| 2009-07-12 22:45:49 914 It was a rough weekend. Mom called at 5AM Saturday morning to tell me that they were headed to Jackson because Aunt Sue had been hurt in a robbery. We were already up because Emily to her midterm at 8:30 in Jackson. We made it to the campus a little after 8:00 and Emily went to her class. I navigated the buildings and found my parents and others in the emergency room. My parents had been up since 3AM, had driven to McComb, and then up to Jackson. After a bit Dad and I went to go get him something to eat and to gas up the truck. We got back to the emergency room shortly before the huge group of family and friends were moved up to the 4th floor of the critical care hospital. Aunt Sue was wheeled down that hall shortly after that. All that I could see of her face was swollen, bloody, and bruised. The preacher from her church led us in prayer after that. Then it was just a waiting game. A doctor finally came out and gave some remarks that definitely were not positive. David made it there a little before noon. Mom had told him not to come but I know it really made her feel better for him to show up. Emily had a lunch break around 12:30 so Dad, David, and I met her and eventually worked our way over to Backyard Burgers across State Street for some lunch. Afterward Emily headed back to class with some other classmates who had also eaten at Backyard Burgers. At some point around 3PM they took Aunt Sue down the hall to take her for another CAT scan. She came back through after a short while. After a few minutes a doctor came out looking for Melissa or Casey, but they were gone because they had finally left to get some food. They were summoned back and went back into the back with the doctors. The news was not good. Apparently things had gotten much worse since Aunt Sue's original CAT scan and the second. Emily finally got out of class a little after 4 and came up with us. A little after 5 we decided to head out. We accomplished a few errands that needed to be run in Jackson and headed back home. Poor Ada had been in the kennel forever and had managed to hold her pee which was amazing. On the way home, I floored the Accord to pass some slowpoke on Hwy 16. After that we could tell that the car was not idling right at all or having much power to get up hills. This morning I drove Emily to work in the trusty Toyota before 7AM. I worked on the car a bit, added Seafoam to the gas and for the first time ever ran a portion through the intake via the brake booster hose. This was scary but we apparently effective in cleaning up whatever has had the "check engine" light on for years. The car still had a rough idle. Then at church the "good" microphone had a fit during Kidz Church and did not cooperate. After church I went to Autozone and got a PCV valve (redundant?) and replaced that. The idle problem appeared to be solved until I put it in gear and it began to idle roughly. That's when I took some Zaxby's out to Emily at work. I called mom while driving and she said that she'd call me back. After I got home she called to let me know that Aunt Sue had passed away. They were on their way to Granny's to tell her. I have not heard anything past that. I got back in touch with Emily at the hospital to let her know. Mr Joe called me a little while later and I let him know too. In the meantime I kept working on the stupid Accord. I removed the throttle body and its myriad of vacuum hoses and electrical connections to get to the IAC valve on the bottom to clean it. After reassembling everything, it still doesn't work right so it is possible that the IAC is broken or about 10 other things could be wrong. Stupid car for working at 1k+ RPM but sucking for anything under. Today has not been the best day every for many people. I don't know what this week is going to bring. Cory and Sarah will be here Wednesday night. It will be the first time for us to see Cory since last July since he has been overseas a bit in between. I have no idea what the plans will be for Aunt Sue. |