monday, monday.....

i was greeted by my mother sitting in her chair when i got to the hospital (before 7:00) this morning.  i think she gets restless in the bed and has the nurse help her into the chair about 5:00.  

the first thing i did when i got there was order her breakfast.  her appetite is coming back and they are not giving her much IV nutrition so she has to rely on the "old fashioned" way of getting nutrition.....by eating.  luckily, i'm a pro at eating so i am able to offer empathetic support.

she sees the light at the end of the tunnel now.  remember back to one of my earlier posts.  my mother had said her goal was to be home by Easter.  well, she's gonna be close, i think.  Easter Sunday will be day 39 of her treatment.  the doctor and nurse told her today that it looks like she may get to go home monday (day 40).  

hallelujah!

i'm sure you are all waiting for me to make some 40 days/40 nights reference. well, i'm not gonna do it.  seriously, i'm not.  i have jinxed everything enough during this time in the hospital.  when she actually get's home, i will look back and offer something, i'm sure.  for now, i'm not tempting fate.

today was a day of eating and moving around.  for my mom, too (ha, ha).  i was at the hospital a couple different times.  it is clear that my mom is increasingly suffering from cabin fever in her room.  if i haven't mentioned it, she has been in isolation the entire stay.  basically, that means all of the guests get to gown/glove up when they enter her room.  it also means that she hasn't left her room except for a couple of CT-scans and her gall bladder surgery.

you try spending 40 days in a room the size of your kitchen....

let's all pray down the home stretch that the lady gets sprung on monday.  what a glorious day it will be.  i like her chances.

"A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles."

- Unknown

blessings,

tim