Grandma Bev

July 7, 2003

DEAR JULIE,

I am SOOOOOOOOOO sorry to hear this horrible day events......I cant think of

what could possibly help ease your hurt & worry. !! It wasn't your fault

for starters........

The grandmother should hold her tongue or have it clipped for such horrible

statement. Better yet , give her CF for a day ---let alone for a lifetime. I

am serious about that.......I really cant imagine someone being so

thoughtless. You have always tried to be so fair about all you do......It is

a real shame you cant take her off you invite list.................What does

your hubby say about this?? I bet it really burnt him!!

I hope the med cocktail will start on her & she will feel " all better " VERY

soon.

You take care of you Miss good mommy..............

You do all the right things at the right time. ----We love ya!!

LOVE & HUGS<

GrandmomBEv

clinic appt.

I have booked Eilish in for clinic tomorrow. Her cough is still pretty

bad, after 3 weeks on Augmentin Duo. So I think we are looking at IV's

in the next week or so. As long as it's after Wednesday. It's Liam's

9th birthday on Wednesday and we are always together for birthdays. I

am having 20 adults and 9 year old boys here today for his party.

Thankfully the weather is sunny and no rain. So I've enlisted my dad to

do the bbq food, and is taking the boys across to the school for a

footy match. Then they come back for party games and food. So at least

I have 1 hour free in the middle of the party.

I love kids parties. I am more excited than the kids. I love to

organise the games etc.

Well better go I need to brush Eilish's hair which can take 1/2 hour.

(Australia)

July 7, 2003

The children probably had a great time. Maybe next year you can

forget to invite the lady with the bitchy comment. Did Eilish sign

's cast? When will you get the sputum test results? Does

Eilish have any fever?

p.s. I am convinced that only parents with sick children can really

understand what you are going through. As much as you try to lead a

normal life, a dark cloud hangs over your head and you fear your

child's uncertain future. At least, that's the way it is for me and

I am the " grandma " . It must be harder for the " mother " . I wish that

it wasn't so.

Gale

> Bev,

>

> The party was awful. It started fine. Then the dad's took the boys

> over to play football. They were gone 1/2 hour when the youngest

broke

> his leg. Now his parents had just left (2 hour earlier) to go up

the

> country for the night. So I had to call his Nanna and she took him

to

> the hsp. Then another mother (who I cant stand) had a bitchy

comment

> about how Liam gets everything. I just wanted to scream. So this

> morning I went to the hsp. with Eilish and called in on to

see

> how he is going. Poor thing is plastered from his hip to his

ankle. I

> feel so bad. I know it wasn't deliberate but it was at my child's

> party.

> Then my mother in law was saying how Keelia(the other grand

daughter)

> should put her shoes on so she doesn't catch a cold and have to see

the

> Dr. and get yucky medicine, she wouldn't want to feel sick. And

there

> is poor Eilish coughing up a lung and she didn't give her the time

of

> day. Yesterday sucked. Even writing this I feel on the edge of

tears,

> everything went so wrong.

>

> Then clinic - Eilish is on Cipro. & Coli whilst they await her

sputum

> results. Then they will decide what to do about her.

>

> Luv

>

> clinic appt.

>

> I have booked Eilish in for clinic tomorrow. Her cough is still

pretty

> bad, after 3 weeks on Augmentin Duo. So I think we are looking at

IV's

> in the next week or so. As long as it's after Wednesday. It's

Liam's

> 9th birthday on Wednesday and we are always together for

birthdays. I

> am having 20 adults and 9 year old boys here today for his party.

> Thankfully the weather is sunny and no rain. So I've enlisted my

dad to

> do the bbq food, and is taking the boys across to the school

for a

> footy match. Then they come back for party games and food. So at

least

> I have 1 hour free in the middle of the party.

> I love kids parties. I am more excited than the kids. I love to

> organise the games etc.

>

> Well better go I need to brush Eilish's hair which can take 1/2

hour.

>

> (Australia)

>

July 8, 2003

Grandma Bev,

doesn't see what she does. I think men don't notice like we do.

But even a friend of mine said today that mother-in-law was making her

ill! She is one of those people who couldn't see her son's for her

daughter and therefore don't see the son's children only the daughter's.

I know it will be here that misses out on my kid's but it still hurt's.

It's Liam's actual b/day tomorrow and I have the day off work. So I've

already told Liam and Eilish we are not getting dressed, not going out

but playing games all day. He doesn't know he has some new ones. We

are great games players in this house. You should see Eilish play UNO.

She whips us so much. We never let the kids win, they win on their own

efforts. She is really good little player. Liam is also a good player.

My parents and brother are coming for dinner then the kids are sleeping

at mums. wants us to go to the cinema. I must be getting old as

I said to him " not the 9.30pm session, I'll be in bed by then " . Of

course he couldn't believe it. He said just this once I could stay up

LoL! I am a early bird and am usually asleep by 9pm.

You always cheer me up when I am having one of those days. You are a

special lady.

Love