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Judie I am not gonna write a book - I want a dam mini-series about my family -LOL. It sure is overwhelming and draining sometimes,  maybe thats what keeps me going, Gods way of keeping my mind busy and off stupid bootface.

I don't know Barbe why they said Roseola, except what little bit I googled the rash can come either before or after the fever.  Anyway Amanda did end up taking her to All Childrens ER,  she was there about 6 hours,  they drew blood,  cathed her for urine sample, gave her some pedialite via syringe, blood work and urine came back fine,  no ear infections no broncitis etc, etc,  they sent her home. Thus far today her fever has stayed at 100.2 but except for the few ounces of pedialite in hospital she has only drank 6ounces of formula in 2.5 days - she see's DR again in the AM,  she does a half hearted little smile and grin,  but you can tell she does not feel well,  UGH - Hopefully she will just bounce back and its just a little scare tactic. Landen is sounding a bit better with his treatments as well is Jaclyn,  Ed still remains quite cloggy but taking his enhaler and antibiotics as directed. So far I REMAIN  WELL from all this crap -  YEAH.

Wow, Cathi!  When it rains, it POURS for you guys!  I'm so sorry everyone's sick.  I agree that you should wear the masks.  You really can't afford to catch any of that crud! 

I'm so sorry about your aunt, Nancy.  I hope she recovers without complications.

Portia had her wisdom teeth surgically removed yesterday.  Luckily, it's Spring Break, so she can stay home and rest.  She's doing really well.  Poor thing was so anxious about the whole thing!

Love and hugs to all,

Karen

Karen, has Portia started her bruising yet? She might freak out with how bad it gets.... Poor thing won't want to go back to school if she's still "showing".

Barbe, I haven't noticed much difference in the swelling in my hand, this week has gotten upper 80's all week but supposed to cool off with rain starting tomorrow afternoon.

Karen, John had his wisdom teeth pulled/cut out when he was at boot camp. He said that when he got back to the barracks, he was drooling blood from both corners of his mouth, looked like a vampire and he didn't feel a thing.

Cathi, hope there is a speedy recovery for all who are sick and you don't end up with anything. somebody needs to stay healthy to take care of all the sickies.

Sheila

right now the humidity is pretty low, this summer is when it becomes unbearable and I need to get the AC in my car serviced before the humidity does get high. By the weekend our highs will be in the 60's. hopefully no frost, but we have had frost as late as late April, the fruit trees and strawberry bushes are in full bloom right now and if it frosts, it may kill all the fruit.

Sheila

Karen, so glad that Portia's wisdom teeth extraction is over. Did she have it done under local or general? I've had 2 out with a local and my youngest son had all his out a few years ago under local. The worst part is the pressure and all that tugging - the person doing the pulling has to brace him/herself and your head gets yanked back and forth - no wonder a face looks black and blue a couple of days afterwards. Neither my son nor I felt any pain during the surgeries but his were badly impacted and he needed a fair bit of pain relief afterwards. My best wishes to Portia for a quick recovery and minimal bruising.

Cathi - you poor thing - all that sickness in your family! You are such an angel - running around after them. I do hope and pray that you stay well. I hope everyone feels a lot better - soon!

Nancy -wishing your aunt a quick recovery. It's very hard to help someone who doesn't want to be helped. It's sweet of you to help her out and I hope she will relent and let the painters in but you can only do so much if she resists help. Also, you do have my sympathy re that work report. My math ability is abysmal. 

Sheila - hope your LE remains under control during the warmer months.

Judie - you have a lot on your plate. I wish you could get some help with that CD task. Sending you my very best wishes for successful surgery. Will that be the last recon surgery for a while? It will be so worth it. I get so sick of my prosthesis - it feels much heavier than my real breast! One day I'd love to have a proper bump there...

My youngest son flew out to the US (New Orleans) last Sunday. He's helping his gf and her sisters relocate a school that gf's older sister set up before she got sick with bootface. He's working hard and loving it. They are going to help look after the sister's 3 young kids while she goes through her treatments. It's stage IV. I'd love to visit him some time - he may be there for a couple of years.

Love to everyone, 

Jane xoxox

Well, sisters, since last Friday I have made three trips to the post office (walking...just over a mile each way) and mailed 27 packages all over the US and to Amsterdam, Prague, and Mexico. I called a halt to the sale. I've done enough. My goal was to get some of my son's music collection into the hands of his friends on the quadraphonic board where it will have meaning and bring memories to them. It's been a huge job. I wouldn't have done it for any other reason. Those people have been family to me through the past year. Really great folks. I sold about half the discs I had here, which is about 3% of the total collection. It's massive.

The "fun" part of the project is that he did conversions of quadraphonic records to CD or DVD-A discs, preserving the quadraphonic channels to play on a DTS or Dolby 5.1 system. They're remarkable. He had copies of all of them on spindles, a total of about 1,000 discs. I am cataloging and organizing them and will offer them to family members. The range of music is astounding. I will end up with a lovely music collection. I even have a Pink Floyd "The Wall" poster hanging on my living room wall. It's a large poster, framed, that was in the media room. It's weird, but I love it.

Sigh...sorry to ramble. I needed to do that tonight.

Cathi, I'm so glad that everyone is getting better. I'm constantly sending healing energy your way.

Nancy, I know what you mean about needing to vent. Life would be so much simpler if you and I were in charge, eh? lol

Karen, I hope Portia's mouth continues to heal without problems. It's a big deal! When is moving day? Or did I miss it? I'm kind of scattered.

Barbe, there are no mistaken opinions when it comes to medical things and strange relatives...  We all speak from our own experience. It is sad to me that someone chooses to live that way, but it is a choice. How is your health doing? I do worry about you and your husband. You are a strong woman. I'm with you on the humidity. And the summer heat combined with the Aromasin is nearly unbearable. I'm sticking with Spring!!!

Jane, what a wonderful son you have. You must be very proud, but wish he'd do his good deeds a little closer to home! My baby boy is now wandering about Liverpool, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland with a backpack and sleeping bag...no tent. It's great to see them become independent adults, but....

Hugs to all, especially little Ella-bug,

Judie

UGH-UGH-UGH - This AM is off to a horrible start and I am feeling soooooooooooo darn mentally stressed right now.  Amanda called just a bit ago,  Ella  is not doing so well,  In to peds DR at 9:30,  she is coughing like crazy, isn't waking up on her own,  Amanda wakes her up every hr or so,  and just now when she woke her up he said her face is like a complete red bloch,  almost like all the blood vessels in her face are busted,  I am on my way up.  Just needing some big prayers.  LOVE YOU ALL.

Judie...yes, if only WE were in charge.

Barbe...the best local substitute—flea markets. Of course, not as professional, but also more accommodating.

Cathi, you need to catch a break there, girlie. Too much on top of your own worries. I hope the babies come through their illnesses quickly. 

We have A DX off Roseola for Ella????? Of coarse me being the worry wort I am and of coarse not ever fully trusting DR's I will remain leary for a few days,  her face is a horrible red raised mess, the paper  they gave us for the Roseola says the rash normally starts in trunk area then spreads well it's just her face right now,  so I am optimistic that this is all it is,   DR said she is not contagous with the rash she was a few days ago with the fever -  if in fact we are dealing with Roseola. Can't imagine where she would have caught it,  buttttttttttttttttt -

Barbe come to Fla I'll give you a crash coarse in Grandbabeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  Anyway after coming back home this AM I have spent a quite day of NOTHING, even napped  for a bit -  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ  Haven't slept well the past few nights,  for some reason my hotflashes have returned and they have been awful at night,  oh well -  just another chapter.  Hoping to have a calm non eventful weekend.  Everyone continues to improve with their broncitis. HAPPY THURSDAY NIGHT -XOXOXOXOXOXO

 Cathi, I think my flashes have finally passed. I will wait and see what happens this summer when the humidity goes up with the Berumuda High sits off the coast. My doctor did blood work in November and proved that I was in menopause so hopefully the flashes have passed.

Judi! why did you wait for the episode to pass?

We had a good rain this afternoon, next county had tornado watch but the major part of the storm stayed south of me. And good report, MY PORCH DIDN'T LEAK! The new roof fixed the leak.

Sheila

Cathi - what a rotten time you are all having! I'm praying for a quick recovery for sweet Ella and some really good sleeps for all of you. The end of winter always seems to bring out the worst bugs. I can remember my babies having roseola - high temps for a day or so and then the rash but I'm sure it can take different forms.

And poor Judi - you are naughty to walk to the ER by yourself! I've never heard of anyone doing that! I hope and pray you will recover quickly.

Sheila - I hope your hot flashes have gone for good. I think mine will last for ever. I have learned to layer dress and fling things off when I feel one coming on. Roll on winter! Then I can rush outside and use the cold wind to cool off.

Karen - I hope Portia is healing well. The first few days after the extractions are not much fun. Were her teeth causing problems or was it just to avoid problems in the future? I think it's sensible to have them out before their roots get too deep.

Barbara - re health care in Canada - I hope you're exaggerating! Surely they wouldn't send you home in pain! I've heard the Canadian health system is one of the best in the world. 

Nettie - hope things are well with you. Please drop by soon and give us an update.

Lisa - how was Arizona? Hope you are feeling refreshed and happy.

xoxox

Ladies, I'm taking a temporary BoardBreak. I've got a lot to do with my aunt. I'm either visitng her or running to her apartment about four times a week after work.

And I've got a whole boat load of work at work. I guess that's why they call it "work." LOL

And I've still got to do my TAXES after I upgarde my computer system :-(.

So, see you in May!

Hello my dears

Cathi, whay a bloody time of it you're having! Hope the wee ones (or, as we call them, weans, in Scotland) get better. No update on yourself, I notice..... Putting yourself last I espect, as per usual.

Nanci - why is it up to you to clean up your aunt's affairs?

Judie, hope you are feeling grand. Devin will be up later in the month and looking so forward to seeing him again.

I was at Hosp yesterday for the bowel siggy and banding, but they couldn't proceed beacuse of the reaction I had to the pre-med. You are supposed to take 2 litres of solution in a very limited time frame of 4 hours - and it ghastly tasting. This is in the evening before surgery Anyway i did, and blow up like a zepplin in the bread basket with hellish spasms. So all day in hosp on pain killers and anti spmasmotics. Now got to go for barium emema. in 10 days. WHAT TAXOTERE has done to me. I also have muscular myopathy, which is why I can't walk up hills. Will be getting physio and hydrotherapy to try to recover. Sorry, sounds like a wee pity wallow.

Take care lassies.

Nettie xx