Nana Judi

Wow, what a couple of weeks just past! Two weeks ago Andrew called and baby Dan, not even four months old. had spent most of the day in the hospital with RSV (Respritory Syncytial Virus). Then I called a few days later to see how he was doing, and Andrea said, “Well, he’s home again” …I didn’t even know he was back in! I think he spent the night, I understand because his blood tests showed some sort of bacteria. He was doing well, so the drs thought the sample must have been tainted, so they took another sample and sent him home. This one also showed bacteria, so they took another test, thinking that one must be tainted too! This one came back clear. Amazing that three seperate blood tests could be tainted! I have some concerns about that lab! I guess the whole family had been sick, but Dan was sickest! I think they are all doing better now. Valentines day I got back to my cell phone after work, and had a voice mail. I heard Andy’s voice saying “Say I love you” and a sweet little girl voice making noises that if you listened closely enough and loved Lily enough, you could imagine were “I love you” Andrew tried to get her to say something else, and she said “bye”! Then Oliver came on the line and said ” Happy Valentines Day, I love you Nana” in a rather sad voice. I took that to mean that he misses his nana as much as she misses him! What a sweet boy he can be! When I was there at Christmas time he came to me several times and said “I love you, Nana” without even any prompting…of course nanas just love that kind of thing!

Now, I know my mom is not a kid, but she has been sick, and a couple of weeks ago she had to come in to my department so I could x-ray her back and wrist! She had fallen in the bathtub! She didn’t break anything, but she has to come in again for a CT scan of her low back, as she is still having a lot of pain at times. I don’t do CT, but I will do her Mammogram at the same time, she has been putting that off for over a year, and I haven’t pushed her because she goes to the Dr. so much, and though she is now doing enough better that her cardiologist is taking her off at least one of her meds, (she only has to take it if she has trouble breathing), she still has a lot of trouble getting up in the morning! Or should I say afternoon?

Jenni has been having trials and tribulations with sick kids as well. Monday when I talked to her she had taken the boys to the dr, and she thought they had croup. Friday Aidan was so much worse she took him back and they decided that he probably has Whooping Cough! Eamon probably has it as well, just not quite as bad as his big brother. Chris has been coughing as welll, so they put them all on antibiotics, Jenni so she wouldn’t get it so near for time for the baby to be born. The baby also gave them cause for concern this week. The midwife thought she was breech, so Jen went for another ultrasound, and praise The Lord, she was head down! Jenni sooo doesn’t want to have to go to the the hospital for the birth, and twice during this pregnancy she has had to face the possibility that she might not be able to have a home birth! So keep Jen and the baby in your prayers, that the rest of the pregnancy and the birth will be just as planned!  Also that every one will be well before time for the baby to arrive!!
Oh, my goodness, will you look at the time. I start writing and get carried away! Tomorrow is Sunday, so I should get to bed. I like to get up without the alarm on Sundays, it just seems so much more relaxed. If I don’t get to bed though, I won’t be able to wake up in time!

Love you all!