We are going home!! YEAH!!! Thank you all for your prayers!
Carolyn

Today we are at day 6 of our Vandy visit and I can tell you, I am more than ready to be home... Per John's post Addison went off all supplemental oxygen yesterday around 1:00pm and she has not had any supplemental oxygen since then! Praise God. She had only two moments when her saturation fell below the 90% cut off point last night but that was during some deep sleep and is to be expected. She was at 89% for a few seconds and then came right back up to the mid 90's... Currently I am awaiting a visit from the doctor, which who knows when he/she will make his/her appearance known. John is heading to the airport as I type and will be gone for about a month. we were really hoping to have one night home together as a family before he left but that wasn't in the cards. (he is still trying to convince me that his trip to Hawaii is going to be "hard work" but I am not buying it!)

John and Carolyn, AKA Gran and Odie will be here in just a few hours to help with the girls and I am very excited! as is Annabelle.. though when I ask her who is coming to see her she shyly answeres "santa claus" hahaha... it is very cute.. she has had a ball at Grammy and papa's and I think they have had just as much fun! Aunt sharelle and Craven have been a huge help as well (thank you!) watching Annabelle so Dad and John could drive to Ft C to get a second auto and in general to keep Annabelle entertained!

I will post more once the doc gets here and give us the much anticipated news.. please pray it is what I want to here.. Oh please please please!! down on my knees please!!

Love to you all and thank for all the prayers and kind words!!

Carolyn

Good Morning All,

Addison had a good night last night. She came off of supplemental oxygen at 1:30 pm yesterday and was able to sustain herself with minimal assistance last night. She did not require the oxygen tent or a supplemental canula, but a free-flow oxygen tube was kept near her head to enrich the environment around her. She tends to breathe with less vigor when she is fully relaxed and this small amount of additional ambient oxygen was required to keep her sat levels in the 97-100% range (she must sustain above 93% to gain her discharge). She has currently been off of supp O2 for the last 18 hours! As of the first feeding this morning I have removed the free-flow oxygen source completely and am hoping that she can sustain herself with absolutely no assistance over the next several hours. Perhaps if she can achieve this, they will release her later today. We'll keep everyone posted!

J&C

Hello Everyone,

This is John again with a quick update. Addison has been off supplemental oxygen since 1:30 pm today (approx. 6 hours). She does have low saturation numbers when she is sleeping, and it is entirely possible that as she enters deeper sleep tonight she may have to have the oxygen canula placed on her again, but for now she is doing well. In order to achieve her discharge she will need to breathe with no supplemental oxygen for 12-24 hours. We're hopeful that she will be able to sustain this tonight. I'll let everyone know.

J&C

Good morning.. Last night was my night to be here with Addison. She had a very good night full of rest and little excitement! So much so they decided to do a "room air" test and take her off the oxygen this morning. They shut off the oxygen and we watched the monitor... with baited breath we watched.... for just about an hour she kept her stats up where they wanted them to be above 93% saturation) but once she fell asleep, they dropped and she had to be put back in her "bubble". I am thrilled that she is progressing and didn't let myself get too excited at the possibility of going home.

John is on his way here to relieve me. I may trek home to get his truck as he will have to work some tomorrow and we need a second auto here to manage everything.. not to mention, John and Carolyn Sr arriving Tuesday (Yeah!!!) and John departing Tuesday, given Addison is home.

Thank you all for your prayers.. please keep them coming.. they are working!

God is Great!
Carolyn

That we would still be here 4 days after deciding to visit the ER. I am in no way complaining or wishing anything other wise but looking back to Wednesday I would never have guessed we would still be here... Really, I thought we would take her in, they would check her out and we might stay the night for observation but never did I imagine we would spend the next 4 days here.. I am so thankful we decided to make the trip here opposed to going back to BACH (Blanchfield Army Community Hospital)... or worse, if we hadn't taken her in at all... To give you some perspective, they have suctioned 130 ML of mucus out of her head... Without suction, mechanically done with a suctioning device (not with a bulb suction)there would be no way to get all of that gunk out of her head. poor baby ...

She is resting peacefully now and is really eating well, approximately 60 ml every 2.5- 3 hours. She is back down to 28% o2 and has been there all day though we thought they moved her back to 30%, they did not. I hope that tonight she manages better than last night but I believe when she sleeps deeply her O2 stats drop slightly.

As of now, there is no talk of going home.. The Dr told me this afternoon that she hasn't changed and that she will need to go 12-24 hours on room air before she can be released. I am ok with that.. I would be terrified if she were discharged now and if I thought I was getting little sleep now, I would get no sleep worrying about her all night long. The Dr did say that girls tend to heal faster than boys but he had no clue why.. :) I thought that was interesting and something I hope holds true!

The Atlanta Ruppel's went home today and I am quite certain Annabelle is missing her cuz Caroline. They are already fast friends and enemies.. (oh, what I have to look forward to!) They played all week and fought just as much.. We are very thankful this happened when it did. No, not to miss being a family for Christmas but for the fact that we haven't had to worry about Annabelle at all. She has been so busy with her extended family I don't think she missed us at all.. She is aware that we are going to visit baby sister because today when I was out taking over for John, when he arrived home mom took her out to meet him at the car. She told Grammy "mommy's going to see baby sister and daddy is coming home". She also knows that our arm bands are what lets us see baby sister..

I just fed the little one and am going to log off and rest for my long night..

Thank you and please continue to keep her in your prayers...

Carolyn

Hi Everyone,

John posting again today since I was the one who spent the night with Addison at Vandy last night. Carolyn and I have been alternating nights to provide each other a chance to get some sleep and spend time with Annabelle. All in all it was not a bad night, but Addison did not make the progress we were hoping she would. They turned her oxygen mix down from 30% to 28% at about 8:00 pm. (normal air is 21% oxygen). 28% is usually the last stop before they put the patient on "room air" (21%). She did very well for several hours keeping her saturation levels in the high 90th percentile (93% is the magic number, and of course you would like to see 100%). At about midnight, her alarm began to go off repeatedly, and saturation levels were falling into the low 90s and high 80s. They did a "deep suction" - that's where they stick a thin tube connected to a vacuum through her nose and down her throat to suck out all the mucus. Even though young babies can cough, unlike the rest of us, they lack the strength to bring up the stuff that settles in the upper respiratory tract. The deep suction yielded surprisingly little mucus, so her oxygen level was increased again to 30%. It took about 30 minutes and several "mouth and nose suctions" - these are not done as deeply and simply clean out the mouth and nose cavity - but she was finally able to sustain better O2 Sat levels and got some rest between about 2:00 am and 6:30 am. She continues to eat well and is passing fluids well. She has not had a bowel movement in about 30 hours and I am secretly hoping that she will save that for Carolyn when she takes over for me later in the morning :-) (sorry honey, just being honest)

RSV in infants can run its course in a matter of days, or it can take a week or more for the worst of the symptoms to subside. As of today we are at Day 6 since we first noticed her cough and low grade fever and Day 4 since she was admitted, so we hope that we are through the worst of it and she will begin to improve. All things considered she is doing remarkably well, and her case has not been bad. She had no fever this morning and seems to be doing well at 30% O2, so I hope we can begin to ween her off of her oxygen again today. She is in no distress and her breathing is generally not labored so mostly she just rests.

Thanks again to everyone for their prayers, support and comments on Facebook. We feel very blessed to be supported by the wonderful staff here at Vanderbilt and hope to have Little Addison on her way home in the next day or two. God bless you all and Happy New Year!

J&C

John here. I don't post often, but after the events of the last two days I feel compelled. First, as Carolyn and I discussed this morning, I am giving thanks to God that Addison's situation and circumstance is not more severe. She could easily be intubated right now, on a respirator taking fluids through a tube, but the good Lord has spared us that hardship. As I can attest after spending Christmas Eve at the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital last night, not all parents are as fortunate. I saw many who spent their Christmas Eve watching their children suffer; helpless to provide comfort or relief.

As I watched Addison during different points of the night last night I was reminded of the last time I spent Christmas Eve in the hospital (yes, I have done this before). It was during my grandfather's (on my father's side) last Christmas. Age and years of hard miles had caught up with him, and were manifesting themselves with a myriad of maladies from broken bones due to falls, to an unwillingness to eat, to a senile dementia that grew progressively and exponentially worse as he neared the end of his life. I had returned from Fort Bragg that Christmas on leave to my parents new home in Madison/Mayodan and we had gone to the hospital to visit my ailing grandfather on Christmas Eve. We took him a home cooked meal, but he merely picked at it. During most of the visit, though lucid, he was unable to recognize any of us except his son (my father) and his wife (my grandmother). As we said our goodbyes and prepared to head back to my parents home for our Christmas Eve celebration I told my family that I was going to stay. Immediately my parents were resistant. They saw precious little enough of me based on my duty with the Army and wanted me home on Christmas Eve. They thought my offer was a sweet but misplaced gesture since my grandfather could not even recognize or remember me most of the time. In fact, during these later months of his life, he called me Leroy when he addressed me (strangely mistaking me for my grandmother's brother). Despite their protestations and my own misgivings, I stayed. I was aware that this would probably be one of the last times that I would see my grandfather alive (and it was). Although there was nothing eminent about his condition that Christmas Eve, we all knew that he was fading fast. As my family left, I settled into a warm chair in the corner and watch my grandfather's restless sleep. He called out to me several times over the course of the next few hours confusing me with old friends or some person from the hospital staff. He refused to eat, tried to rip his Foley catheter out and was generally (and uncharacteristically) disagreeable to anyone who came into the room to check vital signs or take blood. Around midnight he drifted off into fitful sleep and I quietly wished him a Merry Christmas as I found enough comfort in the chair to drift off myself.

Sleep is a funny thing, and at first I thought I was dreaming when I heard the firm but gentle voice of my grandfather. "John" he said, with no labor or effort, "fetch my bible and bring it to me". I sat up in the chair and saw his clear eyes and calm face. I got the bible and came to his bedside. "I haven't my glasses", he said, "will you read for me?". I nodded slowly still in disbelief at his lucidity and cognition. "It's Christmas", he said, "let's read from the second chapter of Luke". And so I began, and read that most cherished of all stories in the bible - The Christmas Story. After I finished, he beckoned me closer and said, "Pray with me, son". And then in the manner I had come to expect from this lifelong Methodist Minister he placed his hand upon my bowed head as I knelt and prayed with me and for me. And then as gently as he had broken the silence, he faded back to sleep. The next morning I was eager to see my grandfather when he awoke, and talk to him about our special Christmas moment, but he awoke in his characteristic confused state and bearly acknowledged me when I wish him a Merry Christmas, kissed his cheek and left his room to join my parents and brothers for Christmas.

I have often thought about that Christmas Eve with my grandfather, and how God gave him back to me just long enough to have one last prayer before returning him to the dementia that tortured him until he died months later. I was reminded of it again last night as I sat by my 5 week old daughter's bedside and prayed for her health. And though I know she could not hear me through her gentle sleep, and would not understand the words even if she could, I read from the 2nd chapter of Luke. I read her the Christmas Story.

For of all the things that we are thankful for in this season of giving, the gift of God's only son is the greatest. And so years from now, when my daughters have grown I hope I can tell Addison about how I shared the Christmas Story with her on her first Christmas, and how I shared it with her great grandfather on his last.

Merry Christmas to all of you and thank you for the prayers. I haven't had time to update but many of you know that John and I decided to take Addison to Vandy's Children's Emergency Room yesterday morning after a long and restless night. Good thing we did as we are still here and there doesn't seem to be any hurry to get us out of here... She is doing well and is being kept because of the timeing of her illness... she is near the point where she could get worse so they want to keep her here just in case. Currently she is in an oxygen tent and is only receiving 28% oxygen, the last stage before just breathing humidified room air. She is tolerating that well but with her being so young we aren't taking any chances. As much as we would have liked being together for Christmas morning, this is where she needs to be.

Santa did make his appearance here and brought Addison (and Annabelle) some really nice stuff... I took a photo of all the goodies and will post it.. I am here at the hospital and thanks to Aunt Sharon, I have a laptop to surf the net! (and kill time)

Annabelle had a great morning with her cousins Caroline and Nathan.. Santa was good to her and her favorite toy is her wagon! she has had Caroline pulling her all though the house! Very cute.. John is going to spend the afternoon with her and be with her when they open wrapped presents, I will go back home for dinner then come back here for my turn of over nighting with Addison!

I am very thankful for all of your prayers.. they have helped me so much (and John too) please keep them coming and I will update as I can...

Much love
Carolyn

Here are a few photos....

Annabelle Christmas Morning

Cute booties from Santa here at the hospital

First Christmas photo of Addison

All the loot from the hospital santa

Who might have had a hand in letting santa know about all the sick kids here:) (Thank you)

Cookies for Santa!

Annabelle and one of her toys

Annabelle really liking Caroline's toy!

Christmas morning mess...

Going for a ride in her wagon!

Yes, that is what we are dealing with currently... Oh, sorry, Merry Christmas Eve!

My poor Addison is sick. I am sure she got it from her big sis who isn't quite back to 100%. She, Addison, started a small cough Tuesday afternoon, typically after eating but a few times just randomly. This got me worried especially with Annabelle being sick. I checked her temp and it was slightly elevated. We did the over night watch Tuesday to see if her temp rose to the 100.4 mark of lets take a fun trip to the ER but it didn't so I just called in a same day appointment at the clinic. She was seen, with me wishing for a plastic bubble to hide her in, by a great doctor who checked her lungs, gave the "they sound great", checked her respiration to see if she was laboring, she wasn't, and checked her mucus to see if she has RSV, which she does. :( There isn't a thing we can do but put saline in her nose and suck it out. With it being the holiday, he wanted her seen in two days (putting us at Christmas day) or the day after, which is a DONSA with only one clinic open on post, so we decided to have her seen today (one day after being seen already) To be honest I am very glad she is going back in today because she sounds worse to me and is very wet in the head and chest (it seems) I am curious to see if her lungs are still clear. We are at my parents for mom's birthday and of course Christmas so John is going to drive back to post to take her to the appointment while I stay here with Annabelle... Please say a prayer (or 100) that she starts to improve faster than the stated 2 week recovery time and that no one else gets it her in the house..

I will update more once she is seen again this afternoon (240p)

Love to you all and Merry Christmas!!
Carolyn

Addison is sick and we are taking her to the doc today.... she probably has what Annabelle had but she is only a month old and it freaks me out a little... She has been coughing and gagging as well running a low temp of 100.0-100.3 I don't think it is anything serious but we aren't going to take any risks. I called this AM and am taking her in at 10:35 to get her checked out...
We are heading to my parents today for mom's big day!! Today is her big day and we can't wait to celebrate her!! (sick child in hand!)

I will post more later and update on Addison's illness...
Much love
Carolyn

Good morning faithful readers... Last night we had an eventful night to say the least. John made it home late, around 10 or so. Annabelle was in bed and Addison was doing her best to stay up until his arrival. She succeeded and Annabelle was close behind in being awake. Addison just wasn't sleepy but Annabelle happened to have a temp of 101.4! Stuffy headed and runny nosed.. Ugh.. Poor baby and poor us! Instead of us being awakened to Addison's cries we were instead awakened to Annabelle pitifully calling for either or both of us. Once we went in to her room, she was awake like it was noon or something. TOTALLY WIDE AWAKE, John and I, not so much. This happened until about 1 am or so and finally the Motrin and cardac syrup kicked in. Addison woke this morning at her usual hour of 6 and Annabelle slept in until 7:30 or so! but still having the fever of 101.7. I am not really that concerned about Annabelle, she acts fine. Is eating somewhat (her favorite yogurt) is playing and not really acting sick other than a nasty cough and snotty nose but more concerned about the possibility of Addison getting whatever Annabelle has... Pray this doesn't happen. I may call the advice nurse and see what they have to say.

One thing I know I can do it play Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang or Polar Express. I think I have watched both of these movies 100 times in the past week, so much so that as I was TRYING to sleep (between thinking I was hearing Annabelle or Addison) I was humming "Toot-sweets" and a "spoon full of sugar".. (yes, Mary Poppins was on last night as well.. ) Annabelle is so cute, she is now starting to sing the "I have you two" song from Chitty-Chitty and also the "Grow the roses" song that she actually sounds more like she is stuttering... "ro-ro-ro-ro-rose of success" is more what it comes out as.. super cute.. I try to get videos but each time I start, she stops and wants to come see!

Poor John had to be up at 5 to take his flight physical.. He is still gone so I hope he didn't fail due to lack of sleep. :) I am sure it went fine but I feel horrible that he came home to a sleepless night. I am thankful though at the same time as I don't know what I would have done solo with Annabelle sick and Addison crying for food ... (I know, when it happens I will call Ame and ask her, she has had to do it more than once!)

I just wanted to post a brief update and share our sleepless nights with you...

Thanks for all the prayers.. I will keep you updated on how dear Annabelle fairs.. Lets hope she is better before the big day next week! all of them. (we have a big birthday on the 23rd!!)

I need to go tend to my babies!

Much love to you all
Carolyn

ugh.. I really dislike it when I am exhausted yet can't sleep. I woke when Addison needed her first feeding at 1:30, fed her and here I am still awake two hours later. I tried to go back to sleep but just couldn't shut off my mind. So here I am trying to take advantage of some quiet solo time.

John arrived home last night. It was hard being here alone with both girls but in all honesty, it wasn't has bad as I thought it would be. Maybe it is because I was preparing for a nightmare, thus there was no way it would be as bad or because it really wasn't that bad. Addison is sleeping on average 3 hours at night, not to shabby and we have switched her back to formula earlier than planned because I just couldn't stand seeing her uncomfortable. She seems to be taking well to the new similac formula (they have a new formula out that is supposed to be even closer to the likeness of breast milk) and her tummy is appreciating it. As much as we wanted to use Amber's milk, it seems Addison has decided other wise. The good news is Amber has been looking into to donating the milk to the NICU so another baby that really needs it will hopefully thrive on it!! :) We are very thankful to have Amber take the time out of her life to pump for Addison and feel really badly that we can't use it.

Tomorrow, well, today we have an exciting morning planned for Annabelle and I. We are going to have tea with Mrs Claus! The red cross is offering this free to military mothers/daughters and a dear friend called me to see if I wanted to go! I am so excited (maybe that is why I can't sleep?) and can't wait to see Annabelle's face when she sees her. We have been watching The Polar Express movie over and over and she knows who Santa Claus is so to see his wife will be just thrilling! I will be sure to post photos!

Let see... what other news...

Although there hasn't been an announcement about this I am going to go ahead and let you all know that we aren't moving next summer to Carlyle PA but instead we are staying here for another year! John got a call a few weeks ago from the commander and went in to work for this call... (generally that means business) He then calls me on his way home and tells me he needs to talk to me face to face about something that has come up... a question that can either be a "yes" or a "no".. Automatically I think he has been asked to deploy. Something he would love to do but I, not so much. Or maybe he has been asked to take another job asap in Germany or someplace far away.. You know, I have only been married to the military a few years but it doesn't take long to realize anything can happen at any moment. So he gets home and tells me he has been asked to be the deputy commander for the regiment next summer for a year. He honestly thought I would be upset having to defer the war college but I am very happy to stay another year. It keeps Annabelle in pre-school another year and gives Addison some time to grow a tad before leaving. As much as I look forward to moving I really didn't like the idea of having a 2.5 year old and a 6 month old when we make our first PCS. So the big news is we are staying !! We will still be going to the War College but not until the summer of 2010. It really is good news other than we won't be closer to the Evans' family like we hoped. I know Carolyn and John Sr aren't that happy about this news but even for John's career it is a good thing.

Just think... Addison isn't even due yet!? WOW She isn't due until Sunday but here we are with her three weeks old already.. I can't believe it has already been three weeks.. man how time flies... She is just wonderful and I can not wait to see her personality grow... Annabelle is still a great big sister... and still has that silly goofy side.. Right now she is all about big and little.. Last week she said to John daddy has a big belly".. Annabelle has a little belly.. Which gave him a small complex so two days ago she pointed at me and said "mommy has little boobies" and "a big belly" !?!?! We are going to have to work on this.. haha... it was so funny..

Ok.. I realize I have rambled on now for an hour it seems... probably shouldn't have made coffee... :)

I hope you are all well and know we send our love to each of you!
Carolyn

Today is my first test of my mommy hood.. John heads out for a few days and I am solo. I know, some of you are dealing with MUCH longer and more painful deployments but for me, this has been looming over me in a dreadful way. I know I will survive but I can't help but whine about it first.. :) (sorry honey)


So, John and I decided to no longer have a monitor in our room at night... the day after I went and purchased a new one when our second hand-me-down decided to only have one volume setting.. LOUD.. The decision came the other night when I was crabby and stressing out I am sure about being alone with both girls. John and I were having some pillow talk and I was really grumpy and whining about hearing all the noises newborns make.. To quote myself "I just can't sleep when all I hear all night long is grunting, burping, croaking and farting" We both just fell out laughing and ended up in tears! God has a way of lifting our spirits just when we need it most I'd say! So we turned off the monitor and opened Addison's door as well as ours. Works great! I was initially concerned that AJ would wake Annabelle up but so far it hasn't been an issue! Yeah!

Addison is doing well. She has become a little more fussy and gassy after starting her on the breast milk. I plan to go a few more days and then switch back to formula and see is that changes her fussy ways. I hope so. Other than that, she is a very good little angel. She is eating between 3-4 ounces at a time about every 3-4 hours. We got a 4 our block last night between feedings so pray that I get those too when John is gone.

Annabelle has become a little more needy too but we expected that and have been waiting for it to happen. She adores her little sister and is willing to help as much as a 22 month old can. We do have some exciting news to share about her potty training. She used the potty twice yesterday and is really aware of the need to go! I really put potty training on old for a while with the new baby and all that adjusting but it seems maybe she will get her needed attention by actually using the potty, we certainly do dote over her when she uses it! We are very thrilled about this!! She also has accomplished singing her A-B-C's! and counts to 11 now! Now the ABC's isn't quite the full "official" version of the ABC's but she is very close to it! She also knows the letter A and that it is the first letter of her name! Big and small are her other new favorite things to point out, that and water towers (still) and silos.. :) She is just an amazingly wonderful child...

Odie had his appointment Monday and is getting better. He will be in the boot a bit longer but will be out of the boot and in just a brace when they come back the end of December! He will be able to walk without the walker, can climb stairs and DRIVE! This, I know, is the most important thing... and I know both he and Gran are happy to get life back to normal! Keep praying for him and for him to heal 100%

I am heading to Grammy and Papa's today for the day to prevent cabin fever. I really dislike this time of year (minus Christmas, of course) when it is just ugly outside and there is little to do. Annabelle planed to play with Craven but it seems he is getting a cold and we don't want to expose Addison to that just yet!

Love to you all!

Carolyn (and family!)

First, I must apologize for slacking in the blog posting department. I have no excuse other than just not being "in the mood" to post.

I do have a few updates to share.

Addison had her two week appointment yesterday and she is just as perfect as we thought! (HAHA.. kidding... but not really!) To recap, her birth weight was 6lbs 11 oz, her discharge weight was 6lbs 5 oz and her weight at 8 days (taken at my parents) was 6lbs 13oz. Well, at her appointment at 14 days she weighs 7lbs 8 oz!! WOW! I am very impressed with our little chunk but by the way she eats I was not really suprised to hear this news. She has eaten very well from her first bottle and is now up to eating about 3 oz per feeding. Speaking of eating... Amber has been pumping and is the milk mama for sure! as of yesterday I believe she has at least 400oz on ice! She shipped her first load yesterday. Interesting thing, the USPS will not ship here to post over night like they did to our old house in C'ville. So we are shipping to my parents in Nashville. No way would we risk any milk spoilage, that stuff is gold!

Annabelle is doing very well with little sister. she shares her toys, even her blankie with her an always tells Addison "it's ok" while patting her tummy or head when she cries. She did wake twice at night when we were up feeding Addison, but have turned up her sound machine and I think having our schedule back to normal will help. Addison still has her days and nights mixed up but all in all she is a good sleeper and rarely cries (knock wood)

The real test will be next week when it is just the three of us (John will be TDY) and I will be on my own to manage both girls.. I know it can be done because everyone around me is currently doing it for far longer than I will have to do it.

Gran and Odie (O'daddy's new nick name) left this morning and we are so thankful for them being here. Words cannot express how greatful we are and how much help Gran was for both John and I. They are planning to come back in late December to help more (Odies healed foot willing) when John is gone for a month. Amber is going to visit as well! now, I just need to fill in the gaps (about a week to 10 days) between the two... Any takers?? :) Just call and Sharelle you and Craven are more than welcome to come hang out!! don't worry about him not sleeping, I will be up with Addison so it wont matter!!

Lastly, I just want to thank all of you for all your prayers and thoughtfulness! We are truly blessed and in part because of you! Please continue to pray for Amber and Odie. She has an appointment today and Odie has one Monday. Please pray both are healed and back to their normal self soon!

Much love to you all and look for photos on the side bar!
Carolyn