Where to begin...?
Well, our 5 year-old grandson, Conner, ended up at the hospital with pneumonia at the end of last week.
A HORRIBLE cough, temperature of 104 degrees, and having trouble breathing.
Nothing is as pitiful as a sick child.
And when it's one of your own - whether it's your child or your grandchild - it hurts your heart to see them in pain.
Doesn't this picture just break your heart?
Well it breaks mine!
But Conner recovered like we knew he would, and by Sunday his fever was back to near-normal levels, his appetitie was coming back, and his hacking cough was beginning to subside.
Just in time for his big sister, Kaleigh's, 8th birthday party!
Kaleigh was born on February 14, 2003 in Minden, Louisiana.
Yes, our very first grandchild was born on Valentine's Day !
That will also tug on your heart strings...!
So, we celebrated her 8th birthday with a family party at her house.
Complete with a "High School Musical" birthday cake!
Of course, Kaleigh's brother Conner and sister Kyndal, as well as cousins Randy, Tanner and Carson were all on hand to help celebrate!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KALEIGH !!
So, after the party was over with, we all went back to our respective homes to wrap up another Sunday and get ready to start another week.
Sounds pretty normal, right??
And it was.
Until we got a phone call around 8:30 on Sunday night from Kaleigh's mother.
Our daughter, Jennifer.
Who informed us - in a rather harried state of panic - that she had broken her finger!
She was attempting to put pieces of a baby bed into her attic.
But being the klutz that she is - and has ALWAYS been - she somehow managed to fall.
From the top step of the ladder leading into the attic.
To the hallway floor 10 feet below.
Well, a broken finger doesn't sound all that bad.
Right??
That's what we thought...
Until she sent us the picture.
Don't look at this picture if you're queasy about seeing gross stuff.
It's not a pretty sight.
So, you've been warned.
Here it is...
I told you it wasn't pretty !
As it turned out, it wasn't broken at all...
It was merely dislocated.
Like that's any consolation to the girl with a finger pointing almost due west when it normally points north !
Anyhoo... 3 hours later - following a trip to the emergency room, where a series of X-rays confirmed that nothing was broken - the medical personnel distracted her and yanked her finger back into place.
OUCH!!!
And it looked like this:
(I'm guessing Jennifer will be more upset that I showed a picture of a less-than-appealing manicure than the fact that I showed you a finger that looks like something you would see in a freak-show at a county carnival).
I'm sorry, Jennifer.
Really I am !!
But all is well now.
Her finger is still swollen, of course.
And very, very sore.
But it's pointing north again!
So she's got that going for her...
Which is nice.
So, those were the highlights of our week.
How was yours ??
Until next time....
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