Note 2: I mean the post that starts"That IS priceless".....ok, obviously, today is going to be an interesting day for me because it's not starting off to well!!! Wish me luck....Jamie

Note: My post below that starts "This is priceless" is actually the comment to your post Pat about finding a box of stuff in the attic. I didn't think it attached to the post so I just copied and pasted it as a new post and then naturally I look and there is 1 comment attached to your original post...oh well!!

Thank you Jeanie and Judy for making me feel so much better...I realized this morning that I hadn't even checked the blog in several days..I get up and check caring bridge before heading out and then check it again when I get back. This new skin tear on Mom..could she've done some of it to herself...you know scratching or picking at it? She's never really had one on her upper arm has she? Way to go Dad...he remembered some details of Randall falling and asked a related question...that's awesome. Good report Jean!! Do you have pics of Macie? Does she look like Maggie? Have fun Ma! I miss you guys...Love, Jamie

That IS priceless! I'm so glad you found that! Life gets so crazy and we tend to forget the moments from our past that we "survived"...now you have some of that written down forever. I have a big box of my past as well...yearbooks, pics,a diary, etc and there's a box full of letters from high school and college. I have several from you Patsy...I remember when I would go to the mailbox at Gideon or Murray and there'd be a letter, it made me feel so special!! People don't really write real letters much anymore and it's a shame. I have a box of letters from Jerry in college as well...plus I printed out every email he sent me from both times he was in Iraq...I thought someday the boys and I will love rereading all of them. I'm really happy for you Pat. Love you, Little Jamie

Quick note, Macie is on the way for me to watch her for 4 or 5 hours! She's darling! I went to see Mom and Dad this morning. Mom was 'talking' and I could hear her long before I could see her! LOL! She looked good and wasn't unhappy. Just talking. Debbie asked me if Mom was allergic to any bug bite, food, etc that I knew of. I told her that I couldn't think of any. The reason was Mom appeared to have had an allergic reaction to something on both knees and above the right knee it was splotchy (is this a word?). Anyway, she left Mom's pant legs pulled up and by the time I left, the reddness was pretty much all gone. Mom then crossed her legs, and I asked Debbie if maybe that had caused them to get red. No idea. Dad was in the shower. He looked good and talked good. I told him Randall was still in the hospital, and he said well falling 30 feet onto a concrete floor was quite a fall. I was like, that's right. A little later he asked if he was in a hospital there in Canadian, I told him no Amarillo. He did say there was so much going on that he couldn't keep up with it. I told him to just roll with it! He said that's about all he could do! Anyway, when I left I told him I had to go because I was keeping Macie, and he said to come back whenever I could. He was good. I really don't think Mom ever knew I was there, but she did have a smile on her face and looked good! LOL! Hey, that's awesome! Love you all, Jeanie

It's weird that I was thinking the same thing tonight Jeanie when I realized that I hadn't checked on here in 2 days to see if there were notes! You are certainly right too about Ona and family needing our attention at the moment because I know how sick they all are over this! As sick as we are, it can't compare to them. My heart goes out to them. As for the skin tear--does Nikki think it will get better? It can't be sutured I'm thinking but then I think why??? Geez, I'm sure she won't leave it alone! Keep me posted and I'll try to get on here everyday again as I have been since the start. Love to all, Judy

Well, all the worry about/for Ona and Randall has kind of taken the fore as far as the blog on Mom and Dad goes. That's fine because Ona's family is in such need at this time! Prayers for them! On the Mom and Dad note, Nikki called me tonight to tell me Mom has one of the worst skin tears she's ever seen. She said it was about 6 inches long!! It's on her upper arm. When they went to get her up and ready for supper, they noticed a couple of drops of blood on her sleeve. When they took off her top they found the tear. She had no idea how Mom had gotten it. She said Mom had been sleeping and was not restless or trying to get out of the bed---nothing that would have indicated this. She was able to roll down a lot of the skin, but there was a lot of the skin missing. The tears are 'v' shaped and this one was ragged on the edges. She said it was bad. Anyway, she did reroll the skin, doctored it and covered it with pads then wrapped the whole thing with guaze and taped the gauze. She wasn't real hopeful that Mom would leave it alone. LOL! Me either! Love you all, Jeanie