Still trying to get up again
Hoping to haul my size 16 butt back her once and for all. Haven’t been able to find time to Wii - eat right or do anything but work (poorly) and take care of my mom (rather well if I say so myself). Brought her home from the hospital on Thurs - spent the night there. Got her a great breakfast on Friday. I went home to my place to shower — went back to her place and back to the hospital we went. One of her IV’s went bad and we have to be sooooo careful about infections. Even the doctors in the ER stepped up the concern when they realized she was not only a recovering Chemo patient but she has no spleen (all her defenses are turned off). Turns out there was no infection but I would rather err on the side of caution. At one point I was sitting on a stool in the examing room and I had put my feet on mom’s walker. I had to lean forward to show the doctors where the reddness had been on her arm - I got all tangled up in the walker and ended up having to stumble out of the damn thing and kick my shoes off to disentangle myself. I said the to the doctors — “the sad thing is I am the caregiver” - they didn’t get the humour but after they left my mom broke into a huge fit of laughter.
Quite honestly I couldn’t have planned my klutziness any better if I tried - she had a good laugh and we all know laughter is fabulous medicine - she gets a great giggle each time she tells someone the story 
Not sure if I will be back on complete track this week - doing my best but what with still going over and doing her dinners (not going to let her go downhill again) my time will be precious. Oh but the best thing is I got my orthotics so hopefully I will be able to get back to my precious classes here at work.
Filed under: General on June 23rd, 2008
Joannie, you just do what’s right for your mother and don’t worry about the rest! Everything in it’s own time. Besides, if I looked like you, I wouldn’t give a fig about any old size 16. I bet it looks great on you! And Geoff obviously thinks so, so case closed.
Not that it’s about him, either. I mean, I know that. It’s about what YOU feel comfortable with. But cut yourself a little slack, you know? Can’t do everything at once.
Hugs,
Z