Thanksgiving was nice. Mom came over and all the "kids", (pets), got their share of turkey. I think a bit too much...they were all sleeping belly up by the end of the night.

Looking forward to Christmas....my favorite time of year. Working on Christmas cards and Christmas letter. 

Feeling a bit run down lately. Might have a slight bug. I have been feeling pretty good.  I think it's all the rushing around for the holidays. I have my hemoglobin count, (blood count), checked on the 13th along with a check up.

So far...nothing wrong with my ICD. I think I was one of the lucky ones that didn't receive a recalled unit. Keeping fingers crossed. I have managed to stay out of the hospital for 7 weeks now...thats the longest stretch in 2 years.

Finally home from the hospital after spending all of September, (except for a week), in the hospital. My Dr's. think they may have found the cause of my internal bleeding problem. Some sutures from a previous stomach surgery were scraping and repeatedly breaking open an ulcer causing it to bleed uncontrollably. 

After 8 months of in and out of the hospital, I have a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted to keep my heart beating, a stent placed due to the heart attack I had on Easter morning, several more blood transfusions, an incredibly painful stomach surgery....I am soooooooooooo done. We are all saying our prayers and keeping our fingers crossed.  I still feel like crap but they say that will take time.  Almost 3 years of bleeding and blood transfusions and congestive heart failure, I guess it will take a while to feel almost human. I am just glad to be alive. In March I had 2 months to live. Now I can look more forward to the future.

Thanks to my wonderful  husband, my Mom, and my husband's family, I have had a great support group.

"Dream as if you'll live forever....Live as if you'll die today"

James Dean