I got a call at noon today from Ty's daycare. They needed him picked up because he vomited during lunch.He's continued to throw up with awful diarrhea since then.
The poor baby. Why does he always seem to catch everything?
I'm so nervous about this stomach thing, in February when he was sick it didn't take long before he was really dehydrated and admitted to the hospital for a few days. I don't want to go back there. More importantly, neither does he.
I'll keep my eye on him, make sure he's drinking something, anything. I just ran to the store for ginger ale, all full of sugary goodness so his blood sugar doesn't drop like last time.
I'm reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. Wow. Apparently it's been made into a movie too. It's such an ethically challenging read....a young girl suing her parents for the right to make medical choices for her own body, even if that means putting her sister's life at risk....gosh...tugs at the heartstrings...
Tomorrow is Davis Day here in town, a holiday that I hadn't heard of until I moved here. Below is what I found online describing the holiday..
"William Davis Miners' Memorial Day
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Davis Day, also known as Miners Memorial Day (and since November 25, 2008, officially William Davis Miners' Memorial Day), is an annual day of remembrance observed on June 11 in coal mining communities in Nova Scotia, Canada whereby citizens recognize all miners who were killed on the job in the province.
Davis Day originated in memory of William Davis, a coal miner who was killed during a protest near the town of New Waterford by striking miners. The protest was in response to a decision by the mining company, British Empire Steel and Coal Company (BESCO), to shut down the drinking water supply and electricity to the town as a result of the strike, while miners were attempting to shut down electricity to the mine's surface workings and pumps for removing seawater.
Davis was shot and killed at approximately 11:00 AM on June 11, 1925 and many other miners were injured, when striking miners were charged by the company police force, whose officers fired over 300 shots. In the weeks and months following Davis' shooting, company facilities were looted and/or vandalized, despite the deployment of the provincial police force and 2,000 soldiers in what remains Canada's second-largest military deployment for an internal conflict (after the Northwest Rebellion).
In commemoration of Davis' sacrifice, the United Mine Workers of America designated the day in his honour, with miners in Nova Scotia vowing to never work on "Davis Day" ever again. Davis Day was renamed District Memorial Day in 1938 (after District 26, U.M.W.A.) and in 1970, the date was changed to the second Monday in June. In 1974 this was reverted, with the original name (Davis Day) and the date (June 11) being restored. For the remainder of the 20th century, the pledge of never working on June 11 was maintained and Davis Day was observed as a quasi-civic holiday in most mining communities. The closure of Nova Scotia's last coal mine in November 2001 by DEVCO has somewhat muted the importance of Davis Day, however it has evolved to become a remembrance day for all workers killed in mines in the province.
Davis Day is observed in some or all of the following communities where the UMWA organizes services:
Alder Point
Florence
Sydney Mines
New Victoria
New Waterford
Dominion
Glace Bay
Stellarton
Westville
Springhill
River Hebert
In 1994, 1996 and 1999 private member's bills to officially designate June 11th as Davis (Miners Memorial) Day were introduced in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. They did not proceed past first reading. In 2008 a private member's bill to officially designate June 11th as William Davis Miners' Memorial Day was introduced and passed."
Everything in town is either closed for the entire day, or open for only a few hours. Banks are closed, school gets out at noon, the daycare is closed, the grocery store is only open for a half day.
But drive to the city, 20 minutes away, and everything is business as usual. Because the city IS NOT a mining town.
I went out for coffee last night with a dozen other mothers from Big Son's class. I've lived here for 2 years, and that is the first time I actually did something like that, you know, leave my house...it was good for a few laughs, if nothing else.
We were organizing some last minute preparations for a graduation party that the kids have planned for themselves. The only thing we were allowed to take care of were the food related details. Those kids, a bunch of 12 year olds, have organized an entire graduation thingy for them leaving elementary school and heading to junior high. I am so proud of their initiative! They've pooled their money, rented a hall, bought decorations, sent invitations to the teachers....I have to keep reminding myself that they are only 12...
Big Son has been working at a little landscaping business that he and his friend started. They are making more money than I do....that's shameful. They are mowing grass almost everyday, although Big Son has a better work ethic and drive than the other kid, so he's thinking about buying his own lawnmower and working by himself. That child make me very proud.
Yesterday he re-built a wagon that the dogs tore apart, today he swept the floor without my asking, he's a good boy.
Anyway. I'm going to go see if I can get something to eat before Ty has another episode and I lose my appetite for good.
Thanks for checking in.
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