CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Mysterious kiwi fruit! That's unexpected. DH brought flowers home last night for Vday for me, DD and DS's girlfriend. He's a keeper.
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Slow, I am sure the Kiwi fruit came through the tubes....sorry it wasn't cornbread and butter...
Hugs;
Octogirl
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rainny, one of my nephews grew 6 jnches in as many months, he had headaches for a time but all came out dandy and he is now a great looking dad of 2 and and er nurse but his aunts worried about him, needlessly as it turned out
Stocked up today on food so I really could not leave the house in this cold cept for wine..
MYSTERY of the kiwi, think your husband is fooling with you?
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I wonder when it all stops......my son just called me to tell me he had my 15 year old grandaughter in Children's Hospital......she was losing weight, more then he thought was normal........so he took her to the Dr....they ran a series of tests and she has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes...............he sent her immediately to CHOP and they are keeping her for 3 days.............this is such a shock......my poor son has been through so much......and now this........so sad.......0
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(((((((ducky)))))))
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So sorry duckyb1. Hugs. That's a huge thing to deal with.
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Ducky, I was trying to find something to make you feel better, and not worry.... but we just DO....
I found this.... explains it a little better.... I'm sorry little friend.... ......
http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/type-1-diabetes/overview.html
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(((Ducky))) And of course, (((Ducky's granddaughter))). My niece's friend was diagnosed when he was just a bit younger than that. It's rough at first, but it gets better. He's a grown man now, with a family of his own.
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so sorry Ducky. Hugs for you and your family
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Heck, {{{{Ducky's entire family}}}}}.
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Oh Ducky, So sorry you have a new worry. I'm sure your granddaughter will get the best care and education at CHOP and thrive. In the meantime, we are all here to help you thru the shock. I know several people (adults) who are Type 1 and were diagnosed at a young age. They are all doing fine. Comforting hugs.
Hope all you in the way of the coldest weather in centuries (?) this weekend are able to hunker down and keep warm and safe. We on the west coast are basking in yummy warm weather. It is so warm here in my mountains that a few of my silly daffodils are blooming.
Love to all, Jan
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My son has been keeping in touch with me from the hospital.....he said when he took her to the Dr. last night for the appt about her losing so much weight they checked her blood sugar almost as if they knew what was wrong..........her blood sugar as 666...and for her size it should be 110............they immediately rushed her to CHOP.......the started treating her.....................the Dr. at CHOP told my son today she was days away from her "death bed".................can't take much more.......................so sad........0
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duckyb, I am sorry. I am sending hugs and prayers your way and healing prayers for your DGD. As a grandma I understand your pain. Your baby hurts because his baby hurts and you feel helpless to fix it. I can tell you as a mom who has had a very sick child for 17 years, your son will get through this and his daddy instinct already saved his DD's life. He will struggle but will be stronger because that's what we parents do for our kids. Many, many blessings coming your way. I wish I had a mom like you.
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I spoke to my son late last night....I asked if him if her numbers are coming down with the treatment they are using.......he said they did. come down, but then shot back up to 400...........she will be staying a couple more days..........
Molly thank you so much for your prayers.......so sad to have a sick child..........at the age of 19 my oldest daughter (1 of 6 children) out of a clear blue sky had a seizure.......this went on for sometime and she was diagnosed with Epilepsy .......after having continuous seizures, and the Meds starting to destroy her liver ....they did experimental brain surgery.........they found lesions on her brain, and was operated on.......it was all experimental, but she survived it and today is fine...........and is now 57 years old......
I just feel so bad for my son......he has 4 children and his wife cheated on him and eventually after much denial and heartbreak the marriage ended.......thank God he got to stay with his gorgeous home, and his children....the court made her leave.....went through so much....trying to still repair a broken marriage, raising 4 children alone, and a son turning to drugs.........well he did survive the broken marriage, he raised his 4 children putting 3 through college, and this 15 year old a sophomore in HS......and now this, but he will get through this too......I just hope and prayer he can handle another heartbreak...........hugs everyone...........0 -
Ducky, I'm so sorry for this latest burden. I know that it is shocking, and it is so difficult to watch a child suffer. She could not be in a better hospital, and it sounds as if they caught things in time. Your son sounds like a wonderful dad. I hope they're able to stabilize her soon so she can go home.
Slow, did you eat the kiwis? It reminded me of the William Carlos Williams poem about the plums ("This is just to say I have eaten the plums...."). Just that funny communication (or not) that marks the fabric of a marriage.
It is a bit chilly here. About to bundle up and head out to the greenmarket. I feel I need to support those few farmers who are braving the weather. Methinks hot chocolate might be a feature of the afternoon. Or the morning. Or both?
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((((ducky)))), sending up prayers for your whole family!!!!
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ducky, your son sounds like a really good man.
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Slow, I'd eat the kiwis. I've had that hapoen before and it was because the grocery store bagged put the purchases of the person in front of me in my bag. A couple of weeks ago I came home with this nasty lunch meat sub in my bag. Poor bastard in front of me probably got home and had....no sandwich! The worst part was that when I looked at my receipt I actually got charged for it too, but for $2 it wasn't worth schlepping back to the store. Did you look at your receipt.
Ducky, no words, except to say I am sending energy to help get her blood sugar under control.
People say things like God doesn't give us more than we can handle, but could Godgo on an extended vacation, like for 20 years, and quit handing stuff out?
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T- God thinks we are some kind of badasses, I think!
Ducky- continuing to send healing thoughts your way, and to your son and GD.
Rainny- brilliant! I love WCW, but I didn't know that one. I have shared it below in its entirety for those who also were not familiar. When I was in the hospital after my BMX, my shrink (who always sends me poetry in times of big trouble) sent me the red wheelbarrow. With the chickens. It was cryptic but meaningful. I lack the kind of literature education that I wish I would have gotten. I don't get poetry naturally and/or easily, but when I break through I find it very satisfying.
This is just to say
By William Carlos Williams
I have eaten the plums
that were in
the ice box
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were
delicious
so sweet and so cold
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Ducky, adding more hugs and prayers to you and your family. I know you will do everything you can to help your son and DGD get through this. I will continue to send healing thoughts.
Had a bit of scary moment last night that only a mom or grandma could fully appreciate: They locked down DD's condo complex and a helicopter overhead circled for several hours with floodlights and loudspeakers yelling, 'come out now, put down your weapons. We know you are there and will get you.' Meanwhile DD was home with both small kids (my lights of my life, those two grandkids), and SIL was just coming from work so he spent hours outside the complex gate waiting to get in (well, at one point he gave up, went and got dinner and came back..) DD said she was fine but kids were of course terrified; DD cuddled with them in her large bed and eventually got them to go to sleep, a miracle in and of itself with all the commotion. Eventually (about ten pm) helicopter went away and cops allowed folks in with no explanation. SIL said he saw no evidence that anyone was arrested from his standpoint outside the gate. He was worried the cops just gave up but my theory is that eventually they realized that whoever they were after wasn't in the complex after all (and of course, they wouldn't want to admit that to the locked out residents). Anyway, pretty scary. DD says all is well this am and SIL did walk through the complex to verify no evidence of bad guys....As for me, I couldn't sleep till I got a text from DD that all was cleared, but I did manage to sleep in this am to catch up!
Thanks for printing the entire poem Katy. Really lovely.
The fog is lifting here in the Great Central Valley, literally and figuratively. Off to run some errands and enjoy our good weather while it lasts (hope it doesn't last too long; we need more rain). More later. Hugs to all!
Octogirl
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Octo, it wouldn't be the first time the police staked out a place, only to realize much later that it was empty. Thank goodness everyone is OK.
I agree about the mysterious origin of the kiwis. I once got a bundle of free cilantro thanks to sloppy bagging at the grocery store.
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and I will never forget the day I stopped at the market after chemo and bought a fresh baked cookie to have, only to find out when I got home it wasn't in my bag. That day I degenerated into tears, all because of a cookie. Then our wonderful Katy sent me a package of mail order cookies, which I saved and ate during my chemo treatments. I still have one in my freezer that I look at and think of her, my wonderful Katy
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wonderful memory of that cookie
So sorry for your family ducky, good you have a great hospital near you
In for the day
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Katy, that's one of my favorite poems by WCW... I haven't read it in so long.... I needed that today. What a gift, a blessed gift for the day... Thanks for posting it.
It's amazing how often I think of all of you each day. You are all a blessing!
Hugs to all of you, Crazies, today and everyday!
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Octo....back at you girlfriend......how do we manage to live though this chaos........you think when you have your kids and raise them and out they go, only to find out we inherit more problems when they have their own families, or homes............I guess it never ends.....it's called "motherhood".....hugs
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Hugs to you Octogirl. I think our grown kids and their kidlets bring so much more to the table for us to worry over. It was easier when they were young. My poor mom. I never understood until it was a grandma myself and too late to tell her that I finally get it. Her first grandchild, my sweet nephew, had cystic fibrosis and passed away at age 13. Then my son nearly died at age 7 months only to live with profound disabilities and seizures. My brother's oldest has a genetic condition that affects his vision. Too much for a grandma's heart.
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Ahhhh, Molly.........so sad........your poor Mom.....and yes we don't know till we go through it ourselves........hugs
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Molly, I've been so focused on my current quilt that I failed to respond to your story about your sister. She sounds like a jewel and sent by heaven when you needed her. How terribly sad she died so young. Hugs. I hope to meet you at the SoCal meeting.
Ducky, I've thinking about your and your precious GD. Sending you hugs, too.
Talk later....
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Thanks Jan.........my son told me tonight she began to throw up...I feel so sorry for her and my son.....so sad
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More hugs ((((ducky))))....
SoCal Crazies, and anyone who wants to join us: mark your calendars...Per those who responded, the get together will be Saturday morning, March 26th. Location somewhere TBD, probably somewhere between San Diego and LA (which may or may not mean Orange County)...possibly a leisurely brunch...
Mayor Slow and I will put our heads together and come up with location details, just keep the date and at least nine to noon clear (most of us can probably extend it further into the afternoon, but one or two had afternoon conflicts)..Feel free to PM if you have suggestions for location, especially if you know of any fabulous and affordable brunch spots in the OC....as for me, I will be in various locations between Camarillo, the San Fernando Valley, San Diego and LA that entire week preceding the 26th and not heading home to Central California until Sunday, so if anyone is up for other opportunities to get together...just let me know...
And I have some thoughts about skyping in a few beloved California-Girls-at-Heart-who-don't-live-in-California...so, if you are one of those, or just want to be jealous of our great weather but can't make the trip, let me know....
Octogirl
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