We're still not home from our Christmas travels, but I find myself alone in house with my sleeping child. Time to post!! We've had an eventful week or so. We headed to visit my family in Ohio on Wednesday the 22nd. We had great travel and the weather cooperated. Once we arrived, we ate dinner and I went with my sister, Abby, and mom to get a pedicure as part of my Christmas present. It was a nice "girls night out" that we rarely have the opportunity to enjoy.
The following day my sister and I ran to the next big town to pick up a last minute gift and then we were going to finish the grocery shopping. We left Kate and my two nieces with their fathers. On our way to the store, my phone rings. I answer the phone to hear Kraig say, "She's okay, but I just wanted you to know that Kate fell and she bled for a little while." He went on to explain that she had tripped going from one room to the next, and she must have bit her lip in the process. He handled the whole situations surprisingly well, especially considering that she had never bled before. Crisis handled.
We got to the store we needed to and picked out the gift. In and out in 15 minutes. Pretty good. We decided to stop at Taco Bell for lunch, as we frequently used to do when we would shop there with our mom. We went into Taco Bell and my phone rang just as I was ordering my food. It was Kraig again. "It has nothing to do with the kids," he says, "but you're never going to leave us alone again." My brother-in-law, Nick, had gone out to start our car so they could take the kids down to my mom's house for lunch, and somehow the keys managed to get locked inside the car while the car was running. We tried to use the car remote through the phone to unlock the car, but it did not work. I changed our order from "here" to "to go," and we headed back home. By the time we got back, the car had been running for nearly an hour, but we saved the day. Abby and I headed back to town to finish our shopping.
The next day was Christmas Eve. Kate developed a fever that afternoon, and she was up not feeling well most of the night. She had no other symptoms but being cranky and feverish, but she was most definitely out-of-sorts. Her fever reached 103 degrees in the middle of the night, and we headed to the ER around 8:30 Christmas morning. We were in and out relatively quickly. Fortunately, the doctor found no signs of infection or anything. He ruled it a virus, and we went home to open presents. The rest of our stay with my family was pretty miserable because she was feeling awful and not sleeping well. Lots of fun!!
Sunday morning, we headed to Pennsylvania to visit Kraig's family and Kate still had a fever. She slept more of the trip than she has ever slept in a car, so we were grateful for that. Sunday night we opened presents here and she seemed to be in a little better spirits, but she still had a fever. Monday she was still pretty miserable, but she seemed to perk up in the evening. This morning she woke up about an hour before she normally does and Kraig offered to take her so I could get a little extra rest. Praise the Lord! Her fever seems to be gone and she ate mass amounts of food at breakfast time. She's also taking decent naps today, so it seems like the virus must have run it's course. Not great timing for a sickness, but I'm glad she's doing better. She's wearing me out!!
In other news, a guy from our church who has been waiting on a heart transplant for a long time finally got one on Christmas day. The surgery went very well, but afterwards things got a little sticky. They had to go back in and explore things, but he seems to be doing better now. He and his family, the Flynns, could definitely use your prayers.
I also have a sweet friend from college who is on hospital bed rest with her twin boys right now. One of the baby's water broke on Thursday and they're keeping her in the hospital until it's safe for them to be delivered or until they have to deliver them. The baby's are almost 29 weeks at this point, but they are much to small to leave their Mommy right now. Please pray for her and her family. She has a toddler at home, as well, and their hospital is a good distance from where they live. Pray for the strength of the babies, that they would mature quickly and be able to be born healthy. Pray that they are able to stay in for the next eight weeks that they're hoping for. Pray that no infections develop and that she not go into labor on her own. Pray for her husband as he juggles work, master's classes, a toddler and being away from his wife. Pray for her, too. For her strength, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually to get through this trying time. Pray that the doctors would make the best decisions for everyone involved. It's a scary situation, but it's nothing God can't handle!! I wish I could do more than pray, but I'm glad if there is one thing I can do it's plead to God for them!
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