I admit it. I've been in a funk. I haven't had much to write about and if I did write it, it might not have had the positive cheerful spin I'm known for. :\
Since I last blogged a lot has happened but not so much...hopefully I can make that sentence make sense. We are still house-sitting for Steve and Suzette on their 5-acres of beachfront property. If you've been keeping up, you know we moved in here the weekend after Valentine's day. Eva, their daughter, is now over a month old and doing great. Suzette, on the other hand, has been dealt another heavy blow on her long road to recovery.
She developed an allergic reaction to one of the medications they administered while she was in the hospital following Eva's birth. The type of reaction she is having is known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and it is life-threatening. She was re-admitted to the hospital for a couple of days about two weeks ago, but was released. About 5 days later she was admitted again, this time to ICU, where she still is. At this point the reaction is so severe and involves so much of her skin that she is being treated as a burn victim, and the risk of infection is very high. We have both talked to her on the phone and Tim saw her this morning, and her spirits are high and her strength is amazing. This entire ordeal has been very hard on Steve, the boys, Eva, their extended family, and --selfish as I am -- us too. We are happy to do whatever we can in a time of need, so I keep that as my focus. Nothing else matters as much as Suzette's recovery, so we are all still praying for her.
I've tried to upload videos of monkeys for the last 1 1/2 hours, to no avail. I'll try again when I have a better connection. This is a photo from earlier tonight. The scorpion was on the other side of a screen, and it is BIG. This was in the outside bathroom, where I came across a venomous snake on Friday evening. I'm sticking to the indoor bathroom now! :)
Since I last blogged a lot has happened but not so much...hopefully I can make that sentence make sense. We are still house-sitting for Steve and Suzette on their 5-acres of beachfront property. If you've been keeping up, you know we moved in here the weekend after Valentine's day. Eva, their daughter, is now over a month old and doing great. Suzette, on the other hand, has been dealt another heavy blow on her long road to recovery.
She developed an allergic reaction to one of the medications they administered while she was in the hospital following Eva's birth. The type of reaction she is having is known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and it is life-threatening. She was re-admitted to the hospital for a couple of days about two weeks ago, but was released. About 5 days later she was admitted again, this time to ICU, where she still is. At this point the reaction is so severe and involves so much of her skin that she is being treated as a burn victim, and the risk of infection is very high. We have both talked to her on the phone and Tim saw her this morning, and her spirits are high and her strength is amazing. This entire ordeal has been very hard on Steve, the boys, Eva, their extended family, and --selfish as I am -- us too. We are happy to do whatever we can in a time of need, so I keep that as my focus. Nothing else matters as much as Suzette's recovery, so we are all still praying for her.
I've tried to upload videos of monkeys for the last 1 1/2 hours, to no avail. I'll try again when I have a better connection. This is a photo from earlier tonight. The scorpion was on the other side of a screen, and it is BIG. This was in the outside bathroom, where I came across a venomous snake on Friday evening. I'm sticking to the indoor bathroom now! :)
