Gift wrap it up

Yeah yeah... I know I've been neglecting finishing things up here. It's just that after the conference I went home and everything blew up. While explosions are very exciting, they can also be corrosive and disruptive. I saw three friends in one day and then my long awaited brother and sister-in-law arrived with Raena in tow. We got about a night of delight and the next day my sister-in-law (it's hard type sisterinlaw over and over... I will now refer to her as my sister) went to the ER. She had been seeing spots for days (never a good sign). Then began the long saga of hospital visits which pretty much swamped our less then five day vacation. My sister endured eyehooks and MRI's at 1:00am. All to find that she has a cavernous adenoma. A WHAT? Well it's a benign tumor near her pituitary gland which also is near an optic recess. So apparently it grew when she was pregnant with Raena because progesterone causes it to grow. This is not cool because it could grow again and possibly become malignant. Also, I don't think anyone ever fixed the spot problem. Though for now, she is told not to worry. While this did ruin our vacation, God saw fit that they were here (aka next to the UofM of medical wonders versus Frederick, MA where the whole thing would have been overlooked). Also, it meant I got to see a lot of my baby. I did the full: feed baby, play with baby, let baby bonk head (oops!), change baby's diaper... and finally I even got to make her fall asleep in T-2 minutes. That's a record folks.

Not one day after getting home from this disasterous vacation, my grandmother goes to the hospital. She's dehydrated, liver is acting out, and her clotting factors are way off. My grandfather becomes extremely distraught and my mom has to deal with him and all of her siblings (3 if you were wondering). This is not an easy feat. My mother has been so distressed that she asked me yesterday to spell possibly. I looked at how she had tried to spell it and it was "possibile". Not good. :) Family matters are never smooth. Everyone has their own opinion. So I've been playing old maid alone in the house, but if you thought that would give me time to write a blog post... you're WRONG! I've been studying somewhat frantically for the NCLEX which I am now scheduled to take the first day of classes (interesting I know). Also, I've been cleaning my room which hasn't seen me since the beginning of May when I threw everything into it and left for Kansas. So yes, that's my life right now. I enjoy being home although I wish I had more time. I always wish I had more time though. Such is life. I'll finish up with Jubilee thoughts later. I've got some good things for notation.

All my love,
Katie