October 12th,
We managed to leave Uncle George’s house by 11am with an ETA to my grandparent’s house of 6pm. We first had to go to IAH airport in Houston, and drop off the rental car where my Auntie T was meeting us with her big beautiful Nissan Armada that she traditionally loans to us every year while we are in town for my benefit. She is so kind to give up her car and to rent herself one while we are visiting. Her car is the perfect size and holds all our stuff!
I did pretty good on the way to Houston but right after I had my lunch I began to hiccup. Hiccups are not good a thing and cause me all kinds of respiratory problems with a full stomach. It was great to see Auntie T, it was a quick hug and kiss and off we went to battle weekend traffic in Houston and another 3 hour drive to my grandparents!
My mom tried everything in the back seat to get my attention. Auntie T has a dvd player and we put in a movie but I was not really interested in it, thankfully I was able to fall asleep and the oxygen I was taking in was helping me breath. When I woke up and we were half way to my grandparents I began to get a wee bit worse and now mom is telling dad he needs to drive faster as the oxygen that I was taking in at 3 liters the maxium of the machine was not delivering enough 02 and I was below 90%. Scary stuff people!
So when we finally arrived to my grandparents the first thing we had to do was aspirate and nebulize me with a breezing treatment. It had been almost a year since I had seen my grandparents but we had no time for greetings it was general hospital all over again! In we went into the “bunk house” or own little apartment at my grandpa’s and all we had to do was start hauling out phelgm. I remember that my Gammy and Pa Pa Shroyer came in and asked my parents what they could do to help and I just remember mom saying a stiff drink and make it a double! Yikes! Today has been a tough day on us all.
After about 1.5 hours of some serious respiratory therapy and treatments I was able to start supper and my parents as well had some time to catch up with my grandparents and enjoy a fabulous meal made by them both. Whew what a way to start my trip and why oh why am I having reflux all of a sudden?????
The next day my aunt’s and uncle’s were showing up for the big celebration of my grandpa and we were as well celebrating my grandma’s! Why not? How often do we get together? Never so……. we are having a party to celebrate them both! Some very exciting news happened that day my brand new Sting Ray wheel chair showed up by fedex at 6pm on Saturday evening!! yeah ! I cant wait to try it on for size, but looks like my dad, grandpa, and uncle Jesse have their work cut out for them. This should be a fun weekend!
Love Malia