My son was a very sick baby and would only want mommy. Hubby needed to learn to take care of our son without me and get to know his son. Our son, Richard, I swear thought his Dr. was his dad!!! We seen the Dr. more than dad as dad worked two jobs to keep us fed!! So in order for me to have a break I started to learn to sew from a woman who had just moved back to town after a disasterous marriage and she opened up a sewing shop. I didn't really take to making clothing so she suggested quilting. So 13 years I ago I got the "itch". It was great for me to get out one night a week and see other grown ups!! I almost gave it all up one night, but my mom and Hubby told me to go it was good for me.
I will never forget the one night I went out and Richard was not doing too well all day and I said I don't think I should go out and hubby insisted that I go. So I wrote down the phone number and drivng into the shop I kept having this strange feeling and by the time (5 minute drive) I got to the shop I was in a state and phone home, well my girlfriend answered the phone and I about had a heart attack and she said that DH rushed Richard to the hospital and we tried to call you but the phone number was not in service. I had written the number down wrong!! So I rushed out of there and felt so darn guilty and was crying while rushing to the hospital. I got there just in time to hear the Dr. say he was going to have to cut a whole open in his throat if the adult dosage of the steriod didn't open up his airways! This was a little four month old baby!!!!!!!!!!! He ended up coming around and we spent a couple days in the hospital. It took them 6 months to find out he was allegic to the protein in milk and caused severe asthma. Today is a very tall, happy young man and still has to watch what he eats and drinks.
So that is my story!