MY MOM AND SICK JESSIE

I was going to go see my mother today, but the winter snow halted our plans. I didn't want to venture out with the girls and have vehicle problems or get stuck in Devils Lake because of the nonstop snowfall. I did call my mom a few times today though. She is still doing well and fells better than she did this time yesterday. The Foley catheter came out and her bladder has been voiding completely. She has even gotten up and walked around a couple of times. It sounds like the doctor plans to discharge mom on Monday.

I am in for a very long night. Little Jessie is sick. She started throwing up around 6 p.m. this evening. I have done at least 3 loads of laundry since then. I feel terrible for her. When she get sick, she is sick for days before she gets better. It's not a 12 hour bug like Cassidy gets. She is sitting quietly in her crib right now. She falls asleep every once in a while but then she wakes up and starts to cough, then Cassidy will come and get me to let me know that Jessie got sick again. I am really missing Darren at this moment too. When the girls were sick, he would take the dirty clothing after I changed them, wash them out, put the dirty clothes into the washing machine, and then he would even cleanup the floor, furniture, or whatever else she managed to hit with vomit while I took care of her. Sometimes, he would even run to the bedroom and grab clean nighties for me while the kids were throwing up. I loved it when he would help me like that. It made things a lot easier for me. I didn't have to worry about the "extra" stuff and I could just tend to the sick girls.

I am hoping that Jessie gets better tomorrow after breakfast. It is Santa Day in Leeds tomorrow. I wanted to take the girls so they could go have some fun since they have been in the house lately. I also wanted to get their picture with Santa again this year to have a picture of them in my Christmas cards. Oh well, if she is still sick we will not be going to Santa Day or going to see my mom in the hospital since we didn't get up there today. Darren called the other day and said he is planning to come home tomorrow to visit the girls too. With everything going on I don't know what I am going to be doing or where we are going to be. However, it would be nice if he did come when Jessie was still sick to help me take care of her so I can catch a little break. I will have to see how it all works out tomorrow morning.