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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Josh is safely back home from the hospital now. The verdict ended up being pretty much what we thought it would be. After a multitude of tests they basically said that they do not know what happened. I am terrified to see the bill. Luckily we have good insurance, but I am sure we will still have to pay something. Listen to me. What a cynic. Mostly we are of course so happy that Josh is fine. I am not done with that boy yet. I still need him. It has been a tough couple of days and I have had no patience with the children. I end up snapping at them and then think that I have permanently damaged them. Ben is incredibly sensitive and since I was that way as a child I am hyper aware of being short with him. I feel like crap about it. I often wish I could be a different kind of person and mother. But I am having one of those “I am going to eat some worms” days so I won’t go on too much about that.
Sara saved me yesterday when I sent out a plea for help. Luckily she took the boys BEFORE I had to call the ‘I am going to give my children away’ hotline. She and hubby Russell AND Sara’s dad took the boys for the afternoon and for a pizza dinner. I was going to go see Twilight because I really needed something mindless and entertaining, but the theater did not have a 4:15 showing like Yahoo said it did, so I was at a loss as to what to do with myself for a couple of hours. I always pray for free time and then when I have it I can’t quite remember what I used to do for fun. So I did what every woman in my situation would do. I went shoe shopping. And I SCORED. Five pairs of shoes for $50. Three from Goodwill and two from Ross. Woohoo!
I am so grateful and appreciative for all the kind words and thoughts we have gotten over the past few days, not to mention all of the help. In addition to Geni, Kell, Sara and Russell, much gratitude to Melanie for taking them this morning when she already had a very full house. And to Melissa who organized a care calendar to give me aid. With no family here in Austin, I have no idea what I would do without the wonderful support of my Austin friends and the O’Mamas. This is starting to sound like an acceptance speech, so I will stop. But first I would like to thank my mother.
As you can see we got the kids funny little presents for each night. The googly eyes and the wrinkly plastic tube were a big hit.
Bonnie Berry is an Austin based child, family and wedding photographer.
As some of you know by my cryptic twitter/facebook updates, Josh went into the hospital early this morning. Everyone wants to know how he is doing, which is SO sweet. Instead of telling the story many times, I am opting for the super duper technology of blogging to keep my repeats to a minimum.
We were awoken at about 6:30 this morning by our rotten, rotten children. We were both lying on our L-shaped couch and then Josh sat up and tilted his head back. It looked like he had fallen asleep but his eyes were rolling into the back of his head. In order to avoid going into gory details, I will just leave it at saying that he was unresponsive for the next minute. So I called 911. They came and found that his blood sugar was at a very dangerously low level and so they took him into the ER where they ran some tests and found that they still could not find the problem, but they were concerned enough to keep him overnight to run even more tests. So he has been in the hospital all day and will stay there overnight. The boys and I just went to visit him and they ate ALL of his chocolate pudding, which just may have been the worst thing that has happened all day. I keep accusing him of simply wanting to get a day away from the kids and I and reminding him that a room at the Four Seasons would be cheaper and nicer than his accommodations at the North Austin Medical Center.
So he is doing fine and we have our fingers crossed that it will turn out to be an aberration. We miss him at home and feel SO happy that he is safe and being cared for. A big shout out to our dear friend Geni, who was ripped from her warm bead this morning to come and watch the boys while I rode in the ambulance to the ER with Josh, which I am ashamed to admit was a bit of a thrill for this sad suburban mom. Geni then had to endure being directed by a three year-old on how to make ‘toad in a hole’ before even having her morning coffee and her husband Kell had to withstand having six children, rather than his usual four, for the day. That could NOT have been fun. Geni and Kell very kindly gifted us a night of babysitting so we could have a night on the town which we have not had since the first Bush presidency term. Josh mentioned this morning that perhaps their having taken care of the boys today should count for that. I said “No way. I am going to see a movie in the theater and go out to eat without my children BEFORE the end of Obama’s first term”.
Get well soon Josh. We miss you terribly. I will keep you all updated. Thanks for your concern.
This is how behind I am in posting photos. I stll haven’t blogged stuff from Thanksgiving with the exception of this one of Sam. We had dinner at Michelle and Doug’s lovely house in Hyde Park. Here are some of the photos:
Bonnie Berry is an Austin based child, family and wedding photographer.