This weeks been full of surprises

Wild orchid from the Appalachian Trail compliments of you know who!!

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Afternoon Sweet Friends,

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This is gonna be short, but thought I would

just say Hi and let you know what is going on

in my world today.

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Yesterday I rec'd a call from a neice who lives

in the panhandle that I haven't seen or talked

to in awhile, anyway, she is coming our way

because she has a really sick baby on her hands,

and they are sending her to a pediatric

Gastroenterologist about 45 mins away from

us. She has an appt. tomorrow at 1:30 to see

the Dr., please pray that the Dr. will have the

wisdom he needs to help her (actually I think

she might have said the Dr. is a lady) anyhow,

or that the Lord would just graciously heal

this lil 11 mos old boy, named Bryson.

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He has lactose intolerance and allergies,

they give him zyrtec daily, and he is one

some special formula that is $30.00 a can.

He has acid reflux problems and diahrrea

so badly that she has to give him pedialyte

all the time, but every few weeks she has

to take him to the emergency room to

have him infused with it because he gets

so dehydrated. He has also had constant

ear infections since birth and has been

on a lot of antiobiotics which I am sure

has not at all helped his problems, but

what are ya gonna do!!

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They try to pump

him full of probiotics to help that issue.

He has already had several surgeries,

to put tubes in his ears and to remove

his adnoids, which did help the infections

some, and there is so much more she

said but don't remember it all and too

much to tell anyway. She and her

husband have really been thru it to

say the least, they also have another

little boy named Jacob and I think

he is about 4-5 years old.

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Of Course, we told her to come and stay

with us cause they will probably need to

be here for a few days at least to get some

tests done. I told her today that they

have a big Childrens Hospital in Orlando

called Arnold Palmer Childrens hospital

and maybe she should ask the Dr. if she

would consider sending her there.

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They truly need some answers... this

little guy is suffering. His bottom is

just burnt and because she has to

keep him covered in Vaseline to protect

him from getting more burned the air

also can't get to it to heal and he has

a horrible diaper rash as well.

My heart can hardly stand to think

about how miserable he must feel,

yet she says he is a very happy baby

in spite of it all. Has to be God's

grace is all I can say!!

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We are so happy to get a chance to

see her and visit with her but we sure

hate it is under such sad circumstances.

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I'm back, went to work on din din for

a bit. I am making something called

Parma Rosa spaghetti. It is really a

great meatless meal with lots of veggies,

we all really love it, and the leftovers heat

well and still

taste great. I always like that!!

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I will try to post the recipe in a few

days when I get the chance.

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Oh yea, just to let you know .....they put

the amount of the bogus checks back in our acct.

last night, so it isn't gonna cost us!! God is so good!!

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Had a few comments about the vinegar, yes, it works

great on glass and windows as well.

Have you every had your dishes look cloudy

coming out of the dishwasher??. If so,

put a cup or so of vinegar in a bowl

that will fit between the prongs on

the lower level and run your dishwasher

with or without dishes in it, and it will

cut all that dried soap that get on the

walls of dishwasher and make it sparkling

clean, you might have to do it a number

of times if you have a long time build up,

but just keep doing it till your dishes

and the inside look nice and shiny.

One of the best tips I ever learned.

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I actually put vinegar in my rinse aid

dispenser in my dishwasher, has

worked fine for quite some time now.

Definitely cheaper than cascade rinse aid,

and works just as well if not better!!

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Well Gang, Have a great Evening,

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Gotta run finish dinner

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Hugs and Blessings,

Nellie

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P.S. Guess I just can't do short!! ha