Day 265

Day 265

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Physical:

I managed to persuade DH for most of the day the best place for him was in bed, the warmest place in the house.  It really was; this old house is drafty and full of cold spots.  He woke fairly early, but stayed in bed with the TV on .. up to around 5:00.  Then he flipped those covers off, and insisted he was going to get up.  So, I went on and got him up; at least that made it easier to go in and set up dialysis.  He was up less than 3 hours, but ready to go back to bed by his “usual” 8:00 (after “Big Bang”).  He did not fall asleep as quickly as he usually does, but slept through once he did.  Again, his breathing seemed to be irratic and at times he sounded like he was gasping; but he either didn’t wake up, or went on back to sleep.

He is still sleeping (just shy of 6:00 AM Thursday), but still uneven so don’t know when he’ll wake.

People:

Early in the morning both the CAN and the nurse called . those were mainly “official” calls to say no one was coming and make sure we were OK.  I pretty much knew they wouldn’t be coming!  I did let the nurse know about the missing medicine.  She followed up and called me back .. turns out  the pharmacy claimed it was never ordered (which was NOT true, she ordered it right in front of us).  So it won’t get here until Friday.

During the afternoon DH’s sister, and a girlfriend called to check on us and conditions here.

Fairly late in the evening DSS, and a bit later TGF, called to see how things are and let us know how they’re doing.  The school out days have finally gotten to be too much (combined with the cold).  Kids are bored!

Emotions:

I’m exhausted from emotional upheaval!  All day I watched (listened) to the TV.  The local station stayed on storm coverage the entire day.  Snow came down hard and fast during the morning.  By early afternoon it changed to sleet and icy rain.  By not long after dark, it pretty much stopped.  Despite their dire predictions, our power did not go off (though more is coming)

Listening to the TV this morning seems it was not quite as bad as feared.  There was a lot more rain than expected, as opposed to sleet/ice.  They’re still saying more snow today, so the possibility of my weekend is still very much upp in the air   Since there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it, I’m going on as best I can to count on the best but be prepared for the worst.   Because of the weather, a lot of the plans for today have been changed.  As usual, I have a very hard time dealing with that. 

This morning I woke around 5:00.  I’m surprised I slet as well as I did .. I was weighed down by  a double fleece blanket, heavy quilt, and a cat.  The wind must have eased off some, because the house is not as cold as it was last night.  But because I wanted to be prepared in case of no power, I’ve already done all the things I would normally do this early. 

One good thing about yesterday’s freaky weather is that it kept me so much on edge that I didn’t have enough left over emotional energy to feel depressed.  I don’t recommend this!