Griffin Family

On Thursday, December 2nd, at 10 p.m. I (Shelly), went to bed. And all was well. Two short hours later Andy came into the bedroom and said he was really sick. He started vomiting and had a 102+ fever. He continued to have aches and pains and was miserable all night long. We figured he had the flu.  All day Friday he continued to run a fever and basically slept all day. Around 5 p.m. he could hardly get from the bed to the bathroom and just seemed "off". As I was helping him back into bed I noticed his right leg was red and swollen. I told him he needed to go to the Dr and have it looked it. He was very resistant. I had to help him dress and make him go.  Our first two stops were insta-cares and they both had 1.5 to 2 hour waits. So we decided we better just go to the emergency room. I figured we would be there 3-4 hours. Boy was I wrong! We were just 2 hours short of a week before we were released from the hospital.  Shortly after arriving they took some blood and urine t...

I was busy making a quilt for my babies. The circular cutter tool was on the ground and I wanted to get it out of the way. So I kicked it. Only the carpet caught it and it jammed into my foot instead of sliding along the floor like I intended. Ouchy.   

Andy had some use it or lose it vacation so we decided to take a fun getaway to Coronado Island. We had been on it briefly the last time we were in San Diego and fell in love with the little island and wanted to go back.  Word of Advice: Don't go to California after any major holiday.  Our first mistake was trying to get to California on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Traffic was horrible. We were smooth sailing and thought we were doing good until we got just past Vegas. Then we came to a screeching halt and it took us hours to get through what should have taken about 45 minutes.  Our day continued until we finally called it quits for the day in Victorville. It took us 7 hours to get there and then another 3 the following morning to get to San Diego. We were thinking it would be about 6 or 7 total. Oy.  We found a nice hotel and restaurant in Victorville so it was fine but we were SO tired of traffic and sitting in the car! On Monday we went to the zoo. We had the r...