my "return" to work brought many challenges.... although everyone survived my being gone, dad took it the hardest. i arrived home to a dad who had slept most of those 4 days away, hadn't eaten and had grown some sort of growth on his jawline. he wasn't interested in watching his news programs or reading his paper. it was a pretty scary few days but i'm happy to report that dad is back to himself and is now eating, reading and interested in things again. his clarity is exactly where it was prior to my respite-- sometimes with it, sometimes not so much.
mom wasn't too disrupted but she admitted she didn't use my brother's help as she would have me. while this irritated me a bit after first hearing, i've come to understand she has limitations on what my brother should help her with... soooo, who can argue with that?! i'd have the same limitations!
dad had a nice lunch out with a friend today-- while this is always wonderful, there are things that come about after such outings. for instance, since this is a friend who attended the same college as dad and talked about some of the challenges he's experiencing with alumni, dad is now wanting to go to his college and visit-- now! while i was able to put him off from going this afternoon, we will head out around lunchtime tomorrow, spend an hour or so walking the little town, grab lunch then head back home for the GO BUCKS game at 330pm. (oh- thank you time warner for finally coming to an agreement with the big 10 network so we can watch the games on tv. you once again are successful with your PR games. grrrr)
the jawline thing must have been a bite or something... the doc couldn't figure any reason for it and since the "swelling" has gone down, we'll keep watching it.
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I'm glad everything worked out in the end. As I was reading your post I kept waiting to hear what the jaw thing was and finally there it was at the bottom. Of course I'm still curious. That was just strange.
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