Monthly Archives: November 2009
Sweet Home Alabama…
Today started off with a big scare!
About 9:15 am our daughter Brandi called and told us that our son Chris had collapsed at work and was on his way to the hospital by ambulance. He had suddenly fallen to the ground, clutching his stomach, and throwing up.
She said she was on her way down to St. Johns Hospital in Nassau Bay and would let us know something as soon as she knew something. She called back about 10 to tell us that she was at the hospital and Chris was awake and talking.
She called back about 11:15 am and said that Chris had had an attack of kidney stones, and they were sending him home with pain medication and antibiotics to pass the stone.
Although it was painful for Chris, this was really pretty good news, considering all the other much worse possibilities it could have been.
At 11:30 pm we met my Uncle Tom and Aunt Lanette at Bob Gibson’s BBQ for lunch down in Decatur. My Uncle Tom played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 3 years back in the 1950’s, after playing football for the University of Alabama. He then coached high school football in Alabama and is considered “The Winningest Coach in Alabama High School History”.
About 4:30 pm, my cousin, Glee, her husband, Dave, and my cousin, Joy, my wife Jan and I all headed out to eat supper at Catfish Cabin, a local seafood place.
We had a great time talking over old times. I haven’t seen either Glee or Joy in over 40 years, but as Jan said it was like we had known them for ever. And she had never met them before.
About 5:30 Chris called and talked to us for a few minutes. He was home and really enjoying the pain medication. Apparently they were going to just wait for him to pass the stone. Ouch!
More tomorrow…
Heart of Dixie…
About 11:30 we drove over to Huntsville to eat lunch at a favorite Mexican place of ours called Rosie’s Cantina. We first ate here last November and it’s still good.
Next we went by Sam’s Club and then stopped off at Petco to pick up some new collars for our cats, and also a new feeder.
Right as we got back to the rig, my Aunt Jan and her grandson, Harlan, showed up in the golf cart to say Hi.
A little later I went over to Jan’s house to talk with Glee, her daughter and my cousin, about a computer project she’s working on, and also get her computer working on Aunt Jan’s WiFi system.
About 5 pm I went back to the rig to bring my Jan over to Aunt Jan’s for a delicious casserole for dinner and had a great time catching up with the family.
More tomorrow…
