APRIL 9, 2007 UPDATE ABOUT TILLMAN CHESNEY.. AND THE MIRACLE OF HIS LIFE..

HELLO MY GOOD FRIENDS! I HOPE EVERYONE OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL HOLY DAY! I REALLY HAD ONE OF THE BEST HOLIDAYS IN YEARS!

IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ABOUT TILLMAN CHESNEY. TILLMAN IS THE BABY WHO WAS BORN WITH A DEFECTIVE HEART,AND 2 MONTHS BEFORE HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY RECEIVED A TRANSPLANTED HEART. HE WAS ROLLERCOASTERING WITH STEPS FORWARD AND THEN STEPS BACK.. AND THEN HIS LUNG COLLAPSED. I POSTED A BLOG ASKING ALL MY FRIENDS TO PRAY FOR HIM .. ON THE 28TH OF MARCH..

I WITNESSED A MIRACLE! I WILL LET YOU READ THE SAME THING I READ ON THE 26TH , THEN I HAVE PULLED PARAGRAPHS FOR YOU FROM THE UPDATES UNTIL THE ONE MADE THIS WEEKEND, AND I POSTED ALL OF IT, FOR YOU TO READ..

GOD IS LISTENING TO US! GOD IS WORKING TO HELP US, AND GIVE US THAT WHICH IS, GOOD AND WONDERFUL!

GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL A LOOK AT HIM, THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN REALLY IN A LONG TIME.. PERHAPS I JUST NEEDED TO LOOK IN THE RIGHT PLACE!

170 March 26, 2007 at 08:29 AM EDT

Good Morning everyone. I hope you all had a good weekend and this Monday finds you all doing well. Tillman did not have the best of nights last night. They discovered early this morning that Tillman's right lung has collapsed and that there is "free air" in his chest cavity, on the right side. They believe this happened when they removed his last chest tube yesterday. So to correct this they have increased his oxygen to 100% and increased his CPT (respiratory therapy). These two things are to help get rid of the "free air" and also open up his right lung. If this does not work they will try to pull the "free air" out with a needle, or re-insert a chest tube. He is also still fighting his infection, but is showing slight improvement. The antibiotics, however, has caused him to have diarreha. The diarreha can cause the skin on his bottom to breakdown. So we hope to avoid that. He continues to rest well. He even got to hang out in the chair with dad for a couple hours yesterday. This was the first time we have held him since before his transplant on Feb 4. So, when you get a chance please pray that Tillman gets past these hurdles and comes out on the other side closer than ever to making it home happy and healthy. Thank you so much in advance for those prayers. You all have been amazing in your prayers for our little guy. We are always grateful for this. We will let you know more later.... Jason, Jody and Tillman

171 March 27, 2007 at 09:13 AM EDT

So Tuesday morning finds our little Tiger feeling slightly better. He is no longer running any fevers. He has been awake a little more during the night and morning than he has been the two previous days. We will continue to treat with antibiotics along with a couple other tweaks to his treament. The "free air" and the right lung appear to still be the same as yesterday. The doctors will decide tooday to draw that air out with a needle or continue to try and allow Tillman's body to absorb it. I POSTED THE BLOG, ASKING FOR PRAYER THE MORNING OF MARCH 28, 2007

172 March 28, 2007 at 12:01 PM EDT

Good Wednesday to you all. Tillman had a remarkable afternoon and night. He seemed to feel beter as the day and night wore on. The docotors say that the last x-ray showed that the "free air" in his chest is no longer there. No needle and no chest tube needed! 173 March 29, 2007 at 09:30 PM EDT So Thursday night finds Tillman in good spirits and finishing up a 15 hour Cpap trial!!! He has had a good day. He has played and napped and played and played. He seems to be getting stronger. He is lifitng his head off the bed and reaching out for anything you put in front of him. He was even giving his Mom and his RT high fives todays. 174 March 30, 2007 at 04:51 PM EDT He's been playing most of the day. Hitting his tiger mobile and grabbing his other toys. Smiling from ear to ear and making mom and dad laugh. You just can't have it any better than that on a Friday!!! Oh...almost forgot....we gave him a lollipop to taste today. YUMMY!!! He really loved that!!! 175 March 31, 2007 at 12:55 PM EDT Its Saturday!!! Tillman has been extubated since about 10am this morning! He is doing great! Currently he is smiling and tasting a lollipop with his Mommy. All of that is making his Mommy smile and laugh. 176 April 01, 2007 at 03:59 PM EDT Hello on Sunday. Its April 1st. 24 days until Tillman's first b-day! But who's counting?(except for dad, mom, grandmas, grandpas, friends, etc.) ;) Tillman continued his wonderful Saturday well into Saturday night. Well after 11pm last night he was steady kicking and smiling and swatting at one of his toys. Just a ball of fun and energy. Today he has played and read books with his Grandma, in between respiratory treatments and naps. 177 April 02, 2007 at 01:22 PM EDT Good Monday! Tillman continues to rock right along on the nasal Cpap. P.S. I have a BIG PRAISE. Grandpa Chesney's doctor called him today to say that the results of his last scan showed that his liver tumor has gone down from a measurement of 10 to a 5.2. I do not know the unit of measure, but an almost 50% decrease is incredible! Thank you all for the prayers. I was telling a close friend last night when he asked about my Dad. I told him God is taking care of my son, I trust he will take care of my Dad as well. 178 April 03, 2007 at 05:09 PM EDT Well we're having a good day....AGAIN! Nothing medically has really changed in the last few days. The transition from morphine to methadone will be complete tomorrow. He seems to be handling this very well. Nothing has really changed with his nasal cpap either. And that's just fine too. On a developmental note: Tillman continues to lift his head off the mattress and tries to look over the opposite shoulder. So this morning with the help of OT, we similated some rolling with him. Tillman LOVED this. He continues to reach and grab his toys. 179 April 07, 2007 at 04:22 PM EDT Hello on Saturday! We apologize for not updating since Tuesday. The closer to "healthy baby" Tillman gets, the busier he keeps Mom and Dad. Please forgive us. We will do better this coming week. So here's what's up with Tillman..... He has been doing great!!!! Medically he has come off of his morphine. So he no longer gets any constant IV meds. They have reduced support of his nasal Cpap 3 days in a row and he has handled it fine. Developmentally... We are sitting him up more to help him develop his trunk and head control. He is reaching, grabbing and swatting at anything you put in front of him. We are also working on his ability to suck. Plus associating sucking with getting fed. He is taking to this well. He is also feeling hungry! He tends to show signs of hunger right before his next feeding is due to begin and settles down right after feeding starts. He is also making more noise. His cries are louder. He is also making noise when he tries to laugh,etc. AND..after much pratice Tillman has finally learned addition, subtraction and multiplication. We now move on to long division. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful easter. This easter will have a special meaning for us this year. We are thankful for the gift of salvation. We have also been given the gitft of our son's life. Along with much praise, we ask for blessing on the donor family for that gift. Thank you all so much for the prayers and support Jason, Jody and Tillman

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APRIL 7, 2007 THE SPACE ROCKET IS LAUNCHING TOMORROW... EARTHQUAKE NEXT WEEK?

Tariq Malik
Staff Writer
SPACE.com 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

Two Russian cosmonauts and an American billionaire are gearing up to launch into orbit today on a flight bound for the International Space Station (ISS).

expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer Oleg Kotov and American entrepreneur Charles Simonyi -- the fifth paying tourist to the ISS -- are set to launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft at 1:31 pm. EDT (1731 GMT) from Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan.

The above news is reporting to us the next launch of a space bound rocket. In an effort to establish or prove my beliefs that the launching of space bound rockets and the occurance of earthquakes a short time later are correct, I am posting this information here, so that I might gain some help from more learned friends.

I have been watching this occurence happen for quite a while now.. years in fact.

When I first noticed the connection the time span between launch and earthquake was longer.. by several days. It has begun to accelerate in time lapse in the last two years, and in the last year, drastically so. And the quakes are stronger than before. After a launch, within a weeks time usually, there is an earthquake on the opposite side of the planet from where it was launched.. The last launch and earthquake I really took notice of was the one when India sent up the reusable rockets for putting satelites into orbit. I believe it was 4 days time, an earthquake shook the California coast and into Hawaii.. There have probably been more launches since then.. I just have not read any news about them. But I have read about the large earthquakes that are racking our planet rapidly now.

I hope I am wrong!

We have had so many large and terrible quakes lately, all over the planet.. that I just do not think it will be a little bitty shaker this time..

I pray I am wrong!!

I have tried to get an idea of where an earthquake might happen if I am correct.

It looks like it will be in the ocean, not all that far from Hawaii.. Sakura keep safe!!!!

These following photos were sent to me in an email from my friend jaspal.. thankyou sir!

They are of the earthquake in Indonesia I believe, if I understood the mail correctly.

Even if it is not in Indonesia.... this is a very vivid look at what an earthquake can do to a city street and the houses and people who lived on that street!

Please Lord for the first time in my life.. I hope I am wrong !!!

I would appreciate any comments, facts, times, figures,thoughts, or similar beliefs from you. Anything at all, from any one, of my friends.

I am fortunate to be the holder of many intelligent, if not brillant people, who feel I am worthy of their friendship, with much better educations than I have. So tell it to me, brothers and sisters.

I hand the podium to you and the floor is now yours.

If there is merit to my thoughts, then please help me to compile enough information that I could present it to someone who might be able to stop this, before it breaks us apart like an Easter egg. I am not seeking any kind of recognition for finding this out or any kind of self serving act of monetary gain. I am just interested in helping keep this hunk of dirt we live on, in one piece a while longer!

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MARCH 29, 2007 THE SECOND FUNNIEST JOKE I HAVE EVER HEARD!!

If you read this without laughing out loud, there is something
wrong with you. This reminds me of the other joke I love so much," The Texas Chili Cookoff" that I posted, not to long ago..

I can have sympathy for this fella though, seeing as how I am, a pc potato right now.. went from working like most men do daily, to not working period!.. Hey I am honest! That is an atribute isn't it? Well alright then! hehehe

Enjoy this one ... it is hilarious!

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MY 65TH BIRTHDAY GIFT

Dear Diary.


For my sixty fifth birthday this year, my wife (the dear)
purchased a week of personal training at the local health club
for me. Although I am still in great shape since playing on my
college tennis team 45 years ago, I decided it would be a good
idea to go ahead and give it a try.

I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swimwear.

My wife seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started!The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.

MONDAY


Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find
Belinda waiting for me.

She is something of a Greek goddess -with blond hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. WooHoo!!

Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. She was alarmed that my pulse was so fast, but I attribute it to standing next to her in her Lycra aerobic outfit.

I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring!

Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, all though my gut
was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around.

This is going to be a FANTASTIC week-!!

TUESDAY

I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the
door. Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar
into the air -- then she put weights on it!

My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile.

Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile.

I feel GREAT-!! It's a whole new life for me.

WEDNESDAY

The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying on the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it.

I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals....

Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot....

Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members.

Her shrill banshee like voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying.
My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on
the stair monster. Why the hell would anyone invent a machine to
do something that elevators made obselete? She said it was good for my heart function....

She said some other shit too.

THURSDAY


Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed because I was late....

I couldn't help being a half an hour late, it took me that long to
tie my shoes.......

Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells....

When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the men's room.....

She sent Lars to find me.

Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing
machine --

which I .... sank.


FRIDAY

I hate that Belinda more than any human being has ever
hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid,
skinny, anemic little cheerleader.

If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.

Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps . I don't have any
triceps!

And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me anything heavier than a sandwich.

The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health
and nutrition teacher.

Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?

SATURDAY

Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice, wondering why I did not show up today.

Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner.

However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.

SUNDAY

I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can
go and thank GOD that this week is over.

I will also pray that next year my wife will choose a gift for me that is fun --

---- like a root canal or a vasectomy!!!!!!!!

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