Cait sent me pics!

They're gonna get some better pics for me tomorrow with a digital camera. These were taken with his phone and I'm told it does no justice for how swollen it really is.



Here's a good one of Jer trying to make the best of it LOL positive attitude makes for faster healing process I guess haha

Anyways another small prayer request, that God would help provide for him and Cait in this time as he obviously is going to be off work for awhile now and with Truck payments and general life things to pay for its gonna make things tough. Maybe he'll get insurance I don't know So ya just for God to provide for their needs!

Thank you!!

Latest news straight from the Horses Mouth!

OK I talked to my brother today. They did send him home last night, they've asked him to go and see a specialist about his heart. Once the swelling goes down in his eye they will remove the pellet. It's quiet swollen but he's OK, he tried to open it to see out of it but could not *n00b* I told him to leave it alone and to listen to the doctors. Or he could lose the eye completely.

Here's what he said happened.

They were goofing around with the pellet gun, he was carrying a stack of CD cases and the gun, it was loaded but he was holding it by the barrel he set the gun down to set the CD cases up and the gun discharged. It is one of those old school spring loaded pump action guns, the trigger is probably really sensitive and when he put it down thats all it needed. He said his eye was open when it hit, so I'm not sure exactly the extent of the damage. We do know that the pellet is behind his eye in the socket. So please everyone keep him in your prayers/thoughts whatever were hoping that the extent of the damage is done and that he will not lose site in his eye. He said he was going to try and send me a picture, he'd get Cait to take it if he does I'll post it up ;)
Thnx already for your thoughts and prayers!
Chris

Please Pray

Ok this is going to sound VERY crazy, I want to assure everyone that its not what it seems. But it is VERY VERY serious.

My brother was goofin around with some buddies shooting cd's with a pellet gun and dropped a cd cover and went to pick it up and accidentally shot himself in the eye. The good news is that it didn't go through the eye, it went around the eye and its lodged in the back of the socket. They can't do anything with it right now so they're monitoring him.

The REALLY weird thing is that his heart stopped twice... Were not sure exactly why possibly the combination of drugs ***that the hospital gave him*** OD'd him or what we don't know but they've got him on a heart monitor now and watching him.

ANY and ALL prayers are appreciated at this time

Thnx
Chris

UPDATE:
Just got off the phone with my Mom, she said that he is having irregular heart activities so they are checking him for drugs or something. One thing I know he does is smoke pot. Other then that my brother is not known to do anything except drink. She said that when they were in Richmond before being transferred to Surrey that the nurse came in twice in a 30min period and gave him shots both times, shortly after the second time his lips turned blue and he wasn't breathing his heart stopped. They had to bag him and get him going again. This happened twice. Now with the inconsistent beating of his heart they're doing more tests... Please keep him in your prayers

Update 2am
Just got off the phone with mom, was in a bit of a panic... Last time I talked to her she was telling me what was going on and a nurse approached her and she said I have to call you back.. I hadn't heard from her in two hours and both the cell phones weren't answering anymore. So I called the hospital at 1:30am and they said he had be discharged. I was confused but ok, so then ANSWER the phone please someone. Now 2am just got off the phone with Mom and Dad, Dad said that they weren't goofin around with it that Jer was carrying the gun and a pile of CD's and that he was carrying it barrel up, he dropped some of the cd's bent over to pick them up was about 1.5-2feet away from the barrel and somehow accidently triggered the pellet gun. The Eye specialist said that he's VERY lucky where it went in and there's a good chance that he may not lose site in his eye So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray that God has had his hand in this and that my brother doesn't lose his sight in that eye. They did infact discharge him, he wanted to go home anyways he's like me lol.
So the hospital did the tests and found that he's not a crack head and wasn't on other drugs, so they want him to see his GP and get his heart tested. As for the Eye the specialist gave Cait, his girlfriend his card and said that she could call any time day or nite even with simple questions. They gave him some T3's... I guess they're good for him not me :P and he's on complete bed rest for 5days minimum, he has to go in on Tuesday to see the specialist to see if swelling has gone down. To be able to remove the pellet. Apparently the outside damage is really bad, swollen completely shut and ooozing stuffs, even the white of his eye is going to be all bloodied up..

Crazy I'm going to phone him tomorrow and hopefully be able to talk to him and tell him to smarten up with the heart thing and the no breathing thing.. I'll kick his butt later for the pellet thing...

Thanks guys please keep praying I'm gonna go get some sleep.. I hope..

New Post... Yes Dear!

OK so you guys gotta know I'm not updating this blog everyday.. Probably not even every week.

But because my darling wife asked me to update I suppose I should. I recently re-installed my computer.. I hate doing this because I have SOOOO much data to move and so many things configured into my computer that I always seem to miss something. Well this time being the n00b that I am I seemed to have screwed up some how my bookmarks backup. I triple checked it to make sure that I got the right one but some how some way I didn't get them so I've lost ALL my bookmarks. Now to some of you that may not be a huge deal but to me it is, I've got 2 home based businesses, each of which I have a tonne of stuff that I do through the web. Well along with the bookmarks being gone it means that all my User names and Passwords that were saved with the sites that I frequent are gone as well. It hasn't been till the last year or so that I've started using the same 3 passwords depending on the level of security I need to have. So long story short I don't have my bookmarks or my profile :(

Other then that its a few minor things. Office needs to be "validated" now which is LAME, like Microsoft doesn't make enough money.. Oh well "Hey Bill I hacked XP Pro again" haha jerk :P I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate, but I'm not installing that on my old computer and I'm not buying XP cause I don't want to. Part of the problem is that I own more then 4 computers at $180 a pop.. Forget it, why should I have to pay for 4 copies or more... GRRR

Today, Tristan and I walked home from Papa's it was cool except it started to get a bit cold for him. We had a nice walk though. Its always fun to bring him to Dad's for Reno's he brings his tools in and says "OK guys, lets get to work" Such a fun kid!

So its almost 2am and I'm still awake, dumb I know... I don't want to turn back into a night owl but I was so tired today that I had to sleep for a couple hours I was getting a headache, which always seems to turn into a migraine.

Well anyways my lovely wife is letting me sleep in tomorrow after that I'm heading over to Dad's to do some work, the Lozza has graciously accepted to come (in the evening) help me put a couple sheets of drywall up, that will be nice cause I really want to get the roof done. So it feels like another little project is completed. Craig and I were there today and we both think that we need to bring a professional in cause the house is so crooked that its gonna be a BIG BIG job, especially for a couple armature dry wallers :P Since its a finished project that paint can't help to hide it only amplifies the mistakes made, and if we do it were afraid there's going to be allot of mistakes made. I hope Mom and Dad opt for the pro's to come in. They'd have the house done over the weekend no problem. Even if we just get one to come in and give us some pointers or whatever.

My Mom is going to be here in 11 sleeps that's going to be fun, she told my Dad that if she can find work here she's not coming home this time. He can pack the house up and deal with the sale and stuff she's tired of missing everything with the kids. She wants to be around for her grand kids. It would be great to have her and my step-dad here. More babysitters :P Jk In all seriousness it would just be nice to be near family that's from my side for once :P I haven't lived with my mom technically since I was 8, however I did live there for a couple months when I was 20 I moved to Van for work. Anyways Tristan loves his "Grammi" so it will be good, and she hasn't met Olivia so that will be exciting. Especially since its the first girl in 4 generations, well except for on her side obviously :P but a granddaughter is always exciting!

Haha quick side note before I go to bed. My little Diva dropped a bomb on Mommy today, Christy was changing her bum and was about to put a clean diaper on her and she blew up, got her all cleaned up and she did it again!! Funny stuff, I didn't like that it was getting on the carpet but its funny now LOL

Joni says its time to Update. Must listen ;-)

Ok so I dunno what to post, things have been good at home chillin with the fam is AWESOME. Thanks to everyone who spoiled my daughter. Setting the bar so high for me now I'm always gonna be broke instead of most of the time. HAHA She's not getting her own cell phone and credit card though I'll tell you that now ;)

I've got the spring cleaning bug I want to fix my shed up, insulate the roof and finish the gip-rock inside maybe make some new shelves.. Clean up the back yard too. I wish it would stop snowing and warm up already.. Thats not something I normally say I love winter and snow but Enough is Enough.

My mom is coming soon she's getting all giddy like a school girl to see the kids, it will be nice to have her here. Becoming her annual visit, there's talk of her and Dad moving here so we'll see. It could happen Dad is between jobs and could probably get on at Alcan without trying.

Anyways I'm just chillin right now listening to Smashing Pumpkins, oddly cause I don't usually listen to them. So ya there's an update


Let me leave you with the Champ and my beautiful girl "Little Diva"!
Be blessed everyone!

My First Week off as a Full time Dad

Well I thought I'd post just to update you all on family life. I sure am glad that I took time off to be with my family I love being able to play with Tristan and help Christy with Olivia as much as I can, however with all the laundry, dishes and cleanup I've been doing I'm THAT much more thankful for my wife and all the wonderful things she does for us! I'm used to helping out but doing the majority of things this past week is crazy. What a blessing it has been that everyone has been preparing meals for my family, I don't know if I could handle cooking and all the other tasks I've been doing :P We've some great meals and treats dropped off. Joni keeps surprising us with phone calls and yummy delights its great! Thank you Thank you! Thank you to all of you who've cooked meals for us its been awesome!

A nurse (Katherine, friend of the family) came by today and did a check up on Olivia and she's gained all but 2oz of her birth weight back, she's a little jaundice but apparently not too much to worry about because she's having enough feedings and bowel movements, we have an appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday at 10am so we'll see what Skippy says. She also reassured Christy about some things she's been nervous about which is good.

So ya things are going good, oddly I'm sorta missing work. Not going to work or getting up for work but not being at work seems odd for me. Maybe because I know its not just for a week or two but till June 4th. Crazy Crazy Crazy. I don't know if I can do it :P I might go batty we'll see though.

Anyways thanks for reading I'm out

Blessings