What a Day

I woke up this morning to a text message from my brother letting me know that he was in the ER with my mom. She's been having some nausea and upset stomach stuff going on and it got really bad through the night. I got up and grabbed a shower and headed into Springfield. I got to the hospital and they were waiting to take her to CT, waiting for her contrast to get all into her I guess. They did eventually take her and the doc came in later to let us know that it all looked okay and now they were waiting on her stool sample to check to see if she had a specific bacteria that can be caused by being on antibiotics. Sound familiar???? Mom fell a couple of weeks ago and really scraped up her leg and needed antibiotics because she developed cellulitis in her leg. The nurse came in awhile later to tell mom that the lab had called and the sample that they sent was only urine, no stool. Ugh. So we had to collect another sample, fun times I tell ya! After many attempts we finally were able to get a sample to test. I waited as long as I could for results, I had to come back to Marshfield to get ready for Leasha's funeral. I was just getting into my car and my brother texted me, Mom tested positive for CDIFF!!! That nasty stuff has now affected her! YUCK! Fortunately they didn't have to keep her in the hospital and she has started her Flagyl so hopefully she will feel better soon.


I got home and got ready to go. Jarika and Jake went with me to the funeral. We met at Hubble (our school) and we rode a school bus over to the High School. We were escorted by the Highway Patrol. The service was beautiful. Very appropriate song was playing "You're Beautiful", perfectly describing Leasha. The gym was packed, I don't think there was a dry eye there. My eyelids are so swollen from a week's worth of crying. I just can't grasp that she is gone. If you'd like to read more, click here, it's worth it. At the end was a wonderful slide show of our beautiful Leasha. One of the pics nearly sent me over the edge. It was a picture of Leasha and I at school. Both of our smiling faces. I remember when we had that picture taken. Leasha was telling me that we needed a picture together and I didn't want to because I avoid cameras like the plague. She forced me to take the picture and I am so glad I did, now I just have to get a copy of it. I looked at that picture and I didn't focus on my fat face and how horrible I always think I look. I focused on the fact that Leasha wanted a picture with me because I was important to her. Me, just an ordinary person was important to Leasha DeCamp, the absolute best principal I have ever worked under. Today we really got to hear how important our family at Hubble was to Leasha. We all knew it, but we found out that everyone that wasn't at school knew it to. What a blessing. Now we have to go on, that's what Leasha wants us to do. She would have our hides if we let her kids down! I love you Leasha, always and forever, I will always remember you.

We ran to Wal Mart after our police escort back to the school :) I had to get a couple of things for Cooper's confirmation class this weekend. We ran home, Jarika took off back to Joplin :( and I packed Jake, Addy and I up for our trip to Kansas City. I was going to pack this morning but that plan didn't go so well! We got in the car several times then remembered little things we forgot but finally pulled out of the driveway. We got to almost Bolivar (about 45 minutes away) and I realized that I forgot my hairbrush. So once we were in Bolivar we headed into Wal Mart. Got a hair brush and Easter baskets for our Eggstravaganza tomorrow,

I forgot those too. We got Addy changed, back in the car and back on the road. About 20 minutes later I realized that I forgot my makeup bag. UGH! Do you think I may have been a little distracted while I was "not" packing??? So we stopped in Clinton and got makeup and Jake some dinner. Poor Addy didn't nap today and kept nodding off, I was sure she'd never go to sleep once we were here. Fortunately she was so tired she fell asleep pretty easily. So now Jake and I are about to fall asleep as well. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, I need a little fun :)

The biggest thing I have learned through the tragedy of this week... let people you know you love them and live life to the fullest. I'm about to see some changes come my way and I can't wait to see what God does in my life :)