Fall is here......

Fall is here and the colors are beautiful. Leaves are a pain but something has to give. Today one of Michael's friends came over with his dog (a female lab) to play a little with Smokey. They are so cute together. We had taken Smokey into the VA office at the request of Dawnell, Justin's service officer. She brought in Faith, her dalmation and they had a blast together. I wish that we had taken a picture of them together but we will have to do it again.

We received an email from Laura my MIL, telling us that Dave is hospitalized with H1N1, MRSA, and pneumonia. I think I overwhelmed Laura with questions. Evidentally he is coughing up blood but she said that they do not know what type of MRSA it is or where. With the pneumonia I hate to say it but it will attack his lungs and I am getting the impression that he does not have long. We will keep him in our prayers but I am not sure sometimes how much to believe.

I am sure that Laura will fall to pieces if anything happens to Dave. In some ways it would make her stand on her own feet. I know that it may sound a bit callous but there is a co-dependency factor involved. I doubt that the other kids have done anything other than call. Dave is in isolation. Laura is spending all of her time there even though she has a compromised immune system.

Justin may go into the hospital next week but everything is still tentative. They changed his medication and he is now on Thorazine. We were told to keep the Risperidone as they may change him back to it again. He got the Thorazine on Saturday and he ended up sleeping until after 1:30PM yesterday. He seems to have slept better last night but that is only my perception.

We did get a nice surprize a couple of weeks ago as we were told that we were entitled to Disabled Veterans Plates for our car. We received the plate and we no longer have to pay registration on the car. That is such a tender mercy from Heavenly Father. We are so very grateful for his care.

We are excited as we have cards for Halloween and Thanksgiving. We are getting ready to send them out. We found some really cute return address labels for the Holiday's. This year it is fun trying to plan for the holidays.

Michael has been doing well at school and he seems more settled this year. We are pleased to see the progress he is making.