Continued prayers for Sohpie

Just an update, and also, please continue to pray for the speedy recovery of Sophie. 

She is still in the hospital at MUSC, where they did find that some of the infection did get through to her brain. She has had a PICC line put in to be able to get medication straight to her. 

From what I understand, the operation was a success, but they are continuing to monitor her and keep her at the hospital. The last I heard was that she will be released on Monday. She is in good spirits, but with the situation being described as "serious," it gives us all anxiety. 

So please, continue to pray for her continued recovery and that she returns to full health. Please pay for the serenity of her family, and friends. Please pray that our Lord continues to look down upon her in His loving and healing light. 

All our times are in Thy hand.
     All diseases come at Thy call, and go at Thy bidding. 
Thou redeemest our life from destruction, and crownest us with loving kindness and tender mercies. We bless
Thee, that Thou hast heard prayer, and commanded deliverances for our friend and Thy servant, who has been under Thine afflicting hand. 
     He (or she) was brought low, but Thou hast helped him (her). May he (she) not only live, but declare the works of the Lord!
As Thou hast delivered his eyes from tears, his feet from falling, and his soul from death, may he daily inquire:What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me,and resolve to offer unto Thee the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and to call upon the name of the Lord.
May we ever remember that recovery is only a reprieve and that some day we will go to our rest in the Lord. May we therefore secure the righteous path and live with eternity ever in our view.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Please, continue. Thank you.

Change the perspective on "Ironside"

I have the best idea for a tv-show to bring back "Ironside," on NBC. 

"Ironside" Canceled

First let me just say, I have never watched the show, or even seen a preview for the show. All I know of it is somethings that have been mentioned about it at work. 

From the sounds of, I probably wouldn't have watched it, but I think I know how to make it a show that NBC could keep on the air.

You have to give it a gimmick. It can't just be about a detective that can kick butt in a wheel chair. You have to make it something that will leave you guessing. 

I propose the show come back, but the perspective of the show change. Ironside is still a good cop in a wheel chair, but unless the other characters are sitting, you never see their faces. All you see is up to their shoulders, but never above their neck.

Think of all the money that could be saved on actors. All you need is some under-paid voice talent to do the voices.

Plex it up!

So real quick, I just wanted to drop this on here to see if actually works. 

I really like using my Plex Media Server. If this works, it should change the image every time a show is watched, it should change the image. Course, may require refreshing, but I don't watch that much television.

If you have your own library of videos, tv and movies, then you should check out Plex. It's awesome.

If you do decide to set one up, let me know, and I can share with you, my media.

Plex Media

This Thursday should smell like Friday

Ugh.

What a week; and sadly, it's not even over yet. Seriously. It feels like today should be a Monday. 

This *lingering* back ache is really starting to subside, which, don't get me wrong, I am extremely thankful for. I can now stand up from a seated position and only take a few second to adjust and stretch before I can walk normal; where a few days ago, it took me far longer. 

I think that I have taken enough in pain pills that my stomach is now beginning to suffer. I won't get into that. It's almost as unpleasant as the back pain. 

Only today and tomorrow to go before we get to go and investigate the Town Theater and document their possible ghostly experiences. I hope that we get a very active night and have a lot to show Sandra, the owner. I think it's going to be a good night. 

Sophie appears to be out of the woods and doing much better. I believe that that while there is a whole in her skull to her brain, it appears that the membrane is intact and no damage, or fear of future damage will affect her. They will have her in the hospital at MUSC till Friday, from what I gather. Thank you for the prayers. They are truly appreciated. 

So on to a Thursday (Friday) that feels like a Monday. 

Now if we can just get a good win out of the Gamecocks this weekend, versus the Missouri Tigers. I think it should be possible. I just hope that our offense, under Dylan Thompson can step up and perform. We have an amazing athlete with Mike Davis, and I really think that if they just feed him the ball and he can pound it out, we can see 300 or more yards rushing and a couple hundred more in the air. That's what it will take. Our Defense was on target last weekend, for a good part of the game, and it will be good to have a repeat of that performance. 

Okay. I'm done just writing on what I'm thinking about. Should get back to work. 

Prayers for Sophie

Asking for prayers this morning for my niece Sophie. For the past few weeks she has been suffering from swelling around her left eye (I believe). She'd been to the doctor a few times, and they had her on an antibiotic, which for a time, seemed to work to reduce the swelling, but didn't do away with it completely. After she woke up a couple days ago with swelling so bad that she couldn't open her eye, she was taken to the doctor again.

This time they told her that she needed to see a specialist. 

So the family went to MUSC near Charleston, SC yesterday. 

It is determined that there is an infection that has caused an abscess that has eaten away some of her skull. It's apparently between her sinus cavity and her skull, and while it hasn't affected her brain yet, it seems that the doctors want to act quickly to prevent any permanent damage. 

It sounds like they are going to drain the abscess and attempt to repair the damage that has been done. Needless to say, we're looking at several weeks of medication of some sort. 

All in all, if you read this, and have a second, please just say quick prayer for Sophie, and the family. 

Thank you.

UPDATE 10:24 AM

I don't have much in the way of details right now, but I do know that the surgery went well this morning. While she is still asleep, I am told that they are going to go ahead and do the MRI that they didn't get last night. 

When I get more information, I'll update when I get more information.

I just ask everyone to join me in more prayers.

Thanks everyone.

yea, a video game

I get it. I'm a huge dork. I know it. But that's okay. I like Marvel more then DC. I like Wolverine more than Batman or Superman. I like that Marvel exists in (sort of) our universe more than there being some other place where Lois Lane can travel from Kansas, visiting Ma' Kent, and be back in Metropolis is only a quick cut to another scene. 

I get that there undefined factors that go into believing that Superman's realm, including Batman and such, might be possible, but come on, isn't Metropolis New York City by day, and Gotham is New York City at night?

I just rather believe that anyone can be a mutant, or super hero, and can control their own destiny. Batman and Superman, one's an alien and the other is from a planet far, far away, whose parents abandoned him. 

(insert rim shot) (see what I did there?)

Anyhow, more importantly, Lego's Marvel Super Heroes video game comes out today, and I'm excited. That is all, nothing else really else to say. I hope the game is as epic as other Lego games that have come out, that I have concentrated nearly enough on. 

I still haven't finished playing Lego City Undercover. This game is absolutely epic. I've spent more than 40 hours on it, and I want to say I'm only 17 or 20 percent through it. It's huge. And such a good game to play. If you're looking for something fun to play for the Wii U, it's definitely got to be on your Christmas list.

Okay, with that said, I guess those are my thoughts for today. Just looking forward to playing the Marvel game when I get home. 

Oh, and if you're reading this, and have a second, drop on over to my other blog for S.C.O.P.E. 

Our group has an investigation going on this weekend that we're very excited about. I hope it's going to be epic. 

Recent Trip to Beaufort

I adore visiting my friends in Beaufort. Haven't had a lot of chances to go down and visit in quite a while, but it was nice to visit Ashley, John, Cassidy and Cwen. 

Cwen is easily one of the happiest babies you could ever meet.

One of the things we got to do when we were down in Beaufort, was John, Cassidy and I went on the Beaufort Historical Ghost Tour. It was a really cool ride and I think we can all admit we had a really good time.


It was a carriage ride that went through the historic sections of Beaufort. It's got lots of stories about pirates, civil war soldiers, garden parties, and stories about a lot of the historic homes. A lot of them, are said to be haunted. 

After we got back to the house from the tour, we made john go ahead and light up the fire so that we could roast marshmallows, as well as several beer bottles. Apparently, the fire gets hot enough that you can go ahead and melt the glass and get some pretty weird shapes out of them. 

 Sunday morning we got up, after staying up too late, Saturday night, and headed out to Brunch to meet a bunch of friends, including Elyse and John and Declan. The food was okay, but it was good to see a bunch of people that I haven't seen in a while, and even make some new friends. 

It was a good time, and I look forward to the next visit, whether it's here or there.