Tina's Posts

Quick Update ~ Joey is still doing super ~ super well ~ He is at 4 weeks post op and we are 'amazed' at how great he is doing! We are so thankful. ~ Thankfully time flies and we have moved past the first several weeks. He is full of it and rearing to go full speed ahead...... He does have a lot to get back to but, ~ One more week he says of taking it easy and then he is getting back to half speed till he is ready for full speed! He is doing so well! ~ We have a nice walk planned this week, together, just the three of us. ~ Walking and talking and cherishing our time together. ~ THANK GOD FOR HEART HEALING TECHNOLOGY ~ can I get an amen?

Happy New Year Everyone ~ The past long week or so I have been picking up my routine again. ~ Joey's surgery was 12/15/14 and for two weeks straight all we could do was comfort one another and watch Joe recover from his heart valve surgery. He is three weeks post op this week and he has experienced an amazingly good recovery. Challenging, "Yes" there were a few days that everything was hard. Adjusting to starting over in the stamina department ~ He has a good attitude overall! His amazing wife........... "she is amazing" and has taken care of him so well. Recovery is going by the book. He is progressing more each day. His first appointment with his surgeon is tomorrow ~ "can't wait to hear back about that" ~ Everyone noticed Joey turn a huge corner a day or so ago, it was a few days after weaning off the high powered pain pills to Tylenol. He had a tough day the first day and then the next day was really good again. ~ This past week I have spent the needed time getting back to work and into the routine I carried before his surgery. Between the surgery and 5 boys home from school for two weeks, Christmas and new years........ rest and routine are welcome ~ We are so proud of Joey (and all of you) to walk out this journey. I have always been a person that acknowledges how challenging life can be and I treat everyone with utmost tender love,..... through this I have become even more tender toward life and in many ways a more "simpler" person ~ I don't want or need much ~ I really do know what is important. Thankfully I am a women of faith and I praise God for the many ways he has matured me to this great understanding. ~ on a side note, I sure wish Joey would post for himself, but he is not a social media kinda guy. ~ We are very relieved that Joey is doing so well. ~ I believe all we experience goes through God's hand first and I trust in that alone. This experience was so unknown, and so hard to watch a loved one go through. The word "Roller coaster" will never sound the same again. Thank you all for helping me the way you did ~ Joey is doing well!!!!! :) :) :) Moving forward each day ~ We are enjoying the good news of his reports to us each day. ~ (since I am a family member, I have laid low on posting, but I do jump on and read through the feeds and I pray as I go)