Weekend
My weekend didn’t go as planned. I was going to take Trent to a football game on Friday, craft show on Saturday morning and painting in the afternoon. What really happened? I got a call from my friend Robyn saying her brother in law was in the hospital in congestive heart failure, and that she was trying to find a way down there. She found a flight out of Chicago for cheap, but couldn’t get a hold of her hubby to see if it was ok. She knew her car wouldn’t make it down there, so I offered to drive her if he gave her any flack about flying.
She finally got a hold of him and he didn’t want her flying. So I said I could do it. I called my hubby to tell him what was going on, and to make sure he would be home in time to take Trent to the game. Packed a suitcase and headed to her house. Off we went for our 6 hour drive south. We got a phone call abut 2 hours into our trip saying he was getting ready to go into open heart surgery, and would be in surgery for the next 6 hours. We would arrive before he got out of surgery. He is a fireman/paramedic, so he had lots of his co-workers there on Friday night, and through out the weekend. The first night they got us a couple of hotel rooms so we could be by the hospital (so nice of them). The 2nd night we went to her sisters house so the girls could get a good night’s sleep in their own beds.
We were there for moral support, and kept her nieces preoccupied for the weekend. After everyone was situated with where and what they were doing on Saturday, we headed to her moms to pick up her brother and went to the Gap/Old Navy/and another store clearance outlet. I bought a zip up sweat jacket, sweater and 2 tops for $30! Yay! Then met up with her parents for dinner at Cici’s pizza, then back to the hospital for a little while.
We then got a phone call from Robyn’s sister in law saying she and her friend needed a ride home as they quit their jobs. They were in Columbus, so we told them we would be there sometime in the afternoon to pick them up on our way home. To only get a call in the morning saying they took a greyhound and then didn’t like it, so they got off in Dayton and wanted us to come get them. It irritated us as then it messed up the whole plans for the day. Told them we would be there as soon as we could, but then would go back to the hospital to say good bye and possibly have lunch with her sister. We had lunch at Olive Garden, took the girls back to the hospital said good-byes and then headed north.
My own bed never sounded better than it did last night! This morning came way to early! I am dragging butt today, but have my normal housework that needs to be done. So I had better get moving!
A few pics from this weekend
Robyn’s niece, Corrine. She was very entertaining!
Maddy and Corrine (Payton wasn’t there, so no pic of her)
Robyn with her nieces
**He came out of the surgery well. The valve was repaired, now he is on that long road to recovery.**
September 28th, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Wow, talk about a busy weekend! You are a great friend! So, how did his surgery go?
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September 28th, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Your such a good friend =)