The Sooner The Better

I am so out of the loop.
I don't even know what's going on in Libya. The only reason I even mention it is because CNN has changed gears from the Japan earthquake.
I only knew about the earthquake and tsunami from Facebook.
I usually follow the news pretty closely. I read my digital newspaper pretty much everyday. However, since I've been off work, I haven't done much reading, and being sick for so long, haven't concerned myself with any news at all.
The freakin' world is falling apart.

That being said, I was taking personal stock of this year so far:
1. I've been sick THREE times this year.
2. I broke my foot and sprained my ankle.
3. My brother-in-law shattered his hand in a yet to be told drama story of his newlywed life.
4. My dog of almost 10 years died.
5. My mother-in-law almost died, and is STILL in ICU right now.
6. Out highly anticipated trip to Vegas mostly sucked.
7. The entire family had the flu at the same time.
8. It's only March.

I'll stop here.
I'm not a negative person, and some positive things HAVE happened this year. We got a new puppy, and I have a job that continues to pay me when I can't come to work.
I'm grateful for the good things, but this has been a messy year so far.
I'm hoping it gets better sooner rather than later.

***EDIT***
My Lord. During my pity party I forgot to finish my thoughts:
In light of the truly devastating things going on around the world right now, my problems are minuscule. Just wanted to let you know that I've got a teensy bit of perspective left. Ha!
KoP

Catching Up Some More

With everything going on, I haven't been writing consistently... I'll get back on that.
Here's a puppy pic to keep you occupied. The statement is something that I say to this little devil, spoken in the voice if Elmo. Makes Tristan and Amy laugh.



KoP


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Catching Up

With everything going on, I haven't been writing consistently... I'll get back on that.

KoP

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About That...

So, what I was writing yesterday, I'll continue along that path because it's important…

I'm in the ICU waiting room at St. Joseph's Hospital right now.
My mother-in-law had contracted the Flu, which turned into Pneumonia, which has almost killed her.
I'm not sure of the details, but basically her lungs were not processing oxygen, or something like that.
She's been in ICU now for 3 days.
Her condition is not worsening, but it hasn't gotten better yet either. She's not out of the woods, as it were. They have her intubated, and hooked up to all this monitoring equipment right now, seems like a hundred different tubes and hoses…She is sedated and her hands are constrained all of the time because of the intubation.
It's troubling to see.
Anyway, we're hoping things get better… obviously. If everything goes well, she may be off the ventilator in a few days, and then they'll observe her in ICU for another day or two. After that, I think she may go to another part of the hospital for another day or so, then we'll take her home with us until she gets her strength back.
This is how we hope it plays out anyways.
Keep your fingers crossed for us.


KoP

Grrrr

My long post got erased.
When will I ever learn?


KoP