Thoughts and Prayers Please

[explorer2001]

It has been a tough few days. I could use all the thoughts and prayers you have got.

1) I just got off the phone with my aunt. My cousin had her baby yesterday (after a really tough pregancy where she lost his twin early on and then a long rough labor). Baby wasn't breathing and was rushed to a NICU at another hospital. My cousin never got to meet or hold her baby. Her husband went with baby and my aunt stayed with my cousin, because she got a bad fever and had to stay where she was. She's doing better today and will be released from her hospital to finally meet her baby. Her husband and my aunt have been amazing. But my cousin is really stressed, exhausted, and struggling. Baby is off the ventilator but he still needs lots of help and will be in the NICU for a while.

2) My mentee's mom is in the hospital. I have been playing tag team with other family friends if theirs to make sure mentee and her baby brother (who is 3) have what they need and have adults around as much as possible. I visited mom in the hospital yesterday before a shift with the kiddos after I got off work. Mom doesn't get how sick she is and threatened to sign herself out AMA to be with the kids. I hope this hospital stay becomes the reality check she needs to start taking care of herself so she can take care of her kids. Mentee is pulling the totally stoic I-can-handle-this thing, saying she will skip robotics club to take care of baby brother. She also is behind on her school work and the counselor from school has said the poor kid is too stressed out, but mom doesn't think having her be second parent to her brother is the issue. I wish I could do more for my mentee. I'm heading back over there this afternoon after their church friend takes them to church this morning. Mom is still insisting she will be home today so there is no need to plan for the week ahead, nor will she add anyone to the kids approved lists at school/daycare so even when we try to help, we basically can't - or at least can't if it involved the kids getting to school and daycare and still going to work ourselves. I just hope we can keep the kids taken care of. 

Update: Mentee's mom is out of the hospital and still sick. I'm staying in touch as best I can with work hours.

Update 2: Cousin just texted a beautiful picture of her holding her baby. Baby is still in the NICU but making progress in the right direction.

[Deleted]

Oh, explorer, absolutely sending thoughts of health to both cousins baby and mentees mom. And to you, as you navigate through this with them.

Hopeful for positive updates in the future. I can't imagine having a baby and not meeting him/her after birth.

[crashgizmo]

Thoughts and prayers to both of them, and you. Hang in there!

[liveintheville]

Tons of good thoughts headed your way. What horrible positions for cousin and mentee to be in.

[audette]

Oh, man. Holy stressballs. Keeping you and mentee and family in my thoughts!

[monsterz]

That sounds rough. Sending good thoughts your way.

[UnderProtest]

Good thoughts sent. You are a great person to be doing so much for your mentee. I hope both situations end up okay.

[mbcdefg]

Good thoughts your way

[explorer2001]

Feb 8, 2015 11:21:03 GMT -5 audette said:

Oh, man. Holy stressballs. Keeping you and mentee and family in my thoughts!

LOL. Yes stressballs. If it weren't the middle of tax season, I could probably roll with the school/daycare/work thing, but yeah tax season.

[asoctoberfalls]

T&P to you. That all sounds really rough.

[incognitony]

Feb 8, 2015 11:12:24 GMT -5 crashgizmo said:

Thoughts and prayers to both of them, and you. Hang in there!

This tons of thoughts and prayers for both of them and you as well!!

[nsl]

Lots of thoughts for both families!

[raangoli]

Sending good thoughts to both families.

[curtains]

So many thoughts and prayers coming your way! Hang in there.

[compassrose]

((Hugs)). That's got to be so frustrating re: your mentee. T&P for everyone involved in both situations.

[konapoppy]

Good thoughts for everyone!

[WOT?*]

Lots of thoughts and prayers for your cousin, her baby, your mentee and her family. What a lot to be going through for all of them.

[tine]

Thoughts & Prayers. This is a lot.. Hope everything turns out okay.

[Myrrhine]

I will be praying for both families.

[MrsE]

Yikes. That's a lot all at once. Ts&Ps heading your way.

[Deleted]

So many fingers crossed do you all!

[lime]

((explorer))

[Pom]

(((Big Hugs))) and thoughts and prayers.

[explorer2001]

Bumping. Updates in the OP. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers. Any continued T&P are welcome as well.

[konapoppy]

Great update! Will keep thinking good things!

[Poppy]

Glad to hear that baby is doing OK. Hugs.