Thursday night at around 8:30pm Isaiah drowned in the bathtub. Grace put him facedown in the tub and sat on him. Dayton fell asleep on the bed while watching them. I heard a gurgle and something that just didn't sound right. Dayton found him, pulled Grace off, and we had to work on him for 3 minutes just to get him breathing. It took another 2 or 3 minutes to get him to open his eyes and more water out of his lungs. Once he was barely breathing, we ran out to the car and took him to the emergency room. After getting oxygen, he perked up. A chest x-ray shows some water in his lungs. The blood work shows elevated white blood cell count. The pediatrician (thankfully with good English) says this may be the beginning of pneumonia, which is common for near drownings. I stayed overnight with him in the hospital with him hooked up to an IV. He was doing so well that we were sent home Friday at 6pm. We still have to watch carefully for coughing and fever, a sign of pneumonia.
For the same story from a different point of view, go read Dayton's blog.
We are still in shock. Grace is spending the night at a friends house so we can catch up on sleep. Please pray for Isaiah that he won't develop a serious infection.
Erin
Friday, August 25, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Another update from Guam
Thank you for all your prayers for me.
I'm going to try to get my passport soon and I'd like to come
visit Dayton and Erin this Christmas--now that I'm on this side of
the world now :)
I have about 30 students in each of my 5 classes, so 150 total.
I teach two 10th gr. Biology classes, one 8th grade earth science
class, and one 9th grade and one 11th grade computer class. Most of
the students I have(natives--Chomoro, and those from Korea, Japan,
and the Phillipines) are serious, studious, and well-behaved.
For my computer class I have no textbook or curriculum, so any
spare time I have, I'm spending on that. The Biology and earth
science both have books, so it's easier to make lesson plans for
them. With the computer class, I have show them how to do things and
try to think of projects for them to do.
On Friday or Saturday, I usually go out to eat with a group of
teachers--this past Friday we went to the Top of the Mar, a
restaurant on the top of a hill, which has a nice view of part of the
island.
One of the teachers loaned me his car so I could go to K-Mart and
PayLess grocery store and I saw several teachers and members from our
church:)--it's a small island!
As far as Jet lag, I slept 4 hours, was awake for 4 hours, slept 4
more hours and repeated this for 2 days, and by the 3rd day, I was
sleeping from 11 pm until 5AM, and by the 5th day, 10PM to 7AM, which
is regular for me.
Ginger was suprized by the suddeness of my move, but is okay with
it. We went out to eat with a group of teachers, but we haven't had
much time to talk, as I'm so busy with school duties and lesson
plans. Hopefully later:)
Thank you for your prayers,
Charles
I'm going to try to get my passport soon and I'd like to come
visit Dayton and Erin this Christmas--now that I'm on this side of
the world now :)
I have about 30 students in each of my 5 classes, so 150 total.
I teach two 10th gr. Biology classes, one 8th grade earth science
class, and one 9th grade and one 11th grade computer class. Most of
the students I have(natives--Chomoro, and those from Korea, Japan,
and the Phillipines) are serious, studious, and well-behaved.
For my computer class I have no textbook or curriculum, so any
spare time I have, I'm spending on that. The Biology and earth
science both have books, so it's easier to make lesson plans for
them. With the computer class, I have show them how to do things and
try to think of projects for them to do.
On Friday or Saturday, I usually go out to eat with a group of
teachers--this past Friday we went to the Top of the Mar, a
restaurant on the top of a hill, which has a nice view of part of the
island.
One of the teachers loaned me his car so I could go to K-Mart and
PayLess grocery store and I saw several teachers and members from our
church:)--it's a small island!
As far as Jet lag, I slept 4 hours, was awake for 4 hours, slept 4
more hours and repeated this for 2 days, and by the 3rd day, I was
sleeping from 11 pm until 5AM, and by the 5th day, 10PM to 7AM, which
is regular for me.
Ginger was suprized by the suddeness of my move, but is okay with
it. We went out to eat with a group of teachers, but we haven't had
much time to talk, as I'm so busy with school duties and lesson
plans. Hopefully later:)
Thank you for your prayers,
Charles
Friday, August 18, 2006
Chuck in Guam
Chuck's update from 8/18/06:
Sorry for no pictures yet. I've been extremely busy making lesson
plans and going to teacher meetings and training, teaching and
grading papers. The first week now done, I have a little time to
breathe...
Guam is different. There's a lot of asians and Fillipinos here.
Guam does have a K-Mart, although prices are sometimes twice as high,
they have basically everything a K-Mart in the states would have.
It's part of the Micronesian islands--only 30 miles long and 10 miles
wide, with 150,000 people. It's 1500 miles from the Phillipines, and
if you go another 1500 miles in that same direction, you'll get to
Thailand. It stays about 72-88 degrees year round. There's only 2
seasons here: rainy season and dry season. It's the rainy season
right now, so it rains every day. In the dry season, it rains about
every 3 or 4 days(still kind of 'wet' !)
I'm teaching at a Christian school of 1,000 students, but the
majority of island is Catholic. I'm teaching 10th gr.High school
Biology, 8th earth science and 9th & 11th intro to computers. It's a
3 year teaching contract, but I can come home during the summers.
Right now, I'm living in one of the many apartments owned by the
school--faculty housing--with another teacher for a roomate, with
separate bedrooms and share a bathroom, den and kitchen. It's pretty
nice--rent is about $300 a month for each of us.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
Charles
Sorry for no pictures yet. I've been extremely busy making lesson
plans and going to teacher meetings and training, teaching and
grading papers. The first week now done, I have a little time to
breathe...
Guam is different. There's a lot of asians and Fillipinos here.
Guam does have a K-Mart, although prices are sometimes twice as high,
they have basically everything a K-Mart in the states would have.
It's part of the Micronesian islands--only 30 miles long and 10 miles
wide, with 150,000 people. It's 1500 miles from the Phillipines, and
if you go another 1500 miles in that same direction, you'll get to
Thailand. It stays about 72-88 degrees year round. There's only 2
seasons here: rainy season and dry season. It's the rainy season
right now, so it rains every day. In the dry season, it rains about
every 3 or 4 days(still kind of 'wet' !)
I'm teaching at a Christian school of 1,000 students, but the
majority of island is Catholic. I'm teaching 10th gr.High school
Biology, 8th earth science and 9th & 11th intro to computers. It's a
3 year teaching contract, but I can come home during the summers.
Right now, I'm living in one of the many apartments owned by the
school--faculty housing--with another teacher for a roomate, with
separate bedrooms and share a bathroom, den and kitchen. It's pretty
nice--rent is about $300 a month for each of us.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
Charles
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