My mom is finally back home, in Show Low. She survived her triple bypass, the post-op period spent mostly in intensive care, and her one night in a nursing home that was nightmarish. The day she was released from the Arizona Heart Hospital she needed her heart "adjusted" with electrical stimulation to fix an arrhythmia that had developed. She then shipped off to a nursing home and was assigned to a room with the room-mate from Hell. Crazy she was. Complained that my mom was keeping her up, nevermind that she wasn't even trying to rest as she was sitting up watching t.v. at a tremendous volume and her oxygen machine sounded like an air compressor. Then this crazy woman had nasty, explosive diarrhea all night long prompting my mom to then become violently ill from the smell for hours. By 6 am she called and begged my dad to come and get her. My mom finally had a decent nights sleep last night on my hide-a-bed in the livingroom. For the first time since she was admitted for her surgery there was no nurses or orderlies waking her up at all hours for stats and blood samples. She is weak, but she also seems much better than before the surgery. Right now she has scheduled dialysis treatment but hopefully that can be phased out as she gets stronger. The kids are fine, and I finally finished the digging part of getting my garden ready. I would definitely call this the good part of my little ole diary.
The bad is we are poor, and getting poorer since my hubby isn't getting enough hours at work right now. He is a security guard and right now there are just not enough hours. He really needs to work 60 hours a week to have enough to support us, and he is barely getting 40. This blog is one of the things I have done to try to generate some extra money, and I hope visitors have been clicking on the Google links for me; that would greatly help. Financing our basic bills on the credit card is not going to work forever, but hopefully he will get more hours as the weather cools and there are more events for the company to be hired for.
I'm afraid that the ugly is really ugly. My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has been told she has about 3 months to live. She is such a wonderful woman and this news has just devastated everyone. We are going to see her tomorrow with the babies of course right after hubby gets a new battery for my car. I don't even know what else to say. I'm still digesting this emotionally. I honestly haven't even finished grieving the loss of my daughter 2 1/2 years ago to suicide; she was 13. I still really miss her very very much. Right now, I suppose we shall see what we shall see about how long she has, but I believe it is more than 3 months. Hubby will be devastated, that I know. He is pushing aside his emotions right now so he can focus on the tasks at hand like I am, but I know tomorrow is going to be very emotional.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A Little Further Down the Road
It's nice to get a little time every now and again to get to blog again. Toddler twins seem to be more than a double handful, especially since I am not nearly as young as I used to be. I seem to be having the blahs lately, with money worries (doesn't every one), being sick still, and my mom isn't recovering as well as expected. In fact, as of today they are starting her on dialysis because she is still very lethargic and has started to bloat up again. They fear her kidneys may fail without this intervention. The doctors think maybe two rounds of dialysis should be enough to clear up her system enough to support her kidneys enough so they start functioning more normally. I can only hope and pray so. We all still have these colds going on nearly two weeks now so it still is out of the question to visit her, dammit! I feel pretty bad about not seeing her but now would not be the time to give her a cold either, and the kids still sick would be a cranky handful in a hospital room-not fun-especially with her i.v.s and catheters to keep the kids away from.
I at least have cleaned up a little, and got my jewelry supplies regathered for easy use, but my blahs, along with having my dad staying has kept me from making new jewelry since he sets up his laptop on my dining room table where I would normally work. We live in a pretty small apartment so common areas do multiple duty and guests have priority because I was brought up to be accommodating to guests. The heat cranked up again this week also making being outside unpleasant to say the least so work has come to a standstill outside again. My cold certainly hasn't helped my energy level either. Ugh. My bright spot has been Obama's lead in the national polls, it helps a little to cheer me up.
I at least have cleaned up a little, and got my jewelry supplies regathered for easy use, but my blahs, along with having my dad staying has kept me from making new jewelry since he sets up his laptop on my dining room table where I would normally work. We live in a pretty small apartment so common areas do multiple duty and guests have priority because I was brought up to be accommodating to guests. The heat cranked up again this week also making being outside unpleasant to say the least so work has come to a standstill outside again. My cold certainly hasn't helped my energy level either. Ugh. My bright spot has been Obama's lead in the national polls, it helps a little to cheer me up.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Post Operation
Whew! My mom had her surgery yesterday, a triple bypass. She has spent an inordinate amount of time in recovery, but by tonight she should be moved to the intensive care unit. She is off the ventilator already and the doctors say her heart is beating strong. All Very Good. We all still have our colds and I am frustrated that I cannot go see her. I have to rely on phonecalls from my dad and sister to give me updates on her condition. It has been a little hard to concentrate on my own stuff with all this going on, but I'm trying to stay on track to get things done. No new news on my mother in law, but she is pretty sick still. When it rains, it pours.
In other news, I have been working slow, but steady on my little garden plot by the front door. I think it is actually going to rain today; that will soften the remaining dirt to shovel. I discovered an anthill right in the middle of it yesterday which pretty much stopped work for yesterday because these ants are very aggressive and boy do they bite! The weather is finally taking a turn cooler and I will finally have temperatures under 100 until next spring(hopefully). That should help my productivity outside. I'm a little torn; should I plant some low maintenance flowers for the winter, or vegetables? My sister thinks veggies would be better, but with the newly turned garden I might need a season to get the dirt conditioned and really productive. I am leaning toward the veggies though since I do have seeds for broccoli and peas already which are winter plants here in the valley. I have also been trying to work on getting my jewelry supplies organized and start work again. I think I have so many directions I want to go, I am actually stuck in inaction. Well, I have to do one thing at a time and work on my prioritizing. My inability to prioritize properly is often the culprit in making me feel a little overwhelmed about what I want and need to do. Well, I think the next thing I need to do on that front is finish clearing off the storage shelves in the bedroom and arrange my supplies for easy access so I don't need to have those spread all over the dining room table, only what I need for my project. I'll work on that angle tonight because I can't do anything despite my ideas until my supplies are actually accessible. Let's hope I get that done tonight!
In other news, I have been working slow, but steady on my little garden plot by the front door. I think it is actually going to rain today; that will soften the remaining dirt to shovel. I discovered an anthill right in the middle of it yesterday which pretty much stopped work for yesterday because these ants are very aggressive and boy do they bite! The weather is finally taking a turn cooler and I will finally have temperatures under 100 until next spring(hopefully). That should help my productivity outside. I'm a little torn; should I plant some low maintenance flowers for the winter, or vegetables? My sister thinks veggies would be better, but with the newly turned garden I might need a season to get the dirt conditioned and really productive. I am leaning toward the veggies though since I do have seeds for broccoli and peas already which are winter plants here in the valley. I have also been trying to work on getting my jewelry supplies organized and start work again. I think I have so many directions I want to go, I am actually stuck in inaction. Well, I have to do one thing at a time and work on my prioritizing. My inability to prioritize properly is often the culprit in making me feel a little overwhelmed about what I want and need to do. Well, I think the next thing I need to do on that front is finish clearing off the storage shelves in the bedroom and arrange my supplies for easy access so I don't need to have those spread all over the dining room table, only what I need for my project. I'll work on that angle tonight because I can't do anything despite my ideas until my supplies are actually accessible. Let's hope I get that done tonight!
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