I realize that the title may sound ambiguous, however I hope it will make sense to you all as you read.
First, Mr Bear’s oldest sister is back in the hospital again. She lives in Katy with her husband and three kidlings. For almost two months now she’s been complaining of severe migraines and pain in her neck. Many trips to the doctor <Internist with their HMO> later, the best he could do for her was to give her lots of pills to take, and he kept saying it was only migraines. About a month ago, she had what we are all convinced was a stroke. Her one side went numb for several days, and the numbness has come and gone ever since. Her speech has drastically changed. She now sounds like a 10yo girl, and has the speech patterns of same <she’s 44>, her cognitive processes have altered, and in general, she no longer sounds like herself. She was referred to a neurologist; however, he said he couldn’t see her until Oct!
Then, on Friday she woke up unable to talk at all. No sound. It gradually came back to where she could whisper that evening. Saturday she woke up, again no voice. Feeling really lousy and shaky; so we got her mom <went to help out> to take her to the hospital, where she was admitted, and the neuro guy called. He said “I don’t think it’s just migraines.” Well, D’UH! <sorry, this has been frustrating> They are repeating the CAT scan, and other tests to see what is really wrong with her. She does have several herniated discs in her neck compounding things. Your prayers would be most appreciated, for her as well as the family, who is not dealing well with this.
Secondly, my brother’s wife’s father is gravely ill up in Wisconsin, and he may well be terminal. He’s very septic, and was found to have a small hole in his colon that had been leaking for no one knows how long. He’s home from the hospital now, but very weak and can’t do much of anything. Please pray for him, and everyone up there. That family has lost 13 people in the last year, family and close friends. I fear what the loss of her daddy will do to my SIL and her daughters. Again, prayers would be most appreciated.
Thirdly, and of lesser importance by comparison, but just as painful in some ways to me, I drove my son up to UT Austin today, where he moved into a dorm and is starting out as a fish. Now, our family at home consists of my daughter, myself, and our three pets. I’ve known this day was coming, have prepared him as best as I could for this big scary world, and said many, many prayers for him. Still, it hurts more than I thought it would. Having Mr Bear so far away isn’t helping me either. Our family unit will never be quite the same again, and I am feeling that loss keenly at the moment. Sure, we’ll see him lots of times, it’s only an hour and a half away. But, he’ll most likely never live at home again. He’s well on the way to being an adult now <he’s 17, btw>.
My daughter’s in bed asleep with the puppy, Sir Wilbur is under the desk near my feet, don’t know where the other kitty is at the moment. This house seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and I hear echos. I have some other dragons, but this is more than enough for now. Thank you all for taking the time to read this. I’d be really lost without my online family here.
