WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Hey Friends, Boy - How time flys! Sorry to be absent so long. Since going to UVA with my sick baby and her Dad, I've been either baby-sitting my precious grand daughter or working in the yard. Not to mention taking the day off for Mothers Day to be with my girls. All this worry about my daughter has been a real blog killer. The only time I wasn't feeling stressed was when I was digging holes for trees. (and at my age and physical no-condition it was a job just to keep from passing out!!!) Now to finish this story - my daughter is going to be OK - I feel sure of it! She was finally able to get a prescription from Canada for her stomach (will be here soon) and the other issues are finally being addressed. The medical world is slower than any sloth you ever saw on TV. It's truly a wonder anyone makes it out of a hospital.
I've got one street festival to do on May 30 & 31, so I'll be busy for the next few days.
I notice several new followers on my blog, so I'm going to say Hi to them.
I'll be back soon!
Happy Trails.

Dr. Wang

Hey Friends, We made it back from UVA pretty late. We were all pretty tired from riding in a small car and sitting a lot in waiting rooms. Jessi was pretty much out of it or asleep the entire day. The only thing that happened was the doctor and his nurse took a lot of history notes and flipped through her medical records and viewed a CD of her CAT SCAN (is that spelled correctly?) Basically how he summed it up was, the Roanoke doctors had already performed the basic or obvious and easiest tests. Now Dr. Wang wants to dig a bit deeper. He drew blood and collected a urine sample for tests he said he will evaluate with other specialists. We go back on April 7 for a barium type test of her upper bowel. Shhheeewww, the best part of hospital waiting rooms is catching up on your reading. Next visit I'll be taking the book I bought from Alyson Stanfield - "I'd rather be in the Studio". Apparently this is going to be a long drawn out process, because Dr Wang doesn't have "A Magic Bullet"!!
Happy Trails

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Hey Friends, We are off to UVA today! Jessi's consultation appt. is at 3:30. We are about 2 maybe 2 1/2 hours from this hospital learning/teaching center. I've always heard great things about this place. My sister takes her youngest adopted child here every 2 or 3 months so they can stay on top of her disease - HIV. It's totally under control or remission might be the word, because the people seem to know what they are doing. I'm hoping and praying they will figure out Jessi's problem quickly. I included the picture above of Jessi (on the right) and her sister, Angie (who will be having a baby in Sept) just so you can connect this face with my posts.

On a quick lighter note (this is supposed to be a blog about my art work) I did paint an hour this morning on a commission for 3 pieces with flowers and insects as the theme. I'll show them to you soon, I hope. Wish us luck.

Happy Trails