An update (of sorts) from me and the family for which I’ve been caring:
I don’t think I mentioned it, but one of the issues is that my Compadre, the father of this family, is blind. So we can bring him all the groceries in the world, but without one of the kids, he can’t cook dinner because he can’t read the different boxes and canned goods. His blindness has led to all sorts of hardships and blessings, but not being able to drive in a town with very poor public transportation is one of them.
That being the case, they were running out of diapers for DaughterAge1.5.
A mutual friend, pregnant with their third, brought the needed diapers to my house last night so I could deliver them today.
And got in a car wreck on the way home. She and her baby spent the night in the ER, and were released at about 4:30 this morning. They will both be okay. Which is good, because I would have a hard time living with myself if she miscarried the baby while helping me help friends.
Comadre’s been in and out of ICU for a week. Because of her pregnancy, her body was refusing to help itself and instead was using all the attention and help from the hospital to keep Baby well. He was due October 14. To help them both, she had a c-section today. They were both completely sedated for the birth (Comadre’s been intubated for a while because she isn’t breathing well.) LittleBoy had to be immediately intubated because of the sedation. He started off with 100% oxygen and lots of help from the machine, but he’s already down to 45% oxygen and less than half of his breaths are machine-supported. He weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces, which isn’t bad for being born at 32 weeks. Neither he nor Comadre are out of the woods, everyone on staff seems genuinely hopeful for both of them.
Compadre’s pneumonia isn’t any better, what with taking care of the rest of the family and supporting their online schooling. Now that the his wife and youngest are closer to better, he hopes to be able to rest some.
I’ve been running their meal train and organizing groceries and such. My feet hurt worse than they have in a long time, but I hope to be able to give them some rest soon. I hope to be able to get back to Robin River this afternoon.
Thank you for your prayers and love, for me, for them, for your own families and friends.
Be safe. Be Kind. Love your neighbor.
