Friday, February 17, 2012

AND I THOUGHT GETTING UP AT 4:30AM WAS BAD!!!!

MIKE HAD A HORRIBLE NIGHT, IN FACT, I WAS GOING TO TAKE HIM TO THE ER, BUT HE SAID NO-HE WOULD GO TOMORROW.  HE JUST WANTED TO LAY DOWN FOR NOW.  HE LOOKED REALLY PALE, AND WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY (MIKE RARELY EVER SWEATS), AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE SAID "I AM SICK".  I ASKED IF HE COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS HURTING, AND HE SAID "EVERYTHING", AND HE COULD NOT STOP BURPING.  I HELPED HIM TO BED, AND CALLED FONDA, AND MY SISTER AND TOLD THEM I WAS TAKING MIKE TO THE ER.  BUT THEN HE WOULD NOT GO, SO I CALLED HOSPICE, AND THEY SENT OVER A NURSE TO CHECK HIM OUT.  SHE GAVE HIM SOME NEW MEDICINE TO SETTLE HIS STOMACH, LIFTED HIS HEAD UP HIGH, AND SAID SHE WOULD ORDER A LIFT FOR HIS HEAD SINCE THE MEDS. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM FOR HIS REFLUX HAS NOT BEEN WORKING.  SHE CHECKED ALL HIS VITAL SIGNS HUGGED ME, AND THEN LEFT.  THAT WAS AROUND 8:30PM.  MIKE WAS TO STAY IN BED AND REST, AND SO I CLIMBED IN BED WITH HIM. I WOKE UP AT 11:30PM THINKING IT WAS PROBABLY MY USUAL WAKE UP TIME LATELY OF 4:30AM.  THAT'S HOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT WENT.  I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT THE CLOCK-WAITING FOR 4:30AM SO THAT I COULD GET UP, LET THE DOGIES OUT, HAVE MY CAFE' CON LECHE', AND DO MY BIBLE READING OR READ THE PAPER.  THE NIGHT DRUG ON AND ON.  I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER FELT SO GROGGY, OR OUT OF SORTS.  ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, I FORGOT TO TAKE ALL MY MEDS. LAST NIGHT, SO THAT MAY BE PART OF WHY I AM FEELING LIKE POOP!!!  MIKE IS STILL IN BED RESTING, BUT FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS HE HAS BEEN UP BY 9 AM OR SO.  UP UNTIL THAT HAPPENED, WE HAD A REALLY LOVELY DAY.  FELINA AND JAKKI CAME OVER, AND WE PLAYED A COUPLE GAMES OF RUMMIKUB WITH MIKE, AND THEN GAIL CAME OVER, AND AGAIN WE PLAYED A GAME OR TWO OF THE SAME THING.  IT WAS NOT UNTIL AROUND 5 PM THAT EVERY THING WENT SOUTH.  MIKE WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET AGAIN DURING THE DAY, AND AFTER FELINA AND JAKKI LEFT I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT JAKKI WAS CARRYING OUR VERY FIRST GREAT GRAND CHILD.  HE SEEMED CONFUSED, AS HE SAID "JAKKI IS OUR GRAND CHILD"? SO I TRIED TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR HIM.  I SAID "YES, FELINA IS OUR DAUGHTER, AND JAKKI IS HER DAUGHTER, SO THAT MAKES JAKKI OUR GRAND DAUGHTER.  NOW WHEN JAKKI HAS HER BABY, IT WILL BE OUR VERY FIRST GREAT GRAND CHILD".  HE SAID "OH". AND I THOUGHT HE GOT IT, BUT LATER HE SAID "SO JAKKI IS GOING TO HAVE A HUSBAND"? I SAID "WHAT"?  THEN HE REPEATED IT "SO JAKKI IS GOING TO HAVE A HUSBAND"?  I JUST SAID "UH HUH".  I FIGURED WHAT'S THE USE OF GOING OVER ALL THAT AGAIN.  ANY HOW THAT IS HOW YESTERDAY WENT-I SURE HOPE TODAY IS BETTER FOR ALL OF US.  UNTIL MONDAY-JUST ME

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