thursday, 12/13/07

sorry it's been awhile-- it's me-- it's the holiday upcoming-- it's people-- you know, stuff.

mom had her final visit with her surgeon today. no need to go back unless we deem it necessary. he ordered out-patient therapy for her so that will begin soon. the in-home therapy finished last month. she's made too much improvement to stop now-- especially since she's still within her 6 month to a year window of complete healing. it's only been 3.5 months since her surgery so we figure she's well on her way to being better than before surgery-- might as well take all those helps offered. good for her.

now.... even tho her surgeon is in the same practice as the other doc who's helping us figure out what her back, legs, and foot problems are... they aren't doing the same exams with mom, so we're still a go for mom's neuropathy tests next week. so far we've been told what it could be and what it isn't. it's those isn'ts that are keeping mom in good spirits.

dad. he's had such a good couple of weeks. sure there were things he didn't wish to go to and that always hits a strange cord with us, but he was still on his normal schedule and eating well, too. until....

last night he went to bed at around 4:30pm or so.... and he never got up until tonight at 5:30pm. he's had the tiniest of colds-- i thought he was simply needing more rest. but it just got scary after 11am this morning and he still hadn't made his way out. of course i checked on him all the time-- it became my obsession-- and each time i started to go back and noticed i didn't have my cell on me, i turned around and got it before i opened his door. "in case." isn't that a kicker??? in case.

thank god each time i peeked, it was only a matter of moments before i heard breathing or noticed that he had changed shoes or clothes-- but simply decided to go back to bed instead of coming out. at around 4 or so i had made enough noise to see his eyes open and set down his pills and some finger food. but-- he still hadn't gotten up and OUT. the madness ended at 5:30 when he opened the door and sat in his chair. YES!!!!

i managed to get him hydrated and fed a few more bites before he's gone back to bed again. mom is going out of her mind. we've talked about it all day and she's busied herself with her christmas cards but the shoulders finally relaxed when she knew dad was in his chair eating.

other than all this... the twins visited this week (their finals are now done and have a 5 week break from college courses)... and youngest son has visited everyday! SCORE!! hubby spent 2 vacation days at the office... umm, yeah. and, i've finished four more books. i know i'm a freak of nature...

that's all. nothing else.