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!
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