Update On My Mom 5/31/08

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I'm sorry it's taking me forever and a day to get back with you! I've got so darn much on my plate that I've worn myself out. Yesterday I went to bed at 8pm and didn’t' get up till 10am this morning and I'm still tired. With hospital meetings and taking care of dad's needs and his house, dealing with a bear of a husband, (his mom passed away) and taking care of my household and finding time for mom as been daunting to say the least. I've let several things go that I need to do for myself and now that dad had his surgery to remove the cancer from his face and him getting sick for about a week or more, he's doing better now and I finally got my 9 month old puppies spayed - had to or I'd have a number of 'boys' in my yard!! No need for that!! Now that that is all done and past me, I'm finally going to do some things that desperately need doing which is getting my medication changed that my insurance no longer covers, get a referral to see an audiologist to get my hearing aids on the roll and see a dentist to get my teeth fixed. I've had to cancel appointments time and time again to only give up but now that things seem to be going in the right direction, I'm going to reschedule these appointments and KEEP them. Hey, it's my turn now!! lol Today, I'm going to dad's to clean his house and then go see mom later on. As of yesterday, mom is doing great!! However, she's very very depressed. She wants something to eat so bad and says she's sooooo hungry AND she wants more therapy so she can get home quicker. Once a day just isn't enough so we let the nurse know how she feels and we've been doing some work with her ourselves by helping her to sit up on the edge of the bed. She gets so dizzy but in time she'll be stronger and not be so dizzy then we'll get her on her feet. According to the therapist a few days ago, she can stand for only 10 seconds then she sits because she's so weak. However, doing this for her once a day just isn't enough so we're doing the sitting on the side of the bed thing for now then we'll go from there. She still has the darned trech which has aggravated us because we're constantly told, maybe tomorrow we'll be able to take it out, maybe tomorrow, maybe tomorrow.... well, enough tomorrows!! Get it out!! I know they're doing what's best but dang, enough of getting our hopes up and get her more therapy!! Another thing too, she had a snot box of a respiratory therapist Wed night (she told us yesterday about it) and basically blamed her for her trech being out. Well I believe it was Thurs, dad and I were with her and as I sat on her bed, I saw her trech was out and had to call the nurse to put it back in. I explained what had happened and we know she didn't pull it out so she's NOT to blame and so they made a note of it and put my name down as witness. Soooo all this time that she's been blamed for her trech and given a sedative to calm her so she wouldn't pull her trech out might have been wrong!! We don't know because we weren't there but still it does make us wonder! I've lost 4 1/2 pounds because of this ordeal. It's a good thing but a hell of a way to do it. To all of you that made donations to help us with the medical bills and the cost of gas and what ever else, a BIG heart felt THANK YOU!!!!!! And to those who want to but can't... Hey! It's the thought that counts!!!! A big heart felt THANK YOU!!!!!! Well that's the update at the moment. No doubt I've forgotten a thing or two but when I remember them, I'll get back to you with it!! Thank You so much for all the prayers!! God is Good!!