Re: touching base/Gail

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Gail,

I was married at age 16. I was told I would never have kids 3 months after

marriage, I was pregnant. I had my son at age 17 he was 9lbs 15 oz and I

did just fine! I had him natural I did have a bock for the pain( which I later

regreted do to back pain). He was a very health boy other then swallowing some

fluid from the amnionic sac around him when coming out. He had a small lung

infection but the Dr adressed it right away and he was great. He is now 15 years

old 5 feet 10 inches and growing like crazy and eating me out of house and home.

He is doing great a smart wonderful teen. I went back to school when was

2 and got my diploma I was proud of myself. I ended up having a 10lb 3oz baby

girl at age 21 and natural no blocks just a shot of demoral and she too is

wonderful age 11 now my drama Queen. My last baby was adopted at age 2 he is now

7 and doing great he loves his family.

My dragon has not stopped visiting me every day but trying to see the bright

side of life. I have great kids and Im glad I had them young or I might have

missed out since having so many health issues and loosing my Uterus at age 30.

Life has a way of working it self out some times.

Good luck to you and your daughter!

Ann Fultz

touching base

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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