Mom came home because Marvin didn’t want her in the room. She felt awful. Pops told her later it was because Marvin was undressed and in a hospital gown. It embarrassed him to have his mom witness him in this adorable gown. Marvin slipped into unconsciousness. I didn’t hear about this at school which surprises me but found out later when I got off the bus. Wanda Goddard slid the back door of the store open while I was walking across the parking lot to our red brick house and worriedly told me to go to Grandma Peterson’s and get the kids. Marvin had an accident and our folks were at the hospital with him. I went directly to Grandma’s and picked up Ned and Connie (ages 3 and 5). By the time the kids and I got home mom was there. She gave me the keys to the car and told me to fill-up at Glen B’s while she got ready. Marvin was being taken by ambulance to Ogden hospital. As the car was being filled (back in the days when they did that with a smile while cleaning your windshield) the ambulance passed. There was our dad leaning over Marvin in the back. That was a sight that will forever be engrained into my brain. I can still picture it. That Friday night was an extra special night. Soda Springs was playing Malad in basketball. Our cousin Eddie Thomas was the main player on the Soda team. I was so sad that I was babysitting and not being able to go to the game. I sat in my Pep Club outfit waiting for Mom and Pops to come home. When mom walked in it didn’t look good. She told me Marvin had not gained consciousness. She had come home to look at the kids and get ready to go back in the morning. She wanted me to go with her. Pops had stayed there with Marvin. She gave me the keys to go to the game. When I walked in it was the third quarter. The old Malad gym was packed. When I walked down the stairs toward the gym. I stopped by door and looked for my friends. It was amazing. The entire gym went semi-quiet. Everyone’s eyes were on me. Uncle Henry Bolingbroke was the only one that moved. He came right down from the stands walked up and asked about Marvin. I told him we wouldn’t know anything until he came to. He walked away sad. He sat on one side of the gym and the students were on the other side. Some of the girls asked me about Marv before I climbed up to my seat in the back. The grapevine was in full motion. Within 5 minutes everyone in the place knew Marvin’s condition. Malad won the game. The next morning at 5 am mom and I headed to the McKay-Dee Hospital. Pops had walked in the door 5 minutes before we left. Grandma Peterson came to our house to take care of things. Pops had to do the books and open the store by 8. He warned us about the fog. This was before the Interstate was completely done and the trip took forever. Marvin was in the Intensive Care Unit. It was a large room with about 10 beds in a row. 10 nurses and very quiet. The rules were: Only one person could go in for 5 minutes every half hour. Wow that was a loooooong day. Mom went in the minute we got there. She came back in laughing. She told me that Marvin was indeed unconscious because a very large black nurse was feeding him a runny egg. Everything in the scenario was wrong. Marvin hated eggs never ate a runny one in his life and being from redneck Malad was a little racist (something that was completely wiped away from him on his mission to the South). Mom left to go home about 4 pm. She left me there. Pops came about 7. Dr. Van Hook arrived. The doctor told our dad that Marvin’s condition was “equivocal.” Pops pretended to know what that meant. He also said that if Marvin’s swelling did not go down on his brain that he would have to have surgery in the morning (before shunts they drilled a hole in the skull to relieve pressure). When we got home. I went straight to the dictionary and looked up “equivocal.” It said. “Ambiguous.” I still didn’t know what his condition was. I looked up “Ambiguous” and it said. “Equivocal.” Hmmm. The process was long and slow. Marvin made slow slow progress each day but it was progress. He never had to have surgery. A red letter day was getting out of Intensive Care. His roommate was a return missionary whose family lived west of Ogden. The day after he had returned from his mission he and his friend were driving to Weber State to register for winter semester. On their way their car was hit by a train. His friend was killed instantly and he ended up in the hospital with the same head injury as Marvin. We watched this young man make slow but steady progress too. He and his parents visited us in Malad about a year later. Within a month Marvin was back to school full-time.
In honor of the Olympic opening ceremonies held on 8-8-08 I am to fill out this list. Oh here we go again...8 tv shows I love to watch:Eli Stone. The Closer. Sunday Morning on CBS. The Amazing Race. Top Chef. Survivor. Gilmore Girls re-runs. Monk.8 restaurants I love:Jaker's. Garcia's. Market Street Grill. McDonald's with Jack. Taco Bell with Anna/Tommy. Wendy's with Tommy/Anna (frosties!!!) any restuarant with "the girls," Jaker's again.8 things that happened today:work took Jack's backpack to school watched my new blinds being hung laughed out loud at Connie's and Ned's e-mails did the facebook thing blogged Jack's first day of school talked to Lydia on the phone did this tag thing.8 things I am looking forward to:Hmmm... Minnesota in September. Reno in October. Disneyland in November. Minnesota in December. Florida in February. Virginia as soon as possible a clean basement (give me a year or two) enjoying every moment at home with Jon8 things on my wish list:health peace of mind knowing all three kids are happy staying debt free having the house paid-off staying close to my grandkids moving to warmer climate seeing my car make it another 10 years
FIVE YEARS AGO....... Jack and Tommy were born. FIVE PLACES I HAVE VISITED......... North Carolina. Minnesota. Germany. Greece and Snowville. Utah. FIVE THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST........1)Learn to do this blogging thing. 2)lose weight. 3)get outta debt 4)clean the garage. 5)clean the basement (ugh now I'm depressed)FIVE THINGS I ENJOY.......... Being with my family (especially the grandkids!) going to Disneyland watching Reality TV--love Top Chef. Project Runway. American Idol. Celebrity Apprentice. Survivor and Amazing Race--you get the idea. I enjoy finishing projects!!!!FIVE BAD HABITS........1)Letting things pile up--I think I must work better under pressure. 2)enjoy eating too much. 3)BS-ing! 4) Blogging 5) FacebookFIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME.........1)I want to move next to my grandkids. They have to get away from Minnesota first.2) My jobs (see below)3) I secretly have filled out my retirement papers and no one at work knows.4) I'm going to dye my hair the day I retire and then lose 100 lbs so people will see what stress does (or did) to a woman.5) My secret dream in life is to move into my current school district boundaries run for school board and become my administrators' boss--the ultimate worm turning. FIVE JOBS THAT I HAVE HAD1) Bottle Sorter--first job given to every child in my family at my dad's grocery store. We put Coke items into coke cases. Pepsi into Pepsi cases. 7-up into --well you get the idea. Then that product dealer picked up the bottles to be refilled. After seeing the things I witnessed in empty pop bottles. I didn't start drinking soda until cans.2) Lifeguard at Aqua Plunge in Malad (hated Little League tournament time)3) Librarian at the Oneida County Library (junior and senior year made a whopping 70 cents an hour)4) Teacher--32 years5) Educational Consultant (not sure what this is but it helps with the deductions around Apr 15th.
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