Let's see Jeff started to get sick last night with a high fever and of course that continued on so at 2 am when he woke up, I took him into the living room and he saw the Christmas present that Santa brought for him. I hurried and got Nick up and the boys spent a good 45 minutes playing with the train...it was a hit!
We were up early then, around 7 or so and got ready for the day since Nick's parents were coming up at 9. We were able to do presents before they got there... Nick had gotten lots of clothes, Santa was so good to Jeff, he got a pistol, a movie and a few outfits, and mom & dad got him an airplane that goes with the train set. He loved everything!
Well Nick's parents arrived safetly and we had a wonderful breakfast with them, and then exchanged gifts. We sat and visited for a good while and then they were off to another child's house. I headed out for a nice Christmas day run...it was gorgeous out...the day could not of been nicer.
Of course the day can't go just perfect... around 1:30 Nick got a phone call that his dad had collasped at Laura & Matt's. I felt so bad for Nick, he was a mess. He & I took off for Upper, but got a call down the road and they told us to wait because he was going to be life flighted up to St. Vincent's and that way we could be there when he arrived, so back home we went. Good thing we did too because Jeff was not being good for mom at all. I sat and rocked him and we waited forever for the phone call that said we could leave for the hospital. We arrived at St. V's and told them we were waiting on Life Flight to arrive, but of course they hadn't even left Upper yet. We waited about 1 1/2 hours and he finally got there. Poor Howard was a mess when we got back to see him, and Nick of course makes jokes the entire time to his dad. They took him off to CT and Nick & I went to have Christmas dinner in the cafeteria...some Christmas dinner, but the main thing was Howard was awake and alive, thank goodness!
I left the hospital around 730 and headed home to take care of Jeff. He was happy to see me that was for sure. We sat around and everyone let him open the rest of his presents and then we decided that we wanted to do our family Christmas too, so we started opening gifts. Nick & Ruthann arrived about 830 or so and we sat around for awhile and talked.
It was not the Christmas we planned by any means, but we won't be forgetting it any time soon!
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