So… since last I wrote:
Halloween was great. We did the ward trunk or treat with Caio dressed up as a dragon and Jordan dressed up as a pumpkin. I will post pics later. Thanksgiving was at my house and I did all the cooking. Everything tasted wonderful and this also turned out great. Then came the day after Thanksgiving and the trip to the ER—Black Friday indeed.
My mom became ill Thanksgiving night and got worse and worse over the next 24 hours. Friday night we took her to the ER and they said that she would need to be operated on. Without going into too many details, she has had problems with hernias since she was in the hospital following my birth and she was told that because she was a poor candidate for surgery she would have to wait until it was an emergency situation to take care of any of it. Well… this was her emergency situation.
The following Monday she went under the knife for a four hour procedure. When it was over she was in the ICU for over a week. She stayed in the hospital until about a week before Christmas and then she was moved to a Care Center for rehabilitation across the street from the hospital. We hoped she would be able to come home for Christmas, but she wasn’t strong enough. I prayed she would be home for New Year’s Eve, and she stayed in for that too.
My mom is doing much better now, but she is still in the care center/nursing home until further notice. She is getting stronger and looking healthier each day. I can’t wait for her to come home. I visit her as often as I can, but it isn’t really quite the same.
In the meantime we did manage to celebrate Caio’s, Marcio’s and Jordan’s birthdays, Christmas and New Year’s Eve and we threw a birthday party at the church house in there to boot. The last couple of months have been pretty intense and interesting to put it mildly, but I hope to get in and give a few more details (with pics) about as much of it as possible over the next few days.
Ginger
2 comments:
Hey! Sorry I never called you back! Sorry things have been so stressful for you lately! I'm glad to hear your mom is doing better! I wish I'd have known about everything going on...but it's my own fault for not keeping in touch with you! I've been a little busy over here, but I should have called. Sorry. SO GLAD you updated the blog though. I always check to see if you've written something. Happy birthday too the boys and Jordan! We can start up Portuguese again soon, K? I'll call you soon!
Love, Ruth
P.S. Call if you want to talk. I know what it's like to need to talk to someone...just talk.
Ginger, I hope your mom is able to go home soon. What a hard set of circumstances for the holidays!
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