<p>oh–forgot–she got Lash extensions off of a Groupon a few days ago and mentioned that she would look good in her surgerical rotation. She did not know that she would spending 12 hours tonight and 16 tomorrow night with him when she told me.</p>
<p>Could make a cute sitcom…</p>
<p>When I worked in surgery, there was a female nurse anesthetist who I swear would go through a tube of mascara a week. It was worth it - when only your eyes are visible when wearing a surgical mask, they should pack a punch!</p>
<p>DTE - although I’m a bit prejudiced, the BEST students I have always had were a bit older than the norm. They - and I’m sure you! - bring a world of experience, thoughtfulness and a good dose of humility to the classroom.
By humility, I mean that they realize that there are many approaches to solutions and are willing to explore them. Keep it up!</p>
<p>boys3x has taken a turn for the worse - please pray for her: The following is from her husband:</p>
<p>“Dawn took a turn for the worse Saturday night with pneumonia, which yesterday turned into sepsis, a life-threatening all-body inflammation caused by a sever infection (seems pneumonia probably was the origin). She was transferred to xxx Hospital. The next few days are critical. She had 104.5 fever but Tylenol and broad-spectrum antibiotics brought it down to normal. Please pray for her recovery.” </p>
<p>Thanks so much for the update Rockvillemom. I am hopeful that things will turn around for her. Makes you not take anyone in your life for granted.</p>
<p>Oh no – my brother had sepsis (from pneumonia) last winter, and it was touch and go there for a while. Our prayers for her recovery.</p>
<p>So sorry to hear this latest news. I too hope this can turn around.</p>
<p>sending continued prayers</p>
<p>No, no no – just when it sounded as if things were looking up a little for boysx3. Sending all positive thoughts and prayers …</p>
<p>Thanks for the updates. Prayers sent for them all. What an awful thing to have happened.</p>
<p>Some encouraging news on Caring Bridge that boysx3 is doing a bit better! Keep sending prayers, mojo and fairy dust her way!</p>
<p>D1 and D2 ran their marathon/10 mile races on Sunday. So exciting and the venue was great.</p>
<p>H had his back surgery yesterday. The surgery took about an hour . It was a little more complicated than they had anticipated but he is now home and recovering. We shall see how he feels today once the drugs have cleared his system. I am tired from the stress of the past few days.</p>
<p>dte…you are a wonderful resource for your professor and classmates! Life experience is invaluable to the other students.</p>
<p>Is anyone here on Instagram? I know CBB is and her pics are awesome! </p>
<p>I’ve been following Boysx3 on caringbridge and this latest turn does indeed have me worried and praying for her - she seemed to have been doing well, although there was still so much uncertainty of the degree of brain injury. I will be honest to say I don’t know what I personally would pray for if I were in a similar position, and then would you even be able to communicate it regardless. But it was good news that she seemed to recognize her family and gave them warm smiles and would mouth “I love you” to them all. </p>
<p>As for discipline in elementary schools - It’s taken a few weeks but D1 is finally feeling a lot more competent with her 2nd graders. She has a few boys that are at turns lazy or class clowns but says she has a number of really helpful parents. Her school is a title one school, 90% Asian and that many of the parents only speak cantonese making communications with home challenging. But she also has a mentor who has been teaching for 20-some years at the school and checks in with her regularly. D comes in very early and stays till nearly 7 every night. The older teacher says as long as she doesn’t find D crying at her desk, she knows she is doing well! D agrees.</p>
<p>Today is H and my 25th wedding anniversary. Have no idea what we are doing to actually celebrate. I know so many people who plan fabulous trips and/or parties - and we’ve come up with nothing as usual. Not sure what that says about us except for years it was either homecoming or college weekends and we’ve never really done much in the way of extravagance since our 10 year… </p>
<p>Hi - for those that do not have access to the CaringBridge site - here’s a good update on boysx3:</p>
<p>Quick update - boysx3 is doing much better this morning - they are hoping to move her from hospital back to the rehab facility on Thursday. She does not have sepsis - and is responding to the antibiotics - and is the most alert and communicative that she has been since this ordeal began. She cannot speak due to breathing tube - but can mouth words and was alert enough to ask questions about what has happened to her - which was, of course, very emotional, as she is finally understanding some of her situation. But all in all - very encouraging!</p>
<p>Great news! Thanks for the update Rockvillemom.</p>
<p>Congrats Modadunn on 25 years! H and I celebrated our 35th in Switzerland/Italy this summer (kind of by accident – he had a conference, so we turned it into a vacation); it was great.</p>
<p>Glad for the good news on boys3x!</p>
<p>After 1 week in grad school, much discussion with many people, including us, D2 has somewhat changed direction in her major field (chemistry) and revamped her course load. She’s decided she really doesn’t want to stay in o-chem and is taking some really interesting courses, including a lab in “nano fabrication.” They start by making an LED. She seems much happier!</p>
<p>I was just catching up on boys3x’s condition – so happy to get to the end of the thread and see that she’s doing better. Her husband must be a rock. This stuff is so hard.</p>
<p>Zetesis - glad D2 is exploring some different avenues – so many opportunities. Nano fabrication still sounds like something out of a science fiction book. </p>
<p>I hope the back surgery recovery goes well for your husband, NorthMinnesota. And that the patient isn’t too grumpy.</p>
<p>Happy Anniversary, Modadunn! We celebrated 30 this past summer and had initially discussed doing something “big” but with the employment situation we did nada. Not even dinner out. </p>
<p>Zetesis, my D’s bf is in his second year of his chemistry program. He’s doing inorganic (in my limited understanding) and really loves it. He finished all his course work last year so is now just doing research. He got his name on a paper last year, which evidently is rare for first year students.</p>
<p>I was going to ask for vibes for D, who was taking the second exam required for her job this morning, but before I got around to it I heard that she took the exam and passed! She took the first one at the end of August. Now she’s done! She can take continuing education to keep up her certification from now on. Since this is a requirement of her job, and she would lose her job if she didn’t pass (allowed 2 tries) it’s a big relief. She is supposed to get a $ bonus for passing both on the first try.</p>
<p>My upcoming resignation from my job was announced at work yesterday. Very emotional, since I’ve been here 15 years and love my job. I’m excited about my new position, but the next 3 weeks will be crazy!</p>
<p>So glad for the report boys3x is doing better.</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota, hope your H is recovering well!</p>
<p>NM - totally missed the post about your H. Hope all is well.</p>
<p>CQ – yes, daughter is moving more in the direction of inorganic as well. But the school encourages research that crosses boundaries or involves multiple subfields, so her courses this fall are actually in 3 different areas (chemistry; biophysics; and applied physics). Didn’t even know there were such fields.</p>
<p>Well, Happy Anniversary, kids!</p>
<p>Hooray on boysx3. Happy anniversaries. Had a couple of moving experiences. We have a new charismatic rabbi who is profoundly deaf. Something of a celebrity as you can catch him on YouTube on stage with rock bands. But he told a story about a guy who showed up at the synagogue on the day of yom Kippur eve services adding to see the rabbi, who wasn’t there. He came back later in the day and though the rabbi was preparing his sermon, he met with him. This was a guy in coveralls, like an auto mechanic. When assured he was the rabbi, he handed him a sealed envelope and said, “give this to someone who needs it”. He then walked out. It was a stack of $20 bills. The rabbi ran out and thanked the guy and tried to get his name, which he did after several tries, and motive, which he did not. It turned out he was a Lebanese Christian who lived several towns away. Apparently it wasn’t clear that this guy didn’t need it. Quite interesting. The services were quite spiritually focused. The lack of spirituality and the focus on an anthropormized deity who intervenes in human affairs have always distanced me from organized religion. He spent a fair bit of time talking about the latter issue. This made it much easier for me to connect. As a deaf person, he had often felt marginalized, including in Judaism whet singing and chanting are integral. He offered open arms to LGBTQ folks, people of other ethnicities, people with disabilities. then he asked people who were not Jewish or not born Jewish to stand. He thanked them for enabling their spouses to practice Judaism and for those who have helped raised their kids as Jews, he offered the most profound thanks. Given that 2/3 of Jews were slaughteredone generation ago, he said that every Jewish child was a blessing and he knew that they had all made sacrifices to help raise their kids in another religion. He asked the others to rise to honor them pretty moving overall. </p>
<p>We also heard two days later from a friend that our close mutual friend had just suffered a major strategy. Their 12 week old grandchild died suddenly with no warning our symptoms. We’ve known the grandparents and their kids for over 30 years. ShawWife decided she was ready for kids after spending time with their kids. We went down for the funeral. Heartbreaking to see the tiny coffin. So hard because there is nothing we can do to help. We could also see that despite enormous resources-- the grandfather held/holds extremely prestigious positions and the son is a partner in a major financial firm–money and prestige and connections provide you no shelter from this kind of storm. </p>