Anissa
A lot of people don’t “get” the blog world. Or the Twitter world. They think that the friendships you make aren’t real. I’ve said this time and time again how many REAL friends I’ve made online- either through this blog, Twitter, or message boards. They’re people I laugh with. People I cry with. People I connect with. People I pray for. It just so happens that last night as I was chatting with some Twitter friends, we got word that Anissa Mayhew had a stroke and is in the ICU. Anissa has a daughter Hannah’s age. A daughter who has battled cancer. Her baby has had cancer. That in itself is enough of a hurdle without now battling her OWN health while her babies, all 3 of them, wait for her. I know people might not “get” this. But the second I heard about it, I was devastated. Sad for her that she puts her whole life into her daughter and now she’s helpless.
Last night Livie woke us up at 4 am and stayed awake. We turned on the TV and let her giggle and play while we laid in bed with her. Yes we were tired. Of course we would rather be sleeping. But instead I looked at Hubs and told him that there are so many parents who wish they could be doing this with their babies right now. Parents who have had to live through what I believe is the worst tragedy ever—losing your child. Thinking about Anissa who would love to be healthy and at home up with her child at 4 am instead of in the ICU–I’m most appreciative for my health and my family’s health. At the end of the day, it’s all that counts. That we’re happy and healthy.
Please pray for Anissa. Pray for someone that I’ve talked to a few times on Twitter but who has made me laugh a million times and inspired me even more.
EDIT:
If you want to help Anissa and her family, I put a donate button on the sidebar.
So glad it’s Friday
i’ve had a nasty cold all week and have felt downright miserable. and my doctor’s appointment for yesterday was cancelled but not until AFTER i left work and was 1/2 way there. so i wasted an afternoon of sick time i need to be saving for future appointments. i’ve been all worried about my crappy blood pressure so maybe that was a blessing in disguise. buys me another week of NOT having to hear my doctor tell me bad news about it. i’m just so ready to get off work today and go home and sleep. all night. and all morning. that should help. i’m such a debbie downer today. sorry guys. i HATE being sick.
Sick kids
a lot of you that read my blog are parents. so you can relate to this. and to those of you that arent…i can try all i want to explain the gut wrenching pain you feel when your child is sick but you can never fully grasp it unless you’ve been there yourself. last night Nettie was fine all evening…played like normal but she didn’t want to eat dinner. which, heh, that really isn’t abnormal BUT she didn’t want any junk food snacks either which is totally NOT her. but i figured she snacked at her nana’s house before i picked her up and she was too busy playing and honestly just not hungry. so at 9pm i was already pretty tired and ready to go to bed for the night. we laid down in bed and she’s whining that her stomach hurt. i’m thinking she has gas cuz everytime i pressed on it she’d cry harder. so i told her to lay curled up and she’d feel better once it came out. like 5 mins later she sits up and says “mom, i have to puke” and i’m like “ok lets go” and i start to pick her up and she says “hurry!” so i’m like OMG ok i’m hurrying. we made it to the toilet in time and she puked exorcist style. this happened twice more last night and every time was more dramatic. by the end i was able to figure out before it was like last minute and i’d take her to the toilet to stand there before it was coming up and she’s whining saying ” i’m scared….and i’m shaking” in this pitiful voice. talk about ripping my heart out and shattering it into a million pieces. i rubbed her back…i pulled her hair back and consoled her telling her it’d be ok…that no one likes puking but you feel so much better after. POOR BABY! it sucked. i wished it was me puking. i just know how much i hate to puke and when youre 5 its so much worse because at least when i puke i earned it by drinking too much the night before. poor thing was innocent in it all and i just felt so bad for her. i’ve never felt any pain in my life ever than the pain of watching my little woman suffer. and the thing is that i know it will be like this forever. til the day i die. it never goes away. she’ll be 45 and sick and i’ll be wishing it was me instead of her. she was fine after 1 am last night and she never ran a fever or anything so i dunno what she’s got. but so far she’s a lot better. after just 5 hours of sleep last night i’m slowly making it through the day today.
Better
finally it seems the sickness in our house is going away. i went to the doctor friday. he told me i had an upper respitory infection. so i got some kick ass antibiotics and i’m feeling SO much better today. i rested a lot this weekend and i finally feel like i’m back in commission. matts illness was deemed viral on thursday and he got NO meds for it cept some crap to loosen his congestion which helped a little. he’s still recovering today. yesterday was the 1st day that NEITHER of us had fevers though and it was awesome. Nettie so far has avoided all the sickness due to matts mom keeping her thursday and friday night. that was so awesome of her and totally necessary for us. there was no way we could have even cared for her the way we felt! so i’m back at work today…and hopefully i’ll be able to catch up on yalls blogs at SOME point in the day!
Sickness
Hubs’s still sick. he can’t even get into the doc til tomorrow. his cousin has pneumonia…Hubs says his chest hurts so i bet HE has it too. all bad news for me and Nettie. i can deal with me and Hubs being sick but dealing with Nettie is a whole other story. last night i started running a fever. i had another one this morning. its just not good at our house right now.
being sick sucks.
Almost Christmas
and i finally took Nettie to see santa yesterday. of course she told him she wanted butterscotch
its a good thing he’s bringing her to Nettie
and some updates: Ethan came through surgery great yesterday which is truly a miracle. thanks for your prayers and thoughts. they say today and tomorrow are the most critical days so we’ll see what i hear…hopefully only good news!
and yeah, i’m still sick. in fact, i’m sicker than i was monday. wtf? i need like 2 days of sleep. i might be better after that. maybe tomorrow i’ll take the day off to get better because being sick for christmas and all the festivities i have all weekend starting friday night would suck!
Happy Birthday Nettie
Today is Nettie’s 5th birthday. FIVE whole years old. i remember being 5. she’s finally at an age i totally remember being. which TOTALLY scares me because from here on out she’ll remember every fun thing we do…and every crappy thing i do. LOL. isn’t that what being a mother to a daughter is all about? lol. but i still can’t believe she went from this
to this
Happy Birthday Baby.
on a different note, i’d like to ask that you all pray for Hubs’s baby cousin that’s in surgery right now. its a very lengthy, difficult heart surgery and the chances of him even living through it are slim. however we are hopeful and just ask that you pray for Ethan. He’s 4 months old.
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