Re: In need of prayers

> Whew, this one is so long that I'm getting a headache just trying to think
> of where to start...

> OK, second week of July my oldest daughter got put on an insulin pump
> (that's good, better control of her diabetes and she has a more flexible
> diet). The only downside to that is a few weeks of checking on her EVERY
> TWO HOURS (meaning no reasonable amount of sleep, obviously I had to take
> time off from work).

> About ten days into getting her settled into her new pump my wife got put
> on very strict bed rest with over a month left in her pregnancy (meaning I
> was now responsible for 100% of keeping up with house and 3 kids 100% of
> the time on no sleep). After five or so days of her bed rest we finally
> got my daughter's pump settings finalized and I "thought" I was
> going to get some sleep. My choice was to sleep in my comfy bed with a
> chronically stressed pregnant woman or a lumpy couch. Either way I barely
> got any rest before school started. I had to march into the school to put
> the fear of disability lawyers into the school in order to get them to
> provide appropriate accomodations for my daughter.

> Once that got settled Lori went into labor at 35 weeks and 4 days (nearly
> 5 weeks early for those not in the know) and because of her blood pressure
> problems they let her go. On August 13th she had an 8 pound 1 ounce boy.
> The doctor said that he could have gotten to 12 pounds if he had gone 40
> weeks. So I had to get the older two off to school and the younger one to
> a babysitter for a couple of days while Mom and Baby were in the hospital.

> Then, 48 hours after her release she had to go to the ER for her blood
> pressure again (her highest reading was 182 over 124). We originally
> thought that her blood pressure problem was caused by the pregnancy when
> it was actually not. There was a few days after that point that were just
> a blur so I'm not to sure what happened during that time. I do know that
> this past Friday our van broke down. At first it seemed like a dead
> battery but even jump starting it didn't work as it wouldn't stay running.
> We used the insurance roadside assistance to have it towed to the dealer
> thinking it may be covered under warrentee... HA! They called back Monday
> and said it wasn't warrentee covered and would cost around $600 to fix. I
> decided to get a second opinion from a certified mechanic friend and I got
> a worse diagnosis that would end up costing $1500+ (more if it were
> delayed) because the dealer mechanic relied soley on the computer. At
> least I still have my motorcycle to get back and forth but it won't do
> much good come grocery time.

> And this past Monday I returned to work to find that I was critically
> behind on work and facing reprimand (not to mention that my boss is by
> leaps and bounds the worst commander I've worked for and I've been under a
> dozen or so). One of the things that I was behind on was a security patch
> for the server. I installed it first thing and set the reboot timer for
> Midnight so it wouldn't affect anyone working. I came in Tuesday morning
> and the server was DOA. After researching the problem, the patch that I
> was told to run perma-broke the server (I'm still rebuilding since it
> can't be fixed). To add further insult to the onslaught of injury, I
> received orders to go to South Korea (I haven't told my wife yet because
> it "would" cause her to have a stroke or heart attack).

> And there is my expansion upon the definition of stressed out. I've
> already had a few break-downs. I'm trying to make the best of this. My $
> situation has drastically improved since I got that van a year ago so if I
> can get out from under it I can get into a new one with bumper to bumper
> coverage. If I play my cards right I can even have it paid off in roughly
> a year (yes, my $ situation is that drastically different -