Wednesday, May 30, 2007

NEW NEWS!!!

Michael and Carolynn have a new baby boy named Lucas Harleigh. He is 8 pounds 5 ounces and 21 inches. He has lots of black hair and seems to be a mild-mannered, happy baby with long feet.

Aunt Lisa just has a couple more tasks to complete before she goes in for bariatric surgery. The left side of her heart is so enlarged they said she could die instantly if anything happens. Her knees are in such bad shape, they have to be replaced but they can't do the surgery for at least 2 years after the bariatric surgery. So she will be getting cortizone shots in the knees every 3 months until then.

Angela is reading now and even helps Tommy with the hard words.
Jessica is taking vocational classes in high school and working part-time.
George has to take 2 classes during the summer cause he failed them.

Susan still has a bad cough from a cold she had a month ago. The cough is so bad that she pulled a muscle from coughing in the middle of the night. They prescribed vicodin, so she feels no pain now.

Grandma had a colon polyp removed and is waiting for the results.
The wheeze she had x-rayed is just calcium deposits in the lungs that many people develop from living in Michigan.
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland area is ranked #24 out of 25 of the worst ozone levels in the country.
Chicago is #20, Detroit is #8 in short-term particle pollution.
We are surrounded by pollution! AAaaagh...!!! I can't --- br....eathe....

Melanie and Bebo are in Hawaii for a friends wedding. The air in Honolulu is some of the cleanest in the country.