Catching Up

 Ok folks, time to catch up.

We had a pretty good first night at home.

Rod was able to get into bed

almost totally by himself.

He woke up every 2 hours throughout

the night, but I think it was more

habit than anything.

His knees started hurting during

the night and he needed a pillow

under his left hip to relieve some

pressure there, but otherwise

he did well until about 5:00

and then we both moved to the living

room to our recliners.

The morning went by quickly.

I swept and washed the floors,

then broke down all the boxes from

the past 2 weeks deliveries,

and then made Rod some breakfast.

He was so happy to get some

REAL eggs for a change!

His appetite is much smaller since

he basically ate nothing for the 

past 2 weeks, 1 egg, 1 slice of

bacon and 1 piece of toast was all

he was able to eat.

But he happily ate it ALL.

Then I sat down to tackle the 2 weeks

worth of MAIL.

While I was doing that, Kyle came by

to sit with Rod while I ran into town

to pick up his medicines.

Stopped at Tractor Supply to get some

pig feed and met a lovely young lady.

She's the cashier and is always so sweet,

but somehow we got talking and I mentioned

Rod just got out of the hospital. She said her

Dad is in kidney failure and in and out of

the hospital as well. She mentioned how hard

it was not only physically, but also emotionally

and spiritually. I told her how well Rod was

doing and she said "I don't know if you are a

believer, but I know that is a true miracle!"

I told her about the lady at the hospital the

first night who gave me the little mini Jesus.

Pulled it out of my pocket to show it to her,

and she reached in her pocket and pulled out

her own little mini Jesus.

She promised to pray for us by name that night.

It was a nice moment.

Then over to WalMart to try to replace the

cane I bought in Wichita. I didn't even notice

that it only had 3 of the 4 little rubber feet.

Darn it.

Of course, they didn't have any of them,

so I bought some tennis balls instead.

Then I decided to go ahead and get 

the food to have Christmas dinner on Sunday.

(Including the absolutely required

fruit salad!)

I guess my brain isn't working all that well

yet though, have a little decision fatigue or

something, because as I was unloading my

cart to pay for everything, I noticed a pile

of papers in the front of the basket.

Oh yeah! The whole reason I went into

town was to get Rod's medicine!

And I TOTALLY forgot about it!

So, I paid for all the groceries and headed

over to the pharmacy, picked up all the 

other-the-counter stuff and then picked

up the prescription stuff.

And THEN I headed home.

Rod was happy to finally get his meds.

It was over 24 hours since his last pain

meds (I only have ibuprofen at the house,

so he got a couple of those, but that didn't

really cut it...)

Kyle hung out with us for a little longer.

He cut holes in the tennis balls

and got them all installed on the cane feet.

And then he headed home to keep working.

While I was gone, he ran my new cast iron

frying pan he gave me for Christmas through

two sessions of seasoning.

After he left, I did one more session.

And then Rod and I both took a nap.

Dinner was boxed mac & cheese and

homemade pickled beets.

Some Hallmark movies and off to bed.

He had a better night last night, although

his hip started hurting again.

I put a lidocaine patch on it, and after

about 15 minutes he said, I guess now

that my hip doesn't hurt, I can notice how

painful my knees are.

(grin)

I lathered him up with some arnica gel

on his knees, but it didn't really help

this time, so he got up and moved to his

recliner about 4:00.

This time I stayed in bed and woke 

up at 8:00!!!

Once I was up and coherent, I 

made some eggs and bacon

in my new pan!

I love the gold / copper color. I know it will

turn black later, but I'm loving this now...

It was DELICIOUS!

We spent the day mostly walking back and

forth to and from the bathroom and

around the house - just trying to

stretch his legs and get a little exercise.

(I did sneak out while he was napping

and went to Dollar General and got a

metal pancake turner to use in my new pan,

and then to the local hardware store

to try to find a toilet chair thing.

They didn't have one...)

But I DID run into a friend from the

farmers market and visit with her

for a few minutes.

I had a good visit on the phone with Soni

and another one with Rozann.

While we were on the phone, he got up,

I thought he went to the bathroom, but he

never came back, I found him snugged up 

in his bed, sound asleep.

When he woke up, he headed into

the bathroom and gave himself a

shave and a mustache, goatee trim.

He felt much more human after that.

Maybe tomorrow I'll give him 

a haircut.

This evening I made us a batch of 

spam casserole and we had some of

that for dinner.

Now more Hallmark movies until 9:00

when I give him his final meds for the day,

and then we will head off to bed.

It was a beautiful day outside today,

but tonight there is a cold front coming through.

The high tomorrow is 29, but with wind

blowing about 40 mph.

So the "feels like" is zero.

BRRRRR.

Since Rod doesn't have any coats that can

fit over his brace, we are going to 

zoom church tomorrow.

I imagine the next few days will not be

very exciting. I'll keep everybody posted,

but it's going to look an awful lot like today.

Lots of TV.

A little napping.

Some eating.

Snore.

LOL.

That's what healing looks like.

And he's rocking it.

And honestly, I think we've had

enough excitement for awhile.