It’s been a while since I have put anything on this. Arrived back in Indiana on the 17th at 12:15 a.m. Greg came in the car with the dogs and Amanda and Cameron rode with me. It was a long trip with a new baby and 3 dogs. Tom had come home on Easter Sunday. I didn’t go to work on that Friday as I was really tired and I had told Mike I probably wouldn’t come in till Monday. Sunday the 19th was Amanda’s birthday so we had everyone over for a meal and cake and ice cream. She had told me not to worry about her birthday but I said it was the first time I had gotten to spend her birthday with her since she went in the service and I wasn’t letting it go by without doing something.
They have been staying over at Jenn and Charlie’s since they have more room but we have gotten to spend quite a bit of time with them. I am really going to miss them when they go home. They will be leaving tomorrow or Tuesday. Cameron has a well baby check on Wednesday. He will also be going to the University of North Carolina on Thursday for a sweat test. They called Amanda last week and Cameron tested positive for one mutation for Cystic Fibrosis. That doesn’t mean he has it but could be a carrier. They say that both parents have to carry the gene for a child to have it. Don’t think anyone in our family has ever been told they are a carrier. Please say some prayers for him, Amanda and Greg. Will let you all know when we find out the results. Amanda said they should have the results late in the day.
Tom has decided to go ahead and retire from IBM. His last day is tomorrow but there is a bridge that carries him over to the 30th as far as the paycheck goes. They are having a retirement luncheon on Tuesday. I am going to try to take off a couple of hours so I can go in for it. He has talked to a couple of people about part-time jobs but I think he is going to take the summer off so that we can spend it together. We would like to take a couple of trips and it would make it easier if he wasn’t working. I am going to continue to work for now. We get a year’s worth of insurance at the rate we were paying but after that year, I will probably have to take it out thru the school. We really haven’t decided if we want to stay in Wabash or go south. It is all rather scary but I know that God will take care of us and lead us where he wants us to go.
Well, I think that is all the news for now. Till later. Linda
Wow, that was a news-packed entry. Will certainly be saying prayers for little Cameron (and Greg and Amanda). Is it routine that they do genetic testing for all these things now? How would you know if someone in the family was a carrier?
Will also be saying some prayers as you and Tom transition into Tom’s retirement. It is scary at first, but God does provide for all our needs. The trick is to be able to determine what is “need” and what is “want”.