Tedium -- Word for the Day -- Thursday, November 20, 2008

Tedium
DEFINITION: (noun) the condition of being tedious.

My life is far from being tedium these days. God just keeps me turning to different areas of my life. Just when I think I am on track and concurred another feat, He gives me something else. He doesn't want me tedious, for sure.

Parker, the diabetic, blind silkie, ate a cactus before I got home this evening. He is sicker than the dog he is suppose to be. We had two - 2 x 2 pillows and one bed pillow in the sun room for the three larger dogs and Parker ruined them all today. Poor guy.

ChemoSabe is out of town. I finally convinced him he needed to spend the night instead of driving in and then back in the morning. He wanted up at 4:15 this morning and when he began snoring I went to the spare bedroom. I set the clock for 4:15 and tried to sleep. I was afraid I wouldn't get him up in time. Well, I got him up and went back to my own bed with pillows in hand and when I reset my clock for my time I noticed is was actually 3:15. I never set the clock back on hour in the space bedroom. Poor guy... he got up anyway.

It was a good thing..... After about an hour into his leaving I heard the alarm deactivate and saw the stair well light come on. I was wondering who could be in the house. I thought I was dreaming. Well, it was him.... He had forgotten his luggage. I hadn't helped him pack or get his things together last night so he could start depending on himself. Guess I should have helped! ha

Mom is not much better as far as eating and her memory. She looks very good and seems to be stronger physically. She is tedium with her goals and doesn't want to participate. She has been threatening to slap the therapist nurses and if she doesn't cooperate within the next week they will be dismissing her from her activities. That's where we will have to deal with medicare and medicaid issues again.

ChemoSabe started his Bridging Therapy on Saturday again. Four days of steroids and Thalidomide, along with three other meds. I am still doing the gut shots and yes, I am still bruising. I believe I may put the needle straight in instead of a 45 deg. slant like one nurse advised.

He still has numbness and no feeling in his left foot. He is taking three pills a day for that, but it doesn't seem to help. He can't get his hopes up because he was advised it might always be that way.

We got to babysit Big E last weekend and I believe that gave us a refreshing breather from our normal. He is such a charm to be around. He has us wrapped around his finger. But, of course, I know all grandchildren are like that.

We wanted to ride last weekend, but I got ChemoSabe on the rake and I got on the blower. We finished out the front yard and the dog yard, which is bigger. I may get out on the back yard tomorrow. It is mostly woods, but I still do it. After I do, it looks like a city park.

We are thankful to have a little break from the chemo. I am trying to get a little break from the nursing home as I was going three times a day. She is just getting to dependent on me. I want her to be able to acclimate and be able to make decisions on her own.

I have Pete sleeping with me tonight. The early hours that I go back to sleep when ChemoSabe heads out I have been having dream tremors. So, if Pete is with me and he doesn't get up growling, then I will know I am truly dreaming and no bogey man is shaking my bed.

Thank you for you continued prayers, calls and emails.

Good night and Love -- Pepper