This was a bit of an eventful week. Monday, Presten and I volunteered at Project Homelessness Connect at the Minneapolis Convention Center. This event is held two times a year and provides a place for people that are homeless in the Twin Cities to have all the resources that they would need all in one place. We as volunteers, met with the guests and determined what the biggest needs were and stayed with them as they tried to access these services. The resources that were there included Housing, Employment, Benefits (SSI)--but they also provided nurses and doctors to address Medical, Dental and Eye Care needs. Hair cuts was also popular area. There were over 1300 volunteers and there was an anticipated 2500 guests-however, it really felt like there were a lot more individuals than that. The lines were very long which made it difficult to accomplish everything. It was a very eye opening experience to see thousands of homeless individuals, youth and families all in one place. The next one will be held December 8th and we plan on attending.
Wednesday was finally a beautiful day. We played at the park with 4 other families from the neighborhood for two hours! Jaxson took a good nap after that!
Thursday Amber went in to be induced and with no baby by Friday afternoon they decided to take her Cesarean. Ella had a little bit of a set back-during delivery she contracted some type of infection. Originally, they thought that it may be meningitis. They put her on medication right away and they are still awaiting the blood results. However, she looks like she is doing well-she has really good color and she passed her hearing test and she is eating well too. She still cannot come out of the nursery, but at least Amber and Jim can go in and see her.
Not that there wasn't already enough excitement-when we got up to the hospital this afternoon there was not anyone in the room. The nurse came in and said that they were in the emergency room-within minutes Amber and Presten's mom came into the room. Jim was in the emergency with a collapsed lung. They have tried to inflate it a couple times now and it will not inflate. He has now been admitted to the hospital until Tuesday. Presten talked with him tonight and he is so upset that he cannot see Ella. He is on the same floor as Amber so she can walk down to see him. Hopefully we will know more about Jim and Ella very soon. I am going to see him tomorrow-he wants me to bring him a mountain dew!:)
Saturday night we had Chris and Kristen over for dinner. It was so nice to see them-it has been a little while. Normally in May we would be able to eat and chat outside, but it was still a little chilly-hopefully next time!!
We spent today working on the getting the gardens cleaned out and just enjoying the fresh air. We'll keep you posted on Ella and Jim's progress~take care, The Bean's
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