My Galaxy of Wonders

teresadringenberg:

hockeyteeth:

This is Steven. He’s my best friend. We’re going on 6 years together now, and I couldn’t imagine my life without such an awesome person. He was extremely healthy, and the only time I ever had to take him to the hospital was when he stage-dove during a set of a band he didn’t even really like, and the crowd moved, which made him fall on the ground and crack his arm in half. Good times. ANYWAYS, like I was saying, super healthy guy, right?

Right around December 1st, he started feeling kind of sick. His stomach was bothering him, but we figured he just ate something spicy or something didn’t agree with him, etc. Two weeks later it wasn’t going away, and he finally gave me the details of the situation, so I made him go to the doctor. Doctor transferred him to a GI (gastrointestinal) specialist, which of course took FOREVER, so on Christmas Eve when he decided he couldn’t handle the pain anymore, I skipped my family trip to grandma’s house and we took a trip to the urgent care instead, where they prescribed him some antibiotics and steroids and sent him on his way. By this time he had lost about 30lbs. While all of this was going on, he wasn’t eating, because everything he ate went straight through him and he wasn’t gaining any nutrition. I’ll save you the gory details, but just know he was also losing a ton of blood every time he used the restroom. He was pale, super skinny, extremely dehydrated and he looked like a completely different person.

We somehow made it through Christmas, and on New Years Eve, he had his colonoscopy. This was going to tell us everything that was wrong and it was going to be fixed and done with. Or that’s what was supposed to happen, anyways. He had his colonscopy, and the doctor diagnosed him with Ulcerative Colitis - the worst case he’s ever seen. I need to add here that they also biopsied his colon about 8 times to check for cancers. That’s important because that’s the reason his colon tore open a week later. 

He was at home not getting any better, and one night he had extreme pain in his side. He though his appendix had burst, so he called his parents phone. Both of them had their phones turned off. He called me but my phone was on silent. Thankfully, his little brother answered. That is a miracle in itself for reasons I won’t bore you with, but let’s just say his brother is a heavy, HEAVY sleeper, and he doesn’t remember that phone call. His parents rushed him to the ER and he was taken into surgery immediately.

I woke up the next morning not having a clue what was going because my stupid phone was on silent for WHO KNOWS WHAT REASON. It’s never on silent and I still can’t believe that happened. I had about 40 missed calls from Steven and his parents and a ton of texts asking me if I was okay. I called to find out he was taken into surgery and they didn’t know how bad it was. They didn’t even know what was going to happen to him. 

After a major panic attack, I rushed to the hospital to find out he was coming out of surgery and that they had removed 90% of his colon. Listen, you need your colon. It forms your stool and makes it hard, and it soaks up all your water and minerals. Without it, life is tough.

Not only was his colon pretty much gone, but all of the bacteria and stool that was in there was now in his bloodstream and he went septic. He was placed in the ICU for three days and then transferred to a regular room. His incision wasn’t healing, so about 2 weeks into his hospital stay they took out all of his staples on his stomach, leaving a literal 3” wide x 7” long x 3” deep gaping hole to do this thing called “wet-dry” packs, where they dip gauze in saline, shove it in the wound, let it dry, and then rip it out, pulling out all the bacteria. They did this three times a day for about a week, until they realized it wasn’t working. That’s something I could barely handle watching. I’ve never seen someone in so much pain.

Somewhere in there his lung collapsed, they had to put a tube in his side and drain fluid, and then they couldn’t get his fever down the entire month he was there so they inserted a PICC line to administer antibiotics straight to his heart. Also throw in a persistent rash, drains on both sides of his pelvis that gave us nothing but problems, and so many other health issues.  

To heal his incision they sent him home with a Wound-Vac which is like a space bag on your wound, constantly sucking out bacteria. He was hospitalized for a month, and then on home health care for a month where we administered his antibiotics by IV and a nurse came and changed his dressing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He had lost a total of 60 lbs, and as you can see from the pictures, he was extremely skinny.

We’re just now getting back to normal, and he has surgery again June 10 to form a mock-colon called a J-pouch. Modern medicine is incredible.

His mom, who was the one in the family with the insurance, lost her job while Steven was in the hospital.

Yeah, no more insurance. His parents are also about to lose their house due to her losing her job.

Now that you know Steven’s story, if you have the means to donate a little, I can’t stress how much it would help us. Our lives are put on hold and we can’t move forward until we figure out how in the world we’re going to pay for these medical bills. Although the emergency surgery is over, he still has at least two more coming up, and the bills are looming. The price of medical supplies and hospital stays are the biggest scam, and I don’t know how we are going to make this work. If you aren’t able, all I ask is that you would kindly repost this so that maybe someone will hear his story. I am so happy to say that he is alive and on track to being healthy, and although he may never be 100% back to his “normal” self, he made it through everything and he’s alive and that’s enough to be thankful for in itself. 

If you would like to donate, you can do so here: 

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=6DAWCNVVRQVMG&lc=US&item_name=Steven%27s%20Surgery%20Fund&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted

Dear followers, these are some of my really good friends.
And one of the best couples I know.
Please donate!
Anything would help!

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Game of Thrones S03: My Understanding so Far

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trusotoan:

Seriously, they`re free :D Even The Hobbit is below!

UPDATED BY REQUEST

• My Neighbor Totoro
• Spirited Away
• Sleeping Beauty
• Finding Nemo
• Wall-E
• Beauty and the Beast
• Tangled
• James and the Giant Peach
• Mulan
• Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
• Evan Almighty
• The Breakfast Club
• Clueless
• The Little Mermaid
• Theres Something About Mary
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• Kiki’s Delivery Service
• Eden of the East: King of Eden
• Digimon the Movie
• Bee Movie
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Pokemon Movie 1: Mewtwo Strikes Back
• Pokemon Movie 2: The Power of One
• Pokemon Movie 3: Spell Of The Unown
• Ponyo
• Anastasia
• The Wizard of Oz
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Clue
• Hercules
• She’s the Man
• Mean Girls
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Clerks
• Switch
• The First Wives Club
• The Birdcage
• She’s All That
• Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
• Legally Blonde
• Miss Congeniality
• Spice World
• Lion King (Lion King 2 in the additions)
• El Dorado
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Princess Mononoke
• Lilo & Stitch
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Coraline
• The Emperor’s New Groove
• Pitch Perfect
• Step Brothers
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of FIre
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows pt 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows pt 2
• Imagine Me & You
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Space Jam
• The Proposal
• Waitress
• Galaxy Quest
• Spaceballs

The links ABOVE work as of 4/5/13

Please let me know if any stop working!

ADDITIONAL MOVIES:

Popular

• Les Miserables
• Avengers- 2012
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Django
• The Hobbit -2012
• Lincoln - 2012

Random

• Deep Blue Sea - Tom Hiddles!
• War Horse 
• Lion King 2
• Cast Away
• Hancock
• Skyfall 007 - Bond!

Ghibli Studio Movies

• Castle In The Sky
• The Secret World of Arrietty

Spirited Away, Howls Castle, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke,Totoro above

You can request more movies HERE as I don`t mind searching BUT recoverykitty.tumblr made the original post! Thank her!

 :D ENJOY & Indulge friends!

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“When I fall in love with someone, then that doesn’t “just” happen… When I love someone’s character, over time I’ll see that personality shining through their eyes and fusing with their appearance, turning them in the most beautiful girl in the world. It’s not about appearance, it’s about someone’s beautiful, amazing, wonderful, fantastic personality. You’ll see everytime you look at her. It’s about the fact that when you look in her eyes, you just feel home… You forget all your problems, all your fears, you just feel safe, you feel like you’ve finally found a place where you belong… A place you can spend an eternity, where you will spend an eternity, ‘cause those enchanting, beautiful eyes will slow down time and make every second; looking in her beautiful eyes, right into her amazing personality, last more than a lifetime..” - Tom Hiddleston.

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yamikaiba:

Please reblog this as much as you can sign this petition.

Marvel!

As Marvel fans, we grew up loving the comics and loved how they were presented into cinema and now Marvel is threatening to sue/recast Chris Hemsworth as Thor is unacceptable. Chris is meant to be Thor with…

stuff-and-shenanigans:

tomhiddlestonfans:

callmekitto:

sherlocksupportgroup:

 I CAN CONQUER THE WORLD, SHINING, SHIMMERING, DYING

TELL ME PRINCESS, NOW WHEN DID YOU LAST LET YOUR HEART BE RULED

TALE AS OLD AS TIME

TRUE AS TURN OF WHEEL

FREEDOM IS A LIE

BOW TO ME OR DIE

YOU WILL ALWAYS KNEEL~

EVER JUST DISDAIN

EVER WARS TO RISE

EVER HATING THOR

EVER JUST AS SURE

AS MIDGARD WILL DIE

CAN YOU FEEL YOUR BRAIN IGNITE

AS IT THINKS NO MORE

I’LL RULE MIDGARD AND ASGARD CERTAINLY

ONCE I GET RID OF THOR…

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stereobone:

Have you ever wondered why Loki’s eyes are so blue in The Avengers? In fact, Tom Hiddleston’s eyes are blue and he had to use green contacts plus effects in Thor. Loki’s eyes are blue in The Avengers because of his scepter. The same happened with Hawkeye and Selvig. Loki was very vulnerable when Thor smashed him on the floor. He had a few moments of lucity, just like when Natasha slapped Hawkeye. Thor asked Loki to look around and see the damage he caused, asking to help him. It was a conflic, you can see. Then his eyes became green. You can see in the last gif. The change is VERY notable. It was a conflict, but the power of the Tesseract was stronger. Loki did many bad things, but he was being possessed most of time. NOT like a robot, as with the others, but as said Loki “It touches everyone differently”. Everything makes sense to you now? One of the reasons why I can’t hate Loki at all. I’m not saying he’s not guilty, he is, but the Tesseract’s power fueled his hatred. He was being, in fact, controlled. Now we have sure of it.