We’ve been anxiously awaiting Granny’s appointment to discuss her recent scan. We hurried over to Blairsville bright and early yesterday morning to get the news we’ve been waiting on.
Turns out they ordered the wrong scan for her and couldn’t tell us a thing about how well the treatments worked. The office will schedule the correct scan and after that we can finally find out where things stand.
Granny was as disappointed as I was, but is still in good spirits and is looking forward to Christmas, even though she says it come much too fast this year 🙂
When I was growing up I heard folks talk about his or that being slow as Christmas. I’ve used the saying myself to describe Chatter 🙂 But these days I’m like Granny, I think Christmastime comes faster every year.
Last night’s video: The Homecoming 5.
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This picture is sooo beautiful! I know how tough waiting is and it is true – the older we get – the quicker things happen. Love your handmade sweaters too – just precious. Prayers for a Merry Christmas for your family and good results soon!
Tipper, I am so sorry. I could tell you some stories about hurry up and waiting. I know doctors don’t do it on purpose but it is so stressful. Poor Granny. She has to watch you suffer too.
You both look absolutely beautiful in the picture. Keep smiling and all of us prayer warriors will keep on praying
Luv Ya!
Hi Granny and Tipper,
What a beautiful photo of you and your Mom .Beautiful smiles!!
Continued prayers and blessings for all of you beautiful people. Disappointed about the scans mixed up, but. good things comes to those who wait. God bless all of you. Merry Christmas to everyone.
I feeling like granny Wilson will get great results on her scan I feel like God has healed her and she will enjoy Katie and Corie sons for a long time to come I pray for God to heal her I love her wisdom and her stories
I would like granny to start her on you tube channel love watch your whole family everyday bless your family tell Corie and Katie congratulations on the pregnancys health little ones look forward to babies been born 2024 shelia
Hi Tipper and Granny! I am so sorry for the delay, but believing for very good news! Yes, Christmas has come so quickly, it seems just yesterday it was Thanksgiving. I am believing for many positive and happy things to come for all of us in the New Year! Those two grandbabies on the way are indeed some of them for your family!!! Merry Christmas! P.S. My Nana used to say, “you’re too slow to stop quick”, or “slow as Molasses in January”, lol 🙂
It so good to see granny smile even though what’s going on with her. She is a true trooper. It does seems like Christmas comes faster.
Granny and you are beautiful. It does me good to see your smiles. It seems to me that there too many mistakes made in the medical field. I was prepped for kidney cancer surgery ready to go in the OR and staff had forgotten to have a key tech to be there so the surgeon could get clear margins.. .so back home to stress for 2 more weeks. I am so glad I had God to trust in and pray to.
Love the picture of you and Granny. She looks so good. Praying all is well for her. Blessings to all.
Beautiful picture of the two of you. In spite of the wait, Granny has a beautiful smile.
Merry Christmas to you all.
Oh bless her heart! Maybe that just means the news is going to be extra good! I have always heard the phrase “slow as Christmas” too, but the older I get, the faster it comes!
Aww, sorry to hear that. Hope the correct results come in soon and it’ll be good news!
I agree: seems not long ago we had Thanksgiving! I do hope for a better year. 2023 has been rough on my family.
Praying for y’all!
What a pretty, happy picture of you two. It’s nerve-wracking to wait but everything in God’s time.
Merry Christmas to you and Granny 🙂
I’m not sure the Lord was thinking of Doctor and medical appointments when He penned the words
” those that wait upon the Lord shall be renewed, they shall mount up….” but We pray that in the waiting season Granny will be restored and blessed by the time the real scan appears on the horizon… Merry Christmas to you all….
Sweet, precious, wonderful Granny! What a beautiful person wearing her own crocheted jacket I’ll bet. She looks so Christmasey and what a beautiful smile. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I love you. Remember, the best things come to those who wait.
What a lovely photo of you and Granny! I’m sorry to hear about the mix up and, unfortunately it seems to becoming the norm now. I also had a mix up when I went for my 8 month CT scan and blood work but they took blood again and everything was fine.
Ono Granny! I’m sorry your wait didn’t get you any results. I wish you didn’t hav to wait again, you’ve been so patient.
You are looking good! Also festive in the Christmas sweater you made.
Hoping Christmas cheer upon you & all your family.
What a regrettable experience. With any healthcare issue, time and patience may be a requirement. But, honestly this is just not acceptable. Thank goodness you were by her side to provide the advocacy, companionship and care she needs and deserves. I won’t dwell on the situations my Mother in law encountered. However, Advocacy in my experience is critical to keeping healthcare on track. Particularly for those who may not be able to advocate for themselves. Hugs to your dear Granny. She deserves support, care and love. And it shows in this photo of both of you. May you continue to enjoy the Christmas season with family.
Oh, Tipper – I love the picture of you and Granny. Such lovely smiles.
I’m so sorry you all have to wait again on the scans…..all my love & prayers for Granny.
She’s a strong mountain lady.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas together with all your family.
Merry Christmas !
Good Morning, my dad was born in1932. he said as a kid Christmas came once ever 3 years but when your older comes ever 3 months. lol. now I’m older I get it. prayers for y’all and Granny health!!
So sorry you couldn’t get her scan done I know the waiting is hard but hopefully it will be good news. Such a good picture of you and granny!
We are praying for granny and hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
So sorry about yesterday but that picture is priceless! Beautiful smiles and those sweaters, oh so pretty. Christmas did get here fast. This whole year has flown by. Before you know it, there’s going to be two little babies making their arrival. 🙂
Oh No! How disappointing for Granny and for you Tipper, to find they did not do the correct scan! May there not be too long a wait until they rectify this and the results will be most positive. The is a wonderful picture of Granny and yourself – both of you with sparkling eyes and beautiful smiles – a treasure photo for sure.
Praying Granny gets the right test and y’all get some news. The photo is beautiful!! Tipper, is your hair naturally curly? Sure is pretty. Mine is straight as a stick!!
p.s. I noticed in the back of the picture, it looks like the handle on the bell. I hope she can ring that bell soon for herself and all of us praying for all of you.
Kathy-she did get to ring it 🙂
Tipper, you and Granny are surely beautiful in your sweaters and smiling happily. She does some mighty fine needlework I must say. I hope and pray everything will be fine and she is well. We are all praying for Granny and all of you, too. It just seems like we have all become family, Granny and your family, as well as all of the regular readers that share this journey we call life. Love and prayers to Granny and Little Mamas too. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night………….I just couldn’t resist…hahaha
Beautiful picture!
Morning, Tipper! Granny looks SO good after what she has gone through the past several months, bless her heart!! I have run into many mess ups like Granny’s dealing with my three cancers. It’s hard when you are anxious for results and they get delayed! Long as Granny is feeling good, looking good, and symptoms have abated, I think all is good. I keep her in my prayers along with all her other fans and I would guess our Heavenly Father is listening. God’s blessings on you all!!
Oh that’s so disappointing but hopefully granny is feeling well and will have a wonderful Christmas with the family. Prayers to her and blessings to the family❤️
The older I get the more it seems that we must have skipped over some months each year.
How disappointing! But lovely to see Granny’s beautiful smile and know she’s in good spirits.
Lovely photo, Tipper, of you and Granny. Thank you for sharing it.
I wonder what good God is going to bring out of the scan delay, and indeed, out of Granny’s illness. Whatever it will be, it will be worth the wait (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%208%3A28&version=NLT).
Merry, Merry Christmas to you, One and All.
What a shame they ordered the wrong scan, but things like that seem to happen. Anyway, we continue to pray for great results for Granny. The picture of you both is a treasure. You both look beautiful and happy. Love the sweaters Granny made. I agree completely with this Christmas has came so fast. I think the older we get the faster time flys by. We just need to cherish every minute we have and try to enjoy it all.
This is such a beautiful picture of you and granny, she looks amazing, you both do! Waiting is always the hard part and along with everyone else, I’m sorry the wrong scan was ordered. We continue to lift up granny and her family in our prayers. God bless you all! ❤️
I hate to say it. I think once we hit our late 40s time seems to really fly by. I have learn’t to enjoy each and ever moment with my family no matter the hard times or the good. Granny reminds me of My Mamaw Searcy tough and resilient , that is trait that many people don’t have.
I know that was disappointing and frustrating. I hope they can reschedule her quickly so you can get good news to celebrate over Christmas. This is a gorgeous picture of the two of you and Granny is wearing the prettiest sweater ever! Continuing prayers for you all. Continuing prayers for a great report on Granny. I know that feeling of waiting on results. God’s got you! Much love from SC, Jane. Tipper, thanks for keeping us in the loop on everything. I hope this is y’all’s best Christmas yet!
I am so sorry the wrong scan was ordered. She looks wonderful and I know she crocheted the beautiful sweater she is wearing.
Good things come to those who wait.
Continued prayers and blessings to all.
Jesus is the reason for the season✝️
I’m sorry you all were disappointed. It would have been grand to have heard good news at any time but an especial blessing at Christmas. May the delay turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Meantime I pray all the family will be free of worry about it and be able to fully enjoy every blessing of Christmas. I know what it feels like to be enfolded in the answer to prayers for yourself. I can’t describe it but I pray you each one feel it.
I just left a reply to Gary that hasn’t been posted yet. In it I mentioned my wife’s doctor. The company I worked for has their own medical office for their employees and retirees, not their family. This is not connected to the “company doctor”. My family doctor once worked for and left the same office of my wife’s doctor. When I told him about my wife’s death, we both cried, she use to be his patient. He said the reason he left was because of the “Big Daddy” hospitals now owning most of the family doctor offices and expecting him to see a new patient every 8- 10 minutes. He said I refuse to rush with my patients. Mistakes are going to be made when you hurry like that.
Tipper, I have to joke a little, I mentioned Granny looking good in my first comment, tell her she looks so pretty that I am going to call her up and ask her for a date!
Everything happens for a reason. The wrong scan may have been meant to be to allow a few more days for healing and better results. Granny looks like the picture of health in the photo and Tipper you look way too young to be a grandma soon. The older I get, the faster the years pass.
the lapse of time between the right and wrong Svan is inexcusable. I sincerely hope there is a much quicker response between the scan and the results this time. also the time lost waiting for the right scan. wishing Granny proper and prompt treatment
I hate that mistake was made and it shouldn’t be on y’all’s dime. The picture of you and Granny is just wonderful. Continued prayers for healing…
Tipper, I’ve prayed for Granny’s treatment to give good results. And despite this detour, soon you’ll have that information. I continue to pray for that as well as energy, good appetite and limited side effects. “May mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you (all). Jude 1:2
As important as this issue is, I don’t tk I would be as gracious as you…for that matter, I know I would not be. To wait as long as u have and then to hear…. ‘oops…we ordered the wrong ‘scan”….yea, that’s not acceptable in this situation.
On a different note, Ms Granny looks great!
I’m sorry about your consternation and how that put out Granny. My dad is in hospice care and it sometimes feels like you’re on your own. My mom worries herself half to death.
I’ve been thinking that, too. Christmas seems to be coming too fast this year.
Hoping for good news for Granny.
I’m sorry to hear that you had to travel only to find out you could not find out anything about her progress. That’s as irritating as a chigger bite. Then there’s all that waiting in the waiting rooms. Christmas is wonderful too but like you it seems to come at us at top speed anymore. May you all have a blessed Christmas with friends and family.
Waiting? Wasting time! Having to waste your time because of someone else’s shortcomings? When they steal your time, it’s gone and can never be replaced. Granny is there in the first place trying to extend her time with her family here on earth. And they’re taking it away? Oh Yes, I’m mad! Who are these people anyway? Somebody ought to take a limb to them!
Honestly I feel sorry for them! Now they are having to figure out how to bill Medicare and the insurance company for two sets of tests for the same thing. Whew! It must be tough being them!
Sarcasm
Christmas is upon us for sure! I’m so thankful that Granny will be celebrating with you again this year…that’s a beautiful picture of the two of you!!
Continued prayers for Granny as y’all wait on the results. I’m sorry she had to make that long trip for nothing but we did get a beautiful (& I do mean BEAUTIFUL) picture of you and Granny together. I think that’s the best picture I’ve ever seen of the two of you together. Memories to cherish for years to come. God has a timed plan & I guess this just wasn’t the time for Him to let you know the results yet. Hug!
Have had the same thing happen to me by a kidney doctor not signing the order…then he sent me for the same procedure the next week…and then prescribed a medication that had a $650 co-payment per month. No, I don’t see him now.
I’m sorry you traveled so far , sound like poor care to me, God bless granny was better doctors, more knowledge more wisdom more accuracy in Jesus name
I am sorry about the scan snafu. Situations like this can be so frustrating. Prayers for a positive results.
On a positive note…..the photograph of you and your mother is lovely. The sweaters you two were wearing added to the beauty of the picture.
Speaking of time – As a young person you can’t wait to drive a car, you can’t wait to get a job, you can’t wait to be married, you can’t wait to have children……..the years roll by and you look back and think where did all the time go. Time waits for no one.
So true, faith!
God bless Granny with better doctors, when I was a teenager and quit school that was the fastest year I ever lived in my life after I quit school
Sorry the wrong scan was ordered. Praying good news is coming.
This picture of you and Granny is just beautiful. You both look very nice.
I also love the picture of you and Granny. You both look beautiful!
I’m sorry about the scan but it was so nice e to see her after so long. I hope. you all have a lovely Christmas.
Who exactly ordered the wrong scan and why? This are life and death issues! I worked part-time in a deli for years and if an employee messed up a special order, there was hell to pay! This is common place in our health “industry” anymore. Nothing will happen to the individual. They will do it again and again … They were probably trying to text at the same time …. Not acceptable. No news is good news. I was a teacher for over 20 years. For teachers, Christmas is a bizarre time. For weeks before, we are preparing for it with students. By the time it shows up, we are rarely ready for it ourselves or, most likely, we are all “Christmas’d Out.” Cold weather coming here on the Piedmont. Keep warm.
Gary, I feel some bitterness in me toward my late wife’s family doctor. My wife kept telling her something was wrong with her heart and was told her EKG was alright, it was just her blood pressure. When she finally saw a specialist , he took one look at the EKG and immediately saw three problems. She died from a blood clot during heart surgery. I kept help but wonder if she would be alive today if something was done sooner. Now her family doctor keeps going on her merry way with her practice while my wife is dead. I pray about feeling like I do. By the way, she worked 22 years in a deli.
We share your disappointment and promise to continue keeping Granny and her loved ones in our prayers while waiting and keeping faith. All will be well. Seeing Granny smile while wearing a Christmas sweater of her own making warms our hearts. God bless! ❤️
Just look at her in her beautiful sweater! She looks so happy and healthy!! And her apple surely didn’t fall far from her tree! I’m looking forward to prayers answered and wonderful news about Granny’s condition. She looks amazing!
I hadn’t thought about that old saying “slow as Christmas” for years. I am so glad you are able to be there for Granny’s appointments and give oversight on her care. That was a blessing I was afforded for my own dear Mother. In medical care there can be lots of unexpected delays and problems. It seems it is moving at a snail’s pace, but more caution is needed with this than most situations. We are more than anxious at that time, and a few times with my own mom I got bent out of shape over staff who did not seem to show the appropriate amount of concern and caution. I learned early to never leave her alone at the hospital, and I wanted to know each and every med and procedure was done correctly. You both look great, and you are such a comfort to her. Many prayers for her, and may God Bless her with a joyous Christmas. She just has to be excited about those babies, because even your readers are!
You both have great smiles.
So sorry about getting the wrong scan. Waiting is terrible. She looks so pretty and I pray the scan shows good news. it will be a while before Charley gets a scan. he had another chemo treatment yesterday and will have one the day after Christmas.
Janet-I’m still praying for Charley and for you too!!
Such a beautiful picture of such treasures! Thank you for your smiles in the middle of disappointment. Believing with y’all for a good report as soon as possible.
Good new comes to those that have to wait. If that is not a slogan, it should be. This is a great picture…before or after the sad news of the wrong test result…it still is a keeper. Loves the latest read. Prayers for Granny and you guys.
What a beautiful Mother and daughter picture! You both have a sparkle in your eyes! Thanks for the update on “granny.” Prayers continue for her healing and for you and yours. Merry Christmas
Oh my, I’m so sorry for the mistake (on something so important!) But I’m holdin fast to the outcome being just as Jesus knew it would be, He’s got it all in his powerful hands, & he loves granny more than we ever can!
Good morning Tipper. I am just so sorry you have to wait again on your Mama’s results. That has to be so hard on all of you…but it sure doesn’t show in your beautiful photo. Both, you, and your Mama look so pretty—and, oh, I love your sweaters! Sending lots of prayers and good wishes your way! ❤️
Heavenly Father, we lift up Granny Wilson to You and ask for Your mercy, grace and peace to be upon Your child. Allow Your healing hand to touch her body and give her many more years of good health.
Thank You for all You are doing for her to keep her strength up and boost her immune system.
We pray also for travel mercies to and from all doctor appointments.
And give all the doctors wisdom beyond what they know to help Granny through all this.
We ask all this in Jesus’s holy name. Amen.
Seeing Granny waiting there and it being the 19th of December, my thots went to my own grandmother. She passed when I was 13 or so…some 60+ yrs back. She was a most remarkable woman, with the patience of Job. She was so sensible too. Hardly anything went into the trash bin unless it had been recycled long before it was a thing.
So happy that you get to have her around to make memories.
Hurry up and wait, goodness; I’m so sorry they ordered the wrong scan!!! I am continuing to hold Granny and all of you in prayer. I have enjoyed all the sharing from you, and Matt, and Katie and Corie and Austin. If I watch via my television I cannot post. I love your short stories and of course, he Homecoming. Thank you too all. God bless you and yours.
As I have aged it does seem like a year just flies by.
I’m sorry to hear about granny’s appointment, I know how disappointing it was for all of you. Hopefully when she gets the correct results it will be good news.
Merry Christmas to you and all of your family.
Blessings to all
Granny certainly looks bright and chipper in the picture. May each of you continue to enjoy the Christmas season as Christmas Day barrels down the rails of time at us.
Stay warm. Feels like 17 here in Canton GA so I know y’all are colder than us.
What a beautiful picture of you and Granny!
Waiting is so hard. My husband has had 3 tests/scans and we are no closer to knowing. The Lord is teaching us in this waiting and we must just wait and trust in Him. He already knows the answer!
God bless y’all!
Oh my gosh that’s so disappointing! Mistakes happen but wow! That’s a hard one.
Love today’s photo. What beautiful smiles! I know that waiting on medical results is extremely painful in many ways. I’m lucky that most of my doctors are linked in an internet system that allows patients to read most test results as soon as they are ready. Usually this is before the appointment with the doctor. I love this because I have time to research and prepare questions I have. Hope Granny gets the correct scan AND the results quickly. Let’s also pray that the results will be a fantastic Christmas for the entire family. God blessings on Granny and her family!
I am sorry you were not able to get the news yesterday. Granny was looking good. Yesterday I was talking with a friend and one of the things we talked about how fast this year had went by. It seems like now each year goes by faster and faster. Your title today “Hurry Up and Wait”.
I have heard it said by ones that were in the military that is the military way of doing things. I will continue to pray for all of you.