"Could I be so lucky!"

Wed., May 6, 1992

     I took Ez. to the dr's. office today. She started having a runny nose a week ago today. I'd called & the nurse said to give her Triaminic Nite Light. She seemed better after a couple of days so we stopped it then a couple of days later it came again. We started the Nite Light again but she didn't seem to be any better. She was up & down for about an hour last night & woke up about 6:00 this morning. I couldn't get her to go back to sleep so I went ahead & took her down for breakfast. Guy was still here. He was supposed to go to the base & pick something up before going to the ship but the place at the base didn't open til 7:00. Anyway, she finally went back to sleep about 7:20 & so did I. She woke up around 9:30. We had an early lunch & she took a short nap before we went in. When I called this morning they said to come at 2:30. Luckily, Dr. Karp was there. They said we could see another dr. I haven't heard of sooner but I said I'd rather wait for Dr. Karp. We waited an hour & Ez. was very tired. She has a sinus infection & we got some amoxycillin for her to take. I'd sent Dr. Karp a letter telling her we would need to go to a Navy orthopedist because we couldn't find a civilian one that accepts Champus. She hadn't seen it yet but they'd mentioned it when I signed in. (I'd called PNH one day & found out how to get an appt.) She wrote the info on a prescription form and gave it to me to send to PNH. They're supposed to make the appt. & let you know when it is–not the ideal situation. I just hope it's not anything serious.

     I figure Ez. will be pretty restless again tonight, especially since Guy's on duty tonight. He wasn't any help last night anyway. He came down with a cold on his last duty night, Sat., & didn't go to church Sun. morning. I think I wrote about that. He went to sick call yesterday & they just gave him dimetapp. My throat kept trying to get sore & my head was stuffed up for about a day but I think I'm back to 'normal'. I'm just so tired all the time any more. Probably because I stopped taking a nap every time she does. I think I'll start doing that again.

     Can't remember if I wrote about the reunion. A couple of weeks ago I asked Ann Prescott if we could have a reunion of the people who've had their babies from the Expectant Arms. She said that would be good but she didn't have time to plan it. She sent me a list of everyone's phone numbers. Everyone I've talked to so far can come except one–someone I don't know. (I don't know half the people on the list) I still have one person to talk to. I finally got ahold of her husband tonight & left a message for her to call me tomorrow.

     It's 11:30 & I've already had to go to Ez. about four times. Once I got her up & checked her diaper & sucked some stuff out of her nose. I'll probably need to add some water to the humidifier sometime overnight. Unless she doesn't wake up any more. Could I be so lucky! I hope she does sleep through the rest of the night & not wake up as early as she did this morning.

     Sun. is Mother's Day but Guy has duty so I'm supposed to get Sat. off. That morning I have to go to a baby shower but I don't know what I want to do the rest of the day. I just hope Guy's well enough to take care of her. We're supposed to go out to eat Sat. night.

"She's really a lot of fun sometimes."

Monday, May 4, 1992

     I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote. I just used the proventil in my nebulizer & my writing is going to be shaky.

     Ez is cutting another eye tooth & from all the drooling she got a runny nose. I got a sore throat & slightly stuffy nose from her and Guy got a very stuffy nose from one of us. He had duty Sat. & it hit him that night. When he came home Sun. morning he said he needed to go to bed so Ez. & I went to church without him. I'd taken two bottles of OJ for her – the first time she had it. The particles kept clogging up the hole. I took her to the nursery & left her with Cecelia while I went to the kitchen & strained the juice through a coffee filter. She drank most of it & was about asleep then all of a sudden she opened her eyes & sat up. She wouldn't drink any more so I was going to let her play. But she just kept squirming around & whining. I'd forgotten to bring a pacifier. I had a NUK one but she wouldn't take it. So I got the other bottle to go strain it. By the time I got back to the nursery she was playing happily so I left her in there for the rest of the service. Guy was still asleep when we got home. He was feeling better so he stayed up all aft. watching tapes even though Ez. took about a 2-hr nap. I only slept about 1 1/2 hrs. mostly just tossing & turning. My throat has kind of been coming & going with feeling sore. It's better tonight & my nose isn't too bad. Guy went to the corpsman on the ship & he gave him some dimetapp & sudafed. He sounds awful but says he's not as bad as he sounds. We've been giving Ez. Triaminic NiteLite. She's worst in the morning & better by nighttime.

     The big news since I last wrote is that Ez. is pulling up now. She's been standing up in her crib since Thur. & she pulled up on the floor yesterday. No cruising yet. She's getting better at crawling. She likes for me to chase her, saying "I'm gonna getcha!" She's really a lot of fun sometimes.

May 1992

"She was happy to see us though."

Sunday, April 26, 1992

     Thursday Ez. & I went to the library. She did fairly well. I couldn't find very many board books this time. After that we went to Babylady. I got her two dresses, some long pants, a sun suit, & several tops.

     Friday morning we went over to Michelle Bridgeman's to take her some of the scraps from Ez's quilt to use to make a rabbit for her. I'd seen one she'd made out of fabric strips with blue ribbons & asked if she could make me one with pink ribbons. That was a couple of months ago & I asked her a couple of weeks ago if she would still be able to & she said yes. (She's 8 mo. pregnant.) Then Thur. I got the idea of using the quilt fabric instead of ribbons. I was supposed to call her to see if they'd be able to keep Ez. for us Sat. aft. I'd asked her mother, Sue Forsythe, several weeks ago if she'd be interested in watching her some Sat. aft. for us & she said she would but then we didn't have a free Sat. since then. Last Sun. morning she said she'd been waiting for us to call her & I told her I was planning to ask her about this Sat. & she said they were going to Florida for the week & wouldn't be back til late Sat. night. Sun. night Bob & Michelle were sitting in front of us and out of the blue I decided to ask if they could watch her. I told Michelle I didn't know if she should pick Ez. up cause she's so heavy. She said to call toward the end of the week. I called Thur. about that and the rabbit and she said they would be able to keep Ez. When I took the fabric over there we stayed for a little bit so she could get used to being around them.

     She did fine Sat. She slept for about an hour on the couch with Bob. Didn't even use the Travel Tender. We went to Janaf to see Thunderheart. It was pretty good–I'd like to see it again to pick up on some details. I had Guy call them after the movie to see how she was doing. She was doing fine. We went to Big Lots to see if they had any high chairs but they didn't. We found some games for our Atari for $1-3 each. We got Dig Dug & QBert & a couple of combat things for Guy. Then we went to Wal-Mart. Among other usual stuff, we picked up the last roll of film. They messed one (two) of them up–got half of two pictures on one print. They said they'd redo them for free & it'd take a week. It was about 3:30 when we got to their place so she was there for 5 hours. They said she did fine. She was happy to see us though.

     Today Daniel Simpson gave Ez. a pair of "tennis" shoes for her birthday. They're Stride-Rite, which are supposed to be good kids shoes. We didn't get around to trying them on her yet but they're size 4. He said he left the receipt in the bag in case we needed to exchange them.