"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.