Lots of sickness-February 22, 2019

There is so much sickness in this area that the shelves with cold medicine and such items are completely empty in all stores. Not even any Tylenol. It is shocking. Plus the schools are so bad with all sorts of sickness that each room is marked by what has been tested positive in that room. Some rooms have "Tested positive for influenza A, norovirus, RSV" and some say "Tested positive for influenza A and B, pneumonia, RSV" and now every room as added "strep throat". That way you know what germs you are walking into. It is so bad the school called and told Zoey to stay home this week. Her immune system is very compromised because of her 3 weeks of RSV and pneumonia and the time in the hospital. She has been home all week. She was here today and it is obvious she is not 100% yet. So if it is in the school system that severely you know it's everywhere. I do not like going to the grocery store. I would not go to a doctor's office unless I was literally on my last leg. I was not comfortable picking up a prescription at the pharmacy. Can you imagine what germs those people encounter and they have no way to wash their hands. Very disturbing.

Yes, I am a germophobe. I don't mind admitting that. But better safe than sorry. We will have all three girls here tomorrow. Care to bet how much Clorox I will use sanitizing after they leave?

I hope it's better where you are.

Babysitting-February 18, 2019

We have been babysitting 4 out of the last 5 days including the day we returned from WinStar. It goes without saying I don't have a lot of creative energy left right now. So, let me share a few odd pictures taken at WinStar last week.

 

Would you like to guess what this is?

 

 

These are the graphics on a slot machine. Slot machines are so

beautiful now it is fun just to look. And WinStar has over 7000

slot machines to look at. This one was about underwater and polar

creatures. I did not play it but I could not resist taking a few pictures.

 

Tomorrow, hopefully, is a day off and a day to recover.

 

 

 

 

WinStar-February 13, 2019

We are on our way back from what we call our home away from home, WinStar in Thackerville, Oklahoma. As usual we were treated like royalty and loved every minute of it. We again were comp'd a 3 room suite with two full walls of windows. What a view! We also got a free meal on Monday night and a free breakfast this morning. That's always nice.

This time was a celebration of Mardi Gras.

 

 

They do such a good job with the fun celebrations.

 

I never ever grow tired of this sight. One day I will ask

the size of that world globe at the main entrance. A

thunderstorm had just passed through the area. Hence the

dark clouds at sunset.

 

And last but not least my favorite part of this beautiful place.

Love these people. Love this place.

 

 

 

Farm show-February 8, 2019

Granddaddy and Derrick took Daisy to the local farm show. Daisy squealed with delight when she saw all of the shiny new tractors. How I pray she does not end up wanting to be a farmer!

She looks awfully comfortable to me.

 

 

A girl's gotta snack when a girl's gotta snack.

 

We suspect this is where Daisy caught the virus that sent her to the hospital. She was not as sick as Zoey. For the record, the are now putting seat belts on the jump seats in the cab. That means that a very large number of kids are riding with their dads while working the fields. I'll keep my personal opinion to myself on this topic.

 

Health update-February 5, 2019

Update on everybody.

Daisy came home from the hospital the next day after she was admitted. She is recovering.

We were told at noon today that Zoey was on the way home. She was moved out of ICU on Saturday. We have not been told she is at home but we are sure she is. We know she will be tired so we will wait until tomorrow to go see her.

Hannah has not been affected by this but it has about a 5 day incubation period. Fingers crossed.

Jerry and I are slowly recovering. Same for Derrick.

This is a rough virus and I don't wish it on anybody especially a preschool aged child. So if you hear somebody has it run, don't walk, in the other direction very fast.

We think we will be back to normal in a couple of days, whatever normal may be for us!!

Delayed post-February 3, 2019

I wanted to let you know why I have not posted for several days. A week ago, Zoey, the 4 year old, was flown from the local hospital to Children's Hospital in Denver. She remained in ICU until yesterday morning. She has a severe case of RSV and she has been one sick little girl. The doctors are hinting they might release her tomorrow or Tuesday. Originally it was another 10 days.

Yesterday while babysitting Hannah and Daisy, little Daisy became very ill. She was completely lethargic and only whimpered. She would not eat or drink and she was so weak she couldn't hold her head up. When she spiked a 103 fever we called Derrick out of a district volunteer training class to come take her to the doctor. He and Daisy were in the local hospital until 11:00 this morning. She, too, has RSV but not nearly as bad as Zoey's case has been. The doctor told Derrick that there is no way Daisy could have had a 103 fever. I was livid when I heard that. How on earth would he know? If I knew his name I'd meet at the hospital door and have a "chat" with him. At any rate Daisy should be able to recover without any outside help. We are both showing signs of the virus now but we should be able to fight it off.

All of this meant Hannah spent the night with us last night. She has not done that in years. We made her a bed in the princess castle tent. She absolutely loved it. She got up this morning and she was happier than we have seen her in a very long time. It was a fun time for us.

As soon as life returns to normal I will get caught up on this blog.