helps..becca is the WORST!

im just counting on me getting it..i have no idea what we'll do with jon..

well time to go watch tv..i figure im going to just have to stay up all nite! i wish i was into scrapbooking- i could do an all niter! i'll have to think of something productive to do!!!

Jons new schedule..

starting this week..jons schedule has changed to:

Mondays: LA 1230-3pm (Roberts helping)
Tuesdays: PW 12-2pm (Roberts helping)
Wednesdays:DAY OFF!
Thursdays: LA 1230-3pm (Sandra helping)
Fridays: PW 2-4pm (Hales helping)

on mon/tues i go with my dad incase jon needs a cath or anything while my mom stays with the children and has dinners ready for me on those days- SOOO WONDERFUL!!! we are typically gone from 11-330pm on mondays and 11-5pm on tuesdays..

thursdays sandra takes jon and is gone 11-5pm and both her and robert will take jon to PW and be gone 1-6 or 630pm (depending friday traffic-ugh)

we had to change up the schedule because by wed his body was shot and he wasnt performing as well and was just SOOO tired..so hopefully this new schedule will help him!!

Happy 34th Bday To Jon!

Here is from our party on Jons bday tonite-more of the family will be here all day tomorrow to celebrate his and everyone else's bdays in february!!

Here are 34 reasons I love Jon:
1. The most Christ like man I know.
2. Honors his priesthood.
3. Treats me like a queen(something i noticed from DAY ONE!)
4. Humble.
5. Can be a friend to anyone and i mean ANYONE!
6. Can carry on a conversation with anyone- i really do mean ANYONE!
7. Has a way of making everyone feel like they are truly important.
8. I love when he calls and says "hey babe".
9. I love that he makes up stories to tell the girls and keeps adding to the story each time.
10. I love that my girls think he's "made of stone".
11. He's a good father.
12. He's a genius at the computer and anything to do with it.
13. He can fix ANYTHING! BONUS!
14. He's extremely creative.
15. His favorite drink is rootbeer.
16. I love his dark thick hair-even with the strands of grey!
17. I LOVE the way he teaches anything at church.
18. I love the way he treats my mom and our grandmothers.
19. I love that he has complete respect for my father.
20. He enjoys a good altoid.
21. He loves candy-not the chocolatey kind though.
22. He really enjoys a good quality pen.
23. He's laid back and easy going.
24. He loves to just sit in the shower.
25. He use to wear khakis and a button up shirt- ALWAYS!
26. Now he wears sweatpants and a tshirt.
27. He has an amazing voice!
28. He'd rather spend time with his family then with his friends.
29. His left eyebrow twitches if he's lying or teasing.
30. He's not competative (unless its against the computer ONLY)-he feels too bad for the other person if he himself wins.
31. He is a HARD HARD worker (career wise) anything wise!
32. He was set to be an actor for his career (until we got married and the Stake Pres felt prompted to tell him he shouldnt go that direction).
33. He's always had a 6 pack stomach.
34. He's one of those people that leaves an impression, someone your thankful you met and someone you will never forget.

Happy Bday to my man -Jon!

BUSY!

well we have just been BUSY! this schedule of jons keeps me SO BUSY!! we are just both SOOOO tired by fridays...we may have to think of switching some days around..PW told jon yesterday that he's not giving his body a chance to recoup from everythign he's doing..
he's been able to walk 23 minutes both times last week at LA which is cool..they also said yesterday he had about 30 minutes of quad spasms..i guess thats suppose to be VERY cool! so VERY COOL THEN!! rock on!!
lately jon has been REALLYYYYYYYYYYY tired...sleeping a lot..were not sure if he's fighting a cold or what..sometimes he's kind of stuffy (his nose)..so we're hoping its just that and probably a combo of him working out so much..on monday he slept right thru dinner (which isnt too quite with 4 girls! hehe) and fhe (again not so quiet with 4 girls!) he told me he remembers the opening song and then boom OUT! poor guy!!
this saturday is his 34th bday...we'll be celebrating with family and friends both saturday and sunday..should be fun!!

doing well..

jons doing well..the pricey meds seem to be working..he's wiped out today from working out so much..he walked the treadmill for 15 minutes last time and did 23 minutes today- ROCK ON!
tonite was CRAZY and LOUD-jon had his EQP meeting here at the house at 7pm, we had carpet layers installing the carpet upstairs SO LOUD, i had all the girls in bathrooms trying to get their showers in..it was a mad house! but its now almost 9pm, the carpet guys have left, the meeting is over, and girls are in bed..
tomorrow jon will be at PW in carlsbad..

Feeling better...

the 200 dollar medication is working..it BETTER RIGHT!? he's doing MUCH much better and back to himself again..he did all his workouts and is wiped now..he also was able to finish up the magazine- robert you DA MAN!!! its so hard for him, what took him 3 days to do takes him 6 weeks..we're hoping for it to get quickly printed and sent out for february..

while working out at PW last week, they mentioned to jon that he has good hamstring control..and they were surprised by that--WHOO HOO!!

well not much else going on regarding jon, he'll just rest up from the week!