Yesterday afternoon my sister, Lynn, called to report that her daughter, Lisa, had given birth to her son, Angelo. He was actually planned to be delivered November 7th, I believe, but Lisa had been having contractions right along and had begun to dilate. No turning back now, she had to go ahead and have him, via C-section. Lynn was there at the hospital with her, not sure if Noah was there when she gave birth or not, because earlier in the day he had to be somewhere to take a test for work. At that point it was not clear whether they could stop the contractions or not, but Lynn was able to see the baby, Angelo, right after he was born. Her report to me was that he was nice and pink, a good color for a baby boy, and just over 6 pounds.
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Justin had come by at the end of his work day to relocate some boxes and my art supplies which had been deposited in the kitchen by the workmen. They were preventing me from accessing the silverware drawer or opening the dishwasher. He moved them into the living room and out of my way for the time being. Justin was so happy about the baby being born.
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I had Bible study at church that evening so I put my ham in the oven after cutting it up, to warm it through while I was away. When I got to church, I was surprised to not see any cars in the lot besides Pastor's, but one pulled in right behind mine. Oh great, only two people for the Bible study, about faithfulness. It made me feel kind of sad that he had gone through the work of planning this once a month class and had so poor a turnout. The subject matter was good, somewhat based on stewardship, being good managers of our time, talents and treasures. The kitchen smelled marvelous when I came home, the aroma of ham wafting. My dinner was a lovely hot ham sandwich with plenty left for a few more meals.
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On the way home, though, from Bible study, I listened to a message from Lynn. I called her back and found out that Angelo had been transported via ambulance to a hospital in Green Bay which had a NICU. It seems that Angelo's lungs were not processing his CO2 properly so he needed to be with the experts for this thing. He was only 36 weeks in gestation and the doctor, according to Lynn, was confident that Angelo would be just fine, but needed the extra care right now. I felt badly that the baby was alone in Green Bay but today Noah was able to be up there with him. Lisa will be able to travel on Friday and will be with the baby all weekend long. The little boys were upset seeing their brother in his 'glass case' and cried. Imagine how scary it was for them, breaks my heart....What cheers my heart is that their pastor was able to make it to the hospital before the baby was taken to Green Bay and baptized Angelo. Let the heavens rejoice!
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Back to my ham---I could have had that for lunch except that Twila called me to meet her at Pengrees! After our nice lunch together, I called Mike C. to see if he was going to Christ, Keystone Heights today and since he was, I dropped off two more boxes of stuff for their yard sale which is this weekend. From now on, the rest of my sorted, not sordid, stuff will have to be directed toward Victory's sale which takes place in a couple weeks. Not much time left to go through things but I really cannot work in the rooms that are getting the new floors right now. The guys are making progress, though, and are nearly halfway done with the 2nd bedroom, working their way into the 'Timmy closet' now. They were able to save most of the cove moulding, but will need to pick up several transition strips for the doorways to the rooms and one of the two bathrooms. Mike and Andy will get as far as they can before having to quit at the hallway where the drywall is awaiting replacement. We have not gotten word on that yet, so the guys will wait to hear from me about finishing it up.
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Many of the Facebook friends and some that I spoke with at Happy Hour at The Club tonight are asking the Lord to watch over Angelo and all his family. I truly appreciate this, as do Lisa and Noah, and the family in WI. The staff at the hospitals are taking good care of Mama in Sheboygan and Angelo in Green Bay, of this I am confident. I am also confident that the Lord has this all under control, and I am doing my very best not to fret. It is hard to take my own advice!
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Here is an update since I posted this: Lisa said she heard from the NICU in Green Bay and Angelo's oxygen levels are where they are supposed to be, so the doctors are considering taking him off the machines to see how he does. Thanks be to God!
