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Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Although never officially diagnosed we think that Atticus had Hand Foot and Mouth disease. Some of his classmates who sit at his table had it and then last week he got huge sores on his tongue and in his mouth along with a sore throat. His mouth hurt so badly he wouldn't talk he would just hum when he wanted something.

Now that we are back from our Thanksgiving trip I think that I might have it too. I have a huge sore on the inside of, my lower lip. It is bigger than the canker sores I get. My throat is very sore. It really hurts to swallow. On top of that, I have a blister on the back of my left hand and on the side of my right ring finger. The blisters showed up on Friday this past week and the mouth lesion and sore throat showed up on Sunday morning.

Normally adults do not get this disease unless they have a reduced or compromised immune system. I had my annual physical a week ago and my White Blood Cell count was low. The doctor suspects a viral infection so that is why I might have gotten this Hand foot and mouth if that is what I have.

What about the future for our children?

I am really concerned about what the current generation of youth will face when they become adults.

When I graduated from college it was 1990 in the middle of a recession and a lot of my friends had problems finding jobs. However, the recession soon ended and everyone I knew was fully employed. We were not competing against the Chinese or Indians for jobs. When my children graduate from college in 2025 to 2027 what is going to be waiting for them?

What will the USA look like? How can we recover from a debt that is over 100% of GDP? When congress can't or won't do anything to solve the problem what is the future? Will my children be living in my house indefinitely?

Right now this is what I worry about.

My Ride today- damn windy and not so warm.

Eastern Catawba County 25 mi Loop by thefid at Garmin Connect - Details

The things Adrienne Says

My twins are five years old. Atticus was doing something that Adrienne didn't want him to do. Here is the dialog:

Adrienne: "Stop Atticus!"
Atticus: "Why?"
Adrienne: "Because you are evil."

How lucky we are

Do you know how lucky you are to live in a place where you normally take your own personal safety for granted?

I have a good friend who is also the general manager in my business' factory in Honduras. His wife was killed in a commuter plane crash outside Tegucigalpa Honduras on February 14, 2011. Now he is living with his two daughters age 13 and 17, his sister and a maid in San Pedro Sula Honduras. I am on a business trip to Honduras that has been going pretty normally.

We normally work all day at the factory and then go out to dinner after work. My friend drops me off at the hotel and goes home for the night. Last night when he got home he found out that his maid had just been brutally raped by a security guard who works at the condo complex where my friend lives.

Now my friend is really fearful for his daughter's and sister's safety and rightfully so.

Before his wife was killed in that tragic accident, she had been receiving death threats trying to extort money from her. Honduras has become such a violent country. I have heard that it has the highest murder rate of any country in the western hemisphere. This is such a shame for such a beautiful country with loads of natural resources. Corruption rules the land here and helps to keep people in the cycle of poverty and hopelessness.

I just feel really bad for my friend who lives here and is raising his daughters here. I get to go home to my safe home and wonderful family and he along with 8 million other people in Honduras have to continually worry about their safety.

There has to be a better way.

So I am not supposed to have caffeine or at least I try not to consume caffeine because of my history with atrial fibrillation. caffeine can supposedly bring on that nasty heart arrhythmia.

The wife was kind enough to make my chocolate smoothie this morning and asked if she could put some coffee in it. I said sure.

Now I. am at work and I am tripping and it feels great.

I can understand why people get addicted to caffeine.

No more for me.