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Monday, 19 January 2009
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Mama, Wife & Fish Doctor
Who would have thought that some day I would be doing everything in my power to save a goldfish…..named Fishey. Hadley loves the fish in my office so we got him a 2.5 gallon tank and a goldfish for X-mas. Well, we woke up the other morning to find Fishey not his usual peppy self and he had funny white spots on his fins….”he’s got the ick,” Tom told Hadley and I in a somber voice. Me, being the non-fish expert that I am assumed he meant he was icky not that in fact he had something called ick. Who would have thought?!
So, needless to say I have been working around the clock to save Fishey….this sweet soul who inspires my son to sign fish with such enthusiasm every morning. We now have ick medicine (again, who would have thought!), thank goodness for the small pet shop in the neighboring town. The woman there has been very helpful, apparently fish can get the dreaded ick when there are extreme changes in temperature. I would call -30F fairly extreme. Fishey has been at the top of the tank every morning but he perks up when we feed him. After a slight water change and more medicine today I am really hoping things start improving.
Stay out of the light Fishey!
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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December 2008 Highlights
So, here it is mid-January and I am finally posting some favorite December pictures. It is hard to believe I am now the parent of a one year old. The time has gone so fast but I feel like it deserves some mention....
Hadley came to us in a blur of emotions and fear and uncertainty. My water broke (really a slow trickle) eight weeks before my due date. One week after Thanksgiving 2007 I was taken by ambulance to the hospital. At the time we thought everything was fine, I'll get checked out, get sent home and we'll be laughing about the scare he caused over dinner. That was simply not the case.
I spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, I was a wreck pretty much sums it up. It's hard to get into it all because I was so emotional at the time and we were so uncertain about how Hadley's health would be. I had been given a dose of steroids and the doctors hoped that would speed up the growth of his lungs to get him ready for his early entrance.
The plan was to induce me on December 17th, BUT, our sweet boy had other ideas....as he has shown us again and again before and since his entrance into the world. I went into labor on the 13th and you can guess the rest, He made his arrival on the 14th at 2am. After lots of pushing and groaning and quite a few "why do people have more then one child?!" he was here and he looked amazing. Our big worry was that we wouldn't get to hold him right away, that because of the prematurity he would get whisked away to the NICI (neonatal intensive care unit). But, with tears streaming we held our little boy, a miraculous 5 pound bundle who had come into the world 6 weeks early and fighting the whole way.
January 2, 2008 Hadley was finally able to leave the NICU. Those three weeks he spent in the hospital were a continuation of our emotional rollercoaster. I cannot express how hard it is to leave your child everyday in a hospital no matter how much you trust and believe in the doctors and nurses. We wanted him home with us, the people who loved him most in the world.
So, this year 1/2/09 we celebrated Hadley's first year of being home and we thought of the other babies born premature who didn't make it home. We are blessed and fortunate in our life.
We wish everyone a year blessed with peace, good fortune, health, love and kindness.
Carol
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
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Xanga aggravation
Well, I was trying to load a lovely holiday photo of my now one year old wearing reindeer antlers to wish everyone a happy holiday but it won;t work. It seems like more and more this happens to me with Xanga. Hmmm, may need to think about blogging somewhere else...because I blog so much you know!
Happy Holidays any way!
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Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Thanksgiving Day
Happy Thanksgiving! Though not my super favorite day I always look forward to it because of the traditions we started many years ago. We have friends come over who have no where else to go....this year we have four extras and possbily another dog.
Well...my whole one thing I'm grateful for a day didn't work out exactly as I had planned but I blame it on Fairpoint and the lack of high speed in my area...yup, it's their fault. I'm composing an angry letter right after this;).
Please note that this is not a flattering photo rather it is a Thanksgiving Eve pumpkin cheesecake making photo. Poor Hadley was having a moment right when I couldn't stop so he had to go into the sling to help. He was so intent on watching everything I did....a helper in the making.
Peace!
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