Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mom has a cold?

Now I seem to have a mild cold, which is more or less devastating. If Dad does not feel better, neither one of us can see Loki. I am praying that this will be just a few days thing so I can see Loki before and after his surgery. I keep thinking about how he must feel not having his Mom and possibly Dad around, just strangers at this very scary and crucial moment. I will see my own doctor later this morning and will just try to sleep, sleep, sleep to get it out of my system. Hard to believe I got a cold at this point in time.... Also, need to figure out a way to talk to the doctors taking care of him, and make sure the musical bear stays close to his side. OMG!

Dad did seem to feel much better yesterday, so hopefully he will be able to cuddle with Loki very, very soon.

And then of course the most important thing of all, Loki has to stay healthy despite the germs he has been exposed to from both his Mom and Dad!

Update from Dad (1 PM): Mom and I seem to have different colds or flus. Mine is very mild, and I suspect that I will visit Loki tomorrow and accompany him to UCSF (if that actually happens).

6 comments:

Unknown said...

He will do fine - he's the feisty little dude, remember!!! Call in the troops if you do have to stay away. You have an amazing support group just waiting to be needed. We miss you....nana/mom

marieke said...

Those are very good words from Janie! Come on dad, get better and mom, there is nothing you can do than sleep and rest. Ask somebody to give Loki his bear to take with him in this adventure, there must be somebody who can do that. We all send lots and lots of good vibes over to Loki and you two. It will be allright, I'm sure!! En toch voel je je er natuurlijk machteloos bij......dat snap ik heel goed. Dikke X

Anonymous said...

Ooh wat verschrikkelijk balen, ik hoop dat het heel snel beter gaat met je en dat dad de stijgende lijn vasthoudt. Het zijn voor jullie naturlijk slopende maanden geweest en dan ben je toch vatbaar. Ik denk aan jullie en stuur in gedachten allerlei virus- en bacterieverdelgers op jullie af.
Kus Maaike

Anonymous said...

Lieve mom en dad, wat balen dat jullie ziek zijn, arme Loki, moet even zonder jullie, ik ga ook voor jullie kaarsjes branden, probeer maar veel te slapen om energie op te doen voor straks.
lieve groet van Greet

Anonymous said...

Dear dad,
It would be great if you can accompany Loki on his way to the other hospital. Let's hope mom's cold isn't too bad either so she can be there with Loki on Thursday.

berkeleygal77 said...

by the way, Loki was just the answer to a clue on Jeopardy, something about "which trickster stole Freya's necklace." :-)

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