Last night Melany texted me that Wade's dad had been taken to the ER by ambulance...too many messages this week about ambulance rides and/or emergency trips to the hospital. Melany told me this morning that it looked like Wade's dad has pneumonia and had had a stroke. Wade went to the hospital where he is be with him today. Melany finished up her school year. Alex worked. And, Erin fended for herself (not always the best thing!). The plan had been for Wade to be at home this morning, but the latest emergency called him to the hospital to be with his dad. This morning Erin's blood sugar level was really low...one extreme to another. But before Melany went to work they had gotten it back up and Melany works very close to home so she could check on her periodically and get back there if necessary. Any time that Erin gets sick her blood sugar levels fluctuate a lot because of diet change when sick. She had soup and a sandwich for lunch and was doing better. I am going to add in here, as some might wonder, why at 25 she doesn't handle her type-1 diabetes better. And, the answer is other health issues...the major one that keeps her from dealing correctly with diabetes most of the time = Asperger Disorder (a form of Autism). Erin has a lot on her plate to deal with health-wise = 1)Type 1 Diabetes, 2)Aspergers, 3)Anxiety Disorder, 4)ADHD, 5)IBS. This number of health issues would be overwhelming to anyone...but the Aspergers makes it very hard for her and her family. And, really considering EVERYTHING she does pretty well...most of the time. She is a champ at figuring out carb counting! But unfortunately long term consequences are hard for her to factor into what she knows about her diseases. She was trying to handle her problem on her own over the weekend. She knew to call the pharmacy as soon as they opened on Monday, when she discovered that she was out of insulin on Sunday. BUT she didn't know what to do when the pharmacy told her that they didn't have any of the kind that she needed. I guess she told Alex and he attempted to get in touch with his dad but didn't realize that Wade was on a conference call at work and didn't get the text message. Melany unaware of all this was attempting to get her room ready for the end of school. By the time that she got pulled into it, Erin was very high. By that time the pharmacy did have the insulin needed and Melany started in bolusing the insulin and checking every 10-15 minutes. At a point she knew that a hospital visit was going to be necessary. And...the rest is history...and, now Erin is back home and hopefully on the right path again! The insulin is now on auto refill and Melany will receive a text when it is ready to pick up. And, Alex will notify both parents when a problem with Erin arises! Always looking for new and better ways to handle "things!"
Woody's daily exercise for today was at the grocery stores! He did our weekly grocery shopping. This week it included picnic food for Memorial Day. I've got to remember to get the beans soaking so I can make my mother's Boston Baked Beans for the picnic. I'll make them tomorrow...trying to stretch the cooking out over a couple of days so I don't have to do it all at one time.
I started out the morning cutting out the doll dress. I got one of the fabrics cut out...still have some lining pieces and the white contrast fabric to cut out. I got distracted and didn't get back to the task of cutting. Being a doll dress there isn't much a time crunch on getting it done! I worked some on my Sunday School lesson that I'm teaching on Sunday...got distracted from that too...that has more of a time crunch! I did a lot of starting but not finishing today! One of the major distractions is a John Grisham novel. I hadn't read one of his in a while and am really enjoying it...wanting to "JUST" read!
We had breakfast for supper tonight. Woody found a recipe for sweet potato pancakes. They were pretty good...but were not the easiest things to cook...they wanted to stick...not sure if it was the batter or the pan!
I came upstairs to blog and Kathy came to the door asking us to come outside for a surprise. The surprise was Isaac riding his bike. I was momentarily afraid that the surprise was the present that I had heard that the cats had brought to Esther--a mole! These kittens seem to be very good molers! We like that! Maybe there will be fewer and fewer mole tunnels through our yards! Good kitties!
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