While I've Been Recuperating...

I have...

completed an embroidery project. The first time I have embroidered in years.

Made thank you cards.

Caught up on some reading.

Did some scrapbooking.

And spent way too much time on my computer. ;-)

Now it's back to reality. I go for a check-up tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be cleared to proceed with normal activity. (Whatever normal is. lol!) I am looking forward to starting back on an exercise routine. (Miss my walks/runs). I can't wait to get my hands dirty in my flower beds.  And I never thought I would say this in a million years, but I can't wait to go back to cleaning/organizing my house.

These are the few things that I have been up to the last few weeks and what I am looking forward to doing.

With that I leave you with this quote:

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

G.K. Chesterton

Thanks for looking in!

Surgery

I could have come up with a more clever sounding title to this blog post.  But with every thing going on and the fact that I got no sleep last night, my brain is mush.

Honey had surgery today to replace the spinal cord stimulator unit in his back because the battery went dead.  He was in an accident four years ago, and as a result of his injuries he developed chronic regional pain syndrome.  It is amazing what modern medicine has come up with to help people with pain issues.  We were so thankful that this was available, because my husband did not want to become dependent on drugs.  Besides, the pain medication that he was given was wreaking havoc on his stomach.  It was scary to have this machine implanted into his back at first.  But given the option of living with chronic pain or the possibility of becoming addicted to pain meds, well, there were no other options.  He tried everything known to man at first before going under the knife.  In fact I believe that this is more or less a last resort, because of the invasiveness and expense of this procedure.  If you would like more info, you may leave a comment or click on the links.

The surgery was relatively short compared to when it was first implanted.  He was so funny when he was first coming out of anesthesia.  I wish I had a video camera.  He was in another universe.;-)  Now he is crashed on the couch and sore.  Hopefully in a couple of days, he will be feeling better.

My dad is in the hospital.  He had fluid in his abdomen, and the doctors drew almost a gallon out!  One surgeon said the cancer had spread to his abdomen according to the CAT scans, but his lung specialist wasn't so sure.  So he testing the fluid for cancer cells.  Please pray that it is negative.

My dad did sleep better last night than he has in weeks and he ate a good breakfast this morning.  But he couldn't eat anything else the rest of the day.  But, if I ate as much as he did this morning, I probably would not be hungry either.  We have definitely lived a roller coaster life the past few weeks.

I'll be nursing Honey back to health and seeing my dad in the hospital and helping out with my handicapped brother tomorrow.  So it will be a busy time.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.


                                                                                     Mahatma Gandhi