Raining and Pouring

[Joe]

Friday my wife had to go in for a operation for recurring melanoma on her calf and can't really walk for about 10 days. Later Friday my son falls in the school yard and wrenches his neck. Saturday, my son looks awful and won't eat and can't move his head. Off to Kent. They run tests - turns out he has whiplash and something else that is causing his white blood cells to be high. They do a battery of tests, including a spinal tap at 1:00 in the morning, which was awful for him. Tests come back negative for strep and meningitis, but positive for a blood infection. Transport to Hasbro. Two days on IV drip and my wife who can barely walk has to take care of herself while I'm away. To top it off we have a puppy who does not have me around to take out, so he pees on the rug in the bedroom which now stinks and now I have to steam clean it. Meanwhile, orders piled up and customers are restless....other than that though, it's been a good four days.