Yamim Noraim

Yamim Noraim

Teresa’s mom fell and broke her hip in FLA (my friend and coworker) :(

Frail older lady who suffers from osteoporosis and anemia (come to find out that she needed blood transfusions after the surgery because she lost so much blood) 

Teresa and I have become pretty close these last few years...

Alarm to our house went off – constables dispatched, kids re-living trauma: 

No harm, no foul - there was really no reason for the alarm to have gone off - I remember checking the mail and then turning the key in the lock, but the front door was open when the officers arrived. I also remember setting the alarm off before I left, and checking the keypad to make sure the proper lights were lit and nothing was red or yellow or some number indication. It all looked good so I left and rearmed the alarm.

When I first walked in and it looked like the place had been ransacked (as is the normal state of my house on most days) I only saw the coffee table which is pushed in front of the TV table so my new walkers won't topple the TV over on themselves. So I initially though the plasma screen was gone, but it was there as was the XBox which the officer noticed I didn't seem too worried about. For some reason all that was different is that we were left with a mysterious white medical grade cord in the middle of the living room that we can't figure out what it belongs to.

Mezuzah question from officer- "What is this?"

my simplified answer - "It protects the house." 

His retort -  “It sure did it’s job this time”

Dr Katkin’s office – clinic visit at TCH

Panic attack – walking through doors of the bldg information center which is next to the ER. No fear until we entered the building and then a continuous building shaky feeling all through the lobby area to the area where we waited for the elevator to the clinic. Too much anguish there in the building? Or maybe my residual trauma from all we have endured there? I think I may need some therapy LOL!

Once we reached the check-in desk and started the feelings subsided. 

Jonathan showed  his devilish side for the apt. much to my mommy chagrin.

Good news is that 1.doc says you would never know by listening to him that he is missing a chunk of his lung (YAY!) and 2. we are off the asthma meds (I never believed he had asthma in the first place) and on to allergy meds instead. Also evaluating getting the tonsils taken out....

Today Jonathan is headed to the Astros game with his camp and I was given vendor tix 2 hours before the game for much better tickets than those. Then tonight we (3 tix bought) are headed to the fundraising event of the Dynamo game where we will also be getting custom T-shirts with Houston Dynamo in Hebrew. Sure to be favorite t-shirts for the near future.