update: *deep sigh* Apparently our luck is contagious.
While Bub has been here to help us, his sister (Cary's aunt) ruptured her colon (she is in surgery even as I write this) and his mother (Cary's grandmother) developed a huge blood clot in her hand from an arm she broke that hasn't healed yet. He can't go home yet because his truck is still having it's transmission rebuilt.
I am just sitting here a little dazed at by all of this. (warning: obvious understatement ahead). 2010 has been a bit of an uphill climb for our family...