Day 216

Day 226

Sunday January 5 2014 

Physical:

Sunday morning DH electred to “sleep in”, which I never object to these days!  But, just as I was getting him up at noonish, TGF and the boys got here.  Well, he had to “sit” first, so they had to just wait.   Once I finally got him dressed and ready to go to his chair, DSS was here and TGF was ready to go.  With only a quick stop to see why my printer didn’t work (not sure, something about ink not in right), we headed out for our errands.

Since we were late getting back, DH ended up having a really long day; but he seemed to do well.  Apparently no one thought to give him anything to eat (he did have some of his high protein snacks though), and when we got home he was quite happy to eat a serving of lasagna and a lemon donut!

Once I got the dialysis set up and got him to bed, he settled quickly .. only one spell of wakefulness around 4:30.  He went back to sleep ; and has been doing that all morning (wake, sleep).

People:

DSS spent the afternoon with DH.  The boys were here, but mainly in the den with their new tablets and cartoons on TV.  I don’t think DSS does a single thing but sit in the room with DH watching TV.

TGF and I went by the pharmacy, then a town over to visit her sister.  Then we got groceries and came back.

Emotions:

Sometimes I just get too tired to have any “emotions” .. other times I get so tired that I get totally weepy. 

One lovely bright spot for me was when we went to visit the sister.  It turned out I got the chance to hold each of the new babies!   The one little boy weighs less than 5 pounds, and they’re less than 2 days old.  I’ve never before held a baby so tiny!  The other one is only 6 pounds something, so both very small .. but apparently OK to go home.  They’re only about a month premature and in very good health I believe.

Once we got home the evening was very rushed .. unpack groceries, get DH the pills he still hadn’t had, get dialysis set up.  TGF decided to go on and take the lasagna home so they could be getting ready for the school and work day as well as eating.  And thank goodness, 2 weeks of trash are gone!  Too bad I can’t seem to get rid of all that cardboard.

When we went to the pharmacy, the only thing to pick u was my eye drops .. and I don’t believe they gave me the right ones.  I mean, they are mine, but the wrong combination.  Fortunately, I have enough of the “missing” drops to get through this week.  It’s very unusual for the pharmacy to do that; but it was a new guy and I couldn’t seem to get him to understand what I needed.  They should have been on auto-refill anyway, so I don’t know what the problem was.

Because of all the rush, once again mail did not get sorted.  I will be talking to my son more tomorrow about him taking over doing that. Now would be a good time to have a fax machine!  But, I don’t and I don’t know if they do.  I’m told hospice volunteers aren’t supposed to help with things like mail; but maybe my SIL will come again this week (she said she would; and since there’s something for her to do for her brother, maybe she will), so she can help with what’s here.  Or I may send it home with DS tomorrow.  At least I am able to toss the “junk” and catalogs!

It is getting colder by the minute outside, as well as being drizly and windy.  I can feel the chill beginning to seep into the house.  The supply delivery has already come, so just waiting for the CAN.  Then *maybe* I can sneak in an afternoon nap!