For all the Grandmas out there!!

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Originally Posted by sandygb

Liam is doing well EG! Carrie thinks he is going through a 10-day old growth spurt (who knew about these things?) because he nursed for almost 13 hours straight yesterday. The only good thing is that she tries to give him as much as he wants until midnight/1:00 am and hopes he sleeps for 4-6 hrs straight. She tries to nap during the day when he does. They are coming down for dinner on Sunday, then I am going to their place on Monday and will stay for a week or so. Steve is going back to work on Tuesday, so Carrie will need help getting Ryan to school and navigating the morning call. LOL

Oh lucky you!! You will be able to sneak in lots of cuddles. Don't you just love that new baby smell? And then lots of time with Ryan when he gets home. Isn't being a Nanna just awesome?

[Fulltime RVer]

Can't sleep. I was about to go to bed when I saw a mouse. They are a big problem in the valley but we were told they were not a problem in the campground. WRONG! What else can go wrong. We have been here less than 24 hours and I already want to run away.

[JaeDee]

Originally Posted by evergreen100

Does anyone know anything about Stacie McElroy? Her products are still instore but her challenge forum has been removed from the Designers area. Is she on a break or ill or something?

Stacie has resigned. Not sure why her stuff is still in the store.

[LauraLou]

Originally Posted by Fulltime RVer

Aren't creative people right brained and analytical people left brained?

Yes. Handedness isn't involved, at least not with any research I have found.

[LauraLou]

@Karen: What a nightmare. OBT and I both gasped at the black water incident.

@sandygb: I can barely remember those first few weeks and the seemingly endless nursing. Liam sounds like a very healthy fella.

[Rosie G]

@karen: ewwwww. Poor Galen. Hope things settle down for you.

@sandygb: I love sweet baby smells. Enjoy your time with the boys.

It's award season here. DGD Avery got an award for Yearbook Journalism; DGS Evan gets his golf award tonight and graduates next Friday night. I am happy for him but sad at the same time. High school is the end of childhood. I missed DGS Bradley's band banquet last week; he has been named drum captain for next year. DGS Clay is in the art focus program as well as marching band next year. He is an 8th grader.

I am trying to make sure I have all the necessities in the house before I go to the hospital. Also gathering paperwork for DH; I got out my medical power of attorney this morning. He leaves everything to me so I have to pay everything before I go in for surgery. Sometimes I wonder if he even knows which bank has our joint account.

Off to pre-register at the hospital. yuck

[GrandmaCrys]

Originally Posted by Fulltime RVer

We are home in Colorado for the summer. The trip here was uneventful but our arrival wasn't. We noticed the cap on the black water was leaking to Galen went to put a new one on and discovered too late that the cap was leaking because of a pressure buildup from the altitude. He heard a mini explosion and ran out to find poor G with black water all over him. It was good he had his sunglasses on because his eyes were about the only thing that stayed safe. Got him cleaned up and went back inside to finish setting up and I found a bag of buckwheat had broken and spilled all over the bottom of the pantry. Vacuumed that all out and went to meet with our boss and ,earned we would have to move to another site because the water didn't pass some kind of test. We were almost completely set up and had to pull in the slides, put stuff away again, hitch up again, and move. Right after we got here we learned the water in the entire park is shut off so we could have stayed where we were. We are not off to a good start here. We are free to go to church on Sunday and come home and finish up our duties after that. Saw the DD, all the dogs, and the pigeons, went to dinner and picked up a few groceries. I am ready to collapse.

What a harrowing beginning. It's gotta be up from there, eh?

[GrandmaCrys]

Originally Posted by Vallie

What happens in your immoral season?

#1 - You are required to FIX my typos; not laugh at them.


#2 - I shudder to think...................

[GrandmaCrys]

Originally Posted by Fulltime RVer

Altitude doesn't seem to bother either of us other than a bit more gasping for air when walking up hill for a week or so.

I gotta tell you, if I had to walk up a hill for a week or so, I would be doing a lot more that just gasping for air!!!

[GrandmaCrys]

Originally Posted by Rosie G

@karen: ewwwww. Poor Galen. Hope things settle down for you.

@sandygb: I love sweet baby smells. Enjoy your time with the boys.

It's award season here. DGD Avery got an award for Yearbook Journalism; DGS Evan gets his golf award tonight and graduates next Friday night. I am happy for him but sad at the same time. High school is the end of childhood. I missed DGS Bradley's band banquet last week; he has been named drum captain for next year. DGS Clay is in the art focus program as well as marching band next year. He is an 8th grader.

I am trying to make sure I have all the necessities in the house before I go to the hospital. Also gathering paperwork for DH; I got out my medical power of attorney this morning. He leaves everything to me so I have to pay everything before I go in for surgery. Sometimes I wonder if he even knows which bank has our joint account.

Off to pre-register at the hospital. yuck

Rosie,

[GrandmaCrys]

Every time I talk with my DS, things get worse.

There is also cancer in her bone marrow, so she categorized at Stage 4. She actually has Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common form of NHL. (non hodgkin's lymphoma) It is (can be) curable


She goes to see n ENT Dr. next week, because her nodes *are glowing* and they want to make sure there's not something else (also) going on. She has to have extensive heart exams, which is necessary before chemo.


She will have a port put in, in her chest. Her chemo treatments will be 8 hours long and she will have 6-8 of them. There will be 3 weeks off between treatments. The treatments will most likely make her sick and she will lose her hair.


All we can do is pray..........pray..........pray..........pray.

[addielee]

Originally Posted by GrandmaCrys

Every time I talk with my DS, things get worse.

There is also cancer in her bone marrow, so she categorized at Stage 4. She actually has Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common form of NHL. (non hodgkin's lymphoma) It is (can be) curable


She goes to see n ENT Dr. next week, because her nodes *are glowing* and they want to make sure there's not something else (also) going on. She has to have extensive heart exams, which is necessary before chemo.


She will have a port put in, in her chest. Her chemo treatments will be 8 hours long and she will have 6-8 of them. There will be 3 weeks off between treatments. The treatments will most likely make her sick and she will lose her hair.


All we can do is pray..........pray..........pray..........pray.

Oh Crys!! I'm so so sorry to hear this. The only good news in there is that it can be curable. DSis is in my prayers!!

[addielee]

It's a planning day at school today and I'm bored!! Someone distract me!