I spent the better part of the day just doing... Well nothing really... OK this morning I helped my mom take her drugs and then we went together to the local A&P to get a pill box which took us two hours to fill because we were meticulously reading and re reading the prescriptions to make sure it was done right... It was so amazing, us two walking through the store together... Oh sure, she had that face mask on and a pair of rubber gloves, but for us it has truly been 11 years since we could do that without hoses and tanks and people asking if we needed help...
She bounces around like a teenage girl and I'm certain she was smiling under that mask, although all I could see was the rose colored skin that was grey and lifeless before the surgery...
We have been slow cooking some beef stew all day, simmering in a pot, thickening and It's getting more delicious by the minute I can't wait to fill a bowl with it! That will be in about an Hour :)
In and around 5 minutes from now the nurse will be here to make sure she takes her insulin correctly. I know she was a bit ticked that I went ahead and organized all her pills but after all the education they give you at the hospital it's nearly impossible not to be able to handle that stuff yourself...
More great news is on the horizon, my oldest boy "string bean" is being discharged from the day program at the hospital... He's been there now for three weeks during all of this medical madness. It has really helped him emotionally to deal with all of it and hopefully he has taken some skills out of it that will help him succeed. They are now placing him in a longer term but less frequent program that will help him on an ongoing basis through his teenage years etc. I am eternally grateful for the system for recognizing he needed help...
Gotta go stir the stew,
CHEERS!
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