Thursday, August 27, 2009

Good Morning to all! It has been very busy since the last post.

Our car wash brought in $1682 and Chili's was a success as well at $1768.20 with our 10% being $176.82. They welcomed us back anytime.

Many of you came out to support Paula at the car wash and also went and ate at Chili's to help out as well. It was wonderful to see so much support and Paula was excited to hear the report. We appreciated seeing so many of you and hearing your kind words and many blessings. With your help we exceeded our expectations and want to say, "THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH". We will keep you informed of the next event.

ONTO PAULA NEWS....She has struggled a bit lately and so now we are asking of your help with her personally.... We are looking to see if anyone is interested in maybe helping out during the week or even on the weekends so we may allow her parents to spend a bit more time at home to relax instead of in the hard hospital chairs. If you can help with even just a couple of hours that would be wonderful. She is still going to dialysis 3x a week and also now has a goal to get up and walk 4x a day so it is going to be hard for her, but we have faith she can do it with our help. Also after speaking to her yesterday she has agreed visitors would be good. Sometimes it seems when you are ill it is hard to want to have guests, but for Paula maybe we could enlighten her spirits with positivity through visitors. Continue to send her ecards through Baptist's website as we have made a HUGE HEART in her window with them and also just any words of encouragement would be wonderful. If you are interested in helping out please call me 405-831-5320 as we have a schedule we would love to pencil you into.

Next is a challenge. We would like to get a prayer chain going so Paula is the topic of prayer all around Norman and then hopefully Oklahoma and onto nationwide. She needs every prayer she can get to help her fight against this ugly disease. We know a liver is the only way she can fully recover, but with God and faith being the stronghold all things are possible. She is a very fortunate lady to have such love and support from ALL of her family and friends. She is truly a blessing from God and is thankful for each and every day she has here to spend with us.

Once again, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!!

Rachele.

Fundraising Updates

Hi Everyone...Just wanted to update everyone on the next few events we are doing to help Paula get her new liver!!!

The first one is this Saturday at Norman High School- we will be having a car wash for donations..there will also be refreshments available to purchase with proceeds going to Paula's cause. Click on the link below to see the details...

http://www.normannerds.com/paula/carwashflyer.doc

The second fundraising event will be Chili's nights! Chili's is so genourous to allow us 3 nights in a row for people to come in and bring a flyer and they will donate 10% of the sales to Paula!!! All you have to do is remember to take a flyer and tell the waiter and enjoy a great dinner!!! Click on the link to print the flyer!!

http://www.normannerds.com/paula/chilisflyer.jpg

At lastly, we are selling Subway & Sonic discount cards. They will be available at the car wash or you can email me and we will let you know how to get them. They are $5 and you will get great deals at those restauraunts as well! Karena@normannerds.com or call (405)203-9358

We are so blessed to have Paula in our lives and I know she has touched each and eveyone of you as well! We are super excited to do our part to help her continue to be a blessing to sooooo many!!!

Thanks a bunch! Love, Karena & the entire Paula Crawford family!! :)

Update 8.14.09

Well, it is a quiet Friday night up here. Paula is resting. She had a rough night last night. The feeding tube got clogged in the night, so she got sick a bit. They came in and flushed it out so it should be good to go now. She is tired, but said she ate a bit tonight. They also said that as of today she does not have an infection. They are suppose to do dialysis tomorrow. Her meld score has been raised to a 25 so that is better than the 14 or 16 it was before she was admitted this time. Hopefully a new liver will be hers very, very soon! Keep the prayers coming...

Thanks,
Karena ;)

Thursday, August 6, 2009

I am proud to announce....Paula has been having a wonderful day. Miraculously she was sitting up talking and even eager to eat today as I visited her. She even got out of the bed and walked a few steps. She is very happy that she feels so well today. They are not doing dialysis on her today, but are possibly going to drain some more fluid from her belly. We have been advised from the doctors that every day is a new day and so her condition will fluctuate. We only hope for the best days everyday! We are far from being out of the woods, just seeing a hint of sunlight amongst the heavily wooded trees. So keep the prayers coming and also the cards. It is the small things in life she is excited about. At lunch she had the smallest "glass" of tea a person could imagine. It was a real crack-up. If you see her you should ask her about it I am sure you will laugh as well.

I am also wanting to let everyone know we have a car wash scheduled for Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ Norman High School on Main St. It is from 10a-3p. We will have refreshments for sale as well. So come out and let us wash your car and as Paula said, "Help Wash Away Liver Disease!" Also Chili's is sponsoring 3 "give-back" nights in honor of Paula on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 24, 25, 26 from 5p-10:30p in Norman. You must have a flyer in order for us to receive the 10%, so make sure if you need one to contact us (or come to the car wash) and we will be happy to make sure you have one prior to going out to eat!!! We hope Paula is able to go and eat along side us!!!! Let Chili's do the cooking and support Paula at the same time!!!

**By the way, I have set up an account with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) in Paula's honor. If any of you are blood donors all you have to do is let them know prior to donating that you are donating for credit on Paula Crawford's behalf. This will give her credit on all of the blood products she has used or will use!!! If you have any questions, please let me know.

As always, any questions, please let me know.

Thanks.

Rachele.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Good Morning to all!

Well another day has passed and Paula is still with us, thank goodness. She is struggling and needs all of the prayers she can get. She is still in room 771 @ Baptist. She went for dialysis yesterday for her 3rd time and tolerated it well. She is remaining stable (guarded) at this time, although still needs all of the love and prayers in the world. She is not eating the best, but still is getting nutrition through her veins and through her feeding tube. She has not always been up on visitors, but I am going to say we should try it as it may brighten her day, the only requirement is you bring you best attitude and most positive thoughts with you!!! Also she has been enjoying the e-cards so keep'em coming. We have started filling her windows with cards. The link was posted 2 blogs ago so just click it and send her a note.

If you have questions you are welcome to call me.

Thanks.

Rachele.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Quick update.... Yesterday, Friday, was Paula's first day of dialysis and it all went well. She went back for more today and did well also. She has been very, very sleepy though is doing her best to keep her head up. She really needs all of the prayers she can get. It looks like it may be a very long road to recovery or even until a liver appears. If you are interested in helping out with anything please let me know. We are calling all people who are interested in helping us sit at the hospital so we can maintain life as normal as well. We are working on a schedule. Every lil bit of help is wonderful. We will keep you informed on her battle.

FYI: Paula is in room 771 @ Baptist Hospital.

Thanks.

Rachele.
405-831-5320