Mom / Grandma Judy surgery

Well, I must say it's been an eventful day! Mom / Grandma has not been feeling well and went to the Dr this morning. He scheduled a CT scan this afternoon and was sent to the emergency room after her Dr read the results. She had surgery for her appendix at about 8:00 pm. It takes forever to get a semi-emergency surgery. The appendix was leaking which was what was causing her to not feel well and giving her the pain. The surgeon had to do more work than he had originally thought but she came through okay. Her appendix (what was left of it) is now gone and she is left with some very unhappy organs as the surgeon put it. The organs need to start working before she can go home. She will be sore for awhile and because of the extensive surgery, she will need to be in the hospital for a few days. Maybe Thur or Fri she will come home.Jim / Grandpa will be staying with us. We will all filter in and out of the hospital for the next few days.I left Mom / Grandma at about 1:00 am and I think she was going to try to sleep. Mom / Grandma is at Alexian Bros in Elk Grove Village. She is in room 646-2. The phone # is 847-437-5500 x6462. She has a window and a roommate!Please call me anytime and I will fill you in on how she is doing at that time.home - 630-289-9557cell - 630-632-4918 - best way to get in touch with mework - 630-250-4917 (I may work a few hours in the middle of the day)I will update this every night.I'm confidant that Mom / Grandma will be fine, she will just need time to heal.Love, Deb

Rebecca's new address

Aunt Meg e-mailed me a new address for Rebecca if anyone wants to write her:
LTJG Rebecca Faunt
USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57)
FPO AP 96671-1177

I think she is going fine.

Love,

Aunt Deb, MOM, just plain Deb

new baby / Cubs convention

Talia & Chris finally had their new baby boy! Joseph Scott Cushman was born on Sat, 1/17/09 @ 2:43 pm. He weighed in at 9 lbs 1 oz and is 20 3/4 in long. Congratulations to Talia, Chris, Lexi & Livi on their new addition!

The Cubs Convention was awesome! Not quite as crowded.... but we had a record 20 people in our group. Some of my new favorite players are Jeff Samaradzija, Reed Johnson and Aaron Miles. They were awesome in the panel discussions and were accessible for autographs. Of course I still like Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot and of course my most favorite - Ryan Dempster. The coaches called Dempster a "10" in playing ability and team member. So hopefully, his 2009 will be another good year for Dempster and the rest of the team. I always leave the convention very excited!

Pic's coming soon of both Joseph and the convention.

Aunt Deb, MOM or just plain Deb

Rebecca

Hi all,

Rebecca is leaving for her ship duty on Friday, 1/9/09. I believe she is going to the middle east but she really can't tell us. She expects to be gone 6 months. She is not flying "on" to the ship but expects to "fly" off when her tour is up. Her e-mail address is: fauntr@cg57.navy.mil and her address if you would prefer to write her is:
HSL-45 DET 4
UNIT 25494
FPO AP 96601-5536

Aunt Meg is in CA now and will get to see Rebecca off. I belive Ian may be finished with boot camp soon, maybe in a few weeks and then he will be home for a few weeks. He will then be off again.

Let's all keep Rebecca, Brandon, Ian and Aunt Meg & John in our prayers.

Aunt Deb, Mom or just plain Deb