Ever Had One of Those Holidays?
Comments(7) You know the kind I mean? The crazy, nonstop “can’t believe it happened like this” kind of holiday?????????
Dad comes home on Friday at around Noon from the St. Marys Rehab. We are just tickled to have him home FINALLY. The kids come, little Talan visits, and Dad just doesn’t seem to be quite “right” Around 6:00 p.m. my sister in law calls and says please get over here NOW. Hubby and I run over to see my father slumped over in the chair, looking unconscious, no color whatsoever, and unable to speak.
Here come the paramedic (at the end of the street, our angel) and all the Emergency vehicles fill our yard yet once again. Off to the ER with Dad.
Seems St. Marys had prescribed the wrong insulin, and Dads sugar had dropped completely to the bottom. We almost lost him.
At the hospital until midnight…back home, sleep some, back Saturday morning 3 hours…home for a bit, back Saturday evening another 3 hours. Sunday back at Noon, they are releasing him…YIPPEE!!! Home with Dad by 4:00 p.m. Ok..so now…lets take a deep breath and start over. Dads home, finally, he looks good.
Monday morning (Memorial Day) the phone rings. Its my middle son…”Mom, could you and Alan please take me to the med center, I’ve been bit by something and my arm is swollen and I can’t even pick it up” “Sure Jon, we are on our way” HUGE SIGH….off we go, get Jon, go to Med center.
Find out the poor kid has an absessed lymph node and it has to be cut and drained. It needs to be biopsied and sent out just in case. 3 hours later…off to get prescriptions, 1 hour later we are dropping him back at home. Left at 10:00 a.m., got home around 4:00 p.m.
We go next door to see Dad doing good. But…………….. yess…………….. believe this now…..he wants a shower. And the only person he will allow to help is my husband. OMG…we are so exhausted, our grass in the yard has not been cut in weeks, it looks like a field.
So my husband, the saint that he is, just smiles and helps Dad try to shower. Dad is just to weak, so its just a sponge bath.
7:30, Dads settled, grass is cut and we are home for the end of the Memorial Dad weekend.
Sure hope everyones holiday was a bit more relaxing!!! I can’t wait until our REAL vacation comes on June 5th LOL!!!
The eating went really well this weekend, no major mess ups, I’m still shying away from the scale for now. Love you all…bless you and stay happy!!
