Tomorrow Mom Comes Home for a Day; Today I Cornered a Doctor

So this morning, I attempted to do a small amount of laundry, figure out what the various frost covered lumps in her long-ignored freezer were, dust the area around her bed, figure out what I needed to get at the (completely inadequate) grocery store; it was eye-opening.  For the four ( Read more... )

Hello in HasteI'm just stopping at the little cafe (whose owners I most sincerely hope have solved their labor problems) to type up a quick post to thank folks for all their kind comments about my gorgeous mother, Mary-Glen Keirstead Routliffe Stirling ( Read more... )

This is My Mum, My Mom, My Mother
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Update on a Down Day

My mum went back into hospital on Saturday, one day after they released her to go home.

( Gah. Just gah. )

Tough Isn't Impossible

And that's what I'm thinking today, after a day of traveling, a day of surprises - and a day without that which helps me keep my sanity; y'all her on Teh Intarwebz.

First, my mother.

( Rather long and more than a little sad )

The Return of Non-Slurried Food
Yes, it's imminent, because the endoscopy Bob had today appears to have stretched the duodenal opening enough to allow for a so-called "soft" diet. Huzzah! That allows tender meats, most vegetables, and potatoes - even french fries, which addition my beloved noted with an almost salacious gleam in his eye.

Of course, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is Barreling Toward Us

So, tomorrow, Bob's scheduled to have the final procedure done on his stomach, the one which should allow him to go back to eating real food. And I'm worried. I'm worried, because I'm not sure whether it should be an outpatient procedure, but everyone's proceeding (see what I did there?) as if it will be.

Part of me ( Read more... )

He's Home!

He's home and I thank the universe and the lords of chance for my Best Beloved.

The car, however, is dead. Battery died in the parking lot of the pharmacy, when we stopped on the way home from hospital to get his prescriptions. Ah well, fiddle-de-dee, la-de-dah, can't be bothered. Tow truck and new battery tomorrow a.m. before 10 a.m. Don' ( Read more... )

This Message Brought to You
     Bob's been touched by the many people who expressed their good wishes and hopes for his recovery over the past week or so, and tonight he wanted to say that to you all personally. Because my typing-fu is a little stronger than his, he asked me to take dictation, and put up his comments over on his own journal. He'd ( Read more... )

Sun is Shining, Health is Healing (Largely reposted from LINDA thread in TWoP DW boards)
     Bob spent another good day yesterday, getting more sleep and successfully eating, for scenarios wherein "eating" means the consumption of clear liquids. Today, he phoned me and told me that he's been put back on full liquids*  which includes puddings and ( Read more... )