Thursday, January 19, 2012

HOSPICE TO THE RESCUE!!

YESTERDAY THE HOSPICE NURSE WAS HERE, AND HAD THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBE SOME NEW SLEEPING PILLS FOR MIKE.  THEY WORKED LIKE A CHARM-ON ME!! NO, I DID NOT TAKE ONE OF HIS SLEEPING PILLS, BUT I THINK KNOWING THAT HE WOULD SLEEP ALL NIGHT-HELPED ME TO SLEEP ALL NIGHT.  WE BOTH JUST GOT UP A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND IT WAS ALREADY AFTER 9:30A.M.!!! IT IS AMAZING WHAT A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP CAN DO FOR A PERSON!!  MIKE STILL HAD SOME CONFUSION LAST NIGHT-HE ASKED ME "AM I IN MY OWN HOUSE"?  I TOLD HIM OF COURSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE IN YOUR HOME, IN YOUR BED, WITH YOUR WIFE, RIGHT WHERE YOU BELONG.  HE SEEMED TO BE OK WITH THAT AS HE DIDN'T ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS, AND WAS IN BED ALL NIGHT.  WE DIDN'T GO ANY WHERE YESTERDAY, AND I TRIED TO REST WHEN EVER I COULD.  I STILL HAVE THIS HORRIBLE COUGH WITH WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A RATTLE OR WHEEZE AFTER WARDS.  I AM FEELING BETTER, SO I SURE HOPE ALL THE MEDS. WILL KICK IN SOON, AS I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH MIKE IF I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.  HOSPICE IS GOING TO GET A PERSON TO STAY WITH MIKE MAYBE ONE DAY EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, SO THAT I CAN DO MY SHOPPING, OR GO TO ANY MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS I MIGHT HAVE.  SHE HAS STAYED WITH MIKE ONCE BEFORE, AND WILL BE HERE AGAIN THIS SAT. SO I CAN GO OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN SERVICE.  I AM SO GLAD THAT THE SAME WOMAN WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL HELP OUT ONE DAY EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO.  IT IS BETTER FOR MIKE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PERSON, AND IF HE HAS ALREADY MET HER HE WILL.. HERE'S YOUR FUNNY FROM MIKE FOR TODAY.  HE SAW IN THE PAPER THAT EATING A BANANA HELPS THE BRAIN, SO I SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD EAT A WHOLE BANANA EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF JUST HALF OF ONE.  MIKE SAID "NO, HALF A BRAIN IS GOOD"!!  I'M PRETTY SURE HE MEANT TO SAY-HALF A BANANA IS GOOD.  WELL, TIME FOR ME TO FIX MIKE HIS BREAKFAST, SO TILL TOMORROW-HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE SWEET!!  JUST ME

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