Well it's true. And Maddy's already decided her "LoT name" should be MaddyLou :D

Nice.
"KatieSue and MaddyLou, come away from the mill pond and fetch the laundry off the line!"
:D

DROP THE LAUNDRY!

Did I move to Kansas sometime in the last 2 hours?

Tori is counting the days until she turns 13 and can join the site. I'm thinking she'll get bored real quick, as Kingdom Hearts and Manga aren't real big topics around here. It's just the novelty of being old enough to actually post.

Btw, her's a sick girl tonight. She has had the same awful cold we've had, but she got hit worse. She went to the doc today- they ruled out strep but gave her codeine cough syrup and told us to bring her back if she's not better in a few days. Tonight, she had a coughing fit that was so bad she couldn't breathe- she was panicked and I was terrified. I finally got her to calm down so she could little bits of air in her lungs, but then her gag reflex kicked in and she started getting sick. Not good- I was scared to death that she'd aspirate, so I grabbed her and bent her over the sink until she got all that crap out of her airway. Then I ran cold water over her wrists until she calmed down enough to start breathing relatively normally. Scared the total crap out of her and me both. I had whooping cough as a kid- a very bad case- and this episode reminded me of the ones I'd had.

Now, she's doped up on codeine, got Vicks vapor rub on her chest and a heating pad over that, and propped up on pillows. Poor kid.:(

Kansas is a weird place. When Ken and I drove through there almost 4 years ago, we marveled at the amount of roadside porn shops, adjacent to convenience stores and rest stops, out in the middle of nowhere. I really tried to not use the restrooms through that stretch. :eek:

Try asking the doc for Tessalon Pearls if the coughing gets out of control. Those things totally stop the coughing, better than any of the syrups.

So, I'm a bit more calm now. Ken distracted me with some chess and fresh chocolate chip cookies. My mom's resting up at the hospital overnight, and they'll run some final tests in the morning. She's asked that I continue with the party plans, in hope that she'll make it. I'm wondering if she's just telling me that, because she doesn't want me to be upset. :rolleyes: She's always said that it's the parents' job to worry, and not the other way around. :rolleyes: Yeah, ok. Here's hoping it's just scar tissue that can be easily removed.

I don't handle stuff like this very well, probably because I never had a close friend or family member get critically ill or die up until 6 years ago. So, I never had to learn to cope with it. (Three of my grandparents were gone before I was born.) If I had learned the process as a kid, it'd probably be a bit easier now. Who knows.

Ok, now I'm babbling. :rolleyes:

Here in P-town, there used to be a store that sold power tools, weapons (guns & swords) and porn.

DP: get over here and I'll cook up a feel-good dinner like you and Ken wouldn't believe. !!! *hugs*

For Katiesue:
[Lashbear]: "I think her name should be Maddy-Lou-Janie-Joe-Jim-Bob"
[Mary Poppins]: "But that's going a bit too far, don't you think?"
[Bert]: "Oh, indubitably"

Damn - flat tire on a rainy day. Thank goodness for auto club.

WB: do you have an old-fashioned humidifier? That used to be the only thing that would help me.