Monday, April 2, 2012

DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE LONDONS??

NEITHER DID I, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS MIKE SAID YESTERDAY, AND ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I COULD MAKE OUT. WE HAD OUR FAMILY BIBLE STUDY YESTERDAY, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRAYER MIKE SAYS "RINGALING"(L.O.L.).  EVEN WHEN  USING MY FINGER TO POINT OUT EACH WORD-MIKE STILL HAS A HARD TIME FOLLOWING ALONG.  HE DID VERY MUCH ENJOY THE COMPANY AND SEEMED TO HAVE A NICE TIME.  IT IS SO ENCOURAGING TO READ ABOUT JESUS LAST DAYS ON EARTH-ALL HE WENT THROUGH.  IT REALLY MAKES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEMORIAL, AND IN SOME SMALL WAY SHOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIS ENORMOUS SACRIFICE IN OUR BEHALF.  MIKE IS STILL SLEEPING, AND I HAVE BEEN UP FOR A WHILE.  THE DOGS ALWAYS NEED TO GO OUT EARLY, AS I LOCK THEM IN AT NIGHT. MY HEAD ACHE DID RETURN, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT WHILE, AS I THINK I NIPPED IT IN THE BUD BY TAKING SOMETHING FOR IT RIGHT AWAY.  MIKE SEEMS TO FORGET THINGS FROM ONE SECOND TO THE NEXT. LIKE LAST NIGHT, I PUT ON SOME NEW CLOTHES FOR HIM,  AND WHEN I WENT INTO THE BATH ROOM A FEW MINUTES LATER TO CHECK ON HIM, HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN THEM OFF.  HE WAS ALSO NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AT ALL LAST NIGHT (OR DURING THE DAY), AND WHEN I KEPT SAYING IT WAS BED TIME HE MADE A FACE AT ME LIKE "LEAVE ME ALONE".  THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE THREE LONDONS, AND HOW WE HAD BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  I TRIED TELLING HIM THAT I WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT HE KEPT SAYING OTHER STUFF, AND NOT LETTING ME GET HIM UP OUT OF HIS RECLINER.  I FORGOT HIS HOSPICE NURSE HAD GIVEN ME A PILL FOR SUCH TIMES, OR I SURE WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM.  WHEN FELINA & TRESSA WERE HERE WATCHING HIM FOR ME SO I COULD GO TO MY SUN. MEETING, FELINA SAID HE KEPT TRYING TO PUSH HIS HIS PILL INTO HIS ARM.  SHE WOULD TELL HIM " NO DADDY, YOU NEED TO PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH AND SWALLOW IT", BUT SHE SAID IT TOOK HIM A WHILE BEFORE HE DID THAT.  HE IS HAVING MORE AND MORE SEDIMENT IN HIS OSTOMY BAG, AND HE HAS NOTICED IT AND THE BLOOD.  I TOLD HIM THAT IS WHY THEY PUT HIM ON THE ANTIBIOTICS, BECAUSE HE HAS AN INFECTION IN HIS KIDNEYS.  THE HOSPICE DOCTOR HAS TOLD ME THAT THE SEDIMENT IS THE CANCER COMING OUT IN HIS URINE.  ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE IS STILL HAPPY MOST OF THE TIME WHEN HE IS AWAKE.  STILL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MED. THEY GIVE HIM, HE CONTINUES  TO BE IN A LOT OF PAIN WHEN HE IS AWAKE.  I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT ALL I KNOW IS I DON'T WANT HIM TO SUFFER.  HOSPICE JUST INCREASED HIS PAIN MEDS., SO MAYBE THINGS WILL GET BETTER FOR HIM SOON.  THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL MOST LIKELY SLEEP MORE, AND EAT LESS.  AT THIS POINT, I AM OK WITH THAT.  I KNOW THAT WHEN HE IS SLEEPING HE IS NOT IN PAIN, AND I KNOW IN MY HEAD THAT IS TRULY WHAT IS BEST FOR HIM.  IT IS THE HEART THAT I AM HAVING TROUBLE CONVINCING!!  I AM PRETTY EXCITED THAT THIS MONTH WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST GREAT GRAND BABY!!  JAKKI WAS HAVING SOME CONTRACTIONS YESTERDAY DURING OUR BIBLE STUDY!!  IT WON'T BE LONG NOW!!  I WOULD LOVE IT IF MIKE IS HERE TO SEE HER BIRTH.  HOPE YOUR WEEK END WAS SPECIAL, AND THAT TODAY WILL BE GOOD TO EACH ONE OF YOU!!  JUST ME

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