The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 13

[MinnieMouseMom]

That is so cute... even if it is Minnie.

 

[ReAnSt]

Hooray for post 61182

For all of you who don't get it, it is my birthday.

 

[yellowfish78]

I did the Macarena with a noodle because the voices told me to.

 

[ReAnSt]

Hi you all.
I hope this finds all of you well.
We still don't have internet yet.
I'm using the internet room @ work.
Just wanted everyone to know.
WE MADE IT TO SUNNY FLORIDA.

The area is beautiful.
I have been running errands.
Got Ramiro registered in school.
All ready for Tuesday.
Well I need to go.
Catch you all later.

Glad to hear that all is well and that Florida is .

 

[yellowfish78]

Glad to hear from you, Kate!

Wonderful pics, Amy & Denise!

My mom and Stephanie went shopping and when they came back they had this for me (Stephanie picked it out for me):

http://www.locknalarm.com/store/product.php?productid=4&cat=1&page=1

These are cool! Walmart carries sports teams by us...Bob has a White Sox house key and (because I'm paranoid in the dark in my garage) mine has a built in light.

 

[bear74]

Hey everyone

Just thought I would stop in and thank you all for the well wishes and prayers

I have been having full blown anxiety attacks all week and actually begged Steve not to drive to the hospital - I told him I was going to tell them I ate a HUGE breakfast and might be pregnant to avoid surgery - my nurse was laughing and said to me at one point - "you do realize this is elective surgery don't you?"

But don't worry - once the gave me my "happy shot" it was smooth sailing - I was out for about an hour and left the hospital about an hour later - I came home and slept all afternoon and now I contemplating dinner -I have felt pretty nausous and walking in the house made me throw up but I have taken some phenergan and I am getting pretty hungry -

the doctor told Steve he was able to fix it and it was pretty bad and definately needed to be fixed - and I should be back to new pretty soon - I have 6 weeks of physical therapy

I got a shot of mrphine at about 2:00 at the hospital but I haven't needed any more pain medicine yet - I am sure I just jinxed myself - I am so exhausted - I might just go back to sleep!!!

glad the surgery went well. Hope the nausea gets better soon.,

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Hooray for post 61182

For all of you who don't get it, it is my birthday.

okay - you're a brat!!!

I wanted you all to know I heeded your advice and took the pain meds!!

 

[yellowfish78]

It's good to hear great news from both Kate and for Caroline!!!

 

[Glynis]

Update on Kate from Tammi -- Tammi can't get to her computer now so she called with news from Steve. Kate's surgery went/is going well. The doctor feels he will be able to repair eveything and Kate ought to be waking up and home in about 5 hours. (I am hoping I got it all correct, Tammi.)

As I was talking on the phone with her the two chairs on my patio skidded the whole length of the patio in the wind! Ernesto is here and blowing up a storm and dumping tons of water on us. It's coming your way, Robyn.

Thanks for the update Elin and Tammi!

Good luck with Ernesto!

 

[bethbuchall]

Hooray for post 61182

For all of you who don't get it, it is my birthday.

And about 2 weeks before I graduated from high school! Way to make me feel OLD!!!

Congrats.

 

[ReAnSt]

Someone may have already answered this but I heard you couldn't wear those bras on the flight anymore.

It may not be allowed over there, but here they are still allowed.

It would make sense that you couldn't according to the rules. But it would be a very hard thing to police as who wants to be felt up to determine if you are wearing one.

 

[yellowfish78]

Well lets see...what did I do today???
Normally our office is staffed with 9 people. Today we only had 3, yes 3, people working! Needless to say, it was a fun day!
Since our merge with another AAA club, they've been trying to consolidate some things. Starting October 1st, we go from getting paid twice a month to every other week. It's gonna be rough to adjust...I have bills scheduled to come out on the 1st and the 15th of every month; now I actually have to go through them and see the due date...have to reschedule my car payment date...I thought it was rough going from every other Friday to twice a month, but the more I look at it, it's gonna be harder going back to this!
Came home from work and made a really good crustless spinach quiche. (Bob's doing that no carb thing...) It turned out really good! Extremely cheesy, I might add another egg next time to give it a little bit more eggy-ness next time. And I'll have to play with the recipe now that I can make it!
We just finished watching Justice; that was great! I love the ending and finding out the "truth" to the story...interesting twist!
Gonna go do a load of clothes, and then DIS for a while!

 

[bear74]

UPDATE ON CAROLINE!
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I just got a PM from Dawn, and I told her I'd post for her.

Thanks for the suggestion of the Apnea Monitor. The dr said he has no problem sending us home with one. He said the insurance won't like it, but with the episode she had he wouldn't have any problem justifying it. He said Home Health will come out and work with us on it.

He's increasing her Reglan to the maximum dose and said maybe we'll go home tomorrow, but he has no problem keeping her a few more days if he's not satisfied with her progress. She was spitting up while he was in here so he saw everything first hand. He said his goal is to keep it from being so forceful that it comes up through her nose.

We've already talked to the nurse about getting signed up for the infant CPR class. I've had it several times but I definitely need a refresher. We also talked to him about what else we needed to know in case it happened again and he said just have lots of bulb syringes where we can easily get to them and suction her nose and mouth.

We also discussed that when both Christopher and Caroline had these episodes they were strapped in the infant carrier and she hasn't been put in that position since she's been in the hospital. He said tomorrow we're going to feed her and put her in and watch what happens. I'm just so thankful that we can go through some of these scenarios while we're in the hospital. I'm still skittish about being home with her, even with the monitor.

We're so blessed to have a high level NICU here. I just took it for granted that there were hospitals like this everywhere. My MIL is on the Board of Directors here and she educated me on how specialized things are here. We've also been very lucky that the head Neonatologist has been here for the last few days, and will be here throughout the weekend. We absolutely love this dr.

It seems so strange that football starts tomorrow and we're not a part of it at all. We gave our tickets to my SIL and her husband. This game won't be on TV so we hope to catch it on the radio or possibly the Internet. I had to laugh last night, though. Brian's mom brought us a gift from family friend. She made Caroline these beautiful bibs and burp cloths, and one of the cloths had a purple and gold tiger print band at the bottom and had "I spit purple and gold" embroidered on it. How appropriate on all accounts I love the new picture of the kids in their crimson! It's the wrong color, but they're still too cute for words

Thanks again for the advice and support. I know things could be much worse than they are, but she's my baby and I just can't imagine my life without her. I'm so scared because I still feel this is a life threatening condition for her. I know you understand that feeling as well. We went through this with Christopher so we know what we're facing.

Denice thanks for the update from Dawn. continued prayers and

 

[babytrees]

UPDATE ON CAROLINE!
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I just got a PM from Dawn, and I told her I'd post for her.

Thanks for the update!!

 

[babytrees]

Vicki emailed me asking for an address that I don't have....would someone be kind enough to pm me, that has most of the DDA's addresses?

ETA: Thanks all!! Vicki will be thrilled to get the address!!

 

[bear74]

I love it! Where did they get it? I was just thinking about finding those the other day for my new keys here.

I recall seeing them at homedepot or lowes once

 

[Glynis]

Hi you all.
I hope this finds all of you well.
We still don't have internet yet.
I'm using the internet room @ work.
Just wanted everyone to know.
WE MADE IT TO SUNNY FLORIDA.

The area is beautiful.
I have been running errands.
Got Ramiro registered in school.
All ready for Tuesday.
Well I need to go.
Catch you all later.

Glad to see you made it safely! I hope all goes well for Ramiro with school! Can't wait to hear all about the new place and job, etc.

 

[bear74]

Hooray for post 61182

For all of you who don't get it, it is my birthday.

Congrats on getting that post

 

[bethbuchall]

Bernadette, Anne Marie, and I met at the fountain across from Pirates. I was there a few minutes early, so I took a few photos while waiting.

Our meeting spot:

Looking through the arch towards Pirates:

The "new" front to Pirates:

A closer look at the skeleton

Flowers in the fountain:

This was taken by Bernadette's daughter, Lizzie:

 

[meredetrois2]

Evenin ladies, how is your Friday night going?