Good morning all! It is a good morning here. Tonight's low is forecasted to be 43. Fills my heart with joy. That there is good fan in the window sleepin weather! Now in January, when it's lows in the 20's; pay no attention when I complain about how cold it is. Not going to think about that right now.
Temperature isn't the only reason for my good morning. Looks like my mom will be coming home from the hospital Tuesday. She has a long road back, but she's doing so well.
This particular hospital stay actually started almost 15 weeks ago. 15 weeks tomorrow. Back in July, my mom fell in her driveway. She had just returned from walking her dog. When she pushed the button to open the garage, it startled her dog and he bolted, pulling her down. Although an ambulance came, she refused to go to the hospital because she didn't think she was hurt. She thought she was just jarred from the fall. We won't mention what all of her children thought. Ahem.....Moving right along!
To her credit, she did finally go to an orthopedist about 4 weeks after the fall. They took x-rays and said no fracture. So she's been operating under the knowledge that nothing was broken. However she wasn't getting better; only worse. She was living in constant pain. Finally she went to another orthopedic surgeon. They did a new set of x-rays and a scan to confirm, but there it was big as day, a hip fracture. Fast forward about a week due to having to make an appointment to see the surgeon for result and finally being told she could just go thru the ER and they would admit her to fix the hip. So we took her a week ago this past Thursday. They did surgery on her hip that Friday. She did great for a day or two and then her knee swelled up and was causing crazy amounts of pain. They drew fluid off her knee and sent it off to be tested; infection. Yep, now we have that. So she's started on antibiotics. Now she's up and moving around. She's working with physical therapy and walking down the hall some. I'm so glad to see her out of pain. She hasn't needed much for pain in the last couple of days. She's primarily still in the hospital to finish the antibiotics and because she's on blood thinners to avoid clots.
We did have a concerning (to put it mildly) moment during her stay. It seems she has lesions on her pancreas. They did an MRI to rule out Cancer. When a doctor says "cancer" to you, it's easy to go to a very dark place. Fortunately the MRI found no cancer. We believe the lesions are damage caused by extended use of Tylenol. We're hopeful, as she heals and isn't taking the pain meds, her pancreas will heal some. So bear that in mind guys. You shouldn't need to take any pain med for longer than 2 weeks. If you're still in pain, see a doctor!!! Your liver and pancreas will thank you.
So, as for reworking things; My siblings and I and banding together to help her during her recovery. It's probably going to be a 6-8 week journey. As she progresses, she won't need us as much, but for now, I'll be splitting time between My house and hers. That means making meals ahead for when I'm gone, but also maybe purchasing things to have here and there to make things more convenient for both myself and my family when I'm away. The garden is the least of my worries at this moment. It's finished for the most part anyway. I have a few cold weather things, but not much. Clean up will have to wait til later. Maybe it will give me something to do during the bleak winter months. I plan to take my sewing with me for times when she doesn't need me. That way I can keep up my Etsy shop during the holiday shopping season.
It's what all of use should do in similar, and by that I mean "Crisis" situations. There will always be things that rear their ugly head at the most inopportune times. The way to plan for these things is to always recognize they will happen and so be willing to lay aside schedules, processes, and priorities to address them. My mom is my priority. My family is also a priority. That means I will do as much as I can to take care of my family and my mom. I also need to be a priority. If I'm not a priority to myself, then I won't be able to be there for my mom and family. So while I will make things ahead primarily: I will also buy healthy (operative word is healthy) things at the store that I don't have time to take care of at home. I will also set things aside that don't have to be a priority.
I'll do my best to post some frugal tidbit, but it may be a repost of something relevant to the season. Please be patient. I'll be back at the writing desk sooner rather than later.
If there is a topic you'd be interested in my addressing, please comment below and I'll address it, or post something from a previous post to address it. Thanks guys!
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