What Did You Do Today?

[DianaB]

School started today so Dae Lynn and Karlie had to leave early!!! Karlie just got home a while ago. Tomorrow will be her first full day!! Life is changing again for us!!! Soon it will just be Dean and me at home most of the day.

[gja1000]

Long day! New graduate student orientation - new and LOST students all over the place, makes for a chaotic environment!!!

I'M TIRED.

[Tiramisu]

Nothing exciting for me and that's ok! Groomed my doggie and plan to go to bed when it's dark enough.

[Janet]

I ran my route of course....I have one young kindergarten boy that may just drive me insane before the year is over....we'll see. God grant me patience with this one please.....

Got laundry all caught up.....again...lol. Did my nails (hand and feet) and put on some polish and soaked in the tub in-between routes. I needed to pamper myself just a bit.

Mom may be released from the hosital tomorrow into a nursing home closer to my house, just 10 minutes away. I went and toured the place on Monday. It's not as cozy as the place she spent 4 days at earlier this year, but it's clean, staff is really nice and helpful, nurses and CNA's are everywhere, rooms are nice size and she will have to share. That can be a good thing. She has the window side of the room and is only a few doors away from the physical therapy room. This nursing home also does dialysis with the same company Mom gets her supplies from and Mom can take her cycler. It will be a good thing....hard....but good.

Mom knows she is going there and really hasn't been against it. We told her that she needs to get stronger and that I need to get stronger with my PT because at this time I can't lift her. She understands that. So....it's going okay so far.

Please keep us in your prayers....I'm really not sure how hard it will be for Mom since her short term memory is gone, but it's going to be awful for me. Even though it was getting really hard....I miss not having her with me. I don't know how I'll ever handle it when she's gone. Until then....I'll be able to be her daughter and she, my mother again.

[Tiramisu]

Janet, you're absolutely doing the right thing. Some things just aren't supposed to be easy. Love you.

[judy]

Janet, even though you will miss having her with you, this place sounds perfect. It will work out much better now. You really couldn't do it anymore with Mom at your house, and she needs 24 hour care.

You are in my prayers.

[judy]

Diana, I missed your post about your doctor's appointment. What good news about your sugar levels! Good job! You really took control over your own health, and I am so happy for you!

[DianaB]

Thank you, Judy!!

Janet, I know that this is so hard for you but your Mom will be getting good care. After a while you'll realize how much better it is for her.......and you. Plus she won't be too far away that it will be terribly inconvienent for you to go and visit. It's so hard to make a decision like this but this is the right decision and you can go back to being her daughter.....not her caretaker. Hugs and prayers for you both!!!!

[Tiramisu]

Regular day ... Worked an hour late, waiting on one manager to get his weekly report to me ... Working on a 3-day offsite to Galveston for 52 of my people and I get to go too. My knees have been bothering me lately, feels like bone on bone. My neck is better, as long as I take the relaxers and do exercises. I added some appliances to my online wish list.

[DianaB]

I hope you feel better, Sandy. It's not fun when your knees hurt!!!

[gja1000]

Oh Sandy, I imagine all the stress you've had is creating havoc with your weak areas (neck and knees). Having knee pain is no fun at all. Do you take glucosamine (over the counter, Walmart, 2000mg per day)? It might help your knees a bit. It will take a few weeks to see a difference, but it does help some.

[judy]

Hope you feel better Sandy.

I have Jessie's dog, Smoochie. They are going on vacation, and since he has congestive heart disease, left him with Grandma. He is a wonderful dog. I feel so bad for him. He wheezes and chokes if he gets excited or is active. I'm giving him his medicine, and he loves to lay on the deck in the sun. Max is trying to dominate him, but Smoochie won't submit. If he felt better, he would have had Max on his back within 20 minutes! Annie barks at him, and then runs to me.

They will figure it out! I do see some marking going on though! Oh well. I expected that.

[DianaB]

You could put belly bands on the male dogs, Judy.......or you can pin a tea towel around them if you don't have belly bands. That is so fustrating!!!

Reuger does a choking thing. I think that it's because he has a small trachea. I think that it's a fairly common problem with yorkies........of course, I know that Smoochie isn't a yorkie. I've found that if I place my hand over his nose it helps to calm him down and stop the choking.

Dae Lynn's taken Dean to the doctor. He was back to crawling this morning but it could be because he didn't have any pain meds yet. He's got a really bad bruise on the bottom of his foot.....poor little guy!! Dae Lynn took off of work today because the doctor is in a neighboring town and she was going to miss most of it anyway. The school has been treating her really well with all that's going on and they told her to take all the time she needed. I'll post more about how Dean's doing after she gets back home and I know more.

It's kinda' nice right now........I'm home alone!!!!! That doesn't happen much anymore!!! I guess I should get off of here and get some things done!!!

[Janet]

Today Mom was transferred to the nursing home. It was a very hard day for me, but I wrote about it in another thread.

Right now...I'm exhausted. My husband and a family friend are heading to Florida tomorrow to bring home Mom's household from her home there. They are also going to try to sell the place. The neighbor wants to buy it so if she is willing to pay the asking price or negotiate a bit, we hope to have it sold while they are down there. If not....it's going to be one big headache if we have to sell it after Mom's passing.

I can't believe this is all happening. I was hoping that when it came her time to pass, that she would go quickly like Daddy did. She doesn't deserve all this and it makes me sad she is going through it. It also makes me sad that these are going to be part of the memory of my Mom. I know there is always a plan......

[Tiramisu]

Oh Janet, I'm so sorry. Remember the good. Wasn't it just a couple years ago that she was hooking up her camper to travel south. I remember you being so proud to post a picture of your mom, looking young and active. We were all amazed at her age. Remember the good. Hasn't she had a good full life. And, I'm thankful that she gave us YOU. Remember the good. I love you