Hello From Me, To All Of You

Can you believe it, shortybear is alive, and kicking??? Yea, me!! I love you all so very much, and have missed you more than words can say. Thanks to those of you that continue to follow my blog, truly appreciate you. To those of you that sent me cards, books, prayers, and much love, I am forever thankful. It is so awesome to not be forgotten. My heart overflows because of all of you. Well, where do I begin?? I guess at the beginning. Thanksgiving night, I started getting really sick, and continued to worsen. I could not eat, was nauseaus, and very sick at my stomach. My blood sugars were running very high, and I was spilling ketones in my urine. For a diabetic, this is bad stuff.  So, early morning hours of Saturday, November 30th, Eddie took me to the emergency room. They immediately admitted me, said I was in diabetic ketoacidosis. They started me on strong medicines, and of course an IV drip bag. Also, I was experiencing another round of bad gastritis in my stomach, so they started me on medicine for my stomach. I was in the hospital for two weeks, during which they did all types of tests on me, including cat scans, and MRI'S. They did a MRI of my brain, then of my eyes. They saw something on the MRI of my brain, so they did the MRI of my eyes to be sure. In the mean time, they did a procedure on my stomach, it showed that my stomach continues to get worse. I have bad nerve damage in my stomach, and the lining of my stomach is practically gone.  I have an appointment with a specialist on Febuary 6th. They also did another procedure while I was there. They found a mass on my skull behind my eyes, they went in, and took it out. There was no cancer, praise God.  As you can see, it has been a very busy, crazy time recently. After I got home, there was healing time, and of course, Christmas. Busy, busy, busy. I pray that all of you had a wonderful holiday season with your families. I pray you were all sweetly blessed. I had over a thousand emails, woo hoo!! I wish I could have read, and answered all of them, and went back through all of your blogs, and caught up with comments. Unfortunately, I cannot do that. But, I am back. Starting tomorrow, I will be visiting your blogs, leaving comments, and sending emails. Oh yes, and writing on my blog, daily. Bye for now, love you always.......