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[altarflame]

My google homepage's featured news articles are all titled things like, "Burma death toll tops 34,000", "At least 12,000 killed by China earthquake" and "Dozens of Florida homes destroyed by wildfires". I am freaked out and sad for the world, in a wide-eyed and frightened way.

And yet...within my own little microcosm, it is a good day.

Isaac's pain levels escalated suddenly, yesterday, to the point that I was about to take him up to the surgeons at the hospital for re-evaluation. It just seemed really crazy how much harder it was for him to walk, roll, anything, than it had been the day before. Grant helped him to the bathroom as I called my sister to come help with the kids and got my stuff together, and I could hear him screaming and howling from the back of the house. But then he pooped. And came out all excited, with G. And I set the keys down and watched him start sitting down on the floor to play with blocks, and put on a batman mask, and smile a lot. It's CRAZY, the difference it made for him, he seems almost all better today.

AAAaaaaaaaaaaaand we finally got the key to the STUPID HOUSE. Only 7 days late and after the real estate attorney threatened the title company with a lawsuit, but hey, Grant is over at the utilities place getting electricity and water hooked up right now and we're going to be meeting a contractor over there this afternoon! At (that's right) Our House.

But first he's bringing us some awesome italian subs back from this great new place, and after the meeting Ananda and I are going some places alone in the Prius.

There is an enormous weight off of me, because I think Isaac is really healing well, and I slept last night. Having the house is icing on the cake.

*big grin and a sigh*


I have a little Chinese fortune here on my keyboard. I don't know who put it there. It says, "Good news will come to you by mail." I love mail. I'm going to assume they're not talking about the addendum I just received for Elise's massive hospital bill, of an additional $15,000. I apparently now owe the Brigham $205,000 for her NICU stay. Um, right. Right-o.

Comments

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Those bills from Brigham are just totally bizarre.

So, so so so so GLAD Isaac is doing better!

Yay on the house! Finally!!

[babyslime.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you got your keys. :)

[neurotic-orchid.livejournal.com]

Yay for keys and poop! I'm so glad Isaac's feeling a bit better. You all needed that relief.

The news headlines have been freaking me out, too. Obviously, I feel terrible for everyone involved in all the tragedies, but there is also an element of "what the heck is going on here?" My sister and I were watching the news last night, and she looked at me and said, "aren't all these huge disasters starting to creep you out?" And all I could say was, "yeah, they are..." I don't know what to think.

[butterflieanjel.livejournal.com]

My roommate and I were thinking the very same thing about all the natural disasters last night. All of that action as the same time leaves me feeling a bit unsettled.


And I'm glad you got your house keys, and that Isaac's doing a bit better.

[-evalution.livejournal.com]

i'm glad things are on the upswing for you all.

i thought some charity just paid all of elise's medical bills?

[theneolistickid.livejournal.com]

It was Tina's hospital bill from the sponge removal that was paid for. That was only $111,000

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Yes, "only" $111k, a trifle really :p

[florassecret.livejournal.com]

so glad to hear that Isaac is healing well. And Yay for the keys. Go have some fun you deserve it. HUGS to all!

from eBirdie

[(Anonymous)]

Good news, yea!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_delphiki_/]

I'm glad you have your keys and Issac is okay! Maddox is doing better too. Yeah for healthy 4 year old boys!

[methebee.livejournal.com]

all of these natural disasters are scary the crap out of me. i feel so fortunate to live in a city where i feel completely safe which is a completely weird feeling seeing as im in nyc. all of the victims are in my thoughts lately.

yay for isaac feeling better!

and new house? super exciting. happy days have to come at some point right? :)

[zulupetalz.livejournal.com]

That is great that you got keys to the house and Isaac is feeling so much better. I hope that you can resolve the ridiculous bill somehow. That is awful. I really wish we had universal health care in this country, no one should ever get a bill that ridiculous.

[xxsuraynaxx.livejournal.com]

I really have to wonder if the bills are arriving because you got the settlement. Like, if you hadn't gotten the settlement the bills would have been written off, ya know?

Maybe I am way off base, but that is the feeling I get from it all.