see ya later

I am all packed up and ready to go. The hardest part is waiting. All I have to do now is load the truck. Well, I still have to take down my wheel but I may want to spin some to while away the hours. I truly am an addict!

I hope my avatar jumps to this posting. Carolyn helped me put her in my sidebar. Since this is a fantastical journey, she is all decked out in fantasy.

I don't have much of an update. Allison is feeling poorly and had to have a ct scan last night. May be something going on in there that was missed. Thomas is now off the respirator. Hooray!

Well, I will "see" y'all on Sunday or Monday. With pictures. Ta ta.
news flash:
Allison is doing great!!!!! Scan showed nothing but fluid and her 100% normal kidneys will take care of that in due time. She is still partly blind. I don't know much about that except that it usually clears up in time too. She got to see her babies for the first time yesterday and held and fed Jonathan. (note the corrected spelling of his name) . The dr. says she may get to go home this weekend. I believe the babies will be staying for a while. I just had to tell y'all the glorious news. Angi (note the corrected spelling here too)I still can't post on your blog. What url should I use?

Start packing

Well I have been sorting my rovings and yarn and trying to get organized for the trip to Alabama tomorrow. Tomorrow, tomorrow, is only a day away. I just can't believe it's been a year since I first learned to dye and spin. I will be picking Jennifer up at the airport in Nashville and then we're off to Crane Hill and a reunion with our "Twisted Friends".

Allison has been moved to another room and is no longer catherized. She is a little nauseous still and hasn't seen her babies yet. Maybe today. I hope.

I have borrowed an idea from Caroline and made myself an avatar. Wouldn't you just know I could have a lamb for a pet? Ya gotta love it. AT Yahoo she moves. I 'll be playing with her more later. Gotta start packing. I mean cleaning. Can't pack it until I can find it

Allison is doing great. I went to see her and the babies yesterday. She was sitting up in bed eating. She still cannot see very well but her vision is slowly returning. Thomas is improving too and may be off the ventilator today. The other three are all in the same big crib together and they have no I V's any more. They are all eating REAL well. I almost got a chance to hold one but Jim (and rightfully so in my opinion) said he didn't want to do that because Allison hasn't even seen them yet (that she remembers) and she is their mother. All of you already Grannies: is it always that hard to give in to the wishes of the parents and not do what you are longing to do?

I am going to have a busy day today. I am going to start packing for our reunion/retreat in Alabama. If I don't start now I am liable to forget something vital. I have so much that I want to take that I am mostly going to be choosing the things to leave behind.

small update

Allison is better this morning. Thank You God. Her vision is improved and her urine output ils better. You go girl! Flush that bad stuff out of your body. That is all I know for now.
Anji asked me about Carey. I didn't forget about her I have just been a little pre-occupied. Seems like the shadow on the ultrasound was a cyst. The doctor drained it. Carey is pregnant and due about Feb. if everything goes ok. Five grandchildren within two years! They sure are "gittin r done". That last is for Jennifer who just listened to Larry the Cable Guy for the first time.

A ps: Allison is awake, alert, at herself, eating a little, and passing urine like a Missouri mule on a flat rock. Hooray!

And while I was worrying and praying I dyed my silk. Notice the difference in color from outside to inside. Neither pic does it justice.

new update

Good news and bad. Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? Allison was sitting up and talking last night. This morning she is almost totally blind, on oxygen, and having a tube attached to her neck to receive medication. Good news: this will all reverse in 14 to 20 hours. The reason for all of this trauma is the magnesium she was given during the birth process. Her bp is normal and her output has risen from 24ml and hour to 261ml an hour. As soon as her kidneys flush out all the magnesium she will be ok. I, however, may never be the same again. I thought the nurses in nicu were unusally upset over the magnesium. The babies got it too, of course. Thomas is still on oxygen. He is the second one from the top in the pictures. Johnathan (the third one) and Reagan (the fourth one) are eating now. Reagan has a little jaundice and is under the light. The nurses have put a bow in her hair and sunglasses on her eyes. Jim says she looks like she is sunbathing on the beach. I don't know anything new about Zachary (the first one). I will keep updating as often as possible. Thank you Anji for your sweet email. I don't usually open them from people I don't know. Yours just "felt" special.

update

Three of the babies are doing fine. Little Thomas still has a breathing problem. They are hoping medication will take care of that, if not, a simple surgery procedure will fix it. Allison on the other hand is one very sick lady. She has pre-eclampsia, had lost a lot of blood . Her blood pressure at one point was 51 over 30 and we thought we were going to lose her. After 5 units of blood things are improving and her bp is now 109 over 65. Not great but a lot better. Her kidneys were not producing either but that is improving now. We are all praying very hard for her.

On a lighter note: Jennifers' little bear. Is he not adorable? She did him with a merino batt. I gotta learn how to do that. you all know that I am going to pick your minds for all the info I can get when I see you next week.

They are here!!!!!!

At 4:30 today my babies were finally born. Well not really mine, but I claim them all the same. We were surprised that one of the boys was larger than Reagan(the girl) He was a whopping 5lbs+. The rest were over 4and a half pounds. Little Johnathan, Zachary, Reagan and Thomas are all doing well. Only two of them are on respirators and little reagan is already sucking a pacifier. She is the one being held up. I haven't sorted out who is who with the boys. I didn't know babies that were premature had to learn how to suck but they do. Allison lost quite a bit of blood and is nauseous. All seem to be doing fine over all.

I was in the middle of dying roving when I got the call. Needless to say I came home to a soggy colorful mess. ( I took some of the color with me on my arms and hands) I wasn't too concerned with appearances. Well here are some pictures of my lovely younglings:
The babies aren't very small as you can see. I am so thankful that they are here and Allison can get some relief. It is past midnight now and I am off to bed . More later.

This is a picture of my oldest son, Clay, and his wife Carey. Today is her birthday and she got the lousiest gift in the world. For the 2nd time in 5 months she has to have surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. One of my sons has enough babies to share, and the other cannot seem to have even one. God surely does work in mysterious ways........A PS to this post. Turns out that Carey had a cyst on her tube and is either still pregnant or has had a miscarriage. I may not survive my children having children.

Well here is the latest pic of Allison. I don't know how she can go much longer. I hurt for her. She is still doing great but I think she looks tired. Can't imagine why.
I told Caroline that since she showed a dye job she hated I would show one of mine. The colors were all supposed to be as bright and crisp as the red. I dyed other rovings that day and they all came out good. I used the same technique and even used fresh dye. All the colors washed out except the red. It's all muddy looking. The other roving was dyed that day too and I honestly did not plan for it to come out the way it did, but its kinda neat. the purple is in the middle and the green is on either end. I made two coils of the roving and pour dyed it. And it just came out that way. I wish I could remember how I did it.

A little nostalgia here. Remember my brains and dredlocks? My very first spinning on a drop spindle. The yellow was at the end of the Shakerag class taught by Lynne, Sandy, and Lori. I am now hearing I-told-you-sos from friends that were in the class with me. For those of you who don't know, Spinnin Skinny is the title of this blog because I really really wanted to learn to spin like everyone else in the class. I am there now and wish I could spin designer yarn on purpose. I have been dying today and I am never satisfied with my results. Everyone else loves my rovings and I just want them to come out like I see them in my mind. Of course I am not right in the head so maybe that is the reason.

Allison is in week 32 and going strong. Her doctor is is amazed that she is doing so well. I guess that the babies are going to come here full term. Or almost Thank you God for taking care of the babies. Poor Jim and Allison were kind of hoping to have Allison come home without the babies so Allisom could recuperate for a while. I don't think that is going to happen. I think that they are coming home with her. I am so scared that they will be born while I am supposed to be in Alabama. I have obligations that I cannot ignore. Stuff happens. I am still going to the reunion/retreat and having a great time.

I have been knitting up some socks to take to the reunion and spinning up some stuff I dyed. I cannot believe that I spun that merino/tencel so blasted thin that I wish I had navajo plyed it. I had to cast on 72 sts it's so thin. It will take me a week and a half to knit these socks instead of a day and a half. My nursie sis Kathy wants to pound on my head for wearing my socks instead of selling them as art. HMPH! I don't have enough socks yet. Does one ever have enough socks? Here is what I have been working with: OOPS! I really wanted the pic here. Oh well. I am still learning and just proud and happy to have the picture anywhere. Note the middle left cuff. That is the skinny stuff but it ain't the only one. 'Give me some feed back. What do think about my colors. Don't be afraild to be honest. I don't take it personally and I really want to learn
Baby update. Allison is going into week 32 and doing it like a pro. Her Dr. sent her home for another week. She is just amazing. Babies probably weilgh close to 4 lbs each now. We have names. Reagan Leanne for the girl. Johnathan Carl, Zachary Frankllin, and Thomas Ervin. The Ervin is my Dads' middle name. My Mom cried when she found out they named one of the boys after Daddy. Well darn it I got a litle teary eyed myself.
I gotta go. Alumni weekend coming up and all those people want to eat and drilnk and breath and drink and play and drinkand drink and drink and make our lives as miserable as possible. But I am free as a bird after this. Than you God. I don't have a thing agailnst drinking but these people take it to new limits. And expect us to have ilt ready for them. Oh well. Later.