Coming Home

Thanks for all your well wishes and comments regarding our daughter. 
She may be able to come home today, so crossing our fingers.  She had a pretty good day yesterday, but still fighting fever in the evenings.

I am on my way out the door now to see her and hopefully talk to the Dr to see when she can come home.

I want to give you the heads up that I finally was able to update my Dreamscape Studio/Fairy Dust Designs Facebook page.  The albums are slowly getting loaded, so please go check it out and hit the LIKE button. There is still more to come. The link is down on my sidebar.

Must run, and will hopefully be coming home early with Shaelyn. Yayyy!!!

MIA

Sorry this will be a little bit long.
I'm sorry for not being around lately. Not intended.  My, still baby girl to me (who is 10) has been in the hospital since Monday afternoon.
She had started vomiting on Sunday night.  Monday morning still not feeling 100% but as the day progressed, she couldn't sit or walk upright.  She also had trouble lifting her right leg.  So I called my BFF and told her the symptons, since she is really knowledgeable about this kind of stuff. I thought it was just cramping from the 24 hour flu.  She was still vomiting everything she ate and drank.  We went to the Dr's and when he saw her hunched over and not able to lift her leg, he tried to get her to lay down.  Checking her stomach he told me I needed to get her to emergency within the hour.  It was a possible blocked bowel since he could here nothing for movement in her abdomen.  They would call an ambulance if I wanted but I opted to take her myself since we both figured we would get in faster.  They faxed over a rush Dr's note saying she needed to be rushed in and an IV for dehydration.
Long story short, we still had to wait an 1½ once there in the waiting room, she's in a wheelchair huddled over in obvious pain.  She vomited again.  Finally we got called and they tried to do a blood test as well as a IV all at the same time to save all the poking.  Couldn't find her veins so they ended up taking blood first.  She was a real trooper.  She just layed there.  After finally getting an IV in, she was still really thirsty and they wouldn't give her anything.  Tylenol was given for the pain.  Did x-rays and all the blood work needed. It all came back negative for a blocked bowel but they knew something was wrong.  They brought in a surgeon specialist to check her over.  By this time, 4½ hrs passed.  Long story short (sorry after all that), they determined that they need to get her into the OR.  They were thinking it could be her appendix.  He said they would do a laperoscopy and check it but even if it wasn't her appendix, they would probably just take it out anyway since it doesn't do anything and this way they were safe just in case.  He wheeled her off to the OR at 10:30 and told us we should go home and tend to our other two and he would call when she was in the recovery room.
We got the call at 12:15 am that she would be in her room at 12:30 so off we went to the hospital. When we got there she looked pretty good considering and was pretty talkative.  A little drowsy though.  Talked to the Dr and turns out her appendix had ruptured in the emergency probably about an hour before going up to OR.  That was when her pain seemed to subside a little.  It had alleviated the pressure when it ruputured.
I have been going up there everyday and all day, coming home today for a 2 hour nap and then back at supper today.  I hate leaving her there but I think it caught up to me.  She is doing pretty good considering this is her first visit to the hospital and staying over.  She still isn't eating or drinking much, just started to sit up and walk around a little, but still vomiting when she eats and fighting a fever off and on still.  The Dr said it is a slow recovery.  Not sure when she will get to come home but hoping for the weekend.
Don't think she will be going to school the first week either. What a way to end the summer holidays.
I'm off to bed so I can get up early and be there early.  She wants me to stay the night so I may just do that. Pack up some of my craft stuff to keep me occupied when she naps.
I will do my best to pop back on.  Thanks for dropping by.

Grommets

So today, as promised a few days ago, I want to share with you the gift my daughter made for her friend's birthday gift. 

Shaelyn has always sewn a little with me for a couple of years, but last year I put her into a sewing camp that a local quilt shop (Linda's Quilt Shop) puts on for kids during the summer.  It is awesome - Monday to Friday, 9-12 and munchies are all included and they make 3 projects.  She loved it.  So in August, she is doing the next level.  She is really excited and I'm glad she is enjoying it.  My Mother would be very proud of her, as am I.

OK, so on to the purse.  We got this pattern a couple of days ago and Shaelyn decided it would make a great birthday gift.  I thought she was right and could probably sew most of it with a little guidance.

Pretty cute huh?  And not difficult.  Her friend loves purple so Shae chose two co-ordinating fabrics.  We lined the inside with black and added pockets with one of the printed fabrics.  You can also see in the close up picture of the pocket, I made a label for her to put inside to make it a little more personalized.  You have to print backwards and then iron it on.  I think it is a perfect touch.

And here is a close up of the grommets.  They are so simple to use since they just snap on.  

I helped her with the lining and the handles, but Shae did the pocket herself.  They are actually the perfect size for a young lady or yourself.  I will have to try and do another one for my now:) 

We just wrapped the other gifts and put them inside - except for one other larger bulkier gift that wouldn't fit and I will show you that soon too.  We were at the beach yesterday afternoon and I got some pictures of Shaelyn using hers so you could have a better view of it.

So that is if for today.  We are going to all go and see Eclipse tonite.  Shae has already seen it, but is totally game on going again.  I wonder why LOL. 

Anyway, I will talk at you all tomorrow.  Have a great weekend!