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Hey, everyone, I, too, have been somewhat absent, although I still read the

posts and feel for all my friends here. There has been so much going on here, I

am too exhausted to do anything but read. I hate that, b/c I know we are to

support one another. Please know I have everyone in my thoughts.

My teen daughter is just a couple weeks from giving birth. At least we hope

so. She's not due til mid-April but a recent ultra sound shows that the baby is

already fairly large and will continue to gain weight. She's had problems with

blood pressure and now they are seeing her 2 times a week. But I have to say I

am very proud of her because she recently finished all her credits for high

school and will be able to participate in graduation in May at the age of 16.

We found out she only needed one more credit to graduate so she worked really

hard and finished it.

My husband, Dan, is having his " spells " again. Docs have never been able to

definitively diagnose this, although he has a benign brain tumor that they say

has nothing to do with it. Then, the past few weeks, he's begun to have nightly

sweats and when he told the doctor they decided to run a full body CT, brain and

all on him and told him he was concerned about lymphoma. He has this done this

next week.

And the dragon has been making his daily visits again. Every day, around 4

pm, fever (mild this time), rash and generally feeling like dog doo. I ran out

of my pain meds and don't see my doc til next week, so I am hoping my holiday

won't be spent in misery. I am sure the stress of everything isn't helping.

Here's the thing... what in the world do you do about stress you can't avoid?

Such as my husband being so ill. He can't help that. And my daughter's

pregnancy. Can't avoid that. Then there's hoping and praying everything will

be okay for us to make the trip at the beginning of May to attend my son's Basic

Training graduation. Oh, and did I mention that they are send him to Iraq in

August???

Okay, so I can't avoid those things. At all. I am about ready to cry my eyes

out as I type this, it's too overwhelming! Thank goodness for my spiritual

faith, else I would already have gone insane.

Thanks for letting me vent a little. I can't say anything to my family b/c

they will feel guilty for piling on stress, which is crazy since they aren't

doing it on purpose. My pain level right now is at a 9 and my body is laughing

at the Tylenol I swallowed a little while ago. In a couple hours, my daughter &

I are going to the hospital for a scheduled tour of their birth center. I must

go since I am her coach.

I love you guys. Hope everyone is doing well today.

Hugs,

Gail (KY)

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