Plugin' Along

Hello from Florida! Mom's sister's left Monday afternoon and Mom's husband, Mike, arrived Tuesday afternoon.  Mom was very pleased to have her hubby here and it was quite sweet to see Mike wheel Mom around to her therapies.  When I went to the oxygen room Mike was sitting in a chair next to Mom while she received her treatment.  It was a hot date in the oxygen room!  Mike let me use the rental car on Wednesday night and I drove to Lake Fort Worth to a Raw restaurant there named "Soma" where I had the spinach lasagna.  I was made of zucchini, raw marinara and the "cheese" was made of garlic, cashews, and sea salts.  Yummie!  If I could eat like that every night I think I may actually be able to stick with this after I get back.   On Thursday, Jamie visited for the day from the Orlando area.  We haven't set eyes on him for about 4 years and it was great to see him!  Jamie has been shaving his hair for years and it was funny to see Mom and Jamie with similar hairstyles.  You will all be glad to hear that Mom has some little whispy hairs starting to grow back. Maybe it's my imagination but I thought I saw one moving gently in the Florida breeze (let's keep in mind that I'm not getting much sleep so it could be my imagination).  

Mom has been feeling better and wanting to do things for herself more often (Thank You JESUS!) and she attempted to try to scoot ahead of me to the pool.  I was fighting with the wheelchair when out of the corner of my eye I see Mom begin to topple over backwards.  The rest of the story seemed to happen in slow motion.  I somehow managed to get my hands in her armpits to break her fall.  Mom and I attempted to get her up twice to no avail so we had to ask a male guest to help us.  He lifted Mom off of the ground and into the chair with very little trouble.  I admonished Mom for trying to be a bit too independent too soon and reminded her that a recovery will be even harder with a broken hip. 

Items to pray about:

1) SLEEP.  Ideally Mom would be getting 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.  The most she has gone is about 4 hours.  The other hours she spends puttering around the room trying to "get tired".   It is my opinion that lack of sleep is holding Mom's healing process back.  

2) Cankles-  Mom has the most swollen feet I've ever seen.  We've been told this is due to her Lymph system draining.  She will be super swollen, have several therapies that seem to work and they go down and then they blimp up again.  This is not only uncomfortable but makes it very difficult for her to be as mobile as she would like

3) Guidance- Mom has a great desire to stay here in FL for several more weeks.  We are supposed to head back to VA on 6/14, but we are considering staying at a nearby extended stay hotel in order to drive to Hippocrates for therapies.  We have been trusting God for monetary provisions and we ask all of you to pray for the same.  Cancer is expensive, eat your veggies! 

Much Love,

Michelle