Today mom was supposed to be operated on... you will notice I said supposed to... Everything is still sinking in and I don't believe we are comprehending everything so probably now isn't a good time to ask questions. Getting old is truly for the strong and my mom is strong!!! Although we did get good news... No one is heading for the other side today!!!
Yesterday was actually kind of funny. My mom's doctor is quite young and as we learned yesterday has no filters. When she was explaining to mom how she needed surgery immediately mom asked what will happen if I don't have surgery she told my mom that her food could die and just fall off!!! So when I was helping mom from the car into the house I told her to hurry and get down to her room and get her legs up and no leaving appendages behind her! That got a good laugh!!! In fact I am still smiling about that one. I know that my mother is no different from my friends' parents as we have discussed them occasionally. My mother sometimes thinks she is a medical doctor that knows more than her doctors do. Because she believes this she has tried to cut back on meds (unsuccessfully) and has never been good at taking it easy. Today when she got home from non surgery she decided that she could be on her feet shredding beef and then sitting in a chair visiting with company!!! (the 2 things the doctor has told her not to do!!!) I ended up getting stomach flu and took a 3 hour nap from sheer exhaustion. I went to go check on her take one look at her BLACK foot and told her to get in bed and get her feet up!!! She then tells me it isn't black it is purple!!! My reply is okay it is purple black!!! Oh my freaking hell!!! What am I going to do with this woman!!! I am sure I wasn't the most pleasant person to be with today with my being sick and a little out of sorts already, however, mom was not obeying doctor's orders!!! I hear this flu only lasts a day or 2 and I am hoping that is truly the case! I of course after taking a 3 hour nap today am now awake listening to mom snore! Since she is asleep she can't be going against doctor's orders!!! That should give me a little peace of mind. Thank goodness Tomorrow is another day!!! I need a reset button!!! WAIT!!! I don't really mean that, I don't want to live the movie Ground Hog's Day!!!
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