So, my two young hawklings are BOTH doing well - the one who faltered a bit has regained his wings and is sailing along nicely. The doctors are predicting/tentatively anticipating that both boys will be ready to go home when they reach 35 weeks, which will be in a little over a week from now. [...]

Time for a story. First, the babies are holding their own - still in the NICU, but doing better every day. The elder of the two (by fifteen minutes) was smaller (by 10 oz.) and anemic because at birth, something called twin-to-twin transfusion occurred. Some of his blood spurted from him to his brother via [...]

Well, the saga that began on Monday when my daughter was admitted to the hospital six weeks ahead of her due date because she had preclampsia finally ended last night when she delivered two beautiful, identical twin boys. Her huband, her sister (my other daughter), her best friend, her mother-in-law and I were pretty much [...]

And I feel better already! It was in the low fifties yesterday and is supposed to be in the mid-fifties today. Yesterday it felt downright tropical to me! (Stop laughing, Island Girl!!!!!) ANYway, after all the busy-ness last weekend (daughter’s baby shower that had a cast of thousands, and at which she received everything and [...]

Just when you truly believe you have grown so old and cynical that nothing much can touch you anymore, you go and get touched. I went this morning with my daughter to have her ultrasound, which she’s been having every two weeks since they discovered that she is having twin boys. She is due to be [...]

Written yesterday at work:
Can anybody say excruciating????? I cannot, cannot, cannot concentrate on writing *work* stuff. I really and truly can’t.  # 1, there are two young chippies in the office next door to mine having a loud and raucous discussion about home buying; they really don’t have a clue what they’re talking about, but [...]