Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day Mama

Dear Mama,
Ok, I'll try not to cry. But , theres NO GARENTEES that it'll happen that way. But , I want to tell you that I'm so thankful everyday that Dad found you , Dated you , and FINALLY married you , And YES Girl I'm gonna say it ya'll made me and Joshua , with the help of God & Our Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ , the 2 most finest grown up kids in the world . I think that he did a fantastic job. I think you are the sweetest and most caring person that I know. I mean you basically stop whatever your doing and you bend over backwards to help who ever do what ever. Including me with my medical stuff , Getting better after each Surgery / You stay with me at the Hospital even for just a night's Sleep Study so that Dad could stay home long enough to get Josh to School and then he'd go to work. and also you try your best to help our family try to stay as Healthy as possible. I for 1 THANK YOU! You are and ALWAYS will be My Best Friend until the day both of us dies. And , then you'll be my Best Friend in Heaven too. But , for now lets NOT think that way just yet. It's like the Kenny Chesney song "Everybody wants to go to Heaven, But Nobody wants to go Now!"And , I know we have our moments of wanting to strangle each other . Every Mother & Daughter does . But , I'm truly Honored to have you as My Mom . And , you know like the sad thing that happend 11 yrs. ago with Kelli Farmer 's Mom . . . That got me thinking what would we do without you. All I could tell you is We'd all be very sad to not get to see your Beautiful Face every Day , And to hear your sweet Singing & Talking voice. But, I'm so thankful that nothing like that happend and hopfully it never will. I love you with all of my heart and soul. Your Beautiful inside and Out! And , I have to say your THE BEST COOK EVER !!!!!!!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Hey There Ya'll ,
So ok , this post won't be a "Full Post " as I normally do. But , I just have a question that my dear friend , Kelly Stamps , of "Kelly's Korner" posted on her post not the latest blog this past Thursday afternoon but, the one before that . " What would you have for your last meal if you knew your going to die soon? Weather it be , From a certain deases or Normal Causes? Oh Boy , Mine would be , AS MUCH " KFC " AS POSSIBLE , CHILI'S MONSERELLA CHEESE STICKS WITH RANCH DRESSING , COCA COLA ON THE ROCKS/ PEPSI ON THE ROCKS

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Update on Baby Stellan from MckMama herself

a good play with an awful hand
In essence, what Dr. A was doing for our son today was making a good play when being dealt an awful hand.Those were actually his words. Not mine. I'd like to give credit where credit is due. And, as you'll find, Dr. A deserves lots of credit after today. Stellan made it through his procedure and is not extubated yet. They want to keep him on the ventilator for a while since this morning was so complicated for his little body. We are in the recovery room right now. He is finishing off a blood transfusion they started earlier, and we'll head back to the CICU (Cardiac Intensive Care Unit) shortly. We will likely be back on the regular cardiac floor by tomorrow. Of all the scenarios that Dr. A could possibly have found once he was in Stellan's heart, unfortunately the location of Stellan's accessory pathway was in the least desirable and most complicated position possible. It was a long and involved procedure, but they didn't have to open up his chest at all because they were able to avoid the need for a pacemaker (at this point, signs are pointing to him possibly needing one in the future, perhaps when he is old enough to get one without requiring open heart surgery). Today the cardiologists accessed Stellan's heart through his neck and three openings in his groin. One unexpected thing that was discovered during surgery today was that Stellan has Patent Foramen Ovale. The hole, present during fetal development, that connects the atria through the septum, which usually closes at or shortly after birth, is still open in Stellan's heart. I have no idea yet about the ramifications of that hole still being open, but I don't think it's a big deal. It worked out great today, in fact, as Dr. A didn't have to puncture Stellan's septum! He just threaded his instruments right through Stellan's Patent Foramen Ovale to gain access to the left side of his heart! Seriously, modern medicine is amazing.Dr. A was able to indeed locate Stellan's accessory pathway, a parahisian mid septal pathway that lay right on Stellan's AV node. It was so close to Stellan's normal conduction pathway as to almost be commingled. It was this unfortunate placement of Stellan's extra pathway that made today's procedure so complicated and risky. The good news is Stellan's his pathway was nowhere near his coronary artery, so that was not damaged. The bad news is that the AV node is necessary for the heart to beat properly, and Stellan's AV node was damaged today. It is through the AV node that normal conduction flows. Damage to the AV node is what causes heart block (When the upper and lower parts of the heart do not electrically communicate with each other, therefore beating autonomously instead of in synchrony like a normal heart beat. Heart block often necessitates the implantation of an artificial pacemaker.). The doctors found it very difficult, impossible it now seems, to get rid of Stellan's mid septal pathway without damaging his AV node. The long and short of it is that Dr. A danced an impressively fine line today, wanting to destroy Stellan's extra electrical pathway as much as he could so we could get rid of his capacity for SVT, while not wanting to utterly destroy Stellan's AV node and cause complete heart block, thus possibly requiring open heart surgery and a pacemaker. The result, we all feel, was the best play possible, given the unfortunate hand we were dealt (as regards the location of Stellan's accessory pathway). In the process of ablating the pathway (using cryo ablation instead of radio frequency ablation, a change Dr. A made mid-stream after realizing how risky it would be to actually use radio frequency), Stellan's AV node was damaged. He was left with (what seems now to be Complete) Right Bundle Block. This means that his entire right ventricle no longer receives electrical impulse as far as when to beat. Instead of beating in harmony with the atria, it's doing it's own ineffective thing. The great news is that Stellan did not end up with Complete Heart Block on both sides! His left ventricle (which could easily be argued to be more important than the right) is sill functioning properly, receiving the correct impulse from the atria. We are so very thankful for that.Accepting that Stellan now has Complete Right Bundle Block is the price we must be willing to pay as a trade-off for Stellan's accessory pathway being probably completely destroyed.As soon as Dr. A saw that the AV node was being damaged and heart block was being caused, he stopped the ablation process immediately. He did try to go in again later and just see if he could ablate a teeny, tiny bit more, but as soon as the catheter even got near the AV node, before he even began ablating at all, more heart block started to appear so he figured that was God's way of saying enough is enough. He didn't push things any further and estimates that the procedure, from that standpoint, was about 65% effective. Mentioning those odds were considered a "failure" in this field, he reminded me that he is confident this was the best outcome we could have hoped for, considering Stellan's pathway was on his AV node.If Stellan's SVT does come back (about a 35% chance that it will), there will be only two options: Try to find a regimen of anti arrhythmic drugs to hold Stellan out of SVT until he is old enough to have another ablation (and a pacemaker...see next paragraph), or to go ahead and do another ablation (and pacemaker, as the AV node will have to be destroyed) now.There is no other option for ablation that does not include a pacemaker, however. If Dr. A has to go back in Stellan's heart to ablate the pathway if it comes back, there is no more room to ablate it a little without killing the AV node. Another ablation will mean a pacemaker, which will mean open heart surgery if Stellan is still young. If he is older and big enough, though, he could get another ablation and pacemaker much less invasively. There is even the chance that once Stellan is about 20 kilos (at about age 4), that his accessory pathway, if it is not entirely gone already, might move away from the AV node a bit as Stellan grows, making a complete ablation of that pathway without destroying the rest of the AV node a minute possibility.Because Dr. A was not able to ablate as aggressively as he would have optimally liked, we will stay here for a few more days at least. Stellan will have an esophageal study on Thursday to try to map Stellan's heart again and to try to induce SVT. Depending on what happens when Dr. A tries to induce SVT, we will determine the plan from here on out. If Stellan's SVT does not come back, we will be able to go home with Stellan on no drugs. As I wrap up this post, Stellan is now off the ventilator and able to eat. We are in the CICU and will be through the night. I nursed Stellan and he fell back asleep. His blood transfusion is done, but some of his labs are still really low, so he'll be getting some other stuff (not sure what at this point..bicarbs or something and other thigns). He'll also be given a diuretic to help him get rid of the fluid that is in his lungs and his tissues (that built up when his heart was in such high SVT since yesterday afternoon). Thank you so much for your prayers and concerns. Even more updates and photos of our sweet boy to come soon!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Joshua is in TX

Hey Everyone ,
I know it's been a just a few days ago since I posted on here last . But , Have I got some BEYOND GREAT News for all the family and Friends in the TX area . Joshua called our house yesterday morning at 1:30 A . M . . . And he told Mom that he had just gotten information on a Flight out of the N . Y . C airport to the one in Dallas / Ft. Worth . set to land here at around 10 : 30 ish . . . few hrs later he calls us back and says that he had to have the number to his flight changed for some reason that I don't remember at the moment. Wait , I think the reason was that it was snowing in Houston . But that he'd be boarding the plane as soon as he could . Well , he calls again and the flight has been delayed by a few minutes and when it finally takes off it sent him to Ohio to get on a plane to come straigh to Dallas . All of this to say Joshua 's plane FINALLY arrived to Dallas / Ft . Worth Airport around 11:15 P. M . Last night . We drove half way home to stop off and eat at Ihop. And didn't get home till have 2:30 or so this morning .

Friday, April 3, 2009

NEW YORK SHOOTING & NEW KITTENS

Hello Ya'll,
I am here again to post 3 Things. The 1st thing is that our hearts and prayers go out to the victoms and the loved ones of the people that were involved in the shooting today. 2.) For all of The McCaghren Family members and Friends , on here that know that , My Brother , Joshua lives there in New York . I want all of ya'll to know that he is perfectly FINE! He was at a photo shoot this morning and he didn't even know about the shootings until Mom and I told him about it 1 - 2 hrs. ago or so. 3.) On to some MORE exciting news . . . . WE HAVE BRAND NEW KITTENS ! ! ! That were born either early this morning or last night. Dad and Mom and I wouldn't know when since Dad and I were in the living room watching some rented movies. And , Mom was working on tax paper work ! ! ! Anyway, I think that " Blondie" our Blonde extreamly fat cat has FINALLY given birth . . . 2 Days ago she looked like she was about to POP ! ! ! But , We also have a Black / Gray cat also Pregnant and I've seen both of them. The Black / Gray one is still preggers. "Blondie" I've only seen her form a far she snuck her head around the corner of the Garage Door this morning. So I think they are hers. Anyway HAPPY DAY FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY YA'LL

Hey Everyone,
I know it's been a little over 2 weeks or so since I had the chance to post for ya'll last. We have all been doing good. All , Except my Dad. He's been down in bed with a VERY BAD MIGRAINE for the past 3 days straight or so. He's only gotten up to use the restroom . Or , if he felt like he could eat. He would be up long enough to eat and then either go back to bed. Or he'd lay on our couch / recliner chair. Anyway. Mom , Joshua , and I and all the pets are glad that he's getting better . And felling like trying to work on things around our mobile home. Dad , I'm so glad that your getting back to your funny , YOUNG self. And I'm also REAL glad that you are feeling some better. Your in my thoughts and prayers always. I love you , You CRAZY IRISH Daddy , You! Happy St. Patricks Day! Love Always , Your 's & Mama 's " Baby Girl !"

Friday, February 27, 2009

R . I . P William Cecil Summers Oct. 30th, 19?? - Feb 20 , 2009

Hey Everybody ,
I know it seems that this is the season for funerals and all. Has ya'll know there have been several deaths in my family lately. Here is a list of all of them thus far are listed below for you all if you wanted to try and keep up.


1.) My Family 's Cat "Froggy" She was a Simease Kitten probably about 3 weeks old when my Dad found her " Deader than a Door Nail" She looked like she was just laying there sleeping laying there in the sun.

2. ) Our Calico Kitten "Callie" She was about 8- 10 weeks old when she died. She was laying in the EXACT SAME spot that "Froggy" was when she died.

3. ) One of My Family Pets , That I named Daphne , She was only liking 2 - 4 days turning 3 Yrs. old when she was hit and accidently killed by one of our neighbors down the street.

4.) My Great Uncle William Cecil Summers , He's My Dad's Uncle He died a week ago TODAY!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

R . I . P " Daphne " Feb. 11 , 2006 - Feb . 7 , 2009

Hello Everyone ,
Today is a very sad and also depressing day for The McCaghren Family. This morning our sweet and loving Great Pyreneese , Who I " Daphne " who was just 3 years old got hit. Mom and Dad took her to our vet. After they looked her over they were about to start prepping her for surgery. To fix her torn spleen. But , Sadly it was just too late. She bled inside too much. Then , She died. She'll be greatly missed by all . We love and miss you Sweet Girl! Love , Randee , Josh , Mom , Pawdre

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

R . I . P "Callie!" from Nov. 2008 - Feb. 2009

This is a very special but yet very sad post today. As today marks the day that either during the night or some time this morning one of our newest additions , Our sweet and cute and cuddly beloved Kitten , Who we named "Callie " has passed away. " Callie " was a pretty and so very feisty little Callico Cat. She was a scrapper that's for sure. She was the funniest little cat that I think I'd ever met. She had the cutest little " Meow " ! I'll deffinetly miss her "meows" and of course her sweet little face . Those little green eyes that always looked so sad unless her buddy/ Brother " Blonde " was around. He always played with her. She was begining to be such a good hunter too. I think she took some " pointers " from "Comacozie"! Her adopted big sister. She was a fighter too. Man , Some of our puppies loved to "Rough House" with her. Of course I think you all can guess who would end up winning! YEP! Dear ole " Callie Girl ". Little Stink Pot! I truly loved that kitten. I thought I'd NEVER like kittens much less Cats. BUT, Turns out I do. Weird I know! S0, as I close this post. I want to say , " Bye Callie Girl " , We miss you lots sweet Girl! Have fun playing with all those " Kitty Angels "! I love you. Love, Randee

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Little Harper

Hey Guys & Gals ,
I'm just so EXCITED that I can't stand it. Boy, have I got some totally FABULOUS news to tell all of ya'll . I was just over visiting my darling friends , Kelly and Scott Stamps blog to check up on their precious little princess , Who they have named her " Miss . Harper Brown Stamps". She was born on, January 15th. She is such a strong little fighter ( Just like her "Aunt Randee" was at her young age. ;) That little darling and her family are very special and dear to me. Even though I've not had the chance to meet them all face to face just yet . I sure hope that my family and I get the chance to some day real soon . I too hope she gets that Pony that her Daddy promised her. I think she'd look so cute on one when she gets older . Scott & Kelly , I sure hope that ya'll are having a great day spent with your sweet little angel . I love you all so very much ! - " Aunt Randee in East , TX "

Friday, January 23, 2009

5 Puppies Left

Hey Everyone,
We now have just 5 Puppies left. Tonight , 2 Ladies and one of their little Girls came by tonight and got 3 of them. 1 Badger , and 1 Solid White Boy , And the ONLY Girl (Also Solid White) . You could say that I'm a little bit sad. But, I feel good knowing that they are going to good homes. And Aunt Deborah has a friend that wants one. So, soon we will be " Puppy Less"! Unless , You want to still call " Apollo " & " Daphne " & " Maggie " " Puppies " still? I'm not to sure about it though! They are my Big Babies! LOL. Before we sale the others I'll TRY and get a photo of them tomorrow and I'll put it up here for ya'll and me both! They are such little stinkers! But , I sure do love them all so much.
Love , Randee

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Puppies

Daphne's Puppies are now 4 weeks and 4 days old now ( I think!) . They are all doing really good. Right now they are a bunch of chubby 4 legged Puppies. They all look like they've had enough food for 6 weeks! They are so chubby. One of the Solid white ones is a Male, I guess when Dad went to help feed them puppy chow he "Bonded" with it and the puppy got to following Dad all over the kennal he and Mom put them in. So, at one point Dad bent down to pick him up and loved on him a little then handed him to my Mom so that she could bring him in so that I can see him. I KID YOU NOT PEOPLE . . . . The moment she sat him in my lap and petted him a minute and left to do some house chorse the puppy laid his head on my shoulder and fell asleep. I even hummed "Rock - a - bye Baby " to him and he was out like a light bulb snoreing!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had a picture of it but , It was cute. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE & HAPPY 2009 !!!!!!!!!!! Love , Randee

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Here they are folks


Well here is FINALLY a photo of 8 of Daphne's 3 Week old puppies who will be turning 4 weeks old tomorrow that have been living right in the middle area under our mobile home for the past 2 weeks now I think. As ya'll can see by this photo they are begining to be little Fur Balls that look like they'd litterally been dunked into snow. I got to hold 1 of the little Boys that My Sweet Girl , Daphne delivered the next day after Daphe gave birth. It was a Little Boy that I got to hold. He was solid white and was a Hungry little fella. I don't think that he's one of the 3 that passed away . I sure hope not. But if so .... He's and his 2 siblings are in a much better place. So, Just thought I'd show ya'll my Girl 's Babies. Love Always, Randee