My vacation was restful though I had projects planned every day. That is just the way I am, always having a project. Ten days of much needed time at home and spending more time with my husband and sons. We had two Thanksgiving dinners, one including many people at my sister’s home and one at my house which was fewer people. Everything came to a climax at the end of my vacation when my son Mike wanted to attend a concert at The Station in Portland. There was a band called Job for a Cowboy, full blown metal stuff. We agreed to let our son John transport Mike and look out for him, making sure the wheelchair gained access easily.
                     I guess it got extremely crowded and at some point Mike was having difficulty breathing, including a dry cough. Before they decided to leave, John went to get a cool drink to give his brother when he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some fool was doing a high kick and as John turned his head, caught the kick to the face. It was reckless accident on the kid’s part. John reacted and jumped on him but a security guard stopped it. The security guard supposedly witnessed the accident but nobody has come forward to claim being a witness. John, unfortunately never got the kid’s name.
                     Upon leaving Mike was having a lot of difficulty breathing and John transported him to the hospital close to the time Mike passed out in the van. Mike received an oxygen treatment, chest x-ray, and a nebulizer treatment. Meanwhile John’s face began to swell and he was seen by the staff. He was given an MRI and found that he had three fractures to the cheek, and may need to see a plastic surgeon. Needless to say, my husband and I did not receive much sleep that night. They never called us except when they were discharged from the hospital. Come to find out, Mike passed out because his lungs don’t function that well and he is not expelling enough CO2, which is part of his progressive MD. This caused him to pass out. Today Mike saw his cardiologist and pulmonary doctor. John will be seeing the plastic surgeon soon. As a parent you always want to be near your kids in the event something should happen but John handled everything quite fine. Things are better today.
                     Aside from all that excitement, I am still working on the Redbank Project. I have some projects I wish to put together for Maine Irish Heritage Center also. Since Christmas is nearly here, I have several custom ornament orders. The site I have at www.cafepress.com/redbankgirl  made me think of names and how many actually share the same names. I Googled ‘redbankgirl’ and came up with a few people that call themselves that name, however, it is Redbank, NJ. Then I Googled ‘likes2write’ and of course even though I own the domain, some have chosen that name, maybe before I did. I should have researched it. One ‘likes2write’ is big beautiful and trying to conceive. I can assure you that is not me. Her blog is very different from my style; nevertheless, I wish her well. There is another fellow who writes poetry and his poems are full of passion and emotion and he uses the name likes2write as well. It is interesting that we all use the same name. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving