photo from Associated PressIt's so easy to continue our life here with power and water and no damage without remembering that mere miles from our house, a whole city lay in pieces.
Dan said that the highway is lined with boats. Boats! Boats that belong in the water! He donned his yellow "Helping Hands" shirt and his team spent the day on one house. They removed all the furniture and "stuff" and then proceeded to rip out the carpet, the walls, the insulation, the doors, the kitchen cabinets, everything down to the bones. He said that the whole house had been underwater and even the insulation in the ceiling was completely soaked.
It was a long day of good, hard work. And there will be many many more days like that ahead for the residents of Galveston. Rumor is that they will be calling on members to go down for the next 6 weeks or so. Next time Dan will have better shoes and a camera!
And today we saw Luke's regular ENT. It was a bewildering appointment. According to her both ears look "great!" and both tubes are "intact!" and his ear drum "never ruptured!"
So, three different doctors, three different opinions. I really don't know what to think. It is fairly obvious that the infection is clearing up. And as long as he doesn't have any more problems, we will be all set. If, however, he does get any other infections, I am going to have serious concerns about where to take him and who to believe.
And to add to the weird record of Luke's physical status, he cut his eye yesterday about 1 inch beneath the old scar. He was under a table at church, when the table got jostled and a leg that apparently was no longer attached,only propped, fell and hit his little face, cutting his eye. Poor guy.
I like to remember him during happier times, like this love-fest he had with my mom and few weeks ago.
I have one thing to say about these photos. A fancy camera does not a good photographer make. I messed these up and I am sad about it. A good ol' automatic saves you from the fuzzies of inexperience. Still, I love these pictures. He just loves her and spent quite a few minutes rubbing her head, kissing her face, sharing his pacis, and generally snuggling up.
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He's one of my favorite guts! I love the pats and hugs and kisses----I'll pass on the paci!
Guts, Mom? Maybe you meant guys...haha
I saw that table with the leg off! I am so sorry that it cut him...poor baby. He is so cute. I hate it when I mess up posting on here. I told Michael's cousin to have a "save" trip home last week. There is nothing to be done about it once you hit post. Elise, we figured out what is wrong with blub. They are having problems with blogger and a few others and say they will fix it soon. Talk to you on Sunday!
I love your photos. I think they're great. They don't look fuzzy to me. Some photo editing software has a "blur" feature which "softens" the picture and which is sometimes preferred instead of a "sharp" image. And these photos look good with that softening.
I must admit, I'm a little envious of your mom. But I'm glad that Ava and Luke have wonderful grandparents who don't live too far.
I've thought often about how much Luke would enjoy snuggling and loving on you, Linda. Hopefully he'll get that chance pretty soon!
I think the photos are amazing too. I have a hard time getting off auto for fear that I will definitely mess something up. Seriously yours are great!
Concerning Luke's ear infections. Was the doctor saying that the tubes did, in fact, do exactly what they were supposed to do? They prevented pressure from building up behind (or within) the ear drum and allowed the fluid from the infection to drain? If that's the case, thumbs up for those good ol' tubes. (What keeps those tiny tubes from clogging up?) Anyway I'm glad Luke's doing better.
Thanks, Ashley, there is just so much to learn, huh?
Linda, she didn't exactly say that, but I guess that is technically what happened. So yes, thumbs up for the tubes! I cannot imagine the stuff that came out of his ear actually building up and staying inside.
I don't know how they stay unclogged, but that is probably why they are never guaranteed and call fall out at any time.
Chris did just what you described Dan getting to do. It is a little perspective inducing, isn't it? Poor Luke! And you-I hate the wondering and worrying that seems to be part and parcel of being a mom. Why can't it just be all good times? OK, I know why not but sometimes it's nice to wish!
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