February 19 Health Is To Be Cultivated

By Rosebud -

FEBRUARY 19, 2019


Since we were trying to design this trip for the kids to miss as little choir as possible, we knew our schedule would be tight.  Nearly every weekend of this year had a choir event scheduled.  They had a music competition on Feb 16th.  

The original plan had us leaving on Monday immediately after choir (9pm, for those keeping track) With 3 drivers, we could go through the night, arriving in CA Tuesday afternoon.  Since our flight was Thursday morning, that would give us about a day to hang out with Kennedy relatives before spending Wednesday at a hotel near LAX.  



There’s that line about the best laid plans of mice and men.  Well, we had some mice in the wirings.  


Four weeks before the trip, Grisha broke his finger.  

Not a big deal. 


Two and a half weeks before the trip, Grisha broke (and sprained!) his ankle.  

 He only needed a boot for 3 weeks, which was exactly the day we flew.  It would be annoying for him, but not horribly disruptive to the trip. 
So…. not TOO big a deal, maybe? 
The day after that, Steven’s appendix ruptured and he had surgery.
  But he recovered well and the surgeon said that he was totally safe to travel.  (Until we said where we were going.  At which point the Dr. said that Steven needed his own personal physician watching over him and the surgeon kindly offered to take the job.)  
So… not a big deal?  I think? 



Five days before the trip, Irene ended up in the hospital with cellulitis. 


 We’ve been to this rodeo before, so a days’ worth of IV antibiotics and she was back home with a normal prescription.  Not a big deal… right?  

Wrong.  

Two days before we were scheduled to leave, Irene was BACK in the hospital.  The antibiotics weren't effective.   

 Two more nights in the hospital and they sent her home.  Every doctor and nurse swore up and down that she was healthy to travel and, if she were their daughter, they'd continue on the trip as planned.   



So, nibbling our nails to nubs - we set out.

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