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Friday, February 22, 2008
Trip To PB&J's House
Most of the week had been fairly normal considering it was time for
Stacey to have some problems. Wednesday Stacey had noticed a slight
twitching, but nothing developed, so we planned on going to Smith's
Grove to baby sit for Julie. I was going along to make sure nothing went
wrong with Stacey. We left the house about 6 AM after having a sausage
biscuit that Linda made for us. We turned onto the Cumberland Parkway
and after a few minutes of cruising I noticed Stacey was having trouble.
I asked her a few questions and her responses kept getting less and
less. I told Linda to give Stacey a 10mg Valium at 6:30 AM and I
continued to drive. Stacey calmed down a little but her involuntary
movements were still happening. About an hour later, I pulled the HHR
into PB&J's driveway and told Stacey to remain in the car. I went around
and grabbed her arm and we walked to their door. Linda was carrying
stuff and as Stacey and I went inside the doorway, Stacey dropped like a
rock, but I caught her before she hit the floor. Brent grabbed her legs
and we carried her to the couch. Pauline grabbed Julie out of the way as
we made our hectic entrance Shortly after that Pauline left for work.
She called and said the roads were in terrible shape with freezing rain
and ice on them. Linda gave Stacey another 5 mg Valium about 8:30. The
news reported kids were still on the school buses in some locations
about 9:30 as Stacey was again having involuntary movements and we gave
her another 5mg Valium. About a half hour later, Stacey had calmed down
again and seemed to be doing OK. A little after noon Brent went with me
to Smith's Grove for some sandwiches from Wendy's. The roads were
extremely slick. They were covered completely with about a half inch of
ice. Once back at the house, we ate and played with Julie until Pauline
came home around 6 PM.
Linda and Brent fixed chicken and rice for supper and we played
Aggravation on their new dinning room table until nearly bedtime.
Friday
morning, Pauline fixed everyone breakfast and then we messed around
until it was time for Pauline and Brent to go to their eye doctor
appointment. Linda and Stacey remained at P&B's house and took care of
Julie while I took them to their doctor's appointment because they were
both going to have their eyes dilated for examinations. Pauline and
Brent went in on the Sweetheart's Plan. Supposedly they get cheaper
prices for both going together as a couple. They are planning on having
the Lasik laser surgery done to correct their vision problems. We were
at the examination for about 2-1/2 hours. We picked up sandwiches on the
ride back to their house and ate. Pauline, Julie and Stacey rode with
Linda driving their car while Brent rode with me to the farm. Pauline
and Brent couldn't drive because of their eyes having been dilated. The
girls made an extra stop in Glasgow to shop for Julie some outfits. We
stayed inside the rest of the day to keep them out of bright light and
then Linda fixed us home made pizza after dark for supper.