Lately, my family has had several "hiccups" in our day to day life. Hiccups sounds so much better than bad things. As many of you know, my Mother broke her leg and had surgery, we lost 3 dear friends to death and my precious cousin passed too. One more hiccup occurred just before the 4th of July holiday. My Mom was rushed to ER on Wednesday evening because she was very near death. She was moved to ICU after she was stablized. Her condition was listed as critical. She was given 4 more units of blood. She was given two at the time of surger five weeks earlier then she was rushed to ER 2 weeks ago where she received 2 more units. This lady has had 8 units of blood in the past 5 weeks. She is very strong and as she told my daughter on Friday she is just not ready to leave. I am happy to report she was moved to a regular room on Saturday night. She seems to be doing much better except for confusion. Good things came from this episode with my Mom. My sisters came into town and we spent some good quality time together. Luckily, we are a very close family but times like these always bring you a little closer.

I have been slack with AR and I do apologize. The friendships that I have built through Active Rain are very special to me. You are all so thoughtful and understanding. We will get past these hiccups in life. I know there is always someone who has more to deal with than we do. Ours are minor compared to some.