I am sorry I haven’t written. I am still alive. Things have been absolutely bonkers lately!

First of all, my sister is in the hospital. She was admitted on Friday evening and I’ve been spending as much time as I possibly can up there. This is the first time I’ve really had time to sit down and write. We came home this evening for a few hours so that I could get things in order around here (vaccum, laundry, etc.). Also to give the dogs some time out of their crates. Poor guys have been crated up all weekend!

So back to my sister, she is ill. The doctors are pretty much stumped as the CT scan and the MRI have both come back good. They’re thinking it is an inner ear viral infection, which is something you can’t really “see” and something you can’t necessarily treat, either. You can treat the symptoms but not the actual infection itself. She basically is bed ridden and has been laying in bed since Tuesday afternoon :( It’s awful. I feel so bad for her that I don’t even have words. I’ve been worried and upset. I cried a lot on Thursday night because I was worried about her and I cried a lot on Friday. I love my little sister and would do anything for her. So I’ve been trying my best to be there for her whenever I can. Her pediatrician said she is staying in the hospital until she can actually walk again. Right now she has to be laying almost flat in order to feel ok. As soon as she sits the bed up a little she gets headaches and dizzy.

Other than that, I’ve also been trying to adjust to the 8-5 M-F thing. Thought I’d have more time to be on the computer with this schedule but it doesn’t appear to be that way. I try to spend as much time with Gene or the dogs on my time off of work. Not to mention everything else that has been going on lately. Phew, what a few weeks it has been. I wish I had more to say but I don’t right now. My “diet” has been blown extremely off course this weekend due to the hospital visits. I could be eating healthier than I am but I’ve sort of blown it off from all of this. Not to mention the anxiety is not helping me at all.

Just keep Layla in your thoughts, please. If you pray, please pray for her. I think she is going to be fine but I want her to recover quickly. I know it has got to suck to be this ill on the last 2 weeks of school and laying in bed for such a long, long time.

Candy :: May.21.2006 :: Family :: 3 Comments »