I don't know where else I can look.......

This is Nate and his Beautiful family. Nate is my neighbor and friend. He and his family live in Idaho, But Nate is up here doing a construction job. His youngest daughter Birklee was born with Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome.

Birklee has had 3 open heart surgeries, The first being the same day she was born. She is now on the transplant list waiting for a new heart.
This is Birklee and her older sister Jasmine.

Nate tells me that Birklee is always happy.

She always has a smile on her face.

I started a charity fund for her and her family to help with their ever growing medical bills. My bank opened the account with $150.00. I made donation cans and a printing company here made 50 posters for me to put up around town.

The thing is.....No one wants to put the cans on their counter and I have only found a few stores that are willing to put up a poster in the window. I was thinking to myself....what else can I do. So here I am. I am hoping that more than a few people will see this.

If you would like to make a donation for Birklee, Please please let me know.

More yucky picture's

I had to take the bandage off of Gabe's foot last night because his foot began to swell and the bandage was getting too tight. I thought it was a perfect time to take a picture of his ugly foot. Look at his chubby little toes.

This is today waiting for his appointment with Dr. Hanson.
Dr. Hanson checking out the big ugly foot.

Look at all the pretty colors.

YUCK!
Dr. Hanson putting the bandage back on.

This is Gabe and Dillon, He is Dr. Hanson's tech guy.


Dr, Hanson wanted Gabe to get a CT scan so he could see all of the little fractures better......So there are no surprises on Wednesday.

What a fricken day..........or two!

On Wednesday around noon, I was at work suffering through what seemed to be a very long boring day when my cell phone starts buzzing. I look at who's calling and I see the name Mr. Zanto, He is Gabe's Assistant Principle. Whenever he calls he always asks me how I am doing and I always say "You tell me" Ha ha. Today was no different except this time instead of telling me that Gabe was in his office, He said " I'm calling to let you know that Gabe broke his ankle at lunch, They were playing football. We called an ambulance." I yelled "WHAT", I am just down the street, I'll be there in 5 minutes. I clocked out and ran down the stairs and jumped in the car......and of course I got behind Grandma Moses going 15 miles per hour. I come to a screeching halt behind a cop car and two ambulance's. I jump out of the car and start to run down the hill at the high school to see this.........................





Gabe, trying not to cry.





There were 6 EMS and Officer Keltner (Very good Guy).




Gabe got to ride in the ambulance.

This isn't a very good shot, My pinkie is by his foot and my pointer finger is by the bone right above his ankle.

In the E.R.

He told me that I had to go get Darrin (Dad) and Jared before they admitted him. While I was gone, They came in and set his leg and put a splint on it.

Jared was a little freaked out seeing his brother like that. Gabe was under a mild sedation. They might fight like cats and dogs, But they still love each other.

Just look at my happy little camper. After he was admitted, eating some JELL-O.

The view out his window. Kind of North- East.

Silly Jared.

Feeling a little better (Drugs are good), I let him play my DS.

The next morning (Today). This is Gabe's Physical Therapist, Dale. He said that Gabe is a whiz at going up the stairs with crutches. I am so good that I got them both with their eyes closed...lol

This is one of his nurses. Her name is Faylene. There was also Deb and Christy.


This is Dr. Hansen, The Orthopedic surgeon. Yep , You guessed it, Gabe gets to have surgery.

Dr. Hansen and Dr. Hunter ( Dr. Hunter saw him in the E.R.) Let him come home today so the swelling in the soft tissue could go down. He will have his Pre-Op appointment on Monday and then he will have his surgery on Wednesday. He will have a metal plate screwed to his bone. WooHoo.

So much for long boring days.

More to come later.

One of Gabe's X-ray's.

My prayers go out to my good friend and her family...

Photo courtesy of Wally Jester - Tom Jester gives a thumbs-up at the 2007 demolition derby, which he won.

A fire engulfed Jester’s car at this year’s derby and burned 50 percent of his body. A man who was injured when his car was engulfed in flames during Sunday’s demolition derby remained hospitalized Monday with 50 percent of his body covered with second- and third-degree burns.Tom Jester, a 53-year-old Helena man, was taken to the University of Utah burn center by airplane Sunday. He was listed in critical condition Monday afternoon, according to a hospital spokeswoman.The blaze occurred during Sunday afternoon’s demolition derby at the annual Last Chance Stampede and Fair. According to witness accounts, a transmission line ruptured during the event and sprayed into Jester’s 1978 Chrysler Cordoba, which subsequently caught fire.Jester’s brother, Wally, said the bulk of his brother’s burns were concentrated on his legs and arms. His neck also was burned by the flames, which compromised his airways and injured his esophagus, Wally Jester said.Tom Jester is set to start receiving skin grafts today, his brother said. Jester, who has his wife, Deanna, and son, Jeremy Kendall, at his side in Salt Lake City, will remain at the burn center for a minimum of 60 days.Jeremy Kendall, Tom Jester’s son, was part of his father’s pit crew Sunday.

“That kid jumped about 15 feet over two fences and the tires to get to his dad,” said J.T. Quillin, Jester’s cousin, who was in the stands.The other drivers quickly went after the fire with extinguishers from their vehicles, Quillin said. “Had they not — I don’t think Tom would be with us,” he said. “He was burned from his chin to where his boots laced.”One question some of Jester’s family and others have been pondering is why there wasn’t an ambulance on the scene Sunday afternoon when one had been on hand during the rodeo and every day at the fair since Wednesday.Keith Hatch, manager of the fairgrounds, said it is not common practice to have an ambulance there during the derby, but trained paramedics were on the scene. “We’ve never had an ambulance at the derby — that’s not to say whether right or wrong — we’ve never had one,” Hatch said.The fairgrounds contracted with the Helena Fire Department to have firefighters, including trained emergency medical technicians at the event, he said.Peggy Stebbins, St. Peter’s Hospital spokeswoman, said the hospital donates its services for the fair, and fair management decides which ones are most at-risk of all the events. The hospital’s paramedics were at the fair Wednesday through Saturday overseeing the first aid booth, and an ambulance with personnel was on hand for the rodeo those days, she said.Hatch said those involved with the demolition derby will gather soon to evaluate the incident and see if another such tragic event could somehow be prevented, he said. They also will discuss having an ambulance placed at future derbies.Another question will be whether the risks involved make it worth holding a derby at all, Hatch said.Quillin, who has been competing in derbies for nearly 14 years, said he has never heard of such a horrible fire at an event. “This is one of those things that aren’t supposed to happen that happened,” he said.Quillin quickly added that he is touched by the outpouring of love and support his cousin has received from those in the derby as well as the community.“I had over 43 missed calls when I woke up this morning. There are a lot of people who care and want to know,” he said Monday.Quillin describes his cousin as one of the most fun-loving people he knows.“He’s the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back, no question,” he added.Jester, who works as a truck driver for Associated Foods, made many friends through participating in derbies, Quillin said. Those friends and many others pulled together Sunday and raised about $3,000 to help Jester, including many of the demolition derby competitors’ purses.Tentative plans also are in the works for fundraisers, including a pool tournament and a chili feed. An account to help Jester with his costs will soon be set up at the American Federal Savings Bank.While Quillin said he will not participate in any derbies for the rest of the year in order to help his family, he will continue to compete in the future, adding that it is a dangerous sport with risks.His cousin, on the other hand, was planning on making Sunday’s his last derby.Wally Jester said he spoke just before the derby with his brother, who said he was going to stop participating because he is getting up in years and wanted more time for his family, and also to fish.“He was going to crash his car that he had competed in before, and then give up,” he said.

Ginger and the Jester family, We are praying for you all. If there is anything we can do for you, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK!! We love you.

WHY.......

Why is it so hard to be happy for someone else when they get what you want? You work so hard at something and do it with a smile and a great attitude and get passed over like road kill.

Don't get me wrong, I am so happy for this person, She is my friend, It just makes me feel like I'm not good enough...........I HATE THAT FEELING!!!!!

Obit. for Marius.

You can go HERE to see The obituary for Marius.

I don't know if I can even explain how bad my heart hurts right this moment. Everything Darrin and I are going thru with Gabe is hard enough. At 9:30 tonight the phone rang and when I looked at the caller ID I was a little worried. It was Eva, My ex-mom-in-law. Gabe's most favorite uncle passed away yesterday at 4:00pm. Eva said that his last words were "Mom". She also told me that Marius had asked if Gabe and I knew that he was sick. When she told him that she called and told us about him being in the hospital and expressed our love for him...She said he smiled and said that he loved us too. Gabe saw me crying and I passed the phone over to him because Eva asked if she could tell him. All I could do was just hug him and tell him that I love him. What do I do now?

Marius, We will miss you, But we know that you aren't sick anymore and that you are happy. All I can say is that it shouldn't have been you.
Marius Suciu @ 32 years old.

Anybody and Everybody................

I am asking everyone to pray for all our loved ones in SoCal! Family and friends! I hope you are all safe and sound. We love you and you will be in our prayers.
Picture of the fires from space.

Feels like it was just yesterday.....

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!