OUR BABY

My youngest grandson is wonderful. He is loving, bright and funny. He loves lights, fans, clocks and anything that makes noise. He also has PDD (a mild form of autism). There is a wonderful article about this in the August Reader's Digest.

I read that many countries had banned thimerosal (a mercury-containing preservative in innoculations) many years before the U.S. did. If it is found that this is the cause of PDD, shame on our government and on the drug companies. The government and the drug companies should have to pay for the teaching of our children and pledge a lifelong committment to provide them with what they need for the rest of their lives. It is truly sickening to me that this practice was allowed to continue.

Our baby is luckier than many. His case is relatively mild. He has a Mom who recognized something was wrong quite early and she spends the time she needs to ensuring that he stays on a gluten free, casein free diet. It is very difficult to make everything tasty but she does a great job.

UPDATE

If you're looking for entertainment, you shouldn't read this.

Today is depressing. It was a bad year for oranges and when I closed the books, there is a significant loss to the growers. I hope the auditor finds that I've made some huge, glaring mistake.

I'm having surgery on September 29th. I haven't had a complete recovery. Apparently, the bone graft in my knee collapsed and now the plate is down over the joint meaning I can straighten my leg even less than before and when I try to do things, I'm having quite severe pain. So now, a doctor will remove all the pins, rods and plate that I had put in last year. I'm in the process of getting ahead at work so I can have this done. My Mom is coming out to fetch and carry for me while I am down.

We had a nice weekend camping with the kids a couple of weeks ago. My husband gave up his nice new cot so I wouldn't have to get up and down off an air mattress. It was really cool at night so I slept like a log.

My best friend and I are going away tomorrow night. I can hardly wait.