September 3, 2015

September 2015

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. 

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

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