#watcher'slog

Good news, everyone! Compadre and the kids (including BabyInNICU) are all in the recovery stages of Covid. Their tests have come back negative, and they’re cleared for school, work, and other public things. Two people from our parish have volunteered to get the kiddos back and forth from school. We’re running a meal train for the family, and are making sure that they have help with laundry and cleaning. BabyInNICU is off his oxygen, and has been doing very well. Compadre is well enough that he got to go visit BabyInNICU last Sunday night! Comadre is still sedated. She has a leak in her lung, and now has some subcutaneous air from the leak, making her look a bit puffy and weird. Her doctor says the leak is small and should heal itself. She has no air around the lungs and there’s no need for a chest tube or further intervention. She’s basically stable, which is better than getting worse, but not as well as we’re praying for. I’ve been able to sim again, and Robin River will be back this evening. Obviously, we could all still use your prayers, but it’s no longer as extreme as it was. We’ve gone from terrified to scared. Thank you, so very much, for your prayers and love. Thank you for your notes of support. I’m not going to send individual answers and replies, but know that I’ve read them all and I really appreciate them. After my horrible last year+ of medical drama, I know full well that the reason my compadres and I are doing as well as we are is because of all the love and prayers of people like you. God Bless you! Be safe. Be kind. Continue helping your neighbors. Love,

An update (of sorts) from me and the family for which I’ve been caring: I don’t think I mentioned it, but one of the issues is that my Compadre, the father of this family, is blind. So we can bring him all the groceries in the world, but without one of the kids, he can’t cook dinner because he can’t read the different boxes and canned goods. His blindness has led to all sorts of hardships and blessings, but not being able to drive in a town with very poor public transportation is one of them. That being the case, they were running out of diapers for DaughterAge1.5.

My apologies. If we’ve gotten to here, then my queue has run out of Robin River for the moment. (Though there’s enough food posts for a long time!) I spent a lot of time recently shopping, cooking, and delivering groceries for members of my family, specificallly two of my godchildren, their parents, and their siblings. The parents of the family, my compadres (not friends...my co-parents, the parents of my godchildren...there is no English word for how close we are), and their four youngest children have Covid. Compadre also has pneumonia and Comadre is also pregnant with their sixth child, BabyBoy. Their oldest son spent the summer living at his grandma’s, and though school has started, he’s still at her house because he can’t come home yet. In your kindness, please pray for Compadre, Comadre, SonAge14, DaughterAge12, DaughterAge10, SonAge9, DaughterAge1.5, and SonToBeBornThisFall, as well as all who love them and are trying to care for them.

I’ll be back as soon as I can with pictures and updates from Robin River. Until then, take care of each other, take care of yourselves, and check in on your friends. Please wear your masks and keep socially distant in real life. Please get vaccinated. Love,