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Luke playing dress up with the girls. Too cute! Cousins!!KARLIE 6, holding chipper and charlies 6 eggs, none ever hatched :(LUKE 4, playing in the woods and sliding outside in our winter wonderland!

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Yes, believe it or not, I have decided to start writing my book. Its all about finding your missing "peace" and will have puzzle pieces on the front. What is your missing piece? Have you placed it in other things that in the end doesn't give you the peace you were hoping? I know I have.... We will see. I am not the greatest at this writing thing, but it is something that has been weighing on

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Hopefully we will have babies anyday!! We are all excited over here with the new little additions in the "love box"....oh brother, I can't believe I am turning into "the bird lady". They are sooo cute though!!!

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For the past few weeks, being that it is a new year, I do alot of reflecting and analyzing, my life. For some, they may look back and say "oh I wish I did this or I wish I did that, or if this would happen I would be this, I wonder what my life would have been like if...." Ya, I know, MANY think their life would be so much better than it is today right? I look back and think of my early childhood

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What a year it has been! Its hard to believe that it is going to be 2012...actually it is as I write. wow I am getting old! When I think about this past year it brings many different emotions. Feelings of relief. Feelings of sadness (means the kids are getting older too!). Feelings of gratitude. It doesn't even seem real to me when I think of what this year has been, where I have been, what has

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I FORGOT TO LOOK HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE I WROTE LAST, BUT I MISS IT! ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE APRIL 11,2011 THE DAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. A LIFE WITH LIVING WITH A SPLENO-RENAL SHUNT A FAKE TUBE PLACED IN MY BODY TO BALANCE THE INTERNAL BLOOD PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT WERE BACKED UP AND NOT WITHHOLDING THE PRESSURE. 6 MONTHS OF NEW LIFE RULES 1. DRINKING A 2LITER OF WATER A DAY (TO KEEP BLOOD THIN

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4TH OF JULY, CAMPING IN HOLLAND, MOMS SURGERY, MOVING, FARM LIFE, MY GREATEST BLESSINGS

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I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone! I don't know why I am so surprised, but it just doesn't seem fair that when your life is going well and you start fully living life to its fullest and appreciate everything in a new way, it goes faster and faster. Like I say "EACH DAY IS A GIFT" and I sure wish I had the knowledge and Lord in my heart like I do today 10 years ago! But then again, I

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It is hard to believe that I am back to life, working, mom, wife, we even bought a house! When I think about this year, it is probably the most changing year I have ever experienced. At least I hope it is!! Bleed, hospitalizations, selling our house, moving into the farm house rental, and major surgery, now buying a new house! Wow!Tomorrow it will be 10 weeks since my surgery and it already

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Thursday May 26 Steve and I left for Detroit for my 1st official followup at Henry Ford to have a CT and meet with my surgeon. I have to admit that pulling in was very eeery and I did not like it. It brought back tons of flashbacks of memories I never want to think about, something I hope and pray I never have to do again. I looked up at the patients windows, some of them looking out and

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Dear Karlie, Tonight you graduated from preschool and I wanted to tell you how proud of you I am. I love you more than anything on this earth and your little life is so precious to me. Your middle name is so appropriate b/c you have brought so much JOY to me and dad through out the years, and I cannot believe how quickly time passes. It makes me sad to see you growing and getting older each day

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Yup, thats me. Besides my pouch belly :), I think it looks pretty good, my incision is healing great and there is only one tiny spot that still has a scab trying its best to close.This will always be a part of me, in a way a reminder of Gods amazing faithfulness to me. I could have never made it thru this journey without Him and when people have hardships and struggles, the promises of the Lord

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Well this week was MUCH better emotionally and I don't think I have had a point where I fell apart in at least 5 days, so thats good! One word can describe week 4 and that is: TIRED!!! I cannot regain my strength and am so tired all the time, I almost take a nap every single day. Sometimes I start wondering if there is something wrong with me. Is this normal? Last week I had the kids every day

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There is only one word that I can use to describe week 3 in this journey and that is: emotional. If you have ever been sick for a very long time, disease, cancer, ailment, you too can probably relate that it plays with your emotions BIG time. One day your up, the next you are down. One day you feel like you are going to conquer the world, the next you think that you are going to die and never

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Well, for those of you that think I can't stay still or NOT do anything, I am here today to tell you that yes, at first I overdid it, but I have learned my lesson and it is NOT worth it so I can honestly tell you that for one week I left my house 2 times!!! Twice! Both for Dr. appointments. I had to go in b/c I got a bladder and kidney infection and started spiking a temperature. Over all, I have

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Well, I have made it. I am alive, I am home and for the most part, doing pretty good. I thought about the past week and thought I would relive it and journal it b/c for me, writing is therapy. I have no memory as most of my friends can confirm, so in 30 years I can look back to this point in my life and praise the Lord for where He has been in my life and thank Him for bringing me through it all.

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Hi all, Steve here.....learning how to face book and blog! i don't know what is more stressfull, facebook or blog! ;-) or caring for Lisa in this procedure. It has been a long few days. ups and downs. I believe Murphy is our best freind as always. (that being murphy's law) Lisa has had a good Wenesday and things looked good. Walking the hallways, eating her meals, having bowol movements.....etc..

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Yes this is very complicated but it helps describe what is going to be done by showing you a picture. My synthetic shunt which will vary between 8mm-10mm in size depending on how much pressure needs to be alleviated. It will be placed between my splenic vein and kidney vein. I have 2 large clots that will always remain, one in my right portal vein (liver) and one in my superior messenteric

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I have been meaning to get on here for a long time....Kids sick, sister is in town, watching my nephews, time just goes....I don't know where sometimes but its amazing how quickly a week can pass and you have nothing accomplished to show for it. I have been LAZY!!! Just wanting to stay home, I want to stay in my pjs, watch movies, snuggle with the kids, do nothing! That is really strange to me b/

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That verse (psalm 46:10) has been popping up and in my face everywhere I turn. I am NOT kidding!!! I cannot even begin to tell you how many times and the places that I have been reading it. Its like every paper I open, every sign I see in the store, every picture I look at, has it on it! The Lord must be telling me to do just that.....So I am. "Be Still and KNOW that I am GOD."...... Renting is

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It has been an insane year, the year of 2011 has been a life changing one. I look back and I cannot believe how much has happened, changed, places I have been, things done....I found out that I was sick again, I was in the hospital at metro for 4 days, experienced my first internal bleed, traveled to U of M for a consult with liver surgeon #1, traveled to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio for a consult

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So I was really mad this week when I discovered that my email account was closed without any warning. We moved and comcast isn't available where we moved too and when you cancel cable and internet, it takes away your email account as well. Did NOT know this and was NOT told this when I called to cancel. They said I was supposed to read it in the literature when I signed up 8 years ago! I was

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So, I am running out of energy tonight and I should be going to bed, but I thought I better give an update. I said goodbye to our home of 8 years yesterday and I really felt good about it and had amazing peace about the whole thing. I wasn't sad at all! I wonder why? I guess b/c I know its not the home I want to stay in, I long to be in the area safe for the kids and school and be closer to

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Today I had an emotional day. Again! I recieved an email from my liver surgeon at U of M finally writting me back in reguards to some of my questions I have been running around my head since my scope on thursday revealed that I have no veins at risk of bleeding as of that day....Is that the coarse of the disease, come and go? Steve and I notice a trend and when they are gone and are in the past

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Karlie Joy, one of my greatest Joys in life!

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I have had a great week! Oh ya, I have done my share of crying, but over all, I am getting better and better at talking about my storm without breaking down emotionally. I celebrated my birthday, my sons, lots of parties and had fun with family and friends, got to go to church, bible study all the things I LOVE to do. 34. What? Is that for real? Its true everyone, the older you get, the faster

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Today I worked and I think I cried on 3 different occasions at work, and then all the way home. Sometimes I think I just can't take it and I feel like I am losing my ground, my faith, my confidence in myself that I CAN do this.....It just never seems to end. I try to be so strong and trust me, there are days that I obviously am not. And I don't even have it that bad!!! I could have cancer or some

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Lets just say that the trip there didn't go that well. Steve was super crabby by the end, I found out quickly that my husband doesn't do well under stressful "driving" situations, or course don't say a word about it or as a passenger, you only make things MUCH worse. Its Mrs Tom toms fault you know! :)I never knew that cleveland was that big. It is a huge city. We had beautiful weather and I

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I look at myself today, and I CANNOT believe that I am the same person that I was 2 weeks ago. I guess in many ways I'm not. This disease has completely changed my life in every way, but so has every little bump, let down, disappointment, and even the days of joy. LIFE, you can say, has had a whole new meaning and the Lord has used each little phase of this to change me, mold me, and yes, Shape

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As I am sure you can imagine, it has been a MAJOR emotional rollercoaster for me over the past week. There wasn't a single day that past that I could make it without stopping, sooo tired, taking a break, and catching a nap with my precious little lukester sleeping next to me. It was the best feeling in the world, watching his little fingers, flipping his pipeys from hand to hand (ya, I know

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I cannot begin to describe the events that have happened in my life over the past 5 days.....I believe I am feeling alot like those that go through a death or funeral and can't remember anything, it all feels like a dream or a fog, you don't remember seeing people, talking to them, nothing. Its like 5 days of my life were a dream.Last week I had noticed that I was starting to lose blood, my

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I pause before I begin this, not even sure where to begin....We had a consult on thursday and he gave lots of options (shunts, bypasses, venous reconstruction) all with negatives, some only last for a few years and need to be redone, some reclot and some don't work, some cause mental problems (I don't need to be any more crazy:) some might not even be possible b/c of all the clots I have inside.

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I will admit it, I have really struggled this time. I have grieved more this time around than the first, or second. Maybe b/c I know that we haven't resolved anything like I thought, maybe b/c I know the pain that is to come and I am fearful of going through it again, or maybe b/c I realize that I am no better today than I was 2 years ago and I thought I was. I am not sure but boy has Satan had a

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Its 1am and I cannot sleep. The nice thing about the memory at least my lack of it, is that I don't remember being in this much pain last time but Steve does. I had my scope today to see if there were any veins in my throat and there were. Lots of them, Scary big and ugly, says Dr. Serini. When he says that, you know its not good. He had no choice he says but to start wrapping them. They wrap

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This was the best year of my life. I can say it was the first year I was truly ALIVE. I woke each day trying to live it to its fullest, not worried about all the trivial things in life and realizing how faithful the Lord has been to me. We went camping about 3 weeks to the conference grounds and Holland, we stayed in a cottage at the conference grounds with my sisters and mom, we stayed in a

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Today I feel really positive and good. Some days, I am more emotional....Sorry to those that I have just cried before you even start talking. I don't know why. Overall, I think I am doing good. Its b/c this isn't the first time and the more it happens, the more prepared I am, and I know what it means, I know how to fix it, but its still hard....I think what makes it the most hard is not knowing.

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It has been one year since I laid at U of M hospital awaiting my liver shunt...Dr. Dasika changed his mind and refused to put one in me. At the time I really didn't understand why, but the more I have learned, that was no coincidence....I shudder at the idea b/c they can cause so many problems that my life could have been forever changed in a very bad way. He may not remember me, but I will

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Tonight I told myself that I would go to bed as soon as the kids did b/c I have had an emotional and hard long day! Where am I now? Not there. Today I actually cried for someone I didn't know and I don't know if I can say I have done that before? They didn't see me, it wasn't right away, it was later, on my way home when I have no doubt in my heart the Lord knew what was weighing on my heart

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It is hard to believe that its done! This summer went by sooo fast and it just makes me so sad. One of the best summers I have ever had. I enjoyed every moment with my kids, I hardly worked, enjoyed life to its fullest! I headed to Detroit over labor day to see my sister Angie and the boys, just me and the kids, it was great! We had so much fun visiting nature trails, parks, Lake St.Clair, flea

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Before I ran this race I wanted to have a shirt made that said this: "ALL that matters in life is CHRIST". Pastor Don spoke that to me a few weeks ago and it is all I think about lately b/c its true, and if we don't constantly think about that, its easy to let the "little" stuff of life take priority. Who cares about your clean house? Who cares about your clothes, vehicles, home, all these so

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We have had one of the best summers in my entire life! My kids are at a great age and maybe its b/c I savor every moment and realize that life is going to be gone before we know it or at any time. I have had a BLAST with my kids this year!!! Karlie is so beautiful, growing up so much, she is starting to push mom away alittle more every day b/c she's "too cool" for mom. Breaks my heart.Luke,

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Today I am just so overwhelmed with emotion....I ran my first 5k. I was sooo nervous and have been putting it off forever, self doubt, fear, the unknown...I don't know why, just me.I told the Lord that I wanted to do one for him. I didn't care how I finished, I just wanted to praise and bring glory to God for all he has done for me. A honor to Him for my life. I almost could have died last year..

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Karlie and Luke camping at Holland 2010Day at the ZooTulip time 2010

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Wow, where does the time go? For a few months we tried to sell our home by owner, we had a ton of showings, but no one could get approved....Guess it shows how bad our economy really is right now. We have been really busy. Moms health has been great! (well, except for this week but thats only b/c of a really bad cold!) Praise the Lord for health, you never realize how much it means until your set

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Do you ever feel like your children dislike you? That is how I have been feeling lately, and maybe its because I am home with them all the time or maybe its a "mom" thing, but lately all my kids want is DAD. Even now my 2 year old son asks if Dad can put him to bed, I am the one that has always done it. Now he cries for daddy, and in the morning, he is still crying for daddy. He gets so sad if

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Steve and I are about to leave for the dominican for a vacation and I just had to write today. First of all, I want to tell my children that I love them more than anything on this earth. I thank the Lord for blessing my life with them, the ability to have them, and treasure the days that I have with them. They are so precious and I cannot imagine living life without them. They bring meaning to my

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I cannot explain the huge relief in my heart today. I am amazed at what has happened and it can only be due to 2 things: The Lord and Lovenox (a different kind of blood thinner that I recently got switched too.) There is a new song out by Kutless: I've seen miracles that happen, silent prayers get answered, broken hearts become brand new, thats what FAITH can do. I LOVE that song. It is my

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I don't know about you, but I am ready for winter to be over. I do NOT like, enjoy, anything about winter. Someday it is my dream to be one of those "folks" that get to live in the warmth for the winter, part time.I had great news this week and that all procedures planned at U of M are canceled. The physicians agreed with the results of my most recent CT and that most of my veins are now open

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Have you ever been to church and had a sermon speak to you in such an amazing way that you would swear it was the Lord speaking right to you??? This was the day for me. I arrived and it was a guest pastor. "oh great". (You know that is what you think, and I am so disappointed with myself for thinking that way, its just not the same without pastor Don!) But this time I was proven wrong, just like

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Oh my word, I don't even know where to start today. Should I be joyfull, exstatic, or angry??? Let me explain what has unravelled the past few days.On Monday I went to work. I work in CT as most everyone knows. I wanted to scan myself to see how bad and severe my clots indeed were as the Radiologist had said leaving us the week before at U of M. So, I called my primary to get a "real" CT ordered

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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So, I have diagnosed myself. I know that I have Budd Chiari syndrome, affecting one in 100,000. I just spoke to my cousin, who is a Dr. at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and that is also the first thing he asked. No one so far has told me that I have it, but I just called 2 physicians and am awaiting their reply. The only thing doubting my mind, is why haven't they said that if it such a common

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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today was a very emotional day for me. Steve and I were scheduled to arrive at 7:30am, we spent the night in fear of a long drive and weather. I was "supposed" to be getting a biopsy and a shunt placed in my liver called a TIPS. We arrived and were told that the radiologist scheduled to do my procedure did NOT want to do a tips. The reason we were told on arrival is b/c it was his first day

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I have a very serious, rare and complicated health problem. I have blood clots in my veins of my abdomen. Primarily located in my liver, portal vein, and superior messenteric vein. Like my Dr at U of M says "I have a plumbing problem". These clots are causing back pressure in my veins and not allowing the blood to flow freely therefore giving me high blood pressure within these veins (Portal

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I cannot sleep. Yes, I took a nap when I got home b/c I was so sedated, but I normally sleep fine at night. I have a ton of things running through my brain and cannot slow it down. I woke up with pain and unless I stay on top of my meds, the pain is unbearable.It takes a whole day to recuperate and then some for me. All for 6 minutes of a procedure!!! How is that possible? I arrive 1 hour early,

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One of my favorite things in life has been becoming and being a mom. I received a devotional book shortly after having Karlie and it has become my favorite one and I have now read it twice. Its all about being a mom. Here are some of my favorite quotes in it:"Thank you Lord for the sweetest human experience thus far in my life""When it comes to love, until I saw that "+" on a little stick, I

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Well for 6 months I have lived the good life. I enjoyed my life to the fullest, went camping a ton with my children enjoying nature, Gods creation, and every moment truly taking in each little pleasure of LIFE.I knew this time was coming, my 6 month check up. Everything was going great so I was very excited to hear the next step, I thought everything was fine and we could pull me off my meds, the

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We had an unbelieveable summer. We camped at Grandhaven for a week, Holland State Park for a week, Cottage at Brooks lake, Cottage at Conference grounds, camping at Conference grounds, and we ended it with a camping night in Grandpa and Grandma Nyenhuis' front yard! We absolutely LOVE camping. We learned alittle more each and every time to make things easier on the kids and mom! I absolutely

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We have a yearly tradition of going to the conference grounds and staying in the cottages (we had 4 this year) with all the aunts, cousins, and kids.We ended up having so much fun that we decided to stay another week in our camper. Highlights always include: the candy store, swimming pool, bibleschool and the playground. We also bought a kite this year and the kids had so much fun taking turns

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Luke 1&1/2, Jackson 2, Karlie 3&1/2, Alexis 6, Dylan 4, Kinsley 2 mo., Sophia 3 mo.We spent a week in a cottage on Brooks lake near Newago with the Jongsma family. We had a great time and beautiful weather. The kids were so tired by the end of the week, Karlie got sick with the flu for a few days, and that wasn't much fun for her!The highlights of the week included: 1st time tubing for Karlie,

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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My surgeon called me a few weeks ago after my 4th upper scope with more banding of my veins in my esophagus and he told me that everything looked great! My veins were going down, some of them were gone, and the best news: I don't have to do a thing for 6 months. I almost don't even know what to think or feel, its just so crazy to go through all I have in 2 months with so many appointments,

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I have been enjoying this summer so much! We got a new camper so this was our 2nd time and we had so much fun. The weather wasn't the greatest but none the less, I love spending time in nature, with the Lord, and enjoying my life right now with my children.

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Make a Smilebox photobook

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We had a great time, these are some of my favorites! Karlie just loved playing in the sand and Luke loved watching the motorcycles, cars, and running the boardwalk (his little legs can just fly!)

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So we took our first attempt at Camping in our new camper this year. Karlie is 3, and Luke is 1 year and 4 months. The first night was not that great. It didn't take us long to set up camp being in a trailer is really easy, but the kids would NOT go to bed that night and it was just me, Mom. They finally crashed around 11pm, Luke was up 3 times in the night crying, finally I took him in bed with

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Mom: I am going to have Mrs Jenny show us how to attach the bike trailer to my bike to that I can pull you and Luke behind my bike and we can take bike rides at night.Karlie: We can do it just like Dad does, put it on our hitch. Oh thats right, bikes don't have hitches. (6/8/09,3 years old)Mom: I wasn't at the memorial parade with you because I was sick.Karlie: oh ya, thats right, you were

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I have to say that I am acting like nothing has ever happened. Do I think about my health and what happened alot? Absolutely. Am I worried? Absolutely. I can't believe that I am the same person sitting here today that I was 2 weeks ago laying in a hospital bed in so much pain and so much mental frustration wondering what to do with myself when it seemed no one else did either. I don't know if

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Dear family and Friends,I cannot tell you enough how grateful and blessed I am because of you all! What I have been through over the past 2 weeks has been unexplainable in so many ways, and has changed my life forever. I am home, I have returned to being a wife and mother, and tonight I am soooo tired! :) I am trying to take it slow but I think most of you know that is impossible for me, plus

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My liver surgeon came to say goodbye yesterday and left us with this: "Don't think that you don't have something seriously wrong with you because you do. Most people with Portal Hyptertension don't have near the extent of internal problems like you have and most of them that have clots, we know why and we can fix them. We could keep doing procedure after procedure to try to "fix" you, trust me,

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I have an amazing new appreciation for the body the Lord has given us all. It is crazy! The things we can do and the ways the body works all together is infathomable to me. I have learned so much in so many ways. When you are diagnosed and become ill with something, you immediately go through so many different emotions. For a long time your life is spent on a rollercoaster, so much of it is

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I had a CT last night around 6pm exclusively of my liver and later that night one of my surgeons came to see me and told me heavenly news. The CT looked better than anyone thought it would and everyone was surprised at their meeting.The clot in my "main portal vein" is almost completely gone thanks to my radiologist that cleaned it out last week, the flow is all open in there. Hopefully after

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Monday afternoon I became jaundice after my procedure with complications and my eyes, skin, and urine were very dark yellow/orange, buises covering my body. We were instructed by U of M to go immediately to the local ER. We spent monday night 8pm-Tuesday 10:00pm at Metro and no one was helping us. No one came to explain anything to us, we were being thrown all over between Dr.'s that had no

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Well, I am home. This is the first time I have really been awake all day and I am going to try to quick say alittle while I can.After 4 1/2 hours spent in a cardiac interventional cath lab suite things looked much worse than had anticipated. The first 2 options were not even possible nor even attempted, so I didn't get poked there as well. He started off doing a veinogram, injecting xray dye

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Dear Family and Friends,The week has finally arrived! Steve and I will be taking off in the morning for Ann Arbor for an enjoyable day, doing some business ( I love watching my husband work!), taking some clients to lunch and then off to do a round of golf (hope they all have patience for me! ) We will be getting a hotel in Ann Arbor for the night b/c we need to be at the hospital at 7am on

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For some unknown reason(s) the portal vein is prone to developing a blood clot. This blood clot usually completely blocks the portal vein. ( mine isn't completely but it also isn't the first one I probably have had)When the vein is blocked, it causes blood to back up in the vein causing high pressures in all the veins below it. (therefore the need for blood thinners, currently I am giving myself

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When you have something wrong with you physically, it is easy to find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster. Yesterday was a bad day for me. I was in pain, didn't feel like eating, was tired, and just sick of having these things done. Its hard to stay positive and cheery all the time.Then I try to look at pictures like this and realize all the things I should be thankful to the Lord for. My

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Today I went in for another banding of the varices (veins) in my esophagus. He said that they looked good (whatever that means) but he did alot more banding this time than last. So far it has been much worse than last time and I even cried leaving the Dr.'s recovery room for the way home b/c it hurt so bad. Last time I left, I couldn't wait to get some food and stopped at Wendy's for a Jr.bacon

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Today I met with my surgeon at U of M. He was awesome!!!! We met for over an hour discussing my case, looking at my CT's, MRI's....He is the "fix-it" man, but the problem is, he doesn't know exactly what to do.Some of my friends laugh at me, and it is a long story, but I am a Zebra. Most hospitals are filled with every day horses that all Dr's see, but me, I am a Zebra. The Zebra is the one

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This blood clot that they found had been in my body a long time. How long? We don't know. We know its been there a long time b/c my body has since then developed a whole new venous system around it and throughout my liver and esophagus to take care of myself. (isn't the body amazing!!!!!!!!!) The body made all new vessels around this blood clot to get the blood it needed. Most clots are caused by

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After scanning myself again, I noticed a drastic change and decided to show a radiologist that I work with. He talked to me, asked me questions, and told me that he was going to call my Dr. in the morning and ask him to get to the bottom of this b/c something was seriously wrong. He didn't want to scare me but it could be Colon cancer, Ovarian, but something was very wrong and he was going to

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So let me explain myself. When I was pregnant with Luke I had some minor "blood" issues, with my platelets. Almost couldn't get an epidural (glad that changed). Delivered, and off they sent me. Well, 5 weeks post partum my stomach was still huge so they took xrays which reviled kidney stones, nothing else. So when I returned to work after maternity leave, I decided I wanted to see how many stones

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Here I am! Man this stinks! For some reason this picture isn't working, I will have to fix it later. Sorry.

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So I swallowed this camera today. It was really weird. I couldn't eat anything but jello yesterday and today after swallowing the camera, I couldn't eat until 1 pm and that was only soup, Nothing else all day or morning, not even my morning coffee! Man I hate not eating. Isn't it amazing how far technology and medicine has come! That you can swallow a camera and it can videotape you

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So I have reached a breaking point. Mentally. My mom told me today that I need prozac. Thanks mom. I would like to see how other people would feel after a month of injections 2xs a day, beta blockers that make me feel like crap, give me diahrea, headaches, dr.'s appointments every week, blood work every week, tests, not eating for days for your tests.....Yes, I will admit I am crabby.I am sick of

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Sometimes I look at my little Lukester and wonder if he will ever know all that I have gone through after bringing his precious life into this world. Not that it was his fault, but I don't think many women out there honestly think about all of the things that could and can go wrong during delivery. I definitely know that my Dr.'s should have taken my children by C-section. My body was not made to

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What a change in life. I decided to go back to my blog b/c I feel that this will be good for me. That way I can talk and let out my feelings. I cannot believe what has happened to me in 3 weeks. I have been totally sedated on 4 occasions for different procedures, and I am beginning to realize why some of my patients aren't always so shall we say "pleasant". The medical system can be very

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Life is wonderful being a mother of 2!! I love being a mom so much. Luke is an awesome little guy, he is moms buddy and I am enjoying him so much. Being a mom is so much more fun the 2nd time b/c you actually learn how to enjoy the moments and you realize that it is over so quickly. They are only small for such a short time and then I will never have these days back again. Children are the

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The Jongsma Grandkids: Dylan, Karlie, Alexis, Luke and Jackson DeHoop. All of them are 4 and under. It was quite a challenge to photo them but it was fun.

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So far life isn't much different with a boy. I have to say the "little" guy quickly entered moms heart. He's moms little buddy and I know I am going to love having one of both. He's already showing signs of being a momma's boy, he's starting to show some stranger anxiety and wanting his momma. :)

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