please pray for me...

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Hello Okies!

I just wanted to ask you to pray for me. I had a house fire Thanksgiving night and am temporarily displaced. The fire actually made the front page of Friday's Tulsa World, although they got my last name wrong and the price of damage the put is about 15 times lower than the real damage. tulsaworld.com: News

I'm just really stressed right now and trying to get through the weekend. My insurance company sent me a wonderful restoration company and they said they take care of everything and don't want me to do anything. I took off work Friday and will probably take off Sunday, but today I'm going to try to go work and get my mind off of it. But if you can pray for my patience and strength though this I would appreciate it. My mind is still going in circles most of the time!

Thanks!

Lana

Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.

Thanks so much everybody! I thought I'd give you a quick update...

The restoration company has been wonderful to me. I think everything got moved out of my house this afternoon and they are begining the real work. As a positive note to the damage, I found out I had hardwood floors under my carpet so they are taking up all the carpet and refinishing the wood, painting in the 2 rooms and hallway that had the most damage, cleaning all the other rooms, and taking up the dreaded carpet that's been in the kitchen and replacing it with tile (at a small expense to me on the tile.) They took every piece of clothing and linen to the cleaners and have been working to restore as many of my books as possible (especially my nursing ones!) Everything in my living room was trashed except the drapes. They told me I need to have paint, tile, and harwood stain chosen by Friday, which means I also need to have furniture picked out so I can figure out colors. I'm a little overwhelmed by it all! I just keep trying to remind myself how nice my house will be after all this! Thursday evening I plan to do most of the shopping and decisions with a friend...think I can do it????

The studio apartment I'm in is nice - small, but nice. My cat has adjusted and isn't so skiddish anymore and I've forgiven her for the candle. In fact once everybody hears about all the redecorating I'm getting to do they ask if they can borrow my cat! ;)

Thanks for praying for me, and I would appreciate the continued prayers for strength and patience to get through this all. I struggle with depression (which has been controlled for about a year now) and am trying very hard to take care of myself to prevent a relapse. I am told that the adrenaline rush of surviving starts to wear off in about a week and to expect a little bit of an emotional rollercoaster.

My thoughts and prayers are with you. Take care of yourself. May the repairs to your home go well and I pray that your life gets back to normal soon. :icon_hug:

Specializes in Public Health.

My prayers are with you also. Hang tough! You will get through this.

Haven't been on the board this week and just read your message. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you as well. As if there wasn't enough onyour plate, we now have to deal with all the snow and ice! I am glad to see you are maintaining a positive attitude and I am sure your "new" house will look great!

Oh Lana, I'm so sorry that this has happened!!! :o I haven't been here too much because of computer problems so I'm reading this today for the first time. Please know I'm definitely praying for you, and if you need ANYTHING (talk, clothes, or whatever), PLEASE let me know!!

I know that this is a little old, and I feel bad that I haven't been around to maybe help when this all happened. Please, take care of yourself!! You DEFINITELY have my prayers!!

Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.

Just wanted to give an update...

I officially checked out of my hotel and moved back to my house today. I am truly living in a different house! Everything looks amazing! They are still finishing things up, but were able to get me and the cat back in the house. My cat is checking everything out and trying to get used to the hardwood floors (as am I!) but we're adapting. I'll be glad when everything is back in place though. Now I have a long weekend of work ahead of me - working 12 hour shifts Fri, Sat, Sun, and Monday. Then taking a day to reorganize my house and going to my parents on Wednesday to spend the rest of the week.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

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