Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Then came Sunday......

We are still talking about Graduation weekend.....things have been great, couldn't be more perfect, then Sunday morning we got up and went to Church with Allison and John with the Brown's and Rex's taking up the whole row......and Aileen is coughing, coughing, coughing, to where it is embarrassing....So I take her out, down the hall to the back of the building.....still coughing, coughing, so that someone comes looking for us and asked....."Have you had her checked out?"  "No" says I, "we are from out of town just here for graduation".  To which this man says, "it sounds like Whooping Cough, you should get it checked out".  So when I can I get Alan's attention we leave and head for Utah Valley Hospital ER to get Aileen checked out.  They tell us it is not Whooping cough, but that she does have croup.  They do not give her an antibiotic, but they do give her a breathing treatment, steroids, and a Rx for a strong cough medicine.  We head back to the condo and pack up all our stuff because Sunday after church is when the "togetherness" ends.....John, the Dad, is flying back to Seattle, and we are heading down to Ogden to see Alan's Mom and spend time with her and Jay!  And really going to the ER doesn't ruin the trip, because this is just life and what happens with life!!


After we get to Ogden, we have a yummy dinner with every one's favorites that Mom worked really hard on.  Then Alan's Aunts and Uncles come over to visit as well as our niece Stacey and her cute boys.  We all visit, some play cards, but all are having a great time!!

 Grandma & Allison
 Allison, John, and Tucker
 Stacey & Anne Marie
 Aunt Helen and Allison
 Aunt Helen and Anne Marie
 Alan, Uncle Merlin, and Allison - the next weekend was Uncle Merlin & Aunt Helen's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration!  We were very sorry we couldn't be there for that!  But they understood!
 Aunt Ann and Tucker
 Uncle Merlin and Uncle Marc
 Stacey and her cute boys - Sammy, and Tucker
 Sammy and Aileen
All my kids!!  The reason my life is complete!  They are the joy of my life.....I could not be more proud of any of them.  Any mother would be so lucky and I feel very blessed that It's me!!

Later Sunday night/Monday morning......coughing, coughing, coughing....its 3:00 am and no sleep in sight and still coughing, coughing, coughing.  so we head to Ogden's ER......

Still not in her lungs.....just croup!  They have the perfect thing that will stop the coughing......

We go home and get some sleep and head out Monday morning for New Mexico with our goal to make it to the Motel!!  We do and we all just go to bed so that we can get as much sleep as possible!  I have a restless night and wake up to all of us being so sick, there is no way we are going anywhere!!!  We tell the front desk will will be staying another night....turn out all the lights and all 3 of us sleep all day and night.....no joke!!  We wake up Wednesday morning feeling better and like we can at least travel the rest of the way home!!  And we do!  We were never so happy to be in our own beds, in our own home in all of our lives!!  I roll out of bed Thursday to go to work.....because the Doctor is out of town and I have to be there to answer phones etc...come home and die and do the same thing Friday morning!!   Then spent the weekend all of us trying to get over this stuff -- we have to get better!!  Whew!  I think we are going to make it!!

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