More Mazzucco
1) Devon, I'm sorry to hear about your back pain. Lower back pain is often refeered to as the worst pain that will never kill you, and for good reason. We'll be praying for your healing and coping.
2) Giving your kids nebulizers is the worst. Shannon, we had to do it a few times with Wesley, and it was really hard. We now have to give him Albuterol occasionally, and it's really hard even to accept that he has asthma. In some ways, I feel at fault b/c I have asthma and I feel like I passed on poor lung function to him (FYI, I didn't have asthma in college). I hope you never have to do that again.
3) The true "New Year's baby" syndrome is oft-confused. There is a clear glut in births around Oct 1 (my birthday, 9 months after NY day). For example, Kevin is Sept 30 and Khoa is Oct. 2. However, as I learned when Betsy was pregnant with Aidan, the 40 weeks gestation or 9 months is from start of last menstrual period, and assumes ~two weeks from start of menstrual period until ovulation (and conception). When you get an ultrasound date, it tends to be based upon characteristic anatomical dimensions (orthopedic, not genitourinary; Rob, get your mind out of the gutter), so hopefully it corrects somewhat for the variability in time from menstruation to conception. In any case, gestation is approximately 38 weeks after conception, so Kevin and Khoa and I were conceived approximately mid January (assuming we were not preemies). Buttercup Doucet and Tyrone Papsdorf, however, were most likely conceived on or about new years'. Since Anne didn't actually attend New Years', it probably occurred soon after. Rob, get your mind out of the gutter again. Aren't Rob and Maurissa mid-september babies, as well?
This brings us back to the question of the Oct 1 glut. I've started to formulate rediculous theories about people re-evaluating their families near the end of season holidays, and of Christmas cany putting women on a more consistent schedule beginning in the new year (similar effects have been shown in all-girls dorms).
4) Again, there is no 4.
2 comments:
Dan, you had me at "nebulizer". Actually, Shannon did last night, but my comment didn't post properly which motivated me to add an actual post on Devon's back.
Dan, there may not be a #4, but you are certainly #5... Rezio said so. So did Rugby Fasani before his unnatural passing from this life. Let that be a lesson in DISCIPLINE for you all (I still have the original blitz if anyone wants it).
So, in short, you're saying I was correct, right?
Also, I would like to point out re: evaluation of family status that it's likely an unconscious urge to pay less taxes in the following year.
And now that I've shown my vulnerable romantic underbelly...back to board studying.
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