Flesh eating bacteria

Hey all, let me give a report on my poor wife. Not only does she have to put up with me on a daily basis, but she is also suffering from some crazy bad infection. When she got home from North Dakota she had some weird infection of sorts on her ankle, but thinking it to be nothing serious we did not worry about it. Last Friday the infection started to grow rapidly up her leg. However, Brooklyn was scheduled to have her tonsils taken out on Monday, so Jessie did not want to do anything until after Beakers surgery, and recovery. Jessie was running extremely high fevers ( like 104 degrees), she had the chills somethin' aweful all weekend. So after Brookies surgery on Monday we took Jessie to the Urgent Care. They gave her a couple shots in tuckish, and told her to keep her leg elevated and stay off her feet. We subsequently went in for hiny shots on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also had her on an oral antibiotic. Unfortunately, the infection has kept growing, so they sent us to the hospital for an IV. After six needle pokes they finally got the IV in her arm, and here we sit while she is receiving her treatment. Her leg is in horrible pain, and I'm afraid I'm not very good at taking care of her, although I try. This infection is the same stuff that can eventually lead to what they call flesh eating bacteria if it gets into the tissues of your body. That is very unlikely though, but the infection is still very serious. They tell us she will have to have the IV twice a day for at least ten days. Luckily they are going to give he a pic line and send us home with packets of the IV so we can do the treatments at home, but we have to get the packets from the hospital each day. The worst part of it all is that why we are sitting here waiting for the IV to finish, Jessie is making me watch Project Runway.

german pancakes

The other morning I made german pancakes for the kids, just like mom used to make, with the orange syrup and everything.  The pancakes got mixed reviews from the kids, but for me the reminiscence was delicious.

Sheila and Charlie update

OK, not much going on. There was a guest poet at Tusculum Thursday night. Sheila went to that and I babysat for one of the other couples in the Eng. dept. Then they had a social after for the poet and student and faculty at the house where I was babysitting so I got to attend. Friday night was game night in Jonesborough and Saturday was a Christmas party and game night in Kingsports. Today we rested.
Travel news. We will be going to my Mom's house a couple of days before Christmas. Our ultrasound is the 21st so probably the next day. Then we will drive to Nashville and fly to Utah on the 28th. Our flight arrives late so we will probably stay in SLC area that night and drive to Dutch John the next day. Then we fly back to Nashville on Jan 5th and go back to my Mom's for Bree. We will probably stay that night and then go back to Greeneville the next day. We will probably miss the Atlanta GameFest since it is the 5th - 8th. This is the game con your Dad and others have attended the last few years. I don't think anyone is going this year.
After that, school will start for Sheila and I will have to find a job.
See you in a few weeks.

happy birthday to alli

Happy Birthday to Me! Happy Birthday to Me! I am turning 11 on December 12. 8 more days. Yippee!

kids are great!

This weekend we got to watch Alli swim in her first Vernal Vipers swim meet.  She did so great!  It is so much fun watching your kids figure out who they are and what they enjoy.  Alli has really taken off with this swimming thing, she loves it so much.  They practice three times a week, and have meets a couple times a month.  It keeps her very busy but she loves every second of it.
It is exciting as a parent when your children find something they love so much and excel at.  I get so excited at her meets, I bite my nails, and scream.  We made posters and really cheered her on.
It has been fun for me to take Everett to his basketball camps as well.  I know he is young, but he dribbles and passes so well, I really think basketball is his sport. I was hoping he would be a baseball guy, but he gets so excited for basketball, and when he gets home, he gets his ball and practices some more in the kitchen.
I can't wait to see what things my other kids will decided to do.  We will keep trying different things until they finally discover the one that they really love.  Being a parent is so great, it is just as fun for me to watch my kids compete as it was when I was competing.

I can not wait for Jita's wedding! It will be so cool!:)

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(p.s. This is Alli.)