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amilyn

Mom update 2

May 09, 2009 18:37

Good NewsMom got to go home Thursday evening (yes...the day after the surgery). She's been doing great. She is feeling good, and even her voice sounds lighter and a strain I didn't realize had crept in for the past couple of years (till it wasn't there) is gone. Her med schedule has her comfortable and though her back feels weak, that will ( Read more... )

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readthesubtext May 10 2009, 10:21:50 UTC

It's great to hear that your Mum's operation went well, Amy! It sounds like your sister had a lucky escape, too, although those winds certainly wreaked some havoc. I hope your Mum's recovery continues to go smoothly. Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

alias_jems May 10 2009, 13:00:28 UTC

Great to hear you Mum is home and resting.

Not so good on the weather front. I hate high winds. They are possibly the most scary of all natural events IMO. Glad nobody got hurt. *hug*

amilyn May 10 2009, 13:04:01 UTC

I tend to think that floods are scarier; the inexorable advance of the water, the certain fact that you can and will drown...

*shudder*

But really ALL serious natural events remind me of how SMALL we are and how fragile, and how powerful the planet is.

studiesinlight May 10 2009, 16:34:56 UTC

I'm a little amused that you have a tag for "trees." :-) Cool.

Congratulations on the continuing good news on your mom's recovery! Sorry about the storm destruction. I associate windstorms with fall, not spring, because of Pacific Northwest experience, so this seems particularly disturbing by being unseasonal. Is it, there?

amilyn May 11 2009, 01:27:35 UTC

In the midwest we're full in the swing of spring storms: rainstorms, thunderstorms, flooding, tornadoes, etc.

So this is right on time.

I haven't at all organized tags; I just tag things as anything that seems to be related...so...hopefully I'll be able to find stuff. I still have several hundred posts to go BACK and tag from before there was tagging and then before I could get myself to remember to use it.

tylure May 11 2009, 23:05:48 UTC

Same winds went through Oak Ridge. Roads were blocked, power was out and the tourists came out to gawk in droves, according to Karl.

The house Mom rents lost some shingles and a window (the window thing was freaky...it sucked the exterior back porch window out, opened a window that faces the back porch (an interior window that was around before the porch was closed off), knocked things off the shelf and then closed the window).

The roof of the old house was sort of peeled back and so part of it has no roof anymore (it's kind of flopped over and hanging on the front side of the house). Also, some of the bricks from the chimney came down, but that chimney wasn't in good shape when we lived there. The house needs to come down anyway, but Mom's going to have to do it sooner than she expected.

amilyn May 12 2009, 13:27:17 UTC

Wow. That's pretty amazing.

I'm just impressed that no one was hurt in our areas, and that so few people were killed in what could have been such a disastrous storm.

lizook12 May 12 2009, 03:50:13 UTC

Hey, just discovered you'd friended me! *waves hello*

Glad to hear your mom's doing well!

Weather is scary sometimes. Holy crap. Glad no one was hurt!

amilyn May 12 2009, 13:21:15 UTC

just discovered you'd friended me!

That I did!

Too many cool comments and interactions re: Bones not to!

*bounce*

I've actually got a list of folks I may need to friend in order to talk about the show. ONE MORE!

Weather is indeed scary...but AWESOME (and I mean that in the literal, original meaning of the word) and brilliant and I'm SO glad I don't live somewhere that has nothing-bland all year round. I DO like the Midwest and the amazing things we get to see in the sky. Course, I'd probably like Seattle--or England--best; I'd prefer to have clouds than sun any day.

And mom continues to do great as of a couple of days ago. I've got to call today or tomorrow.