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My weekend could have used a few more days.

My mom was in town to watch Sis #2's three kids. Sis #2 was going on a romantic getaway for about five days with her hubs. Mom's been kind of sick for about a week, but still came in. Mom just flew back from Minnesota where she was for a family reunion. She was sick as a dog there.

I said I'd take her two older kids to see Willie Wonka Sat afternoon. We show up and Mom looks like crap. Says that when we get back, she might need to go to a Doc in a Box to get her stomach checked out because she can't really eat.

I watch the kids, Sis #1 takes mom in. Get a phone call an hour later and it turns out Mom has appendicitis.

So they take her to this hospital to do emergency surgery. Not only do they take her appendix, but she ends up having a mass on her colon, so they remove part of that as well. They are going to biopsy the mass and she has to stay in the hospital for a week. Then she will be in Houston for two to three more weeks to recuperate.

I end up watching both sister's kids for the majority of the day Sunday - five kids under the age of seven. Exhausting, but I wanted to help out.

When parents get sick, you totally feel helpless.

On the drive in this morning, I felt so defeated. I miss Zoe beyond belief. I'm scared for my mom. And I ate like crap for the past two days (although I did get a great workout in on Saturday). Now my older sis is tied up with mom (which is ok), but Zoe's "new" bedroom is not finished and I doubt it will get that way anytime soon.

Today is a new day, but I feel so damn tired.

My birthday is Friday and I don't feel like doing a damn thing.

I think I need about 10 more hours of sleep.

I will probably say 19348102348 prayers for my mom today. She's one tough broad, but it's hard to see her get this sick.

Posted by debutaunt at July 18, 2005 10:50 AM