Update: He was sent home with pain and anti nausea meds and instructions as to what to watch for. He is feeling better and relieved. I got the girls all ready with the older one being a terrific help and took them to daycare and camp.
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I was awakened at 3am this morning by a phone call from my DIL saying that after talking to the doctor phone help line, she needed to take our son to the ER. Could I come quickly to stay with the grandgirls and get them to daycare and camp?
They were in the car and ready to go to ER when I arrived. So far he has had quick care including tests and meds to make him more comfortable but no diagnosis yet. Probably something treatable by meds or he needs his appendix out per Dr. Google. I’m waiting for the girls to wake up and mainlining coffee while watching the San Francisco skyline emerge as the sun rises. Glad we are really close by and that I am an early riser!
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I’m also really glad the neighbor’s trees came down on Monday which means no annual pruning and associated cost for fire insurance renewal! Also no messy flower and leaf drop to clean up.
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The view from our balcony looking across San Francisco Bay is expansive now!
On a clear day you can see the Bay bridge and much of the city skyline.—————————————————————————————————
We have decided to put up a balcony privacy screen in the corner where they were so we don’t look in neighbor’s back yards when we are seated but we will still have a view through the railing on the rest of the balcony. It will also help with the wind. We will leave the rest of the balcony railing open and have a much wider view now which is great.
Here’s the rest of the befores and afters.
It is great that you live close enough now to help out in and emergency. I am glad your son seems to be improving a bit and has a list of what to watch for. Wow what a great view from your balcony.
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Thanks. As parents we only had friends to help us out generally and that was great but parenting and working demanding jobs is really hard! We moved to be hands on grandparents and that included helping both for tough times and fun ones. I was exhausted though.
DeleteNice view! Three a.m. phone calls are scary! Sending healing wishes to your son.
ReplyDeleteThanks. We ended the day watching the girls for an hour at our house while Mom ran a meeting upstairs in our office.
DeleteAnother reason why it is wonderful that your moved to be closer to family. You were a blessing to your son and DIL, I am sure. Thankful your son's issues don't seem series. Hope it was a one time thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a different without those trees around you. I wish we could get our neighbor to at least trim his obnoxious trees way back. I cleaned up a huge mound of tree 'trash' this week. It is everywhere in our gardens, our pool, our yard.
We will not miss the mess from these trees either! Are you not allowed to trim back trees that overhang your property line? Here we can do that without the neighbors permission.
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