Wow, what a day!

Mark, my son, had to be taken to the emergency room this morning. We thought he had strep like most of the other kids, but he had an abscess on his tonsils. The doctor does not open until noon, so I thought I could go to Mass and teach my CCD class and then head to the doctor. As soon as father started the homily a friend of mine came in and said I needed to get home. I was half panicked because I thought maybe he started having trouble breathing. And of course I can't exit gracefully. I started to leave then realized I need to take Anna and Christopher with me. So I motion to them, they get up and as I push the door open, it has this amazing loud crash if you do it just so, which is just how I did it. Outside church my friend asked what to do about Mary. Oh yeah, I have another kid there too. She was serving, so we left her to go to CCD and she caught a ride home. Mark was a pretty good trooper through it all. He has lost 12 pounds though and basketball season starts in three weeks. His doctor who will take out his tonsils just happened to be at the hospital so he will make all the arrangments to get that done by the end of the week. This is going to be a crazy week I am afraid.