11 May 2008
Ok, so we're strange
Wednesday May 14, 2008 Filed in: Life as we know
it
This
morning I had a fun conversation with Phi Ann. I've
noticed that I don't see a lot of other kids running
around with diapers. I know for a fact that they are
way to expensive for the average family to afford and
they've made it without them for hundreds of years
why start using them now. But it's always fun to ask
these culture questions to see where the conversation
leads. So to practice some language and find out more
about the culture I asked Ann what people thought
about Aleah wearing diapers all the time. Her answer
was so funny. She told me that everyone thinks we are
strange because Aleah doesn't wear pants over her
diaper. All this time Aleah was being mocked for not
wearing pants and we never even knew it. I hope she
won't have to endure much counseling to over come
this in her future.
Happy Mother's Day??
Sunday May 11, 2008 Filed in: Life as we know
it
Well,
we're hoping Mother's Day was happy for most of you!
Blake's mom, Paula was in a terrible accident:
The Red SUV in the news clip is Mike's car, Paula was driving.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8306444&nav=menu374_2
The rest of the story: Paula was on her way back from the airport (Mike was headed to California) when Uncle Alan (who just happened to be in town visiting) received a call from Vanderbilt saying that Mom had been in a multi car accident and that she was at the ER but was stable (Paula could only remember her home number). Alan called Jenna and they headed up to the ER. (In the mean time, Jenna was able to get in touch with Mike during his lay over in Dallas and he was able to come right back home and was at the hospital by lunch). When they got there they were told that both her legs were broken, a rib was fractured, and there was a crack in her neck. The rib and neck should heal on their own, but mom will be wearing a collar for about 6 weeks. She will have multiple surgeries on her legs and her knees. Currently she has external extenders or basically metal screws in her bones attached to a metal external frame. She will have this until the swelling goes down and they can tell what's going on with her knees. She'll start rehab on her upper body later this week so that she won't lose any strength in her upper body. She's in a lot of pain, but morphine is her new friend! She needs our prayers as she recovers and deals with being in hospital beds and rehab rooms for the next few weeks.
The Red SUV in the news clip is Mike's car, Paula was driving.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8306444&nav=menu374_2
The rest of the story: Paula was on her way back from the airport (Mike was headed to California) when Uncle Alan (who just happened to be in town visiting) received a call from Vanderbilt saying that Mom had been in a multi car accident and that she was at the ER but was stable (Paula could only remember her home number). Alan called Jenna and they headed up to the ER. (In the mean time, Jenna was able to get in touch with Mike during his lay over in Dallas and he was able to come right back home and was at the hospital by lunch). When they got there they were told that both her legs were broken, a rib was fractured, and there was a crack in her neck. The rib and neck should heal on their own, but mom will be wearing a collar for about 6 weeks. She will have multiple surgeries on her legs and her knees. Currently she has external extenders or basically metal screws in her bones attached to a metal external frame. She will have this until the swelling goes down and they can tell what's going on with her knees. She'll start rehab on her upper body later this week so that she won't lose any strength in her upper body. She's in a lot of pain, but morphine is her new friend! She needs our prayers as she recovers and deals with being in hospital beds and rehab rooms for the next few weeks.