The Phone Call No One Wants...

Monday night I was at home watching a movie when my brother called me. When I answered the phone, this is what I heard "I need you to come over here right away. Something's wrong with Cali and the ambulance is on the way!" Immediately I rushed out the door scared to death about what's happening to my little 1 year old niece.

When I arrived at their house there was an ambulance and firetruck outside and as I approached the door I saw through the window my sister-in-law in tears. I ran inside to find my niece lifeless on the floor with the EMT's hovering over her taking her vitals. She was white as a ghost! (An image I don't want to see again but at the same time cannot get out of my head.)

My sister-in-law told me she had just put Luke in the bath; when she came into the living room she found Cali on the living room floor having a seizure which lasted for about 1 minute.

The EMT's started giving her some oxygen and she came to and started crying. The best sound in the world! They took her up to Primary Children's Hospital to run some tests on her.

The diagnosis was, Cali's high fever of 102 degrees caused her to have a seizure. Though it was very scary to see, the doctors said that it wasn't too serious. Unfortunately, she had another seizure early the next morning. So since she has had 2 seizures, the doctors said this is more likely to happen again if/when she gets a high enough fever.

So anytime she gets a fever, my brother and sister-in-law will have to watch her very closely and make sure they are giving her tylenol and motrin every 3 hours to keep the fever down.

This was a very scary ordeal for my family, and Cali's fever hasn't broken yet...but I am happy to report that she is doing a lot better.

Fun in the Sun

My sister-in-law and I just got back from a great girls weekend to Nassau, Bahamas. I was a little worried we might not make it on the flights (the joys of flying standby) since there was a huge rain storm in New York and they were canceling flights left and right. But luckily we were able to go through Fort Lauderdale and bypass the congestion all together.

This was my view while taking a leisurely nap from flying all night. I needed it after stressing about our flights.

Bri relaxing by the pool listening to some tunes.

We stayed on Cable Beach which is the nicest beach on the island.

While doing some shopping in Downtown Nassau, I came across some guitars made entirely out of soda cans. I thought they were pretty cool.

There was even a motorcyle made out of coke cans.

A candid shot together while enjoying the resort's nightly entertainment. Some of the music was a little interesting and the Bahamians sure love their music LOUD!
















We found a Ben & Jerry's at the Atlantis Resort...it sure was tempting.




Rum cakes were the dessert of choice on this island.
















Both Bri and I have a big fear of sharks...so we took some pictures of us with a shark (a fake one that is) as an inside joke. Bri wouldn't even go in the water past her ankles.


On our last night, Bri got the crowd jumping when she sang Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at kareoke night. (I chickened out)...but she did a great job!

It's gonna be a long night...

I came home tonight from work in pretty good spirits. That is until I realized my little dog Sadie was sick. At first I didn't think anything of it. Dogs occasionally throw up. But then she did it again...and again...and again...and again. Then I looked inside her kennel and realized she must have been sick all day long. So I've spent the evening washing blankets, cleaning out her kennel and down on my hands and knees cleaning the carpet EVERYWHERE! Tell me again why I have dogs?? At least they are preparing me for motherhood, right?