Saturday at home!

We are home and so happy to not have to see the hospital today! My mom was stuck in a hospital bed or chair for 20 days, and today she is a free woman! Hooray! We have two days off from having to visit the hospital, so that will be a nice change of pace. On Monday, we will go back to the hospital for daily radiation treatments, and will return for weekly appointments with the oncologist, and 2-3 X a week appointments with various speech, physical, and occupational therapists. Of course you can't see each on the same day, so we will need to go back 2-3 X a week for each one! My car will have the route memorized. We won't complain though, as the hospital is only 10 min. from our home, so it is very convenient.

I am embarrassed to admit it, but with all the new developments here, we had not put our Christmas decorations away yet! Our entire formal living and dining rooms, where full of decor. Today, Tom got everything all nicely boxed, and the house is once again back to "normal." What a relief!

Last night we met two lovely Longmont ladies, and this mother/daughter duo prepared a delicious meal for us! I had been on the phone all afternoon, (literally!) with insurance companies, pharmacies, doctor's offices, etc...so their knock on the door was such a welcome sight! Thanks for such a nice visit Kathy and Sarah, and for the awesome meal! Your kindness will not be forgotten! Big thanks to the Christie Family who also generously sent us two Omaha Steaks meals! We will be covered on weekends with delicious meals now too! Thank you all for such generous gifts of heartwarming meals!

I am still navigating the medication schedule, but it will all fall into a routine I am sure. There are 11 different medications my mom needs to take and they are administered at these times...6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., noon, 3 p.m., dinner, and bedtime. Each one has a different instruction in regards to being taken with food or not. I bought a big pill organizer so I can make sure I don't get mixed up on when my mom needs each one. We joked that between the insurance companies, and the medications, I have a new full time job! HA

My mom is doing great and feeling well, although she is very tired. She was a real trooper today and played, "Barbies" with Ashlyn! She listened intently to all Ashlyn's stories, talking animals, and watched as Ashlyn gave her a tour of all the Christmas gifts Grandma missed watching her open. They had a nice morning, but then my mom had a good long nap before the home health nurse stopped by. Her heart rate continues to be high, and she has not regained her peripheral vision on the right side, so we need to be careful of what furniture is in that sight path. The chihuahuas are in heaven as the minute my mom reclines in her chair, two dogs are immediately curled up on her lap. I think both the dogs and my mom love it! The cat continues to be scared to death of the quad cane, but will now sit and study it as if it were prey to be attacked!

Thank you again for your kind e-mails, comments, and get well cards. These lift my mom's spirits immensely! Thank you Fred and Crystal Null for the gorgeous flowers today too! They're beautiful, and brought a huge smile to my mom's face, just as all of you do, when she hears of your messages! Thanks again for EVERYTHING!!!!!