This
Month’s Meeting
Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday, September 8th at 7:00 pm. We
will meet at McAllister’s for dinner at 5:30. All
are welcome! Please join us!
Kit’s Korner
Dearest Ladies, Because of your concern for my niece and her baby, I wanted
to share the latest update with you. Please know that your prayers and thoughts
mean so much to me and my family. Since this posted, Libby has moved back to
oncology to start yet again chemo treatment. Tough, as this is in another
building from NICU.
Hudson
McGee Lightfoot was born 8/24/2015 at 9:49am! He was 4 lbs and 17 inches long
and came into the world screaming. He was taken immediately to NICU level B
because he was successfully breathing on his own. Being only two weeks off
chemo and having to go through a surgery under complete sedation, my body took
a while to be strong enough to meet my baby boy, which was very hard
emotionally. Luckily for our little angel it was love at first sight for his
daddy and Frankie barely leaves his side. By the time I was able to make it
down to see him on Tuesday he had been moved up to NICU level A because they
discovered a hole in his right lung. They put in a chest tube to relieve the
pressure and he is healing slowly but nicely. If this continues and his
breathing steadies, the tube should be removed in a few days. I haven’t been
able to hold or touch him because we are both neutropenic with very low white
blood cell counts. His counts are slowly increasing with the help of a drug
that stimulates his marrow. My WBC counts are going up as well, but my cells
are leukemia cells not actual healthy cells. So for me, they want to start the
next round of chemo right away. I will most likely start a WBC suppression pill
today and take that until they think I have healed enough from the surgery to
be moved from Labor & Delivery back to the hematology/oncology floor. Now
that Hudson doesn’t have to go through the chemo with me, they will start me on
a harsher more aggressive chemo drug on Monday or Tuesday of next week that
will last 5 days. At day 14 they will do a bone marrow biopsy to check if my
bad blasts are below 5%, and if so, they will immediately start the bone marrow
transplant. My brother and sister have been tested as possible matches and we
are still waiting on the results. They have found a few potential matches in
the national registry already so that’s a good sign!
They started feeding Hudson today through a tube in his mouth with some donor breast milk per my request. Only a few drops at a time to see how he digests it. I finally got to reach inside the incubator and hold the tube up to help out with the feeding. I also got to hold his paci in his mouth while they stuck his foot. He didn’t even cry, just held on to my hand with his tiny fingers and stared over at me. It melted my heart, I never wanted him to let go. Little moments like this make every bit of this worth it. The aches, the pains, the fears, the doubts, all of them just disappear and we get to have a true moment of peace and happiness with each other. He is my strong little angel and has carried me through each day. I will continue to fight just as strong knowing he is counting on his mommy to come home soon after he does. I’ve waited 33 years to be a mom and nothing is going to stand in the way of that. Life will never be the same, and I’m counting on that. Only good things could possibly be ahead with this little miracle in the world now. Thank you all sincerely for helping us through this.
They started feeding Hudson today through a tube in his mouth with some donor breast milk per my request. Only a few drops at a time to see how he digests it. I finally got to reach inside the incubator and hold the tube up to help out with the feeding. I also got to hold his paci in his mouth while they stuck his foot. He didn’t even cry, just held on to my hand with his tiny fingers and stared over at me. It melted my heart, I never wanted him to let go. Little moments like this make every bit of this worth it. The aches, the pains, the fears, the doubts, all of them just disappear and we get to have a true moment of peace and happiness with each other. He is my strong little angel and has carried me through each day. I will continue to fight just as strong knowing he is counting on his mommy to come home soon after he does. I’ve waited 33 years to be a mom and nothing is going to stand in the way of that. Life will never be the same, and I’m counting on that. Only good things could possibly be ahead with this little miracle in the world now. Thank you all sincerely for helping us through this.
Also in Show and Share is a
reminder sheet from Lezette Thomason on Heirloom Techniques by Machine. Always
helpful to have by your machine!!
Calling all Wee Care gowns!
Look high and low – finished or unfinished - for your Wee Care gowns and
bring them to our meeting! It's time
to gather the gowns together to share with our "littlest angels".
Thanks!
Program and Refreshments
Our program will be presented by
Kittie. Supply list for Tuesday night is just a Smocking needle,
favorite color floss and a small pair of scissors.
Refreshments will be provided by
Kristen.
Wee Care Gowns – 4th
Tuesday of Each Month from January –
October
Please bring in any finished
(or unfinished) Wee Care gowns and be prepared to take home some new ones! Our
next Wee Care workday at Lord of Life Lutheran Church (Poplar Pike) will be Tuesday, September
22nd from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm.
If
you can come for all or part of the day, it would be a great help. We need folks
to bring sewing machines to sew the
outfits that have been pinned.
Show and Share:
Amy – Tipsy Curvy Lucy and Charlotte
Virginia’s Quilt
Here is a photo of the twin sized quilt I made for my
grandniece. My 89 year old mother embroidered the kitty designs and I
constructed quilt. Best of all I finished a week before deadline - can you
believe that!!
Heirloom Techniques
Media Reminders:
Memphis Area Smocking
Guild Group - Facebook. Be sure
to Join and follow the latest news
from our members and other interested smockers and sewers!
Sew Classic For
Children – Facebook - Sew Classic for Children is a group for all
levels of sewing children's clothing. We love classic, tailored and heirloom designs. Share your Children's
Corner Pattern creations along with your comments. In addition we are delighted
to answer questions.
Classic Sewing
Magazine Group - Facebook…..Classic
Sewing will have 132 pages of glorious sewing ideas, patterns, tips, techniques
and will include at least two full size patterns in each quarterly issue. The
magazine will feature heirloom and everyday sewing projects to delight the most
discriminating sewist. Patterns will come in a separate envelope along with the
magazine. No more tearing out pattern sections……all of the patterns will be
easy to read and store! Unlike anything you have seen before, Classic Sewing
will feature designs from top designers in the industry. There is something
fabulous for everyone in the magazine.
Subscriptions now available.
Lace Cottage – Facebook Grand re-opening was August 15th!
Classes are available at a variety of days/times!
Birthdays This Month
Virginia - September 4th
See you Tuesday!
Susan
