Dwyer Family News

My hat goes off to Jay and all of the medical professionals that work the emergency room on a regular basis. We had to take Claire in Saturday night as she was complaining about needing to go to the bathroom (she hadn't gone for over 12 hours) and we feared she might have an infection of some sort. We were in the waiting room for about 2 hours and witnessed one fight, one dog-bite victim (boy got bit on cheek below eye), a couple of women limping around, multiple children sneezing and crying, etc. Not a pretty picture. Things got a little better when we got into a room (though we "heard" another scuffle in the hallway while waiting). Claire had her temp taken rectally which seemed to move things along quickly! The doctor quickly ruled out c-dif (which was feared on Friday) and a urine sample confirmed that she didn't have anything serious. We left four hours after arriving hoping that we never have to do that again.

Just think we could have been swimming at The Senator - for Jessica's birthday (that's where we were when we got "the call" from Nonnie & Gimp. Management at The Senator graciously didn't charge us for the room and Claire was well enough to allow Mommy to join Nedra, Gail & Jackie for massages & pedicures they had planned for Sunday.

I think that we got about 18 inches of heavy wet snow Sunday night....we didn't lose power and I was able to get to work on time, but a few co-workers are still without power Monday afternoon.

As you can see the girls had fun playing in the snow and digging tunnels -- snow storms like we used to get when I was a boy (I'm getting old)!