Popping In

@Morleyhunt (21744)
Canada
November 29, 2023 7:18pm CST
It’s been a long time since I’ve opened myLot. Life has been crazy. So much has happened in the last year. I’m still quilting. Call it my escape. Walking took a back seat, but my children told me I need to look after myself….soo….we are being very careful what we eat, trying to get in at least a short walk every day. Finding time for myself has been challenging. A year ago our daughter was very ill. Since then, she’s much healthier. In February I slipped on the ice and broke my left wrist. It’s since healed. In April my husband was hospitalized for congestive heart failure. Since the. It’s been a roller coaster of worries, crises, appointments, tests, hospital visits and stays and general craziness. The image shows my game of chicken. I had just enough thread.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov
I'm sorry it's been a crazy health year for both you and your husband. I'm glad you're eating healthily and taking a short walk daily. I hope your husband feels better soon. You came very close with the thread.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
30 Nov
We are hoping to have some of his issues resolved in about two weeks. If the procedure is successful, his quality of life should improve.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov
@Morleyhunt That's good his quality of life will improve. I'll keep him in my prayers.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
30 Nov
@just4him thank you.
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@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
30 Nov
Welcome back to myLot! It sounds like you've been through quite a journey in the past year. Quilting seems like a wonderful way to find solace. Taking care of yourself, even with short walks, is important. How are you feeling now after all these challenges?
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
I try to go for. 45 minute walk each day, I walk at a brisk pace. It’ll be easier now that the weather is warming up,
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@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
1 Dec
I think that you did post about your fall, but not about your hubby's illness. I am so sorry for that, he hasn't been retired very long, I know that you will keep him healthy and he will live many more years.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
I’ll do my best but the list of issues he has makes surviving for any great length of time unlikely.
• United States
30 Nov
Would you believe I was thinking of you recently. Sorry that your year has been a challenge with illness etc and hopefully things will improve. Great picture! you certainly are brave to let it go to the last inch. Hope you'll continue to pop on. Miss you
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
1 Dec
Hoping to be here more regularly.
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@sallypup (60954)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Nov
I'm glad you are doing better now.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
I’m stubborn, and a fighter, I will get through this.
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30 Nov
I am glad to hear that you and your daughter have recovered. Your husband is on the way to healing. Let's claim it!
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Nov
Hi Morley good to see you are still alive.
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@jstory07 (139503)
• Roseburg, Oregon
1 Dec
I hope your husband is doing a lot better now.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
He’s stable at the moment. That seems to be the best we can hope for without the procedure we are waiting for.
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• Midland, Michigan
27 Mar
Sorry to hear about your husband. Is he doing a little better now? I know that never goes away. I've never heard of playing chicken related to sewing when you're almost out of thread. I fell maybe about six years ago, actually it might have been around 2018, when we had ice everywhere. I'm the pavements in the lawns etc. I'm surprised I didn't fall going to and from work. Instead I fell in ice covered snow between the sidewalk and road in from if my house while putting the garbage out. Each leg went a different direction. Thankfully I didn't break any bones.
• Midland, Michigan
27 Mar
@Morleyhunt will they have to open him up to get to the area or can it be done they a tube or something?
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
@MarshaMusselman they will be going in through an artery/vein from his groin. It’s not invasive, so this reduces the risks. He has so much wrong now that surgery would not end well. They gave him only a 50% change of surviving open heart surgery…a risk we were. It will to take,
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
My husband was much worse in December. Hospitalized twice, at deaths door, both times. Since. Then we have kept him as healthy as possible. Next week they will insert metal clips to try to improve his hearts ability to pump blood.
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
30 Nov
Sounds like a crazy year. Hopefully 2024 shapes up to be better, and welcome back.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar
So far it’s been an interesting year. Lots of emotional ups and downs.
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