Today, June 3, 2003, at 8:34am, Scott's grandmother, Dorothy (a.k.a "Grandma Dot") passed away. I feel so honored to have met her and gotten to know her alittle during my relationship with Scott. She was a riot! Upon the news of her passing this morning, I felt my heart sink into my stomach and I just felt this overwhelming sense of sadness, but also a sense of peacefulness. Scott's grandma was 90 years old and Scott says she lived a very full life...at 90, how could you not!? As sad as all deaths are, I am thankful that Scott has had her in his life, that Meredith has had her in her life, and that Scott's parents have had her for so long. So many have lost their mom's in their 50's, 60's, 70's...to have a parent (or grandparent) make it into their 80's, 90's, sometimes even 100's, is a blessing and reason to celebrate their life. Grandma Dot will be missed tremendously.
May 15, 2008, birthday dinner for Grandma Dot and Meredith at On The Border.
(Grandma Dot all the way on the right)
After that news, my brother and I went to St. Lukes Hospital to see my grandpa, who is there. He was admitted Monday, had to have surgery, and will be there until at least tomorrow. Then he will be staying about another week or so for rehab (physical therapy) on his knee. Please keep my grandpa in your thoughts and prayers. It's very hard for me to see him in there, he is so uncomfortable, and he has been slightly forgetful (we are praying it's just the medication making him that way).
Jayden's back tooth is causing his gums to swell. *sigh*...my poor little guy. The dentist won't touch it unless we have about $3,000 ready to pay BEFORE he even does anything, and that's just to hold the spaces open for his adult teeth. Due to me having a high fever during my pregnancy, and then Jayden being born 2 months premature, he has extremely weak enamel, and no matter how often we brush, his teeth (mostly in the back) decay and crumble. The dentist reassured me that as these are baby teeth, he is not in pain (unless his gums become inflamed), it's more just an awkward feeling. But currently, his gums are swollen, just on one side. LUCKILY, he's not complaining much, he said it just feels "weird" when he bites down. I've been trying to get to the bottom of his insurance issues and why they won't cover the surgery, and trying to work something out with the dentist, who is a total jerk as it is. Ugh. What a pain...mostly for Jayden...but then for me as a mom to know that I can't control it. The more I brush, the more tooth crumbles, and clearly, I can't NOT brush his teeth (we brush 2-3 times a day), otherwise he'll develop more cavities and more decay. We can't win. The only good thing about this dentist and how he treats me is that he made it clear that he sees a lot of children who were once preemies that have this same thing. It also doesn't help that Desmond had horrible teeth as a child, similar to what is going on with Jayden. I was one of those kids that was good about brushing, but I wasn't like anal about it, and I didn't take the greatest care of my teeth (I just never really thought about it growing up, I brushed twice daily but skipped out on the dentist, and all of the other stuff), yet I never once got a cavity. My poor guy was cursed with some bad dental genes!
Hopefully, next week, I will begin babysitting a 5 month old little girl named Alyvia! I cannot wait! It'll be nice to have a baby around, make alittle extra money, and help her momma out! I am hoping that I am able to meet up and meet Alyvia tomorrow--with everything going on with my grandpa though, I am unsure of how that will all pan out. Hopefully though! If we can't get together tomorrow, I'm hoping that at some point over the weekend we're able to.
On a different note, I finished "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin-took me less than a day, and it was great! I am sad that there are no more books for me to read by her. I am starting one that I bought years ago and never read called, "Little Earthquakes" by Jennifer Weiner.
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