Gonzalez's Heart
Things have been very busy around here. We are preparing for Jaden's surgery figuring out schedules and when Sal and the kids will come down. We are also trying to stay healthy which has taken a downward spin in the past 2 days. Jaden had been having a runny nose since Sunday and then last night was up coughing all night and had a lot of stuff coming out of his nose. Today he has been fine but we all know that night is the hardest when being sick. We need a ton of prayers coming at him to be done with this by next week. Ashley was also coughing last night and this morning. She of course is always kissing Jaden and holding him. So they probably got sick from each other which at least is a cute way to get sick.
As some of you know, Sal and I are opening up a small ma and pa mechanic shop. We are very excited but have all of the preparation and planning for that going on at the same time as preparing for surgery. So needless to say it has been stressful. We actually get the keys today and will be going there in a few minutes. We have our first customer coming in first thing in the morning (The Theis's). We are not completely ready for business to start coming in but have planned on the Theis's so we have what we need for that.
We are so excited for this new addition to our business. I am sorry, we at this time are not doing oil changes. Many of you have been begging for it but have not decided to add that on to our shop at this time. We have spent many hours brainstorming about names and trying to decide what would be the best one for us. Our FedEx business name is Frontgate, so with some help from many others, Steph had come up with taking the F and G from Frontgate and came up with Fifth Gear. (Sorry Wally). So we are Fifth Gear Repair Inc.
Thank you all for your support with our family. We love you all!
The Gonzalez's
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Gonzalez's Heart
So the anticipated date has finally been scheduled. Jaden will have an echo, kath and physical Nov. 6 & 7th. His surgery is scheduled for Nov. 9th at 7am. We will have to be there at 5am. When I received the date over the phone, I was so nervous. After hanging up, I broke down and cried. It was like reality hit that Jaden had to go through heart surgery again. But it also means we are one more step closer to him being done with his 3 surgeries.
We need some major prayers going now. We need to pray that Jaden remains very healthy from now until the surgery. He needs to continue to gain weight in these next 3 weeks and get much stronger so his surgery goes perfectly. We also need to start praying for the sharp knowledge, skill, safety and well being of the surgeon (Dr. Harrington) and her team. If Dr. Harrington is not feeling 100% the day of the surgery, her focus may not be as good. So if you could all start praying for these things that would be so wonderful.
We will continue to keep you posted with Jaden's health and any prayer requests we need. Thank you all again for your continued support and prayers. We know it is by the grace of God that Jaden is here with us today and we continue to thank him daily for our wonderful family.
Much love to you all, Steph
So the anticipated date has finally been scheduled. Jaden will have an echo, kath and physical Nov. 6 & 7th. His surgery is scheduled for Nov. 9th at 7am. We will have to be there at 5am. When I received the date over the phone, I was so nervous. After hanging up, I broke down and cried. It was like reality hit that Jaden had to go through heart surgery again. But it also means we are one more step closer to him being done with his 3 surgeries.
We need some major prayers going now. We need to pray that Jaden remains very healthy from now until the surgery. He needs to continue to gain weight in these next 3 weeks and get much stronger so his surgery goes perfectly. We also need to start praying for the sharp knowledge, skill, safety and well being of the surgeon (Dr. Harrington) and her team. If Dr. Harrington is not feeling 100% the day of the surgery, her focus may not be as good. So if you could all start praying for these things that would be so wonderful.
We will continue to keep you posted with Jaden's health and any prayer requests we need. Thank you all again for your continued support and prayers. We know it is by the grace of God that Jaden is here with us today and we continue to thank him daily for our wonderful family.
Much love to you all, Steph
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Gonzalez's Heart
So we had another appointment with Chip yesterday. Chip thinks Jaden looks good and will be fine waiting for this next surgery. We still do not have a date a month later, however, it will now not be until November sometime. I will be personally calling to the U of M on Monday to set a few people straight.
I am not going to go into to much detail of our appointment and my confronting Chip of his practice other then I will say he was more unprofessional then any other person or situation I have experienced. Being in the military for 8 years, living in California and having multiple jobs, I have encountered a lot. He basically bad mouthed and cut throat everyone involved to include basically telling me I need to get a new pied. Dr.
Everyone was to blame but himself and he not only talked defensively for 45 min. at about 60 mph but he swore multiple times (not at me) but in his general outbreak. It was so intense in there that you could have started fireworks. Wendy (Sal's sister) went with me and she could not believe the kind of manner he conducted himself. He has some major issues he needs to deal with. He would not listen to me and at one point we were both talking at the same time. I was very calm, professional and said it as it is. I told him that I know many of his patients and they all feel the same and I am speaking for them all. I told him I wanted to communicate this to him so he did not lose his practice and so he could try to change his way of running his clinic. However, he was not interested in a thing I had to say. Wendy thought I was way to nice to him but said even if I had been more aggressive it would not have made a difference.
After this next surgery, I am going to move forward and take some extreme actions against him which is very unfortunate.
So when I have a date, I will let you know. Until then like Kelly posted, we need to keep our energy in a positive manner so we can get through this with another A+. So please keep the prayers coming for a calm heart for us all. We also need to pray for Jaden and our family to stay healthy so that when surgery is scheduled that we do not have to push it back due to illness.
Much love to you all, Steph
So we had another appointment with Chip yesterday. Chip thinks Jaden looks good and will be fine waiting for this next surgery. We still do not have a date a month later, however, it will now not be until November sometime. I will be personally calling to the U of M on Monday to set a few people straight.
I am not going to go into to much detail of our appointment and my confronting Chip of his practice other then I will say he was more unprofessional then any other person or situation I have experienced. Being in the military for 8 years, living in California and having multiple jobs, I have encountered a lot. He basically bad mouthed and cut throat everyone involved to include basically telling me I need to get a new pied. Dr.
Everyone was to blame but himself and he not only talked defensively for 45 min. at about 60 mph but he swore multiple times (not at me) but in his general outbreak. It was so intense in there that you could have started fireworks. Wendy (Sal's sister) went with me and she could not believe the kind of manner he conducted himself. He has some major issues he needs to deal with. He would not listen to me and at one point we were both talking at the same time. I was very calm, professional and said it as it is. I told him that I know many of his patients and they all feel the same and I am speaking for them all. I told him I wanted to communicate this to him so he did not lose his practice and so he could try to change his way of running his clinic. However, he was not interested in a thing I had to say. Wendy thought I was way to nice to him but said even if I had been more aggressive it would not have made a difference.
After this next surgery, I am going to move forward and take some extreme actions against him which is very unfortunate.
So when I have a date, I will let you know. Until then like Kelly posted, we need to keep our energy in a positive manner so we can get through this with another A+. So please keep the prayers coming for a calm heart for us all. We also need to pray for Jaden and our family to stay healthy so that when surgery is scheduled that we do not have to push it back due to illness.
Much love to you all, Steph
Monday, October 09, 2006
Gonzalez's Heart
It has been almost 3 weeks since our appointment with Chip the cardiologist and no word on the surgery. I had our home care nurse Jenny figure out what is going on and she got a hold of the scheduling person at the U of M for the surgery and found out that Chip never turned in the orders. The lady said this has happened with him before. We have had many, many issues with Chip but have not said to much to all of you. This was the last line and I am going to file an official complaint. He has stepped way over the line on this one. We will work on getting a date set tomorrow (Jenny and I). Hopefully we can get something accomplished.
Jaden is doing well and luckily has not gotten sick yet but Ethan has. We are sanitizing our hands 24/7 to try and help to not spread anything. If Jaden gets sick and the surgery has to be post-poned, I will put all the blame on Chip. Pray for a healthy family and for the surgery to be scheduled so we can move on.
Love and thanks to you all for the continued support.
Steph
It has been almost 3 weeks since our appointment with Chip the cardiologist and no word on the surgery. I had our home care nurse Jenny figure out what is going on and she got a hold of the scheduling person at the U of M for the surgery and found out that Chip never turned in the orders. The lady said this has happened with him before. We have had many, many issues with Chip but have not said to much to all of you. This was the last line and I am going to file an official complaint. He has stepped way over the line on this one. We will work on getting a date set tomorrow (Jenny and I). Hopefully we can get something accomplished.
Jaden is doing well and luckily has not gotten sick yet but Ethan has. We are sanitizing our hands 24/7 to try and help to not spread anything. If Jaden gets sick and the surgery has to be post-poned, I will put all the blame on Chip. Pray for a healthy family and for the surgery to be scheduled so we can move on.
Love and thanks to you all for the continued support.
Steph
Monday, October 02, 2006
Gonzalez's Heart
We are still (not so patiently) waiting to hear when the surgery is going to be. We have heard nothing and even called the cardiologist to see if they have heard, which they have not. Jaden is still spitting up a lot and his pied. wants me to take him in so they can see what is going on since it is such a large amount.
We had a great weekend at the cabin. The weather was perfect and we spent the entire weekend outside. We raked, cut wood, went on walks, had a bon fire and added Jaden's name plaque to the family trail of names down the driveway. We even did our dogs name to the trail. It was a lot of fun. Enjoy the slide show below of our weekend and we will keep you posted.
Love to you all, Steph
We are still (not so patiently) waiting to hear when the surgery is going to be. We have heard nothing and even called the cardiologist to see if they have heard, which they have not. Jaden is still spitting up a lot and his pied. wants me to take him in so they can see what is going on since it is such a large amount.
We had a great weekend at the cabin. The weather was perfect and we spent the entire weekend outside. We raked, cut wood, went on walks, had a bon fire and added Jaden's name plaque to the family trail of names down the driveway. We even did our dogs name to the trail. It was a lot of fun. Enjoy the slide show below of our weekend and we will keep you posted.
Love to you all, Steph
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