Another Day in Paradise

I have to say I don't know what happened to this week, it just got away from me. After his home health visit on Monday we spent the rest of the week trying to get our days and nights figured out to no avail thus far.

Nothing too exciting happened until Thursday when the home health nurse came back to check on him. He satted so well on 50ccs he's allowed to be off the oxygen for 12 hours at a time though Monday she told me to move him to only at night. He also received his Synagist shot which is the RSV monthly vaccine. I tell you I was almost angry because we pay a small (or large in my opinion) fortune for each dosage, approximately $1800 and they sent us a 100MG vial and he only needed 50, so I had to throw away half of the $1800 medication...I tell you what.

When she weighed him he was 7lbs. 8oz. so he sure made up for that small gain over the weekend.

Thursday some of the guys from the church and Joe Flynn (who also attends CCO) a local mechanic came over and picked up Travis' truck as the water pump went out right before we had Tennyson and in lieu of everything we hadn't made time to get it fixed. It was amazing, and such a blessing and they took it Thursday evening and returned it Friday night. We are so indebted and thankful for each of them and for the blessings they are in our lives.

Please be in prayer for Senior, one of the guys Travis works with, he had a stroke at the end of the week and was still being tested this weekend, I haven't heard an update today but will let you know when I do.

Anyways, mom came down and stayed with us Friday and she and I did some Christmas shopping on Saturday, I am all finished except for one gift though they aren't all wrapped yet. I was starting to stress about it because typically I have all my shopping done and all the gifts wrapped by Thanksgiving, so as soon as the tree goes up the gifts are underneath it. I do believe however I will have to create a new method because Travis shook his and was taking guesses that were pretty dead on though I wouldn't tell him so.

Saturday night/Sunday morning brought us into our current predicament as we received tons of ice down here. It's estimated that 50,000 people/homes are without power still now. We lost power at 3am and again at 5am on Sunday morning so we tried keeping Tenny as warm as possible until after church when Mark called. He had spoke with Travis earlier and some of the guys at the church were reserving rooms in a local hotel and they got one for us as well, so Tennyson had his first official hotel stay, it was amazing. I sure hadn't thought that far ahead and by the time we got here at 2pm to check in they were booked solid and turning people away.

Last year when we lost power like this, Travis and I spent a couple days at home freezing but decided you can't do that with Tennyson. We probably could have kept him warm (though when we left the temperature was below 60 in our home) however his oxygen concentrator and apnea monitor run on electricity so we were using portable oxygen tanks and praying the battery on the monitor would make it.

We checked into the hotel and had a good night though Tennyson is waking up every hour, I think it's new sights, sounds and smells but he's sure keeping me on my toes. Then this morning Travis headed to work (with both sets of keys as he gave Ted his house key while we were in the NICU and wanted to head home and turn off our water tonight) where they were without power however they sent him and Gail to KC and Concordia to get parts for the electricians to hopefully get some electricity back on here.

While he was away however a transformer nearby (we're at Rangeline and I-44) went down and we were without power here at the hotel from around 10:45 to 1 when it just came back on. I was a bit panicked as it was getting chilly and I wasn't sure I would be able to keep Tenny warm enough for very long. We made it however there is discussion as my dad and Ted have both heard we're supposed to get more tonight of taking Tennyson and I up north this evening.

As for the rest of the family...Connie got a new car, a purple Chevy HHR and I am sure she's stoked about it, I haven't got to visit with her though Travis did.

AND OUR BIG NEWS...Trudy is home, she got into Omaha yesterday so she's in KC seeing her physicians today for check ups and will be around for the next month. We're stoked she's back and can't wait until we get to see her though we're not sure when that will be. She is giving a presentation about her journeys at Grace this Friday night and I was hoping that Travis would be able to make it though I believe they are going to tape it for us. It will sure be good to see her, we've missed her tons, though God has truly blessed her and us in our time apart.

Thanks for checking in, I apologize its been so long however if I head north tonight it may be longer as my parents internet service, Cooks has been down since October...until I am able to write again, I tried uploading photos but the hotel server said no, my apologies.

Love you all.

Living Out Loud-
Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers