We had to get Shayna to labs today, our car surrounded by walls of snow, the plow had not gotten to our street, and we've got the worst tires possible for driving on snow. I decided to take her in the afternoon (works better with our prograf dose schedule anyway) hoping the roads would be a little clearer and I could take a cab. So at 3:30 I call Yellow Cab to see if they could get me to the hospital between 4:30-5pm. No dice. I then looked at the bus schedule. It's a 2-bus, 1hr trip on a normal day. So pulled out my last resort card and called Judy, my good friend's mother-in-law who has been helping us with everything from the very beginning. She and Gerry were at the grocery stocking up for the next storm (current predict up to 10") and the store was very crowded. None the less, they came to my rescue and picked Shayna and I up at 4:20 with a carseat already in the car. The drive to was a little sketchy but not bad, lab took 25 minutes, but the drive home was another heroic effort of 60 minutes. Without these labs results back by our Thursday Dr. apt, we won't know if we can go home so I had to get to the hospital for it today so Gerry and Judy saved the day again.
Shayna is her usual amazing self and has begun to listen to instructions (like "stay" when she wants to worm and squirm for a diaper change). She goes through these intellectual and physical leaps from one day to the next and just blows us away. When she stands in her crib, she's still scared to let go to sit again so needs rescuing when she's tired. (When she just wants to play, she'll get up and down no problem.) When she's tired she just gets overwhelmed and works herself into a fit. Luckily she'll go straight down with a little calming.
Nahum and I are concerned the approaching storm may delay our home coming by a week. And I have no idea how we're going to get to the hospital on Thursday if it really snows 10". We'll figure something out. What is life without a little excitement. At least they plowed our street while I was out. Now there's only 4" of packed snow.
Here the princess is at the bottom of our front steps on Saturday.
You guys are getting more snow than we do here! Not fair! ;-) This is great picture of Shayna in this white world. Glad you made it to the hospital. Crossing fingers that you will next make it home!!! Cheers, Florence.
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