April Referrals

Sorry I have not posted anything for awhile, things have been pretty busy with the flu and Donald's dad and Easter . Time just goes too fast. Here's the update on April referrals. The CCAA ( china Affairs) gave out referrals this month starting on the 6th of April. They only gave out referrals Through Oct 25-26 , 2005.. Yes two days. However there were several people that did not receive referrals last month that got them this month for earlier dates in October.

So looking at my predictions on referrals:

Good case scenario
April Log in dates through Nov 13 th , 2005
Bad case scenario
April log in dates through Nov 7 th , 2005.

I hope that the next batch will be bigger.

To refresh any one on Referrals and What they mean please refer to the post section in the link Called " Why is it taking so long to get Makayla" It will explain what this information means. Thanks

Update on Les

Today Les came home from the hospital and is doing much much better. We got him home and right away he was working on his breathing. He still has not smoked and Karey quit as we'll . Now Don and I have to set up a date and quit ourselves. Tomorrow we are going home. So the only updates we can give is through the telephone. We will Still give you updates on the Internet when we find out more after we get home.

Update on Les ( third Day after Surgery)

Monday April 3rd. Les called early in the morning and told Karey that he was informed that he could leave the hospital. So we drove to pick him up , and to me he was smiling but his color was pail. We walked him down to the waiting area and Don and Scott went to get the trucks while Karey and I and Les waited for them. I had just taken a picture of him sitting in the chair while Karey was watching for the boys and I put the camera in my bag and looked up at Les and was passed out. I shook him and he came to , and I asked if he was ok and he said yes . I started to get Karey when Les passed out again, Karey noticed that something was wrong and she ran over and and his eyes was rolled back. I ran to get help while Karey tried to get Les to respond. When I came back about 30 sec. later Les had his head up and was telling Karey that he was fine he just wanted to go home. About 2 mins later the waiting area was filled with hospital personal to help. They took this blood pressure and it was 80. No bottom number. So they put Les on a cart and took him into the emergency dept. Once in the emergency Dept they determined that he was given to much blood pressure medicine, but wanted to stay the night so they could monitor him more and run more tests to make sure that everything was ok. When Les was entered into Emergency dept. they give everyone a fake name to go by in case of ( Rape , murder or shootings) So Les's new hospital name was " Cambodia Stat". We were told that if all the tests came back good that he could get out of the hospital on Tuesday (tomorrow ) . The Pictue is of Les right before he passed out.

Update on Les ( Second day after surgery)

Today Les was up and walking around more and his draining tube was taken out and his pain was not as much. His bandage was taken off of his chest where they cut to work on his heart. Sorry about the pictures being sideways, I tried all kinds of things to get them upright but nothing worked, I will have to make a mental note to myself to only take pictures upright on the camera.
As you can tell Les was in very good spirits and feeling much better.

Les Smetak

As almost everyone knows Donalds dad Les Smetak had emergency bypass surgery on four arteries of his heart on Friday March 30th, 2006. Don and I , Scott ( Dons Brother), and Harley ( Dons Cousin) drove down on Friday March 30th to be with Karey and Les. Les had blockage of 99%, 95%, 90 % and 60%. His surgery went really well and we are able to see early Saturday morning.





picture of Les walking Marchl 31st, 2006 day after surgery.

Picture of Les and Karey ( Dons Mom ) Saturday March 31st, 2006 Day after Surgery

Referrals are a coming

WE are getting close to the end of the month and on the Internet lots of rumors are a floating about how far they will get with Referral dates for the month of April. I think as listed below that they should get through if
Good case scenario
April Log in dates through Nov 13 2005
Bad case scenario
April log in dates through Nov 7th , 2005.

On one web site they are saying Nov 3rd and another is saying Nov 14th. So I guess we will find out Next week or for sure the week after.

Again our log in date is March 22, 2006.

Lady bug

Another lady bug Story................

If you are wondering what the story behind Lady bugs then please read our link "Lady Bugs" on the main page in POSTS.

On Monday I went out to eat with Mom, Nancy and Gail's kids and on the way there we were talking about Makayla and what did I see crawling on the window, you guessed a lady bug. It is the first time since New Years Eve. I can't help but think that It is a sign of some sort. Could yesterday be the day she was born? If so it would fit into the time frame of a referral in Dec-Feb. I think It will quite neat to get a referral , and her birth date was the day that I saw the lady bug.................

Any thoughts on this please leave me a message on the link below.
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