[Scrappin_LYB]

our hearts go out to Bobbie! Awesome that so many are praying for her and healing thoughts going in her direction!

[CindyLuWho]

Adding my prayers for Bobbie - that her healing continues and that the numbness goes away soon!

Cindy

[Sara Arell]

Thank you all so much for your thoughts, prayers and pm's asking about Bobbie.

Bobbie is having a really hard time with the daily radiation treatments - she's having a lot of pain and it's breaking my heart - especially when there's nothing I can do to make it better.

[Smiles]

Holding good thoughts for her!

She needs what the military calls TDRL - the Temporary Disability Retired List, where you have up to 3 years to regain your health and become fit for duty. I'm praying she will be able to qualify on time.

[Sara Arell]

Smiles, on 13 September 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Holding good thoughts for her!

She needs what the military calls TDRL - the Temporary Disability Retired List, where you have up to 3 years to regain your health and become fit for duty. I'm praying she will be able to qualify on time.

Thank you, Gayle - I hope so too - she's way too young to retire permanently from Law Enforcement - she's strong but this is really debilitating her right now and it's hard - really hard. I wish so often that when we post these requests for prayers that somehow the personality of that person for whom we are asking prayer could shine through for everyone to see. To know Bobbie is to love her and she's just one of the most amazing friends I've ever known. She has an awesome sense of humor - she's the gal who did traffic stops one night with fake Halloween teeth in her mouth and still pulled off the traffic stop - she wore funky wigs just for fun long before she HAD to wear them because of the chemo - and the only way I know that something isn't right with her is when she calls me and says, "Hey Boo, I just needed to hear your voice" - and I know. "Boo" is just a nickname that I have no idea how it came about but for some reason it's what we call each other when things just aren't going too well. She's just 5 feet tall but in those 5 feet she packs a lot of wonderful personality - until the radiation treatments started she was the one keeping up the spirits of everyone else undergoing chemo by making them laugh.

Thank you for your prayers! They mean a lot!

[BetC]

I hate to hear that Bobbi is having a tough time - prayers for her complete recovery --- and for you, too, Sara. So hard to watch someone you love go through so much.

[Scrappin_LYB]

Sara -- Bobbie is VERY fortunate to have a friend like you...someone with whom she isn't afraid to expose her feelings! You both are truly fortunate....hang in there. Believe me when I understand how you feel about your BF.

My prayers and healing thoughts. ...

[ValerieT]

Still keeping Bobbie in my thoughts, she is so lucky having a friend like you. I'm sure knowing you are there for her makes her feel better.

[Scrappin_LYB]

Praying for Bobbie this morning--praying for God to keep her strength flowing and to keep that fighting spirit alive in her very difficult fight. Praying for total recovery.

[Sara Arell]

Bobbie is doing much better these days - she's her happy self again and is regaining some of the feeling in her hands and feet. Her treatments are over and her hair is slowly, very slowly beginning to grow back, so she's a happy girl right now!


thank you all for your cards, your pm's and your posts - your prayers mean a lot to Bobbie and to me. I passed on the cards that so many of you sent to Bobbie and she was so surprised and overjoyed to get them and she send her thanks to each and every one of you. Thank you so much!

[ValerieT]

That's really good news, Sara, I hope Bobbie continues to feel better and improve.

[LaLo1103]

Your friend sounds like a one-in-a-million! I will add her to my prayers and hope that her sense of humor remains in tact!

[Becster]

That's great news, Sara! Prayers will continue for this sweet friend.

[LenaLotta]

Oh what wonderful news Sara! I'm so happy to hear Bobbie is feeling so much better now. I'll keep her in my thoughts.

[Sara Arell]

Thanks everyone! I think we are all breathing a little easier now. Only issue right now is that she still isn't able to use her "trigger finger" so she can't qualify on the range - if she can't qualify by December then she loses her certification and that is going to hurt her so much - law enforcement means everything to her. I can't imagine her doing anything else and she is so not desk job material!

Please pray that her numbness continues to decrease and that she is able to qualify - she's trying to pretend she isn't worried but she is so afraid that she won't be able to do it.

yall are just the best friends ever - I appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers so much!

[ScrapGram]

Adding this to my list Sara.

[Sara Arell]

ScrapGram, on 18 October 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

Adding this to my list Sara.

Thank you, Karen!

[Smiles]

more prayers coming her way.

[Sara Arell]

Radiation is over! Her treatments ended last week and Bobbie is feeling much better and although still has lots of numbness in her hands and feet, she is back at work and is her old self again!

Thank you all so much for all of your thoughts and prayers! I so believe in Scrap Girl Prayers!

[Smiles]

I'm SO glad to hear this! May the numbness wear off quickly. I expect getting back into the swing of things is the best thing for her. It's been a hard fight, I know.

[Scrappin_LYB]

Bobbie is a strong, amazing woman! So happy to hear this news after all of our prayers, I will continue to pray that the numbness wears off -- lots can happen in the weeks ahead.

[Sara Arell]

Smiles, on 26 October 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

I'm SO glad to hear this! May the numbness wear off quickly. I expect getting back into the swing of things is the best thing for her. It's been a hard fight, I know.

Thank you, Gayle - I think that getting back into Bobbie's regular routine is going to help her so much. She's so excited to feel more like herself again. She joked the other day that her hair was coming back but in strange spots - she said, "well, there IS enough to brush although it looks like a comb-over, but at least people will be able to tell that I DID brush the comb-over! Her sense of humor is intact! LOL

[Sara Arell]

Scrappin_LYB, on 26 October 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

Bobbie is a strong, amazing woman! So happy to hear this news after all of our prayers, I will continue to pray that the numbness wears off -- lots can happen in the weeks ahead.

Thank you, Laura - that means a lot to me!

[Sara Arell]

I wish I could tell this little story like Bobbie told me - it's really funny when she tells it - I'll try.

The other day, the police department got a call from one of our ER doctors who lives in Laurel Park, where Bobbie is the Chief of Police. It seems there was a Vietnamese Pig that had gotten away from it's owner. So, of course, every officer on duty went to the residence to try and catch the pig for animal control. Bobbie said that they chased and chased the pig only to have him get away from them every time and when animal control tried to use their noose, it slipped right off - the pig's neck is the same size as his body so there was nothing to "noose". They were all over the yard trying to capture the pig as it ran around the yard. Each time they got their hands on it it would slip out of their hold - like a greased pig! Bobbie, feeling her oats, gave it a try and landed on top of the pig but it still got away. The doc, who knew Bobbie was concerned because Bobbie had just finished her radiation and he chastised her for even trying to catch it. Bobbie kept telling him that she was okay but he was still concerned and finally Bobbie said, "Dang, Doc, I'm not going to catch it between my boobs"! Doc started laughing and couldn't stop - that is Bobbie's sense of humor.

Oh, and the pig? One of the officers finally got a cardboard box and tossed it on the pig at just the right time and voila! the pig was caught!

Not half as funny with me telling it but Bobbie was laughing so hard when she told the story and she has such a sense of humor that I was in hysterics just trying to picture Bobbie chasing that darned pig!

So............Bobbie's back! Woo-Hoo! I hope you can use your imagination to picture this cause it doesn't sound half as funny when I tell it as when Bobbie told it.


God is Good! Thank you all for your prayers - I feel very blessed to have had so many friends praying for her.

[Smiles]

She's not just a survivor, she's a winner! so glad she's feeling her oats!

[KayMitch]

Now that conjures up a great picture Sara. Great news for Bobbie that she is sparking up again. Wonderful news. Kay

[Belle]

Bobbi really sounds like an amazing person. I love her pig story. She is still in my thoughts and prayers but I'm so glad she is feeling better. Did she qualify for the range?