april fools day??
Well we tried to make this an uneventful weekend, but we failed. Started off good, had some very nice visits with friends and family then all hell broke loose.
Saturday night about 6:30 p.m. with lots of family around Bob developed a fever of 102.5, chills, aches etc. so after calling the doctors’ exchange we made a trip to our favorite place. . . St. Lukes.
Stayed in the ER until 12:30 a.m., pumped him full of antibiotics and put him in a room for the night. Nice big private room, but fortunately after the fever broke and no infection was immediately found, they sent him home today.
He has slept 90% of the day in his recliner and I’m going to try and get him awake for the Cards game tonight. By the way I, yes me, gave him the blood thinner shot yesterday. I don’t want to think that was the reason for the ER trip, but you can’t rule anything out!
I hope this week is calm and he can get some strength back. Keep him in your prayers, please. More later.
Sue
April 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Hey Sue,
Congratulations on the shot thing. I am in awe! I just talked to Will and he brought me up to date. I would love to come to see you both if it would not be too awkward or strange. Bob still happens to be my favorite brother-in-law. I miss you both. My prayers and thoughts are with you.
With love,
Ginger
April 1st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Nothing is easy is it? I am sorry he had a bad day……rest is what he needs. I am so sorry this all happened. Is he eating anything these days? How about you…..we need to take care of you too. I am proud of the injection issue I know that wasnt easy. Keep the faith Mary Beth
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
Good Morning!
Sue — I hope that you were able to get Bob awake yesterday for the Cardinals pre-game show. That was fabulous with lots of Cardinal history and players shown. But then there was the game which was not so good. That probably put him back to sleep.
Congrats on the shot - I knew that you could do it!
We keep sending positive thoughts your way!
Jane
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:44 am
Sue,
I was so hoping that you all had an “uneventful weekend” but I guess that wasn’t to be. I am glad that Bob is at home now and resting and getting his strength back.
Take care and I will talk to you soon,
Love to you both,
Mary Anne
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:59 am
I must admit that I checked the blog a number of times this weekend and when there was no update, I thought no news was good news, I guess not, but glad he is back home. Way to go with the shot thing, I don’t think I could do it, I always looked away when the kids had to get shots.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Bob and Sue; Sheryl gave me the blog about a month ago and I have been in and out of town. Today I had time to read the blog and catch up. Congradulations on being grandparents!! I want you both to know that as soon as Sheryl told me I got all of my prayer people going. I will keep up with you and if there is ANYTHING I can do please call or e-mail. Love to you both, Barbara
April 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I came across this quote today and it seemed really, really timely. I hope this isn’t a “downer,” I don’t want it to be, I just want to remind Bob how much I love him. It’s true, when we’re around each other we go right back to where we’ve always been - except he can’t beat me up anymore.
“The quickness with which all the “stuff” from childhood can reduce adult siblings to kids again underscores the strong and complex connections between brothers …. It doesn’t seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we’ve traveled. Our brothers bring us face to face with our former selves and remind us how intricately bound up we are in each other’s lives.” - Jane Mersky Leder