We had a scare last weekend. I went to the Ashland Annual Teaching/Learning Conference and did a presentation on Saturday morning (along with Anita Maddox, for those who know her). The presentation went fabulously. But the conference was rough. I went to the 8 a.m. general session and the 10 a.m. concurrent session on Friday morning (Oct. 11) and went back to the hotel room just to see how Janet and Zach were doing. Janet had been throwing up violently all morning, and was bleeding. Since we lost a baby to a miscarriage in March, we were very worried about both Janet and the baby.

We went to the Ashland hospital emergency room (Janet said at one point she wished the hospital ("King's Daughter") had another name.) We spent about six hours there. To make a long story shorter, Janet is OK, and the baby is OK, but Janet is now on modified bed rest. They don't know where the bleeding was coming from or what was causing it. She has an appointment with her own doctor at 8:45 on Oct. 15 for followup. Originally posted 14 Oct. 2002.