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For Emily bathtime means weightlessness. U'd b smilin too :)

November 30, 2008

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Anonymous said…

I never get tired of her smiles!

08:52

How many kids do you have?

I am proud to be a daddy -- and I am a proud of my kids. So, when there's an opportunity to reveal that I have kids, I usually take it: "You have kids?! I thought you were like 20!" I pretend to understand that they think I look young - but I'm man enough to admit they they're really judging my maturity. No biggie. "How old are they?"-- In a meeting it's like this --

Them: So Nate, what's your analysis of the situation?Me: (chuckle)Them: What's so funny? Me: You said Urinalysis. LOLz. I shouldn't laugh - it's a bad example to my kids.Them: Ha! You have kids?! How manyMe: I sure do - 4 actually.Them: How old are you? This brings me to the purpose of the post -- as most of you know, today is Linnea's B'day. She would have been 10 - years - old. Whether because my brain preserves itself through selective memory, or am I just "getting old," it now seems a lifetime away when we last held her in our arms. A life without a…

Intubation - Pneumonia

Emily is intubated. I can't believe it came to this. Just Monday she was as happy as a clam. On the way to the ER last night she was satting the highest in two days, 98 on BiPAP, and giggling on the way. We get there and as we enter the ER she starts to drop. We started up CPT and coughing again and that was the end of it. Must have shifted gunk around to really make matters extremely worse. They had a very difficult time getting a tube.... ahh. I can't believe this. Her right lungs has very bad pneumonia and the docs kept commenting, "there is A LOT of stuff in there."

She is stable now, but on extra O2 and still under some of the anesthetics. I'm home getting some things. Poor Annabelle is sick too and was throwing up big time last night. She'll be home with her aunt while we are at the hospital. I have mid-term exams this week, this is just very frustrating (understatement).

We are tired. Please lift Emily up in your prayers. She has a lot of…

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