Stomach Flu, Visas, and Packing

We have had a busy week. In the midst of everything else, Thursday I came down with the stomach flu. I was, of course, nice enough to share.....So Steven was sick on Friday. Jaxxon came home from school on Thursday sick also. I woke up long enough to answer the phone call from the school nurse..."Jaxxon is throwing up", great. I call my mother in law, who is a lifesaver, and croak out "could you pick Jaxxon up, he is sick." I am sure they came in sometime after that, but I was not aware of it. I did not know until Friday morning, that Dayton had missed the bus. BAD MAMA.... Of course, Steven woke up Friday morning not feeling so well. I was feeling better....only half dead. Lucky for him, we had a doctors appointment to get our antibiotics for the trip. So Dr. Kaploe, love the man, gave him some Phenergan and Cipro. I don't think he suffered quite as much as I did. Although, he did have to get up today and be at work at 8AM. So he is off on the Mississippi until late Thursday, which is the DAY before we leave.

I do finally have confirmation that our Visas have been approved and are on their way westward. According to Fedex we should received them on September 30th. Not a day too soon for me. Although I understand that there are still people who are waiting on the Houston Consulate to regain their computer systems. Maybe they have by now. I sure hope so.

I have packed, repacked, and packed some more and still have not packed any clothes for myself or Steven. I did buy him some new t-shirts today and I sure hope they fit cause that is what I am packing for him to where. I made a list of last minute stuff I thought of to pack and it was a page long!!! Another trip to wal-mart.... Picked up a few things today at Toys R Us and Sam's.

I also got an e-mail yesterday telling me that my toddler medical kit from Orphan Allies was on the way. Fedex will be visiting my house a lot next week. At least it is not UPS. Our UPS driver will not even get out of his truck. If he sees that no one is home, he goes to my in laws and leaves our packages there! I told him the dogs won't bother him as long as we are home, he said "I am not taking any chances....If they will get me when you are not here, then they may get me when you are", poor guy. Little does he know, the big Rhodesian Ridgeback he is afraid of would only lick him to death. It is the little mutt you have to watch out for.

In closing, I want to ask everyone to keep praying and thinking good thoughts for little Susannah and for Leslie. They are still having a hard time. Susannah is having open heart surgery on Tuesday, and needs everything we can give. Her heart cath yesterday went good and things are going as well as can be expected. I look forward to the day that she and Mahli can meet outside the orphanage.