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on tues we did a couple scheduled 'VIP' tours of the senate and the us mint. we hung around the hotel in the morning and gina did some shopping and we kinda took it easy. liam seemed to relapse a bit and didn't eat much again so we were getting concerned again. anyhow, we had a nice intern from senator mel martinez office show us around the capital and senate. i took some pics. we even ran into hillary clinton, ted kennedy and john warner. got a couple off the cuff pics, nothing i am proud of. just at the point hillary walked by i took over holding liam for a bit and gina had the camera and didn't get a picture snapped. so i took over the camera work from there on out and gina did the liam holding. he didn't want to walk and the capitol tour involved a lot of back stairways and tunnels. we even got to ride in the famous senate subway. when we went up to sit in the senate gallery to watch the senate in session, our intern said she had other business and had to go. she said we should just walk back outside to the hart senate building. it was pouring and we could not go unescorted so i flagged down another intern (for senator hatch) and he took us back but we lost him half way too. these tunnels and hallways are long and confusing it was a wonder we didn't get lost below the streets of dc.
after the capitol we took cabs to the BEP or us mint. bill and sherri got dropped off on the wrong side and had to walk in the rain completely around this huge building. they were soaked. the kids liked the tours. we saw 5-6 pallets of $100 bills that totalled $340 million dollars in cash!!!
after the tours we took the subway back to the hotel in rush hour and it was quite a trek.
the breaking point had come with liam. he still had not gone#2. it had been 5 days now. he was getting feverish again, listless and just looking bad. i went to the store to get s supository and when i got back we told him what was going to happen. he decided, that he would go to the potty and he did and did and did. he was immediately more ambient and active. he ate and drank better. my guess is that he was making himself ill by holding his fecal matter all this time.
after the capitol we took cabs to the BEP or us mint. bill and sherri got dropped off on the wrong side and had to walk in the rain completely around this huge building. they were soaked. the kids liked the tours. we saw 5-6 pallets of $100 bills that totalled $340 million dollars in cash!!!
after the tours we took the subway back to the hotel in rush hour and it was quite a trek.
the breaking point had come with liam. he still had not gone#2. it had been 5 days now. he was getting feverish again, listless and just looking bad. i went to the store to get s supository and when i got back we told him what was going to happen. he decided, that he would go to the potty and he did and did and did. he was immediately more ambient and active. he ate and drank better. my guess is that he was making himself ill by holding his fecal matter all this time.
