Snap, Crackle, Pop

The Berns broke her rib today. Fractured to be precise, whilst coughing to hard. Her poor body has been shaken by this cough for a few long weeks, but just when it seemed to begin to subside - pop - a cough this morning did some real damage. Fortunate to have a doc in the family - Dianne and my pop jammed right over to evaluate and bring meds. The codine helped dull the excruciating pain (she'd been in tears several times upon coughing, giggling, or moving wrong) - BUT it also seemed to upset her tummy - so we now know the one thing more miserable than a busted rib, is a busted rib while vommiting violently... and also whilst preggy with pressures from all angles. The Berns is a serious trooper tho - and has weathered the storm as gracefully as ever. i've done my best to help, but dag yo - I'm pretty helpless - all we can do is keep her comfy, and make sure she doesn't try to move too much. We're gonna need to push in another few months in labor, thus we need a good strong rib in there so as not to pop it out again in the delivery room - man would that be terrible. But we should have enough time to heal her up good as new. Bummers huh?